Fun time

Normally after school, the boys like to play with any number of kids in our neighborhood. There are days where Aidan and Owen are outside after school longer than they were in school. It's good for them, and I'm glad we live in a neighborhood where there are so many other kids to play with. Today was different, though. I wanted to drive up to Bloomington to pick up a mirror for the bathroom. I did get a few complaints, but in general they were pretty good. To reward them, we stopped at REI after I picked up the mirror. The climbing wall was closed, but the little indoor park was open. In the park there is a cave that has a sleeping family of bears inside. To a two year old, the bears must look pretty realistic. When I suggested to Henry that he go in the cave, he looked at me like there was no way he would do that. I asked Owen to show Henry that the bears weren't real, and Owen was such a sweet big brother - he marched right in the cave. Then Henry immediately followed. The last I was able to see, they were hand in hand on their way to an adventure. Every couple of minutes after that, Henry ran out to me and began every sentence like this: "Mom! I never see..." He was telling me of all the things he'd never until now seen inside the cave and tunnel. After so much fun in the park, the boys were hungry. Either that or they smelled a good opportunity to get some sugary snacks...they got a tube of cookies and we were on our merry way. Safe to say a fun time was had by all.