Playing at Smart Toys and Books

We are so fortunate to have such a fantastic toy store like Smart Toys and Books in Knoxville. They offer tons of kid-friendly activities throughout the week like Thomas Play Dates, Mommy and Me art classes, music classes, storytellers, etc. A few weeks ago, I took Noah to the Mommy and Me art class. We sponge painted fall leaves on different papers. Noah could hardly make it through the class though because all he wanted to do was play in the store. That's another great aspect of the store because kids can play with so much of what the store offers. There's a slide, mini trampoline and of course a huge Thomas the Train play set. Noah could've played in the store all day I think. He loved the train set...just a mere $600! Anyway, we left with a Thomas floor puzzle instead :) Here he is playing with the miniature sand boxes and Thomas the Train set.

Later that night our great friends from Nashville came up -- Lewis (or Lewie as Noah calls him), Mary and their son Emery who is just 4 months younger than Noah. Here they are pretending to be super heroes flying around in their capes. They had such a great time and played really well together.