Lap Times and Playdates and Company, Oh My!

We have had a REALLY busy week and it has been a lot of fun. Tuesday I took Finn to "Baby Lap Time" at the Urbana Free Library. Baby Lap Time is a half hour of music, rhymes, and songs for newborn-2 year olds. It is held every Tuesday morning and twice a month they have a "moonlight " version that is held from 6:30-7:00. We had a great time and I think we'll try to fo every Tuesday until I have to go abck to work. The first moonlight class this month was on Wednesday so we went again. This time Dad got to come along.

We also had two playdates this week. Wednesday we met Ali and her three cuties, Oscar, Leo, and Daisy, at the indoor playground in Champaign. I knew about the playground (thanks, Marla!) and had seen it online, but had no idea how nice it really was. It is very clean and there are two jungle gym type contraptions - one for the little guys and one for older kids. Around the play area is a walking track for moms and strollers. There is also a big area that has tables so that you can bring in lunch and two nice family restrooms. If it had a nursing room it would be perfect. Ali and I chatted and walked around with the babies while Oscar and Leo played in the middle. We had a great time and I'm sure we'll visit many more times in the future. It will be a great place to go play in the wintertime. Sadly, I forgot my camera so I have no pictures of Finn's first playdate. Ali took a couple and I will post them when she sends them to me.

Playdate number two was at the mall. Finn and I met up with Tina, a teacher at my school, and her 6 week old son Jayden. Tina and I ate in the Food Court while the boys watched the carousel. We then walked around and shopped while Jayden napped in his stroller and Finn stayed wide awake - no surprise there. In my opinion, the mall is the perfect place for a baby playdate. The babes were happy to be strolled around and we had fun chatting and shopping. The mall also had two big family bathrooms - one with a nursing room. I'm sure Tina and I will meet up for at least one more playdate here before we go back t work. Here are the boys...

To top it all off, we were excited to have Aunt Amanda and Cousin Corinne in town this weekend. Finn loves watching Corinne and she is really sweet with him. She calls him Baby Finn which is so cute.