Roots & Rainbows!

Esther Frayda started a new playgroup today called Roots & Rainbow. She actually went there last year but only for a couple weeks because we had moved and it was too far. Well they moved and had an opening so we jumped on it. She knows some of the kids from Gymies. OK to the point, she absolutely LOVES this playgroup. I was very worried about nap time because she had a bad experience with this last playgroup she was in the last two weeks, that was only temporary. Most of the kids are younger so they forced nap time and that did not go over well with Esther Frayda. She told me she did not want to sleep there, that she wanted to sleep with mommy in the big bed at home. This play group does not force sleep or let them cry, gd forbid.
When we got there this morning she went right in and joined the group. I picked her up an hour early and she was sitting at the table eating lunch. She was just beaming and in such a good mood. She asked me if she could have a cookie from whole foods (her favorite store)..I just can't believe how happy and excited she was. She didn't want to leave. This is partly due to a wonderful teacher, Morah Mushky who really loves Esther Frayda. I just can't describe how happy it makes me to see my baby so extremely happy and full of confidence. She was running around the room playing and showing me everything. She didn't sleep there but she did rest and I think she may get comfortable enough to sleep. I told Morah that I could pick her up at any time, my main goal is that she has a good experience and enjoys herself.

Esther Frayda is the heaviest sleeper, she often wakes up in the middle of night and sometimes she'll cry out different things. The other night Esther Frayda cried out in her sleep "I want cereal brown please"! She repeated this several times in an anguished  cry, poor baby. Gershon has coco puffs cereal in the house and its not the healthiest, so of course I keep it away from her... well she got a taste of it and that was it! She has been asking to have it to which I offer her a distraction  Although, I felt so bad after she cried for it in her sleep that I gave her a very small bowl of it the next morning:)

My girly girl loves purses and plays with mine almost on a daily basis, she likes to go through my wallet and look for money. She already loves money. Yesterday there was no money in my wallet and she asked "where the money was". I told her I didn't have any money then she asked me if we can "go buy some money". I love to see how her precious little mind works at this age.