Beans...

Once a month we have a lovely woman called Kajsa (Kaysa) who comes to the house to give me some good ideas on things to play with Finnigan. It is a wonderful program called "Parents as Teachers" It is offered for free here on Fort Bragg for parents with kids aged 0-3. A friend of mine kept gushing about it, so I finally got enrolled on the wait list. It was worth the wait! I thought it would be something fun to do with Finnigan while Liam is in school, something just for him. She always brings books and each month comes up with a new "toy". One time she brought puzzles over, and showed us how to make our own puzzles, next time we will make our own play dough. She brought a plastic jug with bottle caps of all sorts of shapes and sizes. They are big on making toys! Which emphases my desire to rid our home of toys, all though I have not done so yet, and just got more for Christmas..... Anyway, its fun. Yes, I generally all ready know the stuff she is telling me on how to play and speak with Finn, but it is nice to have that reemphasised, that yes, I am doing the right things for his development. Yes I am a good mother, even an "expert" thinks so. Finn loves having her over, and we are glad to continue this program for as long as we are here with baby #3 and then keeping it up at our next duty station.

This last week Kajsa brought over some beans to play with, like a sandbox but easier to clean up! I kept the beans because Finn had so much fun and brought them out later when Liam was home from school. They enjoyed hiding things, and filling cups. I put them away in a safe place to pull out on the next rainy or super exhausted day! Enjoy, and if you have kids aged 0-3 check out the parents as teachers website and see if they offer a program in your area, we love it!!! http://www.parentsasteachers.org/site/pp.asp?c=ekIRLcMZJxE&b=272091