things that bring joy - day 17

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see Alex looking at me.

Alex had his first trip to the public library for Wee Read storytime for toddlers. He's a little younger than most of the kids in the class, but they let me sign him up anyway. The lady who lead the storytime was wonderful - so full of energy and enthusiasm. I've forgotten how many years she's been doing this, but it's more than a decade.

She read stories and played music that the kids danced and shook "noise eggs" and beanbags to. It was really cute. There was no way you could watch these kids and not find joy in it.

Alex was only partially interested in listening to the stories. What he really wanted to do was get up off his little carpet square and do some exploring since he's got the whole walking thing down now. But like any good mom, I had my bag of tricks ready. Yep, I had snuck in some dried yogurt bites, and that helped keep him still long enough for the story lady to read the book without him causing too much of a scene. Fortunately, he wasn't the only meanderer in the crowd, so I didn't feel too bad about the whole thing.