Music Class, Puppets, and a Tea Party

Kate and I have been having so much fun the past couple of days. I know I always say this, but I am so happy that I can be home with my beautiful baby girl. Our days together just fly by, and I love all our activities that we do together.

On Tuesday, we went to our music class at the Sun Prairie Music Academy. This was our second week of this session, and Kate absolutely loves it. She loves all the instruments we play (her favorites seem to be the bells, shakers, and drums), and she'll happily sing and dance along to the music. We had fun at our music class at the Children's Museum, but I think the classes at the Prairie Music Academy are way better, so I'm glad we're taking those this session.

Then after music class, we headed over to the library because although regular storytime (and Toddler Tales) is over, they were having a special "storytime with a twist," which included a puppet show. Kate loved that; so much better than last year, when she just got mad because I wouldn't let her go up and grab the puppets ;) Afterward they got to make a little craft (a tulip stuck on a green toilet paper tube for a stem), and she had fun doing that (she has fun whenever crayons and glue are involved!)

Then yesterday (Wednesday) we went to a tea party at the house of one of our Toddler Tales (and music class, too) friends. The invitation said to put them in their fancy dresses, so of course I had Kate wear her Easter dress. All the girls looked so nice in their pretty dresses, and there were a couple of boys there, too; one wore an adorable sweater vest, which was so cute. The party was so fun; we knew quite a few people from both the library and our music class, so that was nice to see them. I really do love the Sun Prairie area; I just wish it was closer to Dan's work. If it was, I'd buy a house there in a heartbeat.

Anyway, at the party, the kids played outside a lot (good thing I'm not too uptight, otherwise I probably would have had a heart attack at Kate going down the slide in her fancy dress!) She also loved the swings, sandbox, and (of course) one of those toddler cars that you can get in and drive. We definitely had to remind ourselves of the concept of sharing when it came to that toy! Otherwise I think she would have been in that thing all day. They also had some yummy snacks (although Kate was too busy playing to really notice!) and before we left we made a little craft (a cute foam Easter egg with stickers).

So we've definitely had a fun week so far. Now, on to the pictures!

Some shots from earlier in the week:

Such a beautiful outfit from Nana.




Playing dress-up in her Tinkerbell dress.


Concentrating intently on jumping. (Jumping is her new favorite pastime!)




Before music class on Tuesday in another beautiful outfit from Nana (just... ignore that mess in the background, ok? Pretend you never even saw it).


She gets so excited whenever she hears planes; she has to point them out and say, "Look! Plane!"




I'm ready for the tea party!