Playdate with Logan

"Yo Logan, this place is pretty chill."

     On Monday, we went to My Urban Toddler in Saline (pronounced suh-LEEN, for those of you outside of Michigan).  It's an indoor playspace and imaginarium designed, strangely enough, for toddlers.  Alas, neither Esme nor Logan qualify yet, but it was still fun to see what's out there.
     They both increased their tummy time records on the inclined blocks -- and having each other to look across at certainly distracted them from the fact that they were doing so.  (Neither of them seems to like tummy time much.)  These blocks are in the Infant Park in the center of the town.  Along the walls are different rooms in which to play --  fire-station, school, library, grocery, theater, cafe -- that have dress-up clothes and props, such as toddler-sized shopping carts and a dazzling array of plastic foods.

In the corner of the picture above Esme is the grocery store,
while the girl in blue at the top walks in front of the theater.

     You may notice in many pictures that Esme is asleep at the edge of the Infant Park.  We were there for about two hours, and this fifteen or twenty minute time period was when I took pictures.  (Much harder to take photos while also holding an alert baby.  Which is why there are very few photos of Annie and I hanging out with Logan and Esme, even though there have been several walks and visits.)



     This was also the first time I got to hold Logan.  He's about a month and a half younger than Esme and is just starting to reach out and touch things semi-intentionally.  (I can remember Esme doing that over Christmas.  Sometimes it astounds me that I can actually watch her learn things.)



     One of the nice things about My Urban Toddler is that kids under 7 months get in free.  But watching all of the other kids that were in there, I was amazed at how fully engaged they were in their imaginary worlds.  At times there would be several kids all playing together in one area, while just a few minutes later, we would look up to see that they were all playing by themselves in different parts of the town.  I can definitely see coming back here once the kids are on their feet.


     For now, we'll keep enjoying life one day at a time.

Here you can see the cafe over Annie's left shoulder, and the library over her right.