Saturday mornings (infact, life in gernal) used to be pretty relaxing for us. Lewis is getting older now and doesn't need that much attention so it must be....oh yeah, our little three year old Aimee. Trying to find a good outlet for today's toddler is actually harder than you think. When we were at Roosevelts' (Lewis's school) carnival, we bumped into the owner of Santa Monica's "The Tot Club", and after looking at what they do decided to sign up for a FREE (Yes, I said FREE) session. That turned into signing up for a 10 session class and if our 3 year old has her way...probably many more.

So whats the deal with this place? Well, Aimee hasn't been to kindergarten (because all the private ones are so damn expensive) so she's only really been around Adults and kids Lewis's age. A large part of the club is getting children used to communicating and playing with others and during the first class Aimee was pretty reserved. I'm just back from her third class and aside from being completely "buggered", I'm seeing such a difference in Aimee. For those without kids things like sharing, kicking a ball to other kids and dancing amoungst other kids seem like pretty normal things to do but it can be difficult to get kids out of their shell. In our class today, we had 8 people (including Adults) and Aimee decided, on her own accord, to get up and dance and sing with Shelly (the organiser). I'll be honest and say I completely underestimated the idea after initially signing up for our first class but it's such an amazing thing to see.

And the best part is, the adults get involved too. So if you were ever thinking of an excuse to act like a child and get away with it......Here you are! I think this is the first time I have ever seen a black belt in Karate dance around to the Wiggles with scrafs on his head.

Anyway, Go check out their website - http://www.thetotclub.com . Shelly, who ownes the club is completely fantastic and Aimee will second that..Infact, Today Aimee ran up to Ms Shelly and said "Ms Shelly, I love you". High praise indeed!!!!!!

Out!