Playgroup

We set off for playgroup today, which is our usual Tuesday event, though sometimes interrupted by bad weather. The new thing is that Cara has picked up an extra day (which Isla has dropped), so now comes to playgroup too. A new environment for her.

Here she is working on the butterfly puzzle. She has a lot of patience with puzzles, both at home and at playgroup, and will keep trying a piece, seemingly in confidence that it should fit, and so it will fit if she keeps working on it.

BTW, the butterfly puzzle is a really nice textured one which I bought when I was buying toys for the playgroup some years ago. It has a very interesting hand-painted finished too. There seems to be fashions in puzzles (and other equipment) and you can't always get more of a similar item.

First day back at Playgroup

This morning the Little Kids and I went to our local Playgroup. Most of the usual suspects were there, plus some new faces for the new year. It was great to see the outdoor area had been set up and was being well used. After a patchy weekend weather wise it is definately Summer here again.

The water trough which Playgroup bought last year was out and seeing lots of fun. E, at a quite tall 18months, can just reach into it and grab cups and boats. She LOVES water at the moment so was as happy as ..... a toddler in a water trough!

I, (a shorter 18month old) mostly played indoors. My impression was that she needed to revisit the environment and equipment, touching and playing with everything in turn. Next time I'll see if she is big enough for that trough, or else we'll have to imporvise a step. There are a lot of kids about the same age (and size) at the moment.