I bring Bela to school every day. I go home from the office before twelve noon, have a quick lunch with Patty and then bring a fresh from her nap Bela to her 1 pm class in Raya School. Bela prefers this arrangement. She wants me to bring her to school and then Mommy to pick her up.
Each trip to school is like a The Count segment in Sesame Street. Bela just loves to count! And like the Sesame Street muppet, she likes to count anything and everything. To make things a little more interesting, I tell her to count something different each day. One day we counted motorcycles. When it was raining we counted umbrellas on one day and raincoats the next. We've counted taxis, stray dogs, people wearing caps, people wearing eyeglasses, people in long sleeves, people in shorts, cops, tricycles, people wearing back packs, people wearing slippers, vehicles with more than four wheels, people with no hair, people with long hair!
It's a lot of fun! And we both enjoy playing the The Count. And the best thing about it is that unlike most of her classmates who can only count up to twenty at the most, Bela can now easily count to even 60. Not bad for a daily two kilometer ride. : )
P.S. Why 60? We actually counted 60 umbrellas during one rainy day. :)
