...Continued from yesterday: Though, as I noted yesterday, it's easy enough to keep a 2-year-old and a 4-year old happy around the house as long as you spend every minute with them ...still, finding a suitable place to take a pre-schooler and a toddler on a outing can be a tad more challenging. However we found several spots around our quadrant of Columbus that turned out to be good destinations for an excursion with our little ones: 1. Krogers. Perhaps not for every member of the younger set, but my grand daughters loved going Krogering, pushing around the mini-carts and acquiring their blue, red and yellow "I've been Krogering" stickers at the checkout. 2. Coffee Time (see post from 10/28/2014). Makaila remembered our Coffee Time "tea party" from her last visit at Christmastime (see post from 12/31/2014) ) and wanted to go back. Coffee Time has a really nice play area, where the children can play while the grown-ups visit. 3. The Columbus Airport. On Wednesday morning Tom and I took the girls with us to the airport to pick up my daughter Claire, who flew in from Chicago to see Maria and the girls while they were here. As it was pouring rain that morning it shouldn't have come as a complete surprise that Claire's plane was 2 hours late. However 4-year-old Makaila and 2-year-old Sienna found the airport a fine place to spend a morning. They were happy to run up and down the waiting area, study the paintings of the zoo animals on the wall ("Don't be afraid, Sienna," said Makaila, squashing her little sister in a a protective hug, "it not a real lion"), and checking out the shops. But their favorite activity, which they always came back to, was sitting on chairs in the food court and watching a screen that flashed advertisements for various food court offerings. They called this "watching TV". As Wednesday evening was to be the first time in years when all four of my children were home together we planned a big celebratory dinner 4. Easton. On Thursday Claire, Maria, and I took the girls to the fountain park at Easton. ...but loved the model train display. ...which turned out to be the perfect place to take kids since, when the girls got antsy Tommy and I were able to take them outside to run around. 5. The High Point Elementary School Playground. On Friday it rained most of the day so we were mostly housebound, ...until evening, when the rain finally let up and we decided to head over to the local elementary school playground ...and swinging. 6. Polaris As Saturday was yet another rainy day Maria and I took the girls to the Polaris Mall for lunch at the food court, where we shared pizza and a plate of Chinese food. After lunch we headed for our destination, the mall's enchanting and, on this rainy day, kid-packed play area known as "The Zoo" On Saturday evening Makaila found my Advent calendar while rooting through a drawer and wanted to play "Christmas". On Sunday afternoon it was time for Maria and the girls to head back to Los Angeles, but there was still time in the morning for one more excursion to Krogers to pick up a few things for their trip. And then, sadly, the party was over.
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Maria Reese
6/23/2015 06:49:58 am
LOVE these pics!! So cute!!
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Patti
6/23/2015 10:24:51 am
Oh, I know!
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Justin
6/23/2015 02:43:19 pm
Sooooo great! Thanks for sharing.
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Tracy
6/24/2015 03:50:27 am
I love seeing all the pictures on your blog! Thanks for posting so much!
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Patti
6/24/2015 04:17:41 am
Thanks, Tracy, glad you enjoy!
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