Ok, so I have know spent the last three months with my one year old and I am going crazy. I am going to make it simple and just ask what sort of activities do you heroes do with your one year olds that is something that is "out of the house fun"? I live in the Bay area and feel like I have all these options but he is walking/running and cant take him to a museum because he will throw a dinosaur across the room or something to that effect. If I put him in the stroller, he wants out because he wants to walk which I want him to do. Gentlemen, any suggestions?
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