Orren does story hour

So a friend of ours discovered a story hour at the main downtown library, and told us it's pretty good, so today, she and her daughter, and me and Orren, went to it. It WAS very good. Books, songs, balloons, and even a simple craft to go along with the stories... it was a great story hour! Orren did not do so well with it, though. He was a little overwhelmed by there being so many kids, and didn't really know what to do without Erin. He's fine in situations like that if she's with him. He just follows her around, but without her, he's completely lost, and gets VERY frustrated.

For the stories and the songs, he just sat with me, until he began venturing out just a little bit toward the end. Doing the craft (A headband with bunny ears. Today's stories were about rabbits.) with him was an absolute nightmare. He pitched a big fit, kicked his boots off, and insisted on just cutting one piece of paper into tiny little pieces. He screamed if I tried to do anything else with him. We did get through the craft time, though, and did manage to make a bunny ear headband.

Shockingly, and quite probably to the chagrin of every rich mom from the Upper Valley, we're going to be there every week from here forward. See, here's the thing. He had a hard time this time, but I saw potential. He did sort of venture out from me a little bit during one of the songs. He did eventually sit at the table with everyone else, even if all he did was cut up a piece of paper into confetti. He tried, and he did start to figure it out by the end. Not bad for a program that lasted a little over an hour. I figure if I take him every week, he'll get used to this type of thing on a smaller scale, and with me there with him, and if we ever find a preschool for him to start this year, it won't be quite as shocking for him to go with the classroom routines and do what the group of kids is doing.

So yes, Orren did story hour. It was good. It'll get better.