On Tuesday we left daddy home so that he could get some extra sleep and get some music done. We hoped on the bus and headed to the Central Northside a.k.a Mexican War Streets. First, we skipped through a community garden close to where we hoped off the bus and then we ran into Beleza and grabbed a vegan turnover and something to sip on. Elijah found a puzzle on the bookshelf that amazingly enough had all its pieces! We ran across the street from Beleza to another little garden-y spot to look around.
Next we walked over to The Mattress Factory [an art museum] and got to see its new exhibits — Inner & Outer Space. We also got to see its new expanded location just a couple doors down. We spent the majority of our time out in the garden at the museum. Elijah likes to run around the ‘urban lanscaping’, which is basically the remnants of what was once a house, but now only bits of its basement and steps exist. There is also a pretty neat little water feature, complete with a little waterfall.
After we left the museum, we walked over to the Old Allegheny Community Gardens for a look-see. Sorry, no pictures of the community gardens, but believe me when I tell you that everyone’s lot looks wild and fantastic and there are LOTS of huge sunflowers everywhere!
Today, we meet up with a family that we ran into at the park last week. Elijah and the little girl get on with one another quite well. The mum and I exchanged numbers and made plans to meet up today so the the kiddos could play. I got to meet the dad today and he’s a cool & fun guy. The mum is really nice, an artist and someone who likes to hang out at The Moose. It’s nice to finally meet someone nearby, who is fun to be around and who doesn’t take this parenting gig so damn seriously! They aren’t homeschoolers, but they are awesome. Bella, the daughter, and E have fun together and that’s what it’s all about. We’re going to hang out with them again at their house in Manchester next week one evening. I kind of forgot about taking pictures of them, but I did snap a couple of Elijah dancing at the park before Bella and family arrived. ~~Elijah just informed me that he wasn’t dancing, but that he was being ‘king of all the trees’…so there you go~~
This afternoon, after we both had a nap, because we got up so freaking early to go to the park, E made a race track for some vehicles and I was on the ball with the camera.
Then we ‘had to’ walk over to Rite Aid and get some more pretzels and check out their popcorn selection. I snapped a picture of the kiddo goofing off in the driveway.
We’ve had a good couple of days, filled with people, places, some creativity and lots of online computer games 
