Life With The Shirleys: too much

In an effort to keep The Mayor's life as normal as possible, I signed him up for a sports class designed for 2 year olds. It is a 9 week program that meets one day a week for 30 minutes. They spend 2-3 weeks on different sports (football, t-ball, basketball and soccer). They don't have any games; it is just a chance for them to learn about equipment, some fundamentals regarding the sport and to listen/follow instructions. Of course the first class falls 1 week after his sister was born. I think it is too much. This past week has been a whirlwind for him from staying at PopPop and Mamie's for 3 1/2 days to having a house full of people here for the weekend and MeMe and Big Daddy here for the week. Plus having a baby in the house and parents who are learning to balance between two children.

He was fine for the first 25 seconds we left him in the gym for his class. Then a little boy started crying so The Mayor started. I could see his little fingers grasping for me through the little slit of the gym door and his cry for "momma". The coach asked me to join them and he finally calmed down. But The Mayor was kind of "that kid" today. While the other 2 year olds did a pretty good job at listening and following instructions (like "sit in a circle" or "stand on the red line") my sweet boy was wanting to play with the basketball and run around. It took awhile to get him to follow the coach's instructions. I quickly realized my child is great at home one-on-one, but get him in a classroom environment with distractions and all bets are off. Of course I do realize he is two years old and has never been left in a day care (or even with anyone other than family) so he does not know what structure is in that sense...but we will definitely be working on our listening skills!

After the class, we took him to an indoor playground for some mommy/daddy/Mayor time. We took advantage of Bear being at home with MeMe and Big Daddy and had another day with The Mayor. He was worn out! And it felt good to have another morning with our boy. Looking forward to next week when it is the 4 of us and we can have the entire week to really bond as a family since daddy will be off from work!

Tonight ended on a sweet note. For the first time, The Mayor held his baby sister. He loved it. In fact, he pitched a fit when we tried to take her away. So he ended up having her in his lap for about 20 minutes. He finally agreed to let her go when friends of ours came over and delivered dinner. It was precious to see him kissing her and trying to hold her hand. It is amazing to see how much he loves her. He does have his two year old moments when he gets a little jealous if he can't get our attention, but I am so thankful that he loves his baby sister.