Today is Day 3 of going solo with Owen. Ray went back to work on Monday, so I'm here with the boy all day, no break, no tag-teaming it.
It's a little exhausting, but it's going well. We're getting along just great. He's down to about one good chomp on me a day -- major progress on the biting front. We're exploring local playgrounds, getting ready for his birthday on Sunday, and trying to settle more into a routine.
But now I have to make more of an effort to socialize and set up play dates. All day with a 2-year-old is going to be tough. We started Aquatots last week, so that's a start. Owen did great. He cooperated (mostly) with putting the barbell flotation device under his arms, and got a little squirmy during the "back work" section, but mostly he was grinning and smiling through the whole thing. And talking up a storm.
"My, Owen's an active little boy," the teacher said. Okay, he was a little more hyper than most of the other kids, but he was so excited to be in the pool again, he couldn't help himself.
Aquatots marked our first time out in the civilian population. I've been keeping my play dates and socializing to other adoptive families since we got back. There's so much to discuss about the transition and adjustment and transracial issues that I've kept us pretty insular. Of course, it's not like you can always spot the adoptive family, so who knows the composition of our class. One thing's for sure, I'm on the older side.
Likewise at the playgrounds. Monday and today, I struck up conversations with other moms who didn't look like they're 20 years younger than me, but they ended up being THE GRANDMOTHERS.
Also, yikes, I don't know the words to "The Wheels on the Bus." I felt like such a dummy at Aquatots while everyone else was singing and doing the motions with their kids.
I'll figure this out, and probably really get the hang of it by the time I go back to work in January.
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LOL... I didn't know any songs either and certainly know how you feel, being an older mom myself.
:-)
Mindy
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all through the town.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep,
all through the town..
The money on the bus goes, Clink, clink, clink;
Clink, clink, clink;
Clink, clink, clink.
The money on the bus goes, Clink, clink, clink,
all through the town.
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back,
move on back, move on back;"
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back",
all through the town.
The baby on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah".
The baby on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah",
all through the town.
The mommy on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush."
The mommy on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush"
all through the town.
Substitute these also:
The doors on the bus go open and shut.
The bell on the bus goes ding-ding-ding.
The lady on the bus says, "Get off my feet"...
The people on the bus say, "We had a nice ride"...
"Your name" on the bus says Let Me Off!
See, no problems! Just add some movements and it's hours of entertainment. The boys' favorite was always "The driver on the bus says move on back," with a thumb motion over your right shoulder, LOL!
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