This past weekend, Liesl and I went to Dee Morrison's for a "girl's weekend". Liesl had tons of fun playing with Grady, making crafts, roaming in the woods and playing with his many trains. Friday, when we got there, we went for a walk for fall items to make a craft with. We took some items from outside like leaves, sticks and flowers, some ribbon and contact paper and made sun-catchers. After Grady had finished his, all of the ladies wanted to make one for themselves.
Saturday, we went to Art Prize for the day to check out the entries in town. Liesl got to try out her new "hoppy" (sling) which I think she might have liked a little better than the usual one because there are no adjustments to screw up and she is always right close to me and at eye level. She enjoyed all of the art there. There were a few dragons, elephants, huge glass sculptures and water sculptures, wine cork paintings, carvings etc. She had a little bit of a fit in the restaurant waiting for her food because of nap time and the length of time it took to get her food but nothing I couldn't handle by taking her for a "break" into a quieter area. She was able to even see a whale skeleton and ride on a carousel. When we were on our way back to Dee's, some of us missed the bus and were separated from the group. The next bus was an hour away and also running late but we were saved by Dee and Clara. They were able to ride the bus to the cars and come back before the next bus even arrived YAY. Funny thing, Liesl and Grady hadn't had a nap yet. Liesl was in the hoppy reasonably calm. When we were walking around I asked her to put her head on my shoulder and told her that she should just rest and I wouldnt tell anyone and she was out instantly. I thought that was hilarious!
Sunday, we all went to the orchard nearby using various transportation means. It was really fun there. They had all kinds of kids activities including a train cart pulled by a tractor, a fire engine ride, pumpkin carriage ride, gigantic sandbox FILLED with toy trucks, bounce house, blow up climbing thing, face painting, petting zoo and apple picking. ALL INCLUDED IN ADMISSION! Liesl had a really good time there as we all did. She really enjoyed the petting zoo where she could pet the bunnies. She mostly likes to ask someone else to pet the animals for her while she watches which is pretty funny to me. She did very well with climbing the blow up kid climbing wall and she loved the pumpkin carriage ride and face painting. She was completely out the whole way home to Shelby.
This weekend we are going to try and go to some Mom to Mom sales to get ready for the winter as she doesn't have a winter jacket and all of her clothes are getting too small. A couple days ago she and Oma picked up the Flower Girl Dress from the bridal salon and she tried it on. She absolutely loved being a princess in it but she threw a tantrum when Oma took it off. The girls there gave her a little goody bag with some lip gloss and other things to help her calm down. She is a little princess who loves her dresses. She has a huge vocab now, probably over a couple hundred words. When you say a word to her she loves to use it and repeat it and she is repeating sentences I have no idea where she got them. We are working on her colors, numbers, animals and letters with flash cards and she is having a great time with that. Potty training is getting back into swing and we are always working on the naptime...because no naptime minimizes the dreaded tantrums. Looking forward to some sailing time with Oma and Grandad this weekend.
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