Babies cuddling babies

Today Elliott and I were supposed to go to Roppongi to see Voyage of the Dawn Treader at the Mamas Club showing at Toho Cinemas. Elliott has the sniffles at the moment though, so we stayed home instead. I loved the Narnia series as a girl, so I'm quite sad to have missed it.

Elliott was looking a little better this afternoon, so I took him and Grant to Coppice in Kichijoji for some play time and dinner. Elliott doesn't "play" as such just yet, but he loves meeting new babies. We just sat in the play area they have on the third floor and watched the other more mobile babies for a while, and then the most outgoing little two year old showed up and beelined straight for Elliott. It was so cute! I said hello and made Elliott bow hello too. After that the little boy walked up to Elliott and gave him a big hug! Elliott broke out into the hugest grin as if to say "Hello new friend! So glad to meet you". It was perhaps the most adorable thing I have ever seen. My heart melted. The little boy seemed to really like Elliott, and came back to touch his arm or leg every so often as if to say "I haven't forgotten you little friend, I'm just really busy running around building things over there with those blocks". Every time the boy came back Elliott smiled. I really must make sure he meets lots of babies and stays this social!

The third floor of Coppice has a really nice children's area, and the changing room and nursing room are very colourful. Elliott and I were the only ones in the communal nursing room which I thought would mean he would be able to concentrate on drinking. Not so! He kept looking at the colourful pictures on the wall and then at me and laughing. It was very cute, but I was counting on the milk to knock him out so he would be asleep on the bus home. A bit of jiggling in the Beco soon got him asleep though.

All in all it has a been a good day. I hope Elliott doesn't have the sniffles for too much longer though!