Tuesday, December 20, 2011

*** Laptime & Santa Again *** :]

The boys and I have been attending a Mommy and Me class at the library for a year now and it is called Laptime! We go once a week and it is so much fun -- it is pretty much a lil preschool class but the Mommy's stay to watch their children learn too! It's soooo much fun and we have enjoyed it tons -- the boys are always so stinkin excited to go and so is this Mommy :]

I know I have mentioned this class before in a post -- but I am mentioning it again b/c sadly... it is near an end for us for Eli. The class ends when they are 3 and with the holidays coming up and all... we have THREE classes left :[ We are so sad! BUT there is also an awesome story time/play time on Tuesdays that is so awesome for the kids too and we will go to that for sure every week we can! The boys love love going to the library and love to also play with the train table and get books to read there and at home too -- it's adorable and seriously so so much fun! Zacary is at an age now where he doesn't need to be in his stroller the whole time too -- so we don't take a stroller anymore and he just walks with us or I hold him wherever we go and he is soooo happy as Eli is the whole entire time and just loves it and understands so much like Eli does too!! I LOVE IT :]

For the class you start off reading books with your child(ren) Then Miss Michelle (the teacher) starts with some songs (the chickie song, the itsy bitsy spider, a spider song, and Mr Golden Sun too) :] We also do the wheels on the bus, story time, we do the weather, the days of the week, craft time, and we do a matching game where Miss Michelle gives an item to each of the kids (example: Eli got a drum this week!) -- and when she puts your child's item on the board they run up and match theirs beside it and come runnin back to their Mommy! When we first started this class Eli was so shy and wanted me to hold his hand and go with him everywhere -- so precious! Then one day he says "Mommy you watch me right here and Eli will be riiiiight back" awwwww such a sweetie and he is growing so darn fast! And he is so darn proud of himself b/c he comes a smiling soooo big and flying back to me and runs into my arms to the point where I almost fall backward haha!!! It's sooo adorable and just melts my heart!

He also will lay on his belly during story time now too but says "Mommy I want you and Zacary to come with me for the story" so we scoot closer to him and sit and listen to the story with him while he is on his belly listening soooo good awww! Zacary also does the motions to the songs and smiles ear to ear and loves to follow Big Brother up to the board when he takes his item up to match and also comes runnin back to me with a big smile and hugs when he gets to me awww I LOVE LOVE LOOOOVE it :] My lil babies are my lil heroes and I just love them to the moon and back -- they make my each and every day with the littlest things they do sooo sweet and make my days soooo complete! When we are done with the class we play with the train tables, sometimes have snacks, get books, and see the big fishies before we leave in the tank there! Eli always says "I have so much fun at the library with you Mommy" Awwww :]:] Everyone always gets such a cute kick out of Zacary and how cute he looks dancing and doing the song motions/name game motions and goes up to the board with Eli and runs back to me too for hugs and kissies -- it's soooo adorable!!!

We will def miss this class but will continue to come once a week for the amazing story time too! Andddd Zacary will begin this laptime class in Sept when he turns 2 (my oh my is that ever crazy to say!!!!) We are looking forward to it and Miss Michelle let's all siblings come to so Eli will get to go back in Sept too of course :]:] Such a neat neat thing for the kids and helps them learn sooooo much!!! My boys have gotten so much out of the class and we also go over the info from the class once a week at home too and they just love love love it :]

Sometimes Eli even says "Mommy Zacary and Eli will sit in their chairs in Eli's room and we do library class?" awww :]:] There is also a name game you do where you pat your lap with your hands and the boys both do the lil pat to their lap and we say the names around the room... at home it is hello Eli, hello Zacary, and all the lil stuffed animal/toy names around Eli's room to and then hello Mama at the end :]:] We say hello Daddy too hehe!!! :] Here are some wonderful pics from the class I took -- usually I am so busy with the boys it is hard to get pics but I am sooo glad I got pics yesterday b/c they are soooo adorable and such great memories!!! I am def one proud proud Mommy of my lil men -- they do sooo good and are oh so smart!!!! I LOVE YOU MY BABY BOYS and it is sooo cute to see how proud they are of themselves too :]:] I praise them with so many compliments on how good they are and how good they do throughout the class and always -- it just melts my heart!

Here is a slide show of the pics I took -- and the stupid thing cut off some parts of the pic arrrrg but as always I have them on my FB under my December 2011 albums :] The one pic of the back of their heads together is them both sitting on my lap and Eli was hugging Zacary awwww just love it!!! They are wonderful :]

We also went and saw Santa one last time today at story time at the library and we sat by Santa! There were no tears shed and they held on strong and did so so good even though they both were a lil scared awww -- but I just love the pic we got and my sweet baby boys :]

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