A Day with Max and Mama

I uploaded a bunch of pictures yesterday...hence

the two posts in one day. But I wanted to get some

thoughts down about my special day with Max :)

I decided to take last Thursday off to hang out 

with Max. I had some extra time and not a lot 

of Zoo obligations on this particular day...so 

I told Max all week long that we were going to

have a "Max and Mommy" day.  He was all in. 

Since I feel like about 96% of being home falls under

the "ordinary" category - when these magical Max 

and Mommy days happen, I try to plan something fun. 

In this case, I had planned on the pool.

But since my little rooster, woke up at 6:30 - we had

to fill our time before the pool opened with

some puzzles (always puzzles), art projects, 

and trains. 

I also decided last minute to swing by the donut store. 

Anyone who reads this blog knows that we 

are no strangers to the Krispy Kreme. 

However, Max surprised me by 

wanting the powdered cinnamon donut. 

I think this is because there were no

strawberry donuts...but none

the less, he ate the whole thing. 

Max's new favorite thing to do at the donut

shop is watch all the donuts go down the 

conveyor belt and point to the ones that

don't come out right or don't turn over. 

He stares and points until some kind 

worker takes pity on him and pulls

the faulty donuts. I was afraid that we

would never make it out of there but

alas, after about 45 minutes no more

donuts came down the line. 

We left there and headed to the Worthington 

Community Center. It was the perfect time

to go because it was relatively early and not 

crowded. This place is awesome because

it has a plastic slide, lots of spray stuff, and 

fountains etc. We had a blast! Until....Max

practically ran up the slide steps and jumped 

(picture a gymnastics dismount) and caught his

foot on a wet spot. He banged his head and eventually made

it down to the bottom. He was, as you can imagine,

bawling. So hard. It was so sad.  I calmed him

down and even though he told me he wanted to go 

home...I made us stay and play some more. 

We ended up staying for almost two hours.
He crash landed on his head one more time...
and cried some more...but we powered through
and ultimately had SO MUCH FUN.
It was one of those days where he listened
really, really well. He was kind and well mannered.
He made me smile from ear to ear.

After leaving, we headed to McDonald's....the one

with the play place (of course). He ate his entire

happy meal - the nuggets, fries, yogurt, and

apple sauce pouch. I guess all the pool time

increased his appetite.

The play place was hopping and it made me

so nervous every time he went up through the chutes

and I would lose track of him. But then, a few

minutes later he would come barreling down

the slide. How does he have so much energy?

Our afternoon ended with a trip to Target...

Max requested his favorite cart - the one that

feels like you're driving a bus.

We cruised through all the aisles

and ended up picking a new blanket for

mommy and daddy's bed.

Finally, on the way home, he

zonked out!  I drove around a few extra minutes

just to be sure and was able to

transfer him to his bed!  All the praise hands!

It was certainly a fun filled day!

I loved being out on the town with my little buddy.

Hoping we can do it again soon :)

xoxo