Let's Mosh

I took my 2 year old to the park this morning and was surprised to find that a preschool was having a gathering there and the place was packed with probably 40 children and just as many parents. This was chaos for me but for my 2 year old it was bliss. He had a blast chasing 4 year old's all over the playground and asking me where his "friends" went, anytime they got too far ahead of him.

Eventually, he ended up in this little "general store" play area, which is basically a 4' x 4' boxed in area for kids to play. So my little guy is in there with 6 "big' kids and it turns into a literal mosh pit without the bad punk music. The kids start hitting each other and bumping into each other and my little guy is right in the middle of the action. The older kids were actually being careful not to crash into him but he certainly wasn't reciprocating. He finally crashes into this big kid and they both hit the floor. The big kid starts balling his eyes out and my little guy lies there beside him and starts mimicking him. Yep, it's big fun to knock down big kids, make them cry, and then pretend to be hurt too. After 15-20 seconds, they both got up and went right back to moshing.

I finally coaxed my little guy out of there with promises of saltine crackers and a juice box. That's the life.