Well I have been super busy having lots of fun for the past couple of weeks. You can tell it's time to get out of the house for some fun when you start playing with ALL your toys in new and different ways, because they are all you've seen for days and days.
For example:
Here I am sitting in my toy box after successfully dumping it out all over the playroom floor.
Here, I am doing the "I have no arms dance."
I put every one of my linking toys on my arms and did the bracelet cheer/dance!
So ... as you can see I have been having lots of fun at home this summer, but Mommy and I decided we'd better get out of the house a little bit. So here is what we did ...
Tuesday: Blueberry Picking
Friends from church invited us to go pick blueberries at Berry Patch Farm. Max and I enjoyed this experience from his wagon. It was really hot and sunny, but we snacked and watched the grown ups pick the berries. I ate them almost as fast as Mommy picked them. (They told us we could eat them off the bush since they don't spray them with anything bad.)
Paying for the berries we didn't eat.
Wednesday: Trip to Gainesville
On Wednesday we left after story time and lunch to go visit "Aunt" Ashley in Gainesville. I had so much fun playing with her and her puppy, then swimming with her at the new pool complex in her town. There was so much fun stuff to do there. They had a miniature lazy river, little spray fountains, a water slide, waterfall toys, and two indoor pools!
Playing with/as the dog
Playing in the water with Ashley
Playing in the water with Mommy
Friday: Trip to Athens
On Friday we went to Athens to visit Jesse and his Mommy and Daddy. They were packing to move to Stockbridge and I told them I would come and help Mommy babysit Jesse so he wouldn't get in their way when they were packing. Funny thing is Jesse fell asleep and slept for a couple hours, so I was the only one in their way while Mommy tried to help pack. Oh well, it was still fun to see Jesse, and I even got to see Uncle Thomas while I was there. Before we came home, Mommy took me to eat dinner at Fresh Air Barbecue. Mommy said it was yummy, but I was being picky and didn't eat any of it. She said, "Mmmm, you just don't know what's good!" (I think somebody famous said that once or something.)
Saturday: Trip to Decatur/Avondale Estates
On Saturday we got up, ate breakfast, then went to visit my other "Aunt" Ashley at her house. I loved running around her house and exploring, and of course my favorite thing to do was to play with/chase her cats. One of them was hidden very well the whole time (I seem to have that effect on cats) and another one ran and hid under the bed. Of course, I tried to get under there to play with him, but for some reason Mommy thought that was a bad idea. So, I just decided to go back to my other activity: running around and around and around her house.
I stopped running around long enough to pose for this picture with Ashley.
Before we went to eat lunch at Maddy's BBQ we decided to take a walk around the lake in Ashley's neighborhood. It was so peaceful, and the temperature outside was PERFECT. So, I couldn't fight it ... I had to just "rest my eyes" for a minute.
Tuesday, This Week: Trip to Atlanta's Imagine It Children's Museum
On Tuesday, we went with Walker and his mommy, Audrey and Ava and their mommy, and Ashley to the Children's Museum in Atlanta. And by "went with them" I mean we walked in the door at the same time and occasionally said "Hi" to each other as we ran past. There was so much fun stuff to do and we each liked different areas of the museum, so we hardly saw one another the whole time we were there!
Walker and I both spotted the "BALLS!!!" the minute we walked in the door.
I loved driving at the museum. Here, I am "Farmer Katie" driving my John Deere tractor around my farm.
I went shopping at the Grocery Store and LOVED pushing around the Katie-sized-shopping cart.
Here I am leaving the grocery store and driving my cart around the entire museum. ("I know I parked around here somewhere!)
There was a kitchen where I could cook dinner. I was very realistic in my play ... even washing the dishes after dinner!
I liked the water play. It was fun to catch fish!
Here is Mommy's attempt to get a picture of Walker, Ava, and me all in the same place at the same time. It didn't last long.
This was my favorite spot in the museum. I loved playing the piano, and even more-so, I loved picking up the piano stool and moving it all over the place, then trying to sit on it.
I tried out the sand table with the others (one of the only times we were all 4 in the same spot at the same time). You know how I feel about sand on my hands, so needless to say this did not last long!
Tap dancing (tap shoes over my own shoes!)
Picking flowers from the pretend garden
Playing with Walker (and by "with" I mean beside, but by no means "sharing") at the train tables :)
All four of us at the train table
More driving (I do know how to work this thing!)
MORE driving (driving the truck to the grocery store)
This Wednesday: Today I spent the morning with Honey and her friend, and her friend's granddaughter, Ava. Mommy didn't send my camera with me, so I don't have any pictures to load onto the blog. (Maybe Honey got some pictures?) But ... it was a super fun morning with a trip to the park, a picnic lunch, and much more!
I told you that I have been busy! Now you know why I haven't updated the blog in so long! School is starting back very soon, so the summer fun will soon come to an end. But I sure have enjoyed every last minute of this summer with Mommy!
