The Great Outdoors
Mike and I signed our family up for an outdoor education class for infants (0-12 months) through the local community college district.* The class is a great chance for us to learn about developmental milestones for the baby, make friends with people who have kids around Michaela’s age, and explore our beautiful city. The class meets once a week for two hours. And the class is free!
We went to the first session yesterday and were pleasantly surprised to find a good turnout– about 20 kids. At seven weeks, Michaela is the youngest kid (the next youngest is 11 weeks); the oldest kid in class is 11 months. We all sang a song to get to know each other (”Michaela’s here today/Michaela’s here today/We’re very glad to see you here/ Michaela’s here today”) and then broke up into groups to do an exercise and get to know each other. The other folks in class all seem very nice and I’m looking forward to getting to know them better. Not surprisingly, Mike is the only dad in the class.
As you can see in this picture, Michaela wasn’t the most active participant. But we had fun anyway!
* Don’t worry. In spite of the fact that our child is less than two months old and we have her enrolled in this class, we’re not going to be the type of parents who over-schedule each and every minute of Michaela’s life.