Wild Rumpus

Today on my day off Esme and I went to Linden Hills to a bookstore called Wild Rumpus.  I went there many years ago when I lived in this neighborhood, but this was the first time as a parent.  It was really cute!

It's this little bookstore that is specifically for kids.  It's really, really cool.  Maybe a little bit too old for Esme right now, but eventually I think she'll really like it.  The books are only a small part of what makes it awesome.  There's a little kid door within the big people's door.  There are also cats, chickens, ferrets, chinchillas, doves, and who knows what else in there.  The cats and the chickens roam free, everything else is in it's little cage.

There are so many little nooks and crannies in this store, it's crazy.  I'm sure we didn't even see them all and there are more to discover at our next visit.

As much as Esme loves to read, she really wasn't all that interested in the books.  What she loved the most were the two Adirondack chairs that were in the store.  One was adult size and she crawled in and out of it over and over again.

There was another smaller one that was in this tiny little space that was set up like a little secret reading corner.  Esme didn't like it there and she certainly wasn't going to crawl in that little corner to sit in the chair.  She kept pulling the chair out of the corner and knocking down all kinds of books to do it.  In the end, she didn't even want to take any books home - she just wanted that Adirondack chair!  And she was not at all happy that it wasn't for sale.

There were some big ol' tears as I peeled her away from the chair and put it back in it's little corner.  Not pretty.

I'm excited to take her back there again sometime, maybe for story time!  But first I think we need to go shopping for an Adirondack chair!