Hey, that's Mine!



This past weekend we signed Mallory up for some open playtime at a place called Tiny Tots right near the house. They offer an open time for kids to play every Saturday from 9:30 - 1. We received a really nice Groupon discount and couldn't pass it up. Since we haven't had Mallory involved in a lot of group activity, we thought this would be the perfect place to get her some socialization and the perfect energy outlet.

Upon arrival, we were quickly signed up and placed Mallory amongst the sea of screaming and running children. Most of the kids were between Mallory's age and 3-4 years old. Michol and I were able to be in the same play area the entire time and make sure Mallory didn't get into any trouble. For the most part, the kids played on their own and had little contact with each other, but it was good to have her actually see other kids playing and attempt to "communicate" with each other.

Towards the end, Mallory was playing near a kitchen set and began collecting various supplies. We're not sure what she was planning on doing with her collection but there was a slightly older girl who wanted one of her frying pans and wound up taking it off Mallory's homemade counter (a bin she turned upside down). Well, as you will see from the video below (at about 24 secs in), Mallory was not too excited about it and got up, followed the girl into the kitchen, and took it back.

Needless to say, it was time to go at that point and as I went to pick Mallory up to get her shoes and coat on, we got a nice dose of  Meltdown Mallory :) After what seemed like an hour of putting shoes on and bundling her up, we made it to the car and were very happy that we survived her first of many play dates. All in all it was a successful trip and look forward to the next one!