Story hour

Jenna and I just got back from her first story hour (the pic is of her sleeping on the way home). The Gardner library is holding a 4 week session specifically for infants and toddlers, so we decided to go. It was so much fun. Jenna was so excited to see lots of kids, although all but Thomas were quite a bit older. She played with some toys for a little while, then we sang a song, did introductions, read two stories and sang a couple more songs. She got really excited when we were singing and liked listening to the stories, but during introductions, she just wanted to get off my lap and crawl around the room. I wouldn't let her, so she threw a brief temper tantrum and continued to try to escape. It wasn't nearly as fun as the rest of the event. One of the books we read had a cow in it and she can say moo, so she thought it was fun to say moo with the older kids (albeit, she usually started a few seconds after they were done). I also think she tried to flap her arms like a duck, which the older kids were doing. Cute!

Oh talking about making cow noises reminds me of something that happened last week. There is a petting zoo near us called Deanna Rose Farmstead. We met a friend for a playdate last week. One of the buildings had an older calf in it. Jenna was excited to see it and was saying 'mooo', but then the calf started mooing herself. Jenna got a perplexed look on her face - like, that's not how a cow sounds. Then the cow mooed again and Jenna threw her arms out and screamed! It scared her. Of course the cow kept mooing, which scared her more and more! I picked her up and hugged her and we left the barn, but it took a little bit to calm her down. I thought it was ironic that the one animal that she can imitate terrified her!