Fun Mom Date With My Son

Mom dates are supposed to be fun. So when this happened on one of my mom dates with my son Garrett, I knew I had to make it right. When things go wrong I want to make them right.
I should have post-pond our mom date. We ended up having several things that day which delayed our date. Clouds began rolling in. The older kids needed a ride somewhere which put a time limit on my time with Garrett. Dark rain clouds poured rain, so visiting the park was out. We went to a fast food place, but no other children were there to play. We went to the new library, but Garrett doesn't like change. I assumed he would love it, but he missed the old library, which was across town and not open after 5:00 pm. He began crying for want of the old library. Right then and there I decided we'd start over and plan things out for another day. Garrett agreed to this and so this is what we did:

First of all being a busy mother, and living far from town, I did decide to combine one fun thing with another. This saved gas and still allowed us plenty of time together. He had a birthday party in town, so I combined our mom date with that. Here he is at a fantastic toy store for the birthday party.
Upstairs the boys made crafts and played games.
I love this kind of magical toy store. This is looking down from the party.
Garrett happily making his shark.
Mason, the birthday boy, is in the blue shirt. Soon cake was all gone and birthday wishes given, so it was time to really begin our mom date. Our first stop was the old library.
Garrett wanted to check out Magic School Bus videos. This library has all the charm one wants when entering its old heavy doors.
I told him now that he was older and responsible enough he could obtain his own library card and to his delight he marched up those stairs...
to sign on the dotted line.
A thankful boy feeling grown up. Next on our agenda, the carousel museum.
This amazing project will be complete in three years. Many volunteers carve animals for a traditional size "huge" carousel; the kind from the early 20th century.
This kind man took the time to show Garrett how he creates the animal from a large piece of wood.
Each one is hand carved and painted.
The powerful motor capable of turning the carousel was donatedand and from an original and very old carousel, but the old platform was too far gone and had to be replaced.
The new wooden platform is nearly complete.
These are not your traditional animals, but fun interesting exotic animals.
It's amazing to see such detail and care going into each animal. Garrett standing next to a miniature carousel. We had a picnic and went to the dollar tree, but my camera batteries failed, so I will just leave you with this photo of my smiling boy who loved being with me and I loved being with him. We were not rushed and enjoyed our time together. "Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever" 1Chronicles 16:34