Mom and I spent some time packing for our trip this morning. You were up early and content to follow us around as we did things in the house. However, we always want to give you a chance to get out for a while and especially when we can all do it together. Mom wanted to get out of the house too because the construction downstairs is just terribly loud and frustrating. It even scared you a few times because the noise is loud enough to feel. We decided to go play in the small mall nearby because it has some children’s rides and games to play that you never tried before. We got there and you were intrigued but unsure. You wanted to walk and look for a couple minutes. You eventually noticed a small merry-go-round ride that had some horses and you wanted to ride the horse. I didn’t have tokens for the ride yet, but you kept climbing up and down each of the horses repeatedly. I finally got some tokens and then we let you try each of the rides. You really liked them and sat well on each. You even wanted to try one which moved quite a lot and rode it bravely for a while before deciding it was too much shaking. Mom had already gone home to prepare lunch so we came back too. Grandpa arrived in the afternoon and took you out to play again while mom and I went to pick up the rental car for our holiday. It wasn’t a lot, but I am glad we enjoyed trying something new at the mall.