Over the last couple of weeks, I have spent my days off occupying Collin any way I can.
Mostly because he is constantly on the move now but also because it has been amazing beautiful outside and after the crazy winter I have needed some outside time.
Some have been wins...
Some not so much!
But here are my experiences:
Music with Ms. Susan at Fairfax Library.
Now that Collin is over 1 year there are a lot more classes that he can participate in thru the library.
We have participated in Bouncing Babies and Small Wonders at the Chantilly Library so far
but when I saw this class I placed it on my calendar to sign up for.
This class was amazing!
I would have paid money for Collin to do this.
Better than his Park Takes Music Class.
This is offered occasionally at Fairfax and under the name Tiny Tots at Burke.
Unfortantely, she said she is off for the summer but will be back for the fall.
This class had about 20 kids and it was all about movement and signing and dancing- perfect for a boy with lots of energy and who loves music.
Making Music thru Fairfax County Parktakes
So when I signed Collin up it was either a "Making Music Class" on Sundays or a Spanish Class during the week. They did not offer much for his age and the classes they did offer seemed to be on days I work- FAIL PARKTAKES.
So I signed him up for the music class on Sunday at Providence because it was really the only option.
There are two teachers that alternate- 1 that is awesome and 1 that is horrible!
So we have just stopped going on the Sundays that we expect that not so good teacher.
The other problem that we have run into is I hate giving up our Sundays as we normally schedule stuff and this time Joe and I went away for a weekend, had Mother's Day another weekend, and are in a Wedding next weekend.
I will probably never sign up for a weekend class again just because we normally have other stuff.
This summer I signed him up for a class call FunFit Tots on Wednesdays and I think it will be a welcomed change to our schedule.
Rocknocerous at Jammin Java
This was a FAIL.
I picked to do this on a Saturday when I needed to get Collin out of the house so Joe could work on his grant for school. I had heard from friends that this was a good activity.
I would say this is something that I would not do again.
First you had to pay, and there were not 1 but 2 birthday party groups there making there no room to even move. We actually left after 30 minutes because Collin wanted to get down and run and he had no where to do this.
FAIL!!!!
Clemyjontri Park
I headed out here one day with Collin to meet up with some friends.
She had recommended this park and I am always looking for free stuff to do.
So far Collin loves parks so I thought we would give it a try.
WIN!
This park is amazing.
It is about a 20 minutes drive so we left around 9:30 am on Monday morning after rush hour. The park is huge and is really friendly for all ages.
Collin basically ran around like a crazy man after he took in it hugeness which at first was a little over whelming to him.
Of note you can bring your own food and water and I do recommend it.
We went in the morning but it was still hot and I was eventually able to get Collin to wear his hat thru peer pressure of my friend's daughter. Make sure you place sunscreen on as there is not a lot of shaded places to stand. This place I can imagine would be a zoo on the weekends and once schools are out so best to go early on a weekday and before school is out.
Our Park
We have a new park in our neighborhood which for the most part I have been pretty happy with.
It "newness" means that kids that should not be playing on it- i.e older children are which makes it a little unsafe as they jump off things that they are not suppose to, etc. This to be honest has just made me more open with communicating with other people children. For the most part, I do not care about other people's children, but when it is placing my son in danger- well I am going to say something.
It is free and close to our house so I can see it being a common place for us to play.
WIN
Up next....
Trip to the Zoo
