Nora and her mad dance moves put on hold; October 12, 2012

Nora loves Mo Phillips (http://www.mophillips.com/) and normally likes to rock out and do her classic moves. The Nora bounce (slight bend to the knees with her hands out to the side), the Frankenstein (legs stiff and rocking back and forth from one to the other), and the weeeee (she does a slow, careful turn while pivoting on one foot).

But today, I saw only a few moments of her dancing before all toddler-hell broke loose at the show.
The owner of the toy store that is now connected to the venue decided to allow one of the kids to bring in a toy from her store. A doll stroller. The toy has collapseable parts to it like a real stroller and is, frankly, an inappropriate toy with metal parts that could harm anyone.

So imagine how thrilled I was when this thing was pulled into the room by her daughter and left unattended in the middle of the group of toddlers who had been happily dancing. A moshpit-esque scramble ensued with my daughter at the helm. No one, and I mean no one, was going to pry her tiny sticky fingers off that thing. That stroller was hers!

I had to physically take it away from her and hand it to the owner. She saw my face and just took it back without saying a word. You have a child, woman, wtf?! Have you no conscience?! Don't pimp out your dangerous toys for sale to my child who is a grand escape artist! I spent the rest of the time trying to calm her down and get her to stay in the room after that because she wanted the stroller and wanted to go play in the store. I use to like the venue but I don't think I want to deal with this situation every time I go there. That was maddening and embarrassing.

The other moms kept staring at me like I was so mean to Nora. Wanted to flip them all the bird and march out of there with every toy Nora and I could get our hands on whilst our exit. Half a mind to just let her run ammock the next time and sit back with my coffee like the hipster trust fund babies do. "Ah, hey, my kid is just expressing their creativity." Oh, really, asshole? I'll be sure to explain that to child services when I report that your kid smells like weed.

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Update 11-7-12

We have since returned and Nora no longer runs off. I bribe her with cheese and let her fart on everyone instead.