Play Areas

The mall in Logan has a play place that has ice cream and soda shaped things the kids can play on.  I took Ian over once right as the mall was opening so he was the only one there.  He loved it and played hard, but when another kid came her would watch them closely but be shy about playing.
We then took him last Friday night to the same play place and there were a ton of kids.  I would put him on something and he would play for about 30 seconds and then he would get off and come hug his Dad.  He obviously was a bit overwhelmed by the bazillion people.

The same thing happened at Chick-fil-a.  A few weeks ago we went there for lunch on a Saturday and there were hoards of kids.  He would very carefully watch the other children but not do so much playing on the equipment.  We went and got ice dreams last night because we had free coupons and he was the only kid in there.  He was so happy to play with all the different things.  I wish he would grow out of this shy phase and jump right in.  But I guess he needs to watch the other children and see what they do too.