Siblings Camp

Saturday Gramz helped me take Ryleigh to the "Siblings Camp" I'd signed Ryleigh up for back in February. It's call the "Teddy Bear Camp" but they could bring any stuffed animal or doll they wanted to the class. Ryleigh chose to bring her Minnie Mouse. 

She was really excited about going to the "camp" as she called it. When my mom got to our house that morning Ryleigh said, "We're going on a campout!" We tried to explain to her that we weren't actually camping out but maybe this summer she could out at Gramz and Papa's. 

Even though we weren't really camping out they had a tent in the room for decorations along with sleeping bags and lanterns for the kids to play with before the class started.

In the class they read a book about bringing a new baby home, showed the kids what the baby looks like at the different stages of gestation, decorated a door hanger and then took them on a tour of where mommy and baby would be staying.

When the nurse told the kids to come sit on the sleeping bags for story time Ryleigh jumped up and made sure she was in front! She loves story time.

Here the kids are learning how to hold the baby by using their dolls or animals they brought.

After a quick snack they made door hangers for the baby's rooms using Dot Art. Ryleigh has this and LOVES it! 

Afterwards the nurses took the kids and parents on a tour. Since I'm on bed rest and was using a wheelchair to get around I waited in the classroom while Gramz and Ryleigh went on the tour. 

They took them to a Labor and Delivery room, Antepartum room and a Postpartum room. While on the tour my Gramz and Ryleigh ran into one of the nurses we know very well now. They took them to one of the Antepartum rooms I've stayed in. When they walked it my mom said Ryleigh said, "I've been in here before!" and went over to the couch and made herself at home. 

Before the tour one of the nurses showed the kids a bottle of sanitizer and told them to always wash their hands before touching the baby and when going into a room. On the tour the nurse asked the kids what they were supposed to do first and of course Ryleigh was the first to say, "Wash your hands!" Got to love how well she listens. 

Even though I've spent every other weekend being in the hospital and I know Ryleigh is familiar with the place I wanted her to be able to do something fun for her. She's been asking to go back to the camp since we got home. 

Here is the door hanger she made and the shirt she got. She also got a backpack full of coloring pages and fun stuff to do while waiting for the baby to be born.