Growing Times

When we first moved here I heard a lot of people talk about the kid classes that were offered through the Santa Barbara City College. I signed up for one when John was about 6 months old and really enjoyed it. The only problem was it was so far away that I was getting pretty sick of driving back and forth each week to attend the class. When John got a little older I was able to sign up for a Growing Times class that was held at the Community Center in my apartment complex... SCORE! It was so nice to walk through my back yard gate to attend the class rather then a 15min drive on the freeway. The instructor Bonnie is a very nice lady who really loves being around children. She has the longest hair ever and she's always a positive happy person whenever I see her. This quarter they switched things around a little bit which didn't make the class as fun as it has been in the past. The only upside is John has actually started to pay attention and sit through the singing time (something he has never been able to do before). He's even started to do the hand motions to all his favorite songs (some at the class, some at home): The itsy bitsy spider, The wheels on the bus, 2 little speckled frogs, 3 little ducks, , 2 little monkeys swinging in a tree, and his all time favorite Popcorn Popping.

He plays really well with the other kids but most of the time he bounces around from one toy to the next so fast that he hardly plays with anyone for more than 30 seconds.

He LOVES playing with the dress-up and his all time favorite toy is the red telephone.

One day he found the Ruby Slippers and wouldn't take them off until it was time to clean up!

I caught he and his bestie in the class (Avalon) both wearing them one day!

He likes all of the different activities they have but when it comes to the silly puddy he usually thinks it's food and will try to put it in his mouth when I'm not looking...

This quarter was our last quarter to take this class. I could sign up for next quarter but since we will be leaving before the classes even finishes and I have A LOT to do before we go I think we will have to big adieu to Growing Times with Bonnie!



P.S-This was the greatest day we ever had. He was paying attention so well and joined in during singing time!