Another busy weekend for the Turner girls!
On Friday, Katie and I went to Story time. Katie loved the Bubbles the librarian was blowing and kept hunting for them saying in a sing-song voice, "Bubbles" when she'd find one and also shouting for them when they were elusive
After story time, Katie lingered for about an hour playing with the toys. She seems particularly obsessed with the plastic fruit. She mostly held the watermelon and honeydew melons, but she also spent time with the grapes, strawberries, kiwi, pear and other fruits. Katie took a peach and walked over near the librarian and started brushing her cheek. The librarian asked if Katie knew sign language, and she was VERY impressed that Katie knew the sign for peach. I was quite proud :-)
After playing with the toys, I finally managed to entice Katie to leave by suggesting we go for a walk (she LOVES being outside, walking around and exploring). She immediately headed for the park. Katie wanted desperately to slide. On the big kid slides, of course. She struggles with the idea that she is too small to do anything on her own. Given that she wasn't tall enough to climb up to the slides, she relented and allowed me to help her and to slide down with her.
It was when she wanted to go on the smaller kid playset that things took an unfortunate turn. The slide was soaking wet and I just didn't want to have her sliding down. Next time I will bring a towell with me!! So, I tried to give her some Love & Logic choices (I'm not very good at it yet)
I suggested we could either swing on the swings or we could walk back to the car. She kept saying, "No, No, No" and doing the sign for "no". So, I said, "What a shame" trying to sound empathetic (even though I was screaming inside with frustration). I picked her up and had to carry her to the car. That was a bit of a struggle given my pregnancy, the diaper bag I was hoisting, and her squirming and crying.
I feel like I did the right thing. We went home, I gave her a nice lunch, and then she settled down for a nice nap, about 90 minutes, if I remember correctly.
On Saturday, we met Renae and Alyssa at the zoo. It was C-C-C-OLD!!!! The weather was supposed to be in the 50's, but it was probably in the 40's with a bitter wind. This was pretty much the first time Katie hasn't protested wearing her hat. She wore her mittens for all of 30 seconds and then refused. Don't know if you can see in the pics, but her hands are nearly purple they're so cold!
I brought Katie's wagon for her to sit in. She preferred walking, though. We kinda held up Renae and Alyssa, but they coped very well. They'd move along, and we'd catch up at our own pace.
We rode the Zoo Train, which Katie liked very much. She had it easy... She rode on my lap while my bottom was parked on the freezing megal train seat :-)
We didn't get to see the baby elephant, but maybe next time.
We were at the zoo for a few hours, and by then my back had had enough. I managed to get Katie to the car and into the car without too much protesting (from Katie and my back). Katie fell asleep in the car before we even hit the Interstate bridge! I got home and had fairly significant trouble getting out of the car. I must admit, the zoo was probably a bad idea for me, though I enjoyed the company and Katie's pleasure being at the Zoo. It was just much too hard on my back.
Katie slept in the car for maybe 15 minutes after I got home (Kevin was watching her). I went upstairs to laydown with a heating pad on my back.
I admit, I was pretty much down for the count the rest of the day and into Sunday. My poor family.
I really feel for people with chronic back pain. I probably should get this looked at!
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