Little bear has had a play out

As you may know, I do struggle to take little bear out. Today I got a lift from the kind lady from the health visitors and took little bear to baby movement. Now of course he is not a baby any more - but he is not too old.

I felt so guilty as he was obviously thrilled to be going out. We were late, of course, and hurtled out to our lift. You should have seen how delighted he was when we arrived at the place where we normally go to playgroup. I really REALLY need to take him out more.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was full of fun things to play with. The youngest there was four months old and I think little bear was about the oldest, and there were only a few, but there were huge balls to roll on - little bear thought this was brilliant - and tunnels to crawl through - just like a commando - and things with ribbon on and bags that made noises...

One of the oddest thing was a sort of cone like contraption that the little one sat in and it could roll round. Little bear thought this was wonderful, he had the most gorgeous delighted grin on his face as once again he was nearly upside down.

Little bear, being little bear, had one or two moments. He has worked out how to undo a bolt now, and he did skid and trip all over the place - without being daunted. He also tried to 'fix' the tape recorder when he was supposed to be calming down. While all the little ones were being encouraged to calm down he was running from one side of the room to the other as fast as he could and back again, and repeat.

I was pleased that he was good with the little babies, though I did have to watch him because he would go hurtling through. He is a gentle little bear, but he is only two.

The poor lady running the group also got 'The Look'. "Here's Mr Lemon, are you going to give him a cuddle?" She asked. Little bear gave her 'The Look' which said, "What are you on about, woman, it's a cushion." Bless her, she could hardly stop laughing.

When we got home little bear was completely exhausted. I had planned to try and take him out tomorrow, but I may see if he needs recovery time. He had a huge nap, after running a toddler equivalent of a marathon, then dear heart woke him up to have tea, then he didn't get to sleep until nearly nine, but he won't sleep in. Little bear has an alarm nappy which goes off at 7am sharp every morning. So he may be a little tired.

Next week we need to take a change of clothing as it is something to do with glue. The week after it is rolling about in paint and the week after that it is rolling about in flour. I can hardly wait.