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TOGETHER! Hello to "flip flops" so glad to see you... Hello to "baby boat shoes" so glad to see you... Hello everybody, so glad to see you... Hello everybody, so glad to see youuuuu! Experiencing a music group as a mom, not as a clinician, was a new experience. Before we began, I made a point to remind myself to be baby boat shoes mom... and oh what a JOY it was! One of my favorite moments after the "hello song" was when my sweet WCL crawled away from the group...and what followed... Of course, my first thought was, "let me go scoop him up and bring him back!" However, I paused, reminded myself to let him "be"... continued singing and patting the floor to the beat and sure enough, in about 15 seconds he turned, smiled wide and crawled right back. What a wonderful, supportive environment... where babies can come and go, crawl and toddle away and come right back as they are ready! It was a simple group. Simple songs. Simple beats. Simple stomps, pats, bounces and buzzes. WCL loved every second. Smiling, laughing, cooing, crawling, snuggling... it was true baby JOY. Have a little one and thinking about a music group? GO FOR IT, you won't regret it.

well well well...

As some of you have noticed, William's World is flourishing. Pictures and expressions, movement and wishes, moments and memories.... Flips Flops and Boat Shoes has been resting.... BUT NOW.... we are BACK! To catch you up since the last post, there has been a lot of change in the Flip Flops and Boat Shoes world... ~Boat Shoes was offered an awesome opportunity with his new company to move South... at the very end of my maternity leave ~We traveled to Charlotte, NC looked at 21 homes in 3 days and decided on one lovely home that we adore ~I left a job that I ADORED with patients and families that taught me more than I will ever be able to articulate ... to move back down south to my roots ... bitter sweet. ~We moved. With a 5 month old. Yes, that was an adventure (see William's world for photos) ~We began living the "home office, but traveling alot" world for boat shoes and SAHM for flip flops. SAHM = Stay at Home Mom. aka: what I imagined would be the DREAM. ~SAHM world: pool time, meet new friends and baby time, library story time, play time, nap time, unpacking... mind you, when you list it out it looks lovely; however, I was MISSING my patients, adult interaction, these things didn't happen every day and I needed a little something more... for me and for WCL to interact with some little friends his own age! ~enter... "everything happens for a reason" adventure... MY NEW WORLD. Teaching children about literature, reading stories, creating adventures with words and loving every minute. So this blog is not only going to continue with the many adventures of Flip Flops, Boat Shoes and baby boat shoes... but with little sprinklings of ideas and suggestions for Children's Literature and instilling a love of reading in children at a young age! stay tuned...