Rhyme Time

Last week Jackson and I took a trip to the library for Rhyme Time! This program is offered for "pre-walkers" at one of the Plano Libraries every day, Monday - Friday. We chose to go on Wednesday morning and had lots of fun! First they opened with some songs that we sang together with the other Moms & their kids, then the leader read a story. She had a bear and a baby doll to hold in her lap (like we were holding our babies) and even brought out a spider puppet when we sang "The Very Friendly Spider." After the story, we sang more songs and danced around with each other. After the last story, it was time to go. The picture is Jackson listening to the last story; he was getting a little tuckered out from all the fun! I was very proud of him though, because he looked like the youngest baby there and he hung in like a champ! Our favorite song was to the tune of "Here we go loopdy loo" and it goes:

Here we go up, up, up.
Here we go down, down, down.
Here we go back and forth.
Here we go round and round.

Jackson loves the motions and he always grins when we sing the song for him. They printed off a copy of the songs and poems we read, so Steven and I have been practicing with Jackson for this Wednesday. Last week there were a lot of people there; probably 20-30 baby & parent couples. When we walked in, the chairs were arranged in a circle, so I thought that the leader would be in the middle, so I took a seat. She was actually at the front and we ended up being in the back, so this week we'll have to make sure we get a seat on the floor. This week Steven is taking the day off from work to join us. We're going to Rhyme Time first, then a picnic at the memorial park across the street, and then we're taking a field trip to The Science Place! We're really excited to have a family day with Daddy!

Here's a picture of Jackson and Mortimer (his moose) passed out in the car after Rhyme Time. Who knew rhyming could be SO exhausting?