Swing, Little Monkey, Swing!

It's been a while since I've brought Noey to a play gym. They are fun, but since Noey is perfectly happy with free activities (like the park and playground), I saw no reason to spend money bringing him to one. Besides, following him through the tunnels and down the slides is tiring!

So Noey totally enjoyed himself when we got to visit Little O'Zone when we went to attend little Elijah's birthday party. He charged into the play area and never looked back.

Delighted with the balls which you get to shoot out of air guns, strategicaly placed within the structure.

Way up high!

Watching him climbing up and around easily and effortlessly, I realised that he is finally at the age where he can enjoy these play gyms. He definitely needed less supervision. DD did climb up a couple of times to show him how to use the air guns, but otherwise, he left Noey to find his way around while keeping an eye on him.

Ooo, a long ramp to roll roll roll balls down!

Needing a little help from Mummy in order to attempt the flying-fox-like structure. This was spring loaded and Noey was obviously not heavy enough to get this going. (The sign indicated that it was intended for 4-12 year olds!)

A push and off he goes! Wheee!

It was a good thing we had no intention of leaving Noey to his own devices anyway. While Noey can navigate the physical obstacles on his own without help, he still needs some guidance in his interactions with other kids. Noey was playing in a toy house and he closed the door and window and another boy wanted to open them. Noey let him, then promptly closed the door and window again. And when the other boy tried again to open the door, Noey (accordingly to DD) asked the boy in his loud accusatory voice "Why you open and close the door???". Whereupon the other boy burst into tears. Oh dear. Me thinks my son need to learn some social graces.

We didn't manage to take any pics with the birthday boy, what with me being relatively immobile and DD having his hands full keeping Noey out of trouble. But we certainly had a great time. Thanks for the invite, Elijah!

"Pokey Ball!" says Noey. He found this terribly funny. You know, toddler humour! Can't say I understand it most times!