Monday, February 25: The weather has been at it again (!!), so when I picked Aidan up after noon on Monday, I decided not to drive all the way back to the Beach House; instead, we started out at the E. Grand Rapids Library--it is one of my favorite librarys because there are so many nice toys, and play spaces, and trains, and even stuffed animals and puppets for goodness' sake!
Thankfully, Aidan is too young to notice that we are not playing at my house (he loves it here) and was fine just exploring these surroundings. Although I will say that his favorite thing to do was to climb up and down the stairs between the ground and first floor--but that was okay too. I needed the exercise.
Also, the library was not over-crowded today and there was plenty of room to play and enjoy the toys.
Aidan is quite a climber ... at least if he is climbing UP--he's not quite as astute coming back DOWN yet. He was so happy sitting in this comfortable Thomas engine. Look at his cute little face.
He played with these magnetic rubber toys on a lighted table (also there is a mirror that is facing Aidan) ... so it's an interesting space in which to play.
I had brought along a tiny coloring book and a few crayons, so we sat and colored for a little while.
Kids are so unique, aren't they? Aidan LOVES to scribble with pens, crayons, markers, etc. He is a bit early, I think, to love it so much--but I am very glad. It's one of my favorite things to do too.
Aidan tried carting this over-large stuffed bear around with him for awhile, but it was significantly larger than he is!
After about 90 minutes at the library, we drove over to Culver's to eat. I brought along some "safe" snacks for Aidan and he also ate my order of fries, dipped in mustard (naturally). He dips everything in mustard if it is available. I shared some of my drink with him.
Aidan is a very contented little guy. We probably sat here at Culver's for over an hour without Aidan protesting a single bit. He ate his food and then we played.
I brought along a few of his favorite trucks, which he refers to as "Ducks" but ... hey ... I KNOW what he means! He says "fries" too, as well as "Knock-knock" because Brendan does knock-knock jokes with him.
Aidan was so pleased to play with these three trucks while I finished eating.
He is the sweetest little baby I have ever met. It's terribly hard to restrain myself from just kissing him head to toe constantly.
After we finished eating, we drove over to Woodland and walked around for awhile. I even did a little bit of shopping--no purchasing, but I did try on a few things without a single protest from this little sweetheart. He was holding on to his fire truck and sitting comfortably in the stroller. We walked around the mall and then it was time to go back to his house. All and all, a pretty nice afternoon!
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