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This Friday was not our most fun and "adventury," but sometimes you gotta take care of business... Sonny's dad had a late morning for work so we all went to a local cafe for some breakfast and then took a walk over to Target because Sonny had grown out of pretty much all of his shoes and needed some new sneakers. The Target trip took a little longer than expected. Sonny wanted to visit the bicycles and try on all the bike helmets.

Despite the "no school on Fridays" rule, there are occasionally times when I have to make a brief appearance at a meeting or pick something up. Today was one of those times, although it is understood that when that happens, I'll have Sonny with me. I stopped by the library to catch the end of a meeting and pick up some work that was waiting for me, fully expecting to leave and head over to Mucky Kids art studio. I had forgotten that Sonny absolutely loves the 4th floor of my school's library - a big bank of (password protected) computers, a wide open space to run around, a couch to climb onto and off of, a roof deck, lots of staff assistants with treats... So we ended up spending a good deal of time there.

So the morning wouldn't be a total loss, we headed over to Berry Lime for a lunchtime treat of frozen yogurt - fast becoming one of Sonny's all-time favorite foods. Then we headed home for a nap.

After Sonny's nap, we needed to get a birthday present for his friend's second birthday party the next day, so we wandered over to Stellabella Toys in Inman Square (www.stellabellatoys.com). One of the reasons I love Stellabella so much is that they have a number of sample toys out for kids to play with and a whole lot of things at kid-height. Sonny really likes the train table and the kitchen area so he played around a lot while I looked for a present. As a bonus, we also found a diecast garbage truck (a new obsession) so Sonny was pretty happy to run that all around the store.

All in all, though not the most exciting Friday, we had as much fun running errands as could be expected.