Buster’s school was closed Tuesday and Wednesday this week because of sickness. Since the boys wanted to do shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child this year, I decided to have a “mom and sons” day out yesterday and get some shopping in. I had a regular booked prenatal appointment so I took them along, hoping they could hear the heartbeat. Well, no such luck there but we still had a great day.
We went to the brand new mall, Crossiron Mills, only 50 minutes away with no city driving!!! I’ve been there more times than I can count but the boys had only seen it once. I rarely take them along… often I have a doctor or dentist appointment and besides, I’m a very independent shopper. Shopping by myself is extremely therapeutic…
But I thought some quality time was in order since Buster was out of school anyway and we had such a great day! One highlight for all of us was popping into Indigo for probably 45 minutes. They have a Starbucks 
(Pumpkin Spice Latte!!!) and a huge kids’ books section which is also a play area. They can read any book off the shelves they want to(kinda like a library only everything’s brand new). And tons of toys… train table, little scooter cars, balls, a cute little lemonade stand with cash register, etc etc. So I sat down with my latte and a stack of magazines, Buster studiously read books, and Noodle played. There were 4 other little boys his age and he just had a blast!!
2 responses:
Yay for awesome quality time. That;s really cool :)
sounds like fun! we have had some school closures here due to the swine flu outbreak in Texas, but my son isn't in school yet so i haven't had a day off.
Today is my "date-day" with my son. We are going to go visit my mom post-op and then go to pick out pumpkins. My husband usually carves a pumpkin (i never have) but this year we aren't doing any so I decided to let my 2 year old pick out one and help me take the seeds out to roast. I'll let me color the shell with a marker if he isn't too fussy.
Have a great weekend! :)
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