Crawing Contest-Part I 寶寶爬行比賽(上)

Angela 即將滿10個月了，在這個階段正是Angela爬行最頻繁最熟練的時候了。Mommy特地為Angela報名了兩場寶寶爬行比賽。這個週末是第一次比賽，由遠東百貨公司舉行，下個月是由麗嬰房舉辦。

這次的寶寶爬行比賽時間是訂在9月20日下午2:00，共有將近60名的寶寶參加。比賽的規則是每場次有3位選手，爬行時間最長為1:30，爬行距離為5公尺，若在限時內沒有爬完5公尺則不計分，在限時內最早爬完全程的選手為優勝者。

現場每個參賽寶寶看起來都胸有成竹的模樣，見到彩色的地板，就開始舞動手足，一副躍躍欲試的模樣。Angela 的參賽號碼是「03」，是分組比賽的第一組，當裁判吹哨子後，Mommy將Angela放下地板，只見圍觀的家長大聲加油，但同組的三位寶寶全都坐在地板上不動，
Angela的眼睛一直注視周圍的觀眾，似乎很好奇為什麼有這麼多的人在大聲喊叫，Mommy想吸引Angela往前爬，可以四邊的人群更吸引她的目光。
好不容易有個家長拿了一個會移動的玩具，要吸引他的寶寶往前爬，被Angela看到了，Angela終於開始爬了，雖然Angela爬得不慢，但因為之前原地不動的時間太長，以致於爬了一半，時間就到了，使得這次的比賽無法計分。不過和同組的選手相較，Angela還有往前進，算是不錯了。

有了這次的經驗，希望下個月Angela參加麗嬰房舉辦的比賽會有進步一些，至少可以爬完全程。

Walking around! 開始學步走耶！

小恩恩開始學步走了，現在小恩恩最新的運動就是推著家裡的沙發和娃娃車在客廳裡到處走，看到新奇的事物就停下來摸摸看、嚐嚐看。有時還會跑到廚房裡玩烤箱，微波爐，真得是標準的好奇寶寶。

Bookstart! 開始閱讀

Angela took part in a story reading event held by Taipei City Library last weekend. This event was designed for babies aged between 6 month and 18 month with an aim to introduce babies to books as well as to develop their language abilities. At the beginning of the activity, the speaker played some games and introduced the little kids to say the name of their wearing such as clothing, skirt, hat, shoes, etc. Later, she read some traditional Chinese idioms from a book and asked kids to repeat.

Near the end, the speaker came to say hello to Angela and pretended to interview her. As the picture showed, Angela was more than happy to grab the microphone and tried to say something. The speaker encouraged Angela to be able to read stories to others someday when she grows up.

Mommy hoped, by attending such activity, Angela had a good start for cultivating reading habit.