Safari Nation

Today was a really fun day for us. After school we dropped by the library to return and select some books. And to our surprise Benjamin's best friend from school was there! We have been talking about a play date for the boys for a while now but haven't done it so we were thrilled to be there together. Mitch (Bug's best friend) was there with his caregiver and eventually his grandmother(Nana)joined us. Mitch's Nana read lots of books to the boys and even snuck in some cookies for them to enjoy.

Benjamin and I were going to head to a new bounce place called Safari Nation after the library and happily Mitch didn't have any other plans so we all caravaned over and checked it out as it was all our first time going. The boys played and played and played. It was so nice to see them together outside of school where they could romp and do their own thing. And the adults got to talk and get to know one another which was really nice.

Benjamin had his first slushie at the snack bar. Obviously since this was a first (and he is almost 4 years old) this is not something we usually would do but Mitch was enjoying one and it seemed terrible to tell Benjamin no. He liked it but didn't finish it very fast. It took him about an hour to finish the small cup of it. I think it was too cold and sweet for him.

And he also had another first. He rode the zip line. He is technically too short to ride it but the guy running it made an exception for him. He rode it 2 dozen times before he fell and got hurt. He fell into the space between the mat and the wall and he cried and cried and said he was never going on it again. Thirty seconds later he was back up there. He was a trooper to get over the fear that quickly and keep having fun with it. It was a fun day overall and a really nice time spent with good friends.