I have taken Belly and The Bug to the "indoor park" at our local community center several times now and they are simply ga-ga for it. Last time, they lit up as we were walking in the main door and were giggling before I even had their coats off. The Bug has really loosened up and jumps right into the fun from the get-go now. No wasting time hanging on Mama's apron strings for her! Belly has chilled out a little from her initial enthusiasm, but I think it's a combination of 1) she's cutting three or four teeth at the moment and 2) she has realized that if she acts like she just wants to be held, I'll push her on a bike all over the gym...or hold her.

Yesterday we went to a different community center about 10 minutes away to check out their kiddie action and I realized that, of all the kids there, Belly was the only one still crawling. There were even little 10-month-olds toddling around. I then spent a good half hour fretting that there's something wrong with her while holding her hands and pretty much making her walk around the gym. She's just a late walker, right? The same way she was a late crawler, right? I've already driven myself crazy reading a bunch of articles on the internet about it. Anyway, Belly humored me with the walking for awhile until she flat-out refused to put her feet down anymore. So I got her cruising behind a bike instead and that's when The Boy approached The Bug.

The Boy was probably six months to a year older than my girls and smiled sweetly at The Bug. As they stood there looking at each other, Belly crashed her bike and I had to help her get resituated. When I turned back around, The Boy and The Bug were in a deep embrace. He had her dipped backward and THEY WERE KISSING! I stared in shock, finding it both hilarious and terribly, terribly disturbing. Then The Boy dropped The Bug and fell on top of her. They scrambled to stand back up and started hugging again. The Boy was all kissy on The Bug's forehead; she just started talking and talking as she had her arms wrapped around him. A ball came bouncing past them, catching The Bug's eye. She released The Boy to chase after it and that was that. And remember Belly with Car Boy a few weeks ago? I am so in for it in when they are teenagers. Ugh.