I read about a “Fairytale Fantasy” class for 3-5 year olds at the Aberdeen Arts Center and signed Kalani up for 2 classes.  I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I figured Kalani would have fun.  I took her to the center thinking that I would be able to sit and watch the activity.  Instead, all of the moms dropped off their kids in their class and left and then the workers shut the door behind us.  I felt like a fish out of water.  All of the sudden I realized that I had 2 hours all to myself.  Since we have been in Scotland I have been with Kalani every minute of the day.  The only exception was for 1 hour when I did a behind the wheel training and then 2 hours on Sundays when she is in her church classes and I attend mine.  I wasn’t sure what I should do or where I should go.  So, I did what most other women would have done…I headed to the mall and went into stores that Kalani doesn’t really like.  It was great!  The next day I decided to sign her up for another 3 classes.

On the first day of her Fairytale class we walked all the way to the center…well I walked the 2 miles and Kalani rode in a stroller.  The second day I didn’t want to walk, I thought that we could drive to a library come home for lunch and then drive to the center.  Well, I was busy trying to get everything we needed and headed downstairs to our car.  I shut the door and then went to pull out the car keys, but they weren’t with me.  Yep, I left them in the house.  So, I didn’t have a stroller or a car.  I tried not to sound upset and made an adventure out of the situation.  Kalani did really well walking most of the way.  It was good that we had 2 hours before her class started so it gave us plenty of time to arrive.  Her treat was a bag of skittles and then a fun time in her class.  We also had to walk the 2 miles home.  To help make that an adventure we stopped at a few different stores and just looked around.  In a cooking store they had a small kids corner with a pretend kitchen to play with.  At the end of the day my feet were very sore, but at least we had a good time on our spontaneous adventure!