Rain, Rain Go Away

Rainy morning in Sioux Falls. Fortunately, we had social plans and headed off to our first SD playgroup. Another beautiful Sioux Falls home, with a basement that was essentially toy heaven. Heck, they even had one of those inflatable jump houses down there! There had to have been 20 kids there from about 6 months to 9 years (one woman brought 5 kids all by herself!) The boys seemed to have fun. I felt torn because I wanted to socialize with the moms upstairs, but I am just not comfortable leaving my boys alone downstairs. Part of it is that the boys don't know any of those other kids yet. Part of it is that in Chicago, Michael didn't have much experience with stairs and I worry about him navigating them on his own. Part of it is that in Chicago, most people had small enough spaces that there was nowhere for the moms to go but the same place that the kids were, so I am not just not used to not being in the same room as them. And part of it is that I am a nut job ;)

We spent the afternoon shopping for Father's Day. Our last stop was a toy store called Kidtopia. The kids were in heaven there. It was alot like Timeless Toys, the place right across the street from us in Lincoln Square, and I think it felt like a piece of home to the boys.

You know your kids are watching too much Thomas the Train, when as they are playing with the display trains in the toy store you over hear your 3 year old say, "'Bust my buffers', gasped Emily, 'I'm almost out of fuel.'"