Playtime

It's September, and it's back to school for lots of kids. But for Paloma, it's playgroup!

On the 1st of September, Paloma started attending playgroup twice a week, for three hours each day. 

This means that she plays with 11 other toddlers, and four teachers oversee a mix of child-centered activities. 

Initially, when looking for enriching place where Paloma can learn and play, we found this friendly, multi-cultural, multi-lingual playgroup that instinctively felt like the perfect environment that matches our parenting philosophy. And two weeks into it, it's clearly the right decision for our family. She comes out of there jumping!

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To prepare her, I put up the calendar a week beforehand counting down the days to the most awesome time to be had at playgroup.

Paloma said she wanted to be a serious student, so she wanted to dress the part. You never get a second chance to make a first impression, right?

Okay, that was just a fun photoshoot of mommy's doing. Here she's in the stroller and ready to go for the real first day. Blurry with excitement!

For the adaptation period, I stayed the whole session the first day and slowly tapered off my stay. The teachers are phenomenal, and Paloma was happy and stimulated. Here she concentrates on a puzzle with one of the teachers.

First day success! This is an expression of exhaustion, not disappointment, I swear! More fun times to come for  Paloma and mommy (now that she has more time to herself)!