Staying Out of the Rain

Our area has been catching up on rain the past week or so. Poor DS#3 hasn't had his outdoor play time lately as a result, so we took him to an indoor play area at Ingram Park Mall called "Simon Kidgits" after the company that runs the mall. It's a nice little area with small play structures perfect for the toddler set.

At first DS#3 stuck near to DH and me. He seemed to enjoy just looking at the other kids playing. There were really only about six kids there. I finally took him to the small slide shaped like an armadillo and he started playing. Finally we got a few smiles out of him.

He didn't play as "hard" as he usually does at the outdoor playground that DH likes to take him to, but he did seem to have fun. He would play on a few things then run back to where DH and I were sitting. We ate in the food court and then he wanted to play some more. DH and I were having a conversation when we realized that he was sitting next to us again just watching the other kids play. We decided that it was time to go at that point.

As I mentioned earlier, we've been getting lots of rainfall recently, so much so that DD's first two games (tonight and tomorrow morning) were cancelled. We found out this afternoon around 2PM that DS#1's game tomorrow morning was also cancelled. DS#2 has a "bye" week. That left us free to go to Houston to visit my family a little early. Despite the rain, traffic was moving along well until we got to a point a little over an hour away. We were basically stopped for about 50 minutes when traffic suddenly started moving again. Now we're at my dear sister's house. Here no matter what we'll all enjoy ourselves whether or not it keeps raining.