Monday, April 28, 2008

Free Fun

For a toddler, what's better than Disneyland, better than Sea World, better than the state fair?  It's your local home improvement warehouse!  It can be quite an adventure for a toddler.  Find a time when it is not crowded so that you feel comfortable following your child at a discreet distance.  (We're lucky - our small town store was deserted even on a Sunday morning.) 

Think of all the interesting sights, sounds, and even smells in one of these places.  There are bins of screws, chains, and tubing to explore right at a toddler's eye level.  There are aisles of lumber, lights, plants, colorful books, paint chips, and beeping motorized carts.  Plus, for a new walker, it's exciting just to have the miles of aisles to roam around in.  We took a break by riding the electric shopping cart around the store, which was quite a kick for me too.

And it's free.

No comments:

Post a Comment