Merry-Go-Round & The Cat in the Hat

On Monday, after a quick morning Dr. appt for Ms. Avery, we headed over to Stonebriar Mall to meet The Cat in The Hat at Pottery Barn Kids. The line was ridiculously long so we opted to start out at the Merry-Go-Round. Avery was just enamored with all the horses and couldn't decide which one she wanted to stay on. She finally settled on this horse, but as the Merry-Go-Round actually started moving, she decided to ride on the bench behind the horse.



We had 3 tokens and of course we used them all. I tried to get her back on a horse, but she just wasn't having it. She preferred her little bench, which was fine because it was suprisingly "fast" for a little mall Merry-Go-Round.

After our 3 tokens were used up, the line at PBKids was only a couple families deep so we headed over there. Now, we did actually go up to The Cat in The Hat and she was totally interested in it until he put his arm around us for a pic. Well, Avery just was not having any of that so as you can see from the following pics, she decided to have herself a seat and watch him from afar.



It's hard for me to disassociate the fact that Avery is still such a little girl and is still so young for some of these activities. She does so many "grown-up" things that it makes me stumble for a second when something overwhelms her, but she always seems to find another alternative to enjoy the activity. I totally love watching her through "her eyes" and remembering how to enjoy something like only children know how to do.


Mommy and her sweet girl!