I didn't have a New Year's resolution. If I did it would have been to actually get out my laptop and write all the crazy things that I want to share. By the time I get home, kiss everyone hello, make dinner, clean up and breath, I make up some excuse to not get back up and write. I think I will be stealing the iPad from Steve and taking it to work...at least to draft. No more excuses.
The holidays went off without a hitch and we made it home from the northeast after being snowed in for an extra two days at my brothers house with his family, taking a trip to Vermont with friends and spending New Year's in Connecticut playing Catch Phrase (which, if you have not played this handheld electronic game...you must...with a drink in your hand...hilarious!).
Getting back into a routine, as much as it was needed, was hard. It was definitely hard for the kids I watch, too. After almost two weeks off we started Monday, January 3, 2011 with 8 am carpool; beginning with drop-offs at two schools and then back around town to do grocery shopping and run a few errands, including getting mitten clips to avoid those losing those little hand warmers...and then off to the other side of town for Music Together class. Our favorite.
'Music Together' is our weekly fun and dance class with a dozen other ladies with children in tow. We have an amazing teacher that can somehow make moms/nannys and kids get up and smile AND be energetic on a Monday morning...thank goodness. This 45-minute class which is a mixed aged for 0-5 years, is all about early childhood music education. Little Boo and I love it and listen to the CD that comes with enrollment every single day. It has really helped her as she explores the world of talking...and singing. The most amazing thing is that classes are held all over the world and all their teachers and programs are phenomenal. Their web-site is www.musictogether.com . Definitely check it out if you have time with a little one! It is B and Boo approved! Although I am sure the fees vary, we only paid $38 for 12 classes at the local rec center, two CDs (one for the car and for home...how thoughtful!), a song book and one excited 2-year old.
If only they could teach the secrets of disarming 2-year-old defiance and temper tantrums...the first adolescence...and getting a sassy 7-year-old to sit still for 2 minutes at one time.
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