So, what do you do with an almost 8 month old who is just starting to assert his independence and needs more entertainment than staying home allows when the weather is bad? Simple, take him to the mall and let him watch all the other stir-crazy kids run around! Luckily, Nana and cousin Mallory were game as well so off to the mall we went!
Cooper loved watching the other kids running around. There was a small infant area for the little ones to (theoretically) be separated from the bigger kids. A man from the mall yelled at Mallory when she tried to come in and give Cooper a quick kiss. Always the protective aunt, I got onto him. It wasn't really his fault, he was trying hard to protect the little ones, but he was very rude about it. Me personally, I would have taken the big kids that were jumping in the little kids area and find their parents and tell the parents they needed to supervise their children or leave the play area :) But....that's just me. I did tell one boy to leave when he would have landed on Cooper had I not caught him. Okay, enough of my rant and on to more pictures :)
There was a little girl that was pretending to be a tiger and would growl at Cooper. He thought this was hilarious and would grin and then shriek at her. She told her mommy that she didn't like the sound Cooper made....
Mallory was very protective of Cooper and attentive. She kept leaving her new friends to come hug and kiss "her baby". She found 2 little girls to play with and one of the girls bit the other little girl on the neck. Sweet Mallory stayed with the injured girl and hugged her until her parents got to her and told her everything would be okay. The father of the hurt little girl even sought out Nana and I to tell us how sweet and polite Mallory was!
Mallory couldn't wait to take Cooper down the slide for the first time. I think he was more interested in the bright green color than the sensation of going down the slide!
Mallory had to see if Cooper would give her a "kissy". Once he did it, she was hooked! She wanted to get all the kisses she could from her little cousin!
After all the excitement at the playscape Cooper was tuckered out. He napped in his stroller while I made good on my promise to take Mallory on the Carousel. I think Nana was glad I got roped into the carousel ride instead of her, especially when Mallory insisted on riding in the spinning cup and had me so dizzy I could barely walk before the ride even started!
I was extremely fortunate that another little girl showed up just before the ride started and wanted to spin with Mallory. I sacrificed and let her have my spot :) It was an extremely fun and entertaining day for Cooper. I can't wait to take him back once he is running around and climbing all over the place!
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