"Freedom! There is freedom, when we let go - of all that doesn't matter"

Mall day. Lots of climbing toys and fun (geared towards 0 - 3 yr olds, but Buck survived)

 Thunder enjoying some time with mom in the play area.

 Buck lying around. He tended to follow Thunder and jump off of climbing toys. 

After about 10 minutes, Thunder discovered that there were basketball games on at the nearby television store. He would not leave the bench and watched the games until we left. He is obsessed with basketball at 2 years old. It's crazy. 

Our new rental is wonderful. It's central to many things, very spacious and the back yard has been wonderful. On the first day, the boys and I had bagels at a nearby coffee shop (no groceries on the first day) and then headed to the mall across the street. I had to buy an outfit for RKZ's dinner outing with the prez of his company, another co-worker and everyone's wife. Although I look like a woman smuggling a watermelon at this point, I did find something comfortable and "cute" enough. I must have been quite the sight walking into the maternity shop. I only said, "We're going out with cute people wearing cute clothes and I'm enormous. I have no idea what I should wear and don't even really want to look. Please help me." To her credit, the sales girl (really, I doubted she'd ever been pregnant) found a great pants and long tunic set. And both were on sale! (I had figured she'd shaft me). The boys were only able to throw around the padded toys from the maternity playset about 5 times before I was done. 

And dinner went really well. The food was great and it was actually really fun. Only drawback - 6ish hours of heartburn and no sleep that night.