Another trip to Storyville

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We last visited Storyville in November, you can read about that visit by clicking HERE. We had a great time then and our visit today was even better now that Wesley is a teensy bit older. Last time I set him in that boat and he didn't really like it. This time he walked on over to it, climbed in (with a little help from Mommy), and rocked it back and forth on his own. He is even more of an explorer and I know he had a great time running all over the place. We met up with a friend of mine, Jen, and her daughter who is a couple weeks younger than Wesley. They made quite the pair, blowing kisses to each other and checking out all the cool stuff together. Jen tied scarves on their heads and made them capes and they both thought that was very cool. It is so fun to watch the kids play and interact, they often go their own separate ways, but would eventually make their way back to each other. Kids are awesome.

Storyville!

Today we took a trip to Storyville, a WONDERFUL place for children under age 5 (and their parents!) to play and learn at the Rosedale branch of the Baltimore County Public Library. Yep kids, it's FREE!!! I could make a joke about being happy with my tax dollars at work, but Storyville was built all on donations. I think I'll be adding Baltimore County Public Library on my "good" list when it comes time for charitable contributions. As previously stated, it is a GREAT place to play, worth the drive and was a lot of fun in a baby friendly (and safe!) environment. They had toys and books and things to climb through and books and several themed areas for role play and books. And you could borrow the books - just like at the library, oh wait, it was a library! You couldn't check out the toys though... and you can return the books to ANY Baltimore county library.

This place was just great! Of course, I took a few pics. But I'll warn you, I had bad lighting, so they aren't as technically "good" as I would have liked. But there ain't nothing wrong with snapshots while playing, hunh?

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A view of the "Baby Garden"

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Did I mention there were books?