Fun Class!

Friday was very nice. We had our class at 9:15, a 45 minute drive to get there, but that's cool, cuz Carson is up by 7. Class is over at 10 and by a big mall that isn't too crowded. Excellent time and location, really.

So, Roger was our teacher and he came over for a high five and instead Carson went up and gave him a hug. Awww. There were two other boys and three girls. One girl looks older than just three, but I suppose she could be nearing her fourth birthday, which would be considerably older than Carson. One boy doesn't even look two and not quite at the level of the others, so those two are the extremes.

We had circle time with some songs and then off to the gym, which Carson loved. Back to circle for a song and then to an obstacle course. As Mr. Roger (ha!) was showing the course with all the little children watching, Carson jumps up and follows him through it. So funny. But Carson did the whole thing, understanding this was the path to go. I was pleasantly surprised.

Back to the circle again and instrument time. He brought out egg shakers. This was too much for Carson. He HAD to roll that egg down all the slides in the gym and took off to accomplish this. Aiden had taken off during the first song set. Mr. Roger said this was fine and it was not necessary for the children to stay in the circle. A good policy because Carson was just too focused on rolling that egg down every slide. He would have been furious if he could not accomplish his mission.

He did come back, after much encouragement, and turned in his egg and instruments were brought out. Carson played with a weird clacker thing and then got the cymbals. Very fun to bang those. We also had a keyboard song with high and low and Carson was good about pointing out where the lights were and his toes.

Then it was off to jump on this log thing. A bouncing activity. Carson did not want to do this at first and he did step on these pebbly stepper things and I got him to go back and bounce a bit.

Then back for bubbles! Carson was SO excited he even got in the mix of children to pop these bubbles. So fun. Colleen was bigger though and got more than Carson could, but there was enough so that he wasn't upset. Mr. Roger was very good and told the children to say good bye to the bubbles as he turned off the machine, so the children had time to realize their wouldn't be anymore and to pop the last of them, which Colleen did. *snicker* No children were upset this way. Now Carson did get upset at one time. There was a cushy slide triangle with cushy steps and two children were on it. Carson whined. He wanted it to himself. I redirected him and he did not throw a fit. I hope he learns to share a bit better. We shall see, he isn't TOO horrible, no tantrums.

So back to the original circle for goodbye songs. Carson tried to escape back to the gym and only whined a bit when I dragged him back. Then we sanitized hands and got stamps on our hands. Oh my was Carson proud of the little red doggie faces on his hands! He looked at them all day!

So, we signed on for the rest of the class and got a CD and a kazoo. Carson likes his kazoo and woke Daddy up with it the other day. *snicker*

Well, perfect time to go to the mall. We got a Pooh and Tigger for Easter that were already on sale! I got the kind where you can snip off the Easter stuff. I did the same for Valentine's Day (mostly). So only 6 something there. I also found a 4T snow suit for 6 something. Nice deal. I suspect Carson might not be in 3T for all of winter, and I figure, unless he plateaus, he'll probably fit in that 4T this winter, might be a tad big, but we might get two winters out of it. Because right now, he fits in some 3T stuff! He put on 3T jammies and they're a bit loose, but the 2T are tight and the sleeves don't reach his wrists (which highly annoys him).

So, we ate at Chick-fil-A, yum!!! and got to the car at 11:15, his favored naptime and he dropped right off and even slept some at home. A really excellent morning. We went off to Walmart when he woke up and got assorted stuff and when we got home, Daddy was home early! So, out we went to play and I got some time to myself as well. Rocking day!

Carson's mattress came Saturday. He was pleased. It fits well in our bedroom, thank goodness our bedroom is very large. We now have a mattress wall. Loads of room for all to stretch out. His crib is now a toddler bed and will turn into a twin bed and use this mattress. Haven't used it as a crib or toddler bed yet, I would imagine it will get use as a twin. Carson slept ok in it last night, woke up a bit disoriented, but I got him back down easily. We slept apart from each other more, which is probably why he roused more. We'll see if this evens out or not.

So, Carson has been drawing smiley faces like mad. Loves to do it. He was out with chalk with Daddy yesterday and when I went out he was using the chalk to make "snowmen faces." Then when he came in, the cheerios had to be placed like a face too. Very interesting.