Take a Hike, Take a Hike!

We started Mommy and Me nature classes again! Alex was thrilled to get back to the Rye Nature Center and see the pond and acorns and, yes, the Rye City water pipes that run through it.

This time around, Alex wasn't as slow to join in with the class. He wanted to see the animals and sit down with everyone else. He objected to the hike at first, but then he learned it was going to the pond and the dock. Then he didn't want to return to the Nature Center.

After our class, it was time for a nice afternoon in Rye. There was lunch at Poppy's Cafe, at which Alex insisted on sitting at the counter for his french fries and bananas. There was the struggle to get to the toy store and the shoe store, both of which were averted by bribes to go to a new favorite place; The Country Store. Apparently Alex remembered their yummy sugar cookies from the summer and wished to get in on that action again.

Then there was the visit to the Dress Up museum and the library where Alex treated ME to a story instead of the other way around. And now Alex knows that he can play on the computers, though he doesn't stay on the children's station for very long.

Yay Fridays in Rye!

Friday, October 8, 2010