Yesterday we decided, as a treat, to hit the local McDonald's for dinner. It's got a GREAT play area that is about two stories tall, with shelf-like platforms for climbing, little plastic tunnels, net tunnels and a two-story high corkscrew slide. We had never gone in before and DH thought DS would really enjoy it. DS was very excited, but there were a lot of "big kids" there, scrambling around, playing hide and seek, being loud and just enjoying themselves.
DS started scrambling up the "shelves" and quickly staggered back down in tears. He was totally intimidated!! Poor kid. And this was the start of our "dinner", so what's a parent to do? No amount of cajoling could get DS into the action. Of course, just ignoring the big play area was out of the question. Whose idea were these things? Are eating greasy food and playing in tight spaces really a good idea?
Well, being the compassionate mom that she is, SheWhoIs18WeeksPregnant thought that if she just went up once, that would reassure DS and he would be able to continue on without her. LOL!! Yeah, that's funny! Let me tell ya, those little tunnels are NOT made for blossoming bellies. Surprise, surprise. And yet, knowing this I continued to go up another 5 times over the course of our time there.
On the bright side, you can see that my back is in much better shape! I believe it just passed the ultimate test.
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that's great. we love those playplaces. keep going, he'll get used to them and soon be doing all sorts of things in them that will make you worry, wonder and LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!
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