Playdate!

Well, we are social butterflies and on time too! I'm very pleased with that.

So, we went to our first play date. Little Theresa was NOT happy. She cried and cried. Carson was hesitant at first but then started checking everything out. Theresa just looked at him and would give a little cry. Her poor momma was so hoping she'd have fun.

Well, they had neat climbing things and a nice table to color on. Carson had fun with that. But he really liked the play kitchen and shopping cart with all the food. He kept putting everything in his mouth! "No mouthie! Pretend!" Geesh! He also loved the little utensils.

Carson dumped all the food on the floor, sat in it, and proceeded to kick his feet so the food went everywhere. Theresa said, "whoa!" and giggled and that was that. She was happy and Carson would tear around the place and she'd call after him, "Cahs-son! Cahs-son!" She really speaks well. Mostly nouns but I heard her say "slippery" and "blue spoon." She also can jump! Well, Carson tried to copy her once. Yea for that! Maybe he'll try to copy her speech too. We shall see.

They had a fishtank and Carson thought that was nice too. Similar set up downstairs like our house.

I did play nice with Michelle too. She's very nice. We talked about so much. She also has never had a baby sitter. She had a hard time breastfeeding and had malnourishment issues. :( They've been in the area for five years now and are trying for another one.

So today was a Mommy meeting. Carson didn't want to play at first, but once we sat down for a sample Kindermusik class, he was raring to go and started talking. Oh sure, quiet the whole time and when someone starts to speak, he wants to talk! Ha! He did quite well with the class and raised his hands when everyone did and patted his knees! He's never even done either before. He had the rhythm down pretty well, but he didn't like it when she sped it up. He also had fun with the bells and rattles. He even put his away like everyone else, though he wouldn't get his own set.

Though the majority of children were older, Carson really was one of the better ones with keeping the beat. I was a bit surprised at that, but he's always loved music and dancing. One time we did a circle dance and Carson stayed in the middle and did his own dance. Ha!

Later he played with the other children, running around the room and one boy (4 years) wanted to tickle him and did it too rough. Carson moved away from him and came near me and leaned on the seat next to me. He was holding himself oddly and I bent over to see his face and his eyes were all teared up and I picked him up and held him and he just cried so loud. Then it turned to his mad cry so I worked on distracting him then and he calmed down.

We did our Chik-fil-A thing, we have a million free ice cream coupons. When will I ever use them??? The play area was too loud and it was getting late so we headed for home. Carson was crabby so I gave him his kids meal book and that stinker read it the whole 20 minute drive home!!! Of course he crashed for his nap as soon as I settled him down at home.

He has just been changing so much. When he rouses in the night, it's rarely with any crying and fussing. He tries to settle himself down. The nights he doesn't go to bed on time, he's actually pleasant to be around.

He likes to be silly and will pretend to eat things he can't eat and will make his stuffed animals eat inedible things, like books or other animals. He grins when he does it, knowing it isn't right. He thinks that's funny. Perhaps Cookie Monster eating anything and everything gave him this idea.

He loves Sesame Street and we've watched Sing Yourself Silly several times and he just boogies down to it. I think Ernie is a favorite of his. And of course Elmo.