i hope everyone had a lovely day, as i did! i had leftover mongolian grille for lunch, cold, and some nachos. they were delicious! i wasn't going to have the nachos, but brenda pointed out there was cheese sauce, and who am i to resist cheese sauce?!? so, there ya go. heh.
before work, i took colby back to enterprise. everything went alright, and i never brought my cd's into the car, so i didn't leave any there this time! (for those of you asking, a couple years ago i rented a car for a trip or when chloe was in the shop, not sure which, but i believe i left my HSM2 soundtrack in the car, and no one gave it back to me. *pouty*) marty picked me up & off to work we went!
she dropped me home at 5 & mom & leyton picked me up at 5:30. we headed to chick fil a for dinner & play time, and it was delicious and fun!! : ) leyton had a BLAST in that little play area. it was so cute, but i didn't take any pictures because there were a lot of kids there! the sad thing was that some of those kids were CLEARLY too old to be in there, and their parents were CLEARLY not paying attention to what was going on. the age limit in the CFA play area is 3 years old. now, if it's not busy, and there are a couple kindergartners in there, i don't think the staff should roust them out. but when there are 5 or 6 little kids, the appropriate age for the play area, in there, and then there are 3 or 4 "big kids"... i think management should step in & let the older kids know they need to leave the play area. don'tchya think? i mean, the equipment isn't sized for older kids, and if you think about how tall a 9 year old can be, and how small a 2 year old can be... well... plus, if you've ever been the this CFA play area, you know it's not all that big a space!!
anyway, leyton was having a BLAST even w/ the older kids running around. and at least when we were there, there weren't any "incidents" other than one of the older girls bringing a soda up into the bubble. and the slide!! she slid down the slide w/ a soda. seriously. can you not see the potential for disaster there?? she could have spilled, in the first place. then the next kid(s) goes down the slide & now they're a mess, and so on til someone has to shut down the whole play area to clean up a sticky soda mess in the slide. and how would they do that, anyway? it's a curvy slide, and ... i guess they do have some small servers, but still. LOL then, of course, there are the less funny, more dangerous possibilities, including poking an eye/ear/nose w/ the straw. eep!!
the compressor was out in the CFA ice cream machine, so we headed across the street to DQ for dessert. cones. yummy, and soooo cute!
and then leyton found my gloves in my coat pocket, and i got this gem...
love it!!
after DQ, mom wanted to check out the kids' consignment shop a few doors down from DQ. however, she didn't want to get leyton in & out of the car again, so i said, "why don't we walk?" but she wanted to bring the car - so, leyton & i walked & she parked down by the shop. : ) he was soooo excited to be taking a walk w/ aunt carrie, his "best friend." i love how little kids have lots of best friends. i am so grateful that i never grew out of that! : )
and ... okay, i have no idea what i wrote here. my computer froze and i had to reboot. oh! yes, yes, so we went into the shop & they had this awesome "playpen" area, and leyton found a cute play electric guitar to play with. : ) there was also this other little boy, maybe 2 years old, who was playing w/ a string of duckies. he was adorable! no picture, tho, that would be wrong!
(also wrong - blogger won't let me upload the cute picture of leyton w/ the guitar! i'll try to add it later.)(yes!!! success!!!)
so, that was my night. will have to watch survivor tomorrow night, as i didn't end up going back to mom's cuz it was late! tomorrow is friday, thank God! looking forward to the weekend - and leyton's 3rd bday party at bouncetown! Lord willing, this visit will not include any broken bones!!!
love ya, and TTFN! : )
Oh, the horrors of the baddies in the restaurant play thingies! I have nearly come to blows (in my younger, wilder days) over big kids pushing the littles around. Sounds like you guys had a fun night!
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