Kiddy Gym

As an attempt to foster social relationships with other people besides Mimi’s immediate family, and also a way to expel her excess energy, Annie and I have decided to start taking Mimi to a kiddy gymnasium once or twice a week. Mimi for being such an active kid is actually very shy with strangers. When she meets someone she doesn’t know she will hide behind my legs and peek out at them. It usually takes her about a day to warm up to you and 2 days to really wanting you to start playing with her. We think it is because she only interacts with the same people everyday…me, Annie, Minnie, and Annie’s family. The only kid she gets to play with is Yankee. So going to the kiddy gym will get her out more and get her to be around other kids.

Yesterday, in Hsinchu, we took Mimi to the gymnasium for the first time and she had a riot. There were many activities, many things to play with, and also had her favorites blowing bubbles and hand puppets. She had a really really good time. After it was done we told Mimi to go and thank the teacher and she did and when the teacher asked for a hug Mimi then hugged her which is something she never does with a person she just met. So tomorrow Mimi will go to the Taipei class, I won’t be there unfortunately but I am sure she will have fun without me.