Gracie was a little restless at times last night and at 3:00 a.m. looked up at me with open eyes and said "hi", then gave me a beautiful smile. Since she went to bed quite late last night, she treated us to sleeping in until 8:00 a.m. We awoke, had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, then went shopping for outdoor swingset/playsets. Gracie was moody to say the least. Big tantrums if we stopped walking, huge fusses to be put in her car seat. She did enjoy sitting with me in a swinging bench at Menards. We unwisely decided to go to Baker's Square for lunch. I'm pretty sure everyone in the restaurant (including us) wished we weren't there. She ate pretty good, but was not content, very loud and we even had a few screams and starts of tantrums. We came home and put her to bed. She took a two hour nap and awoke with a much better attitude.
This afternoon we planted flowers. Gracie helped. She got to rake the dirt, then she used her new watering can to water the flowers, then she stuck her hand in the mud, then mommy made her wash off the mud with the water in her new watering can. After that we put water in her water table and let her play in that. She also had fun watching the backyard neighbors put up a swing/playset in their backyard for their grandchildren.
Then we took Gracie for a ride in her wagon. She loved that and we went down the neighborhood school and let her swing and slide. At one point, her sandals kept rubbing on the ground, so I took them off. She was doing great until her foot rubbed against the ground and she said "ow". I gave her some sympathy, but she kept saying "ow" over and over again, without too much emotion behind it. So I said to her "Did it really hurt that much?" She looked up at me and said "that much". That set me into a fit of the giggles.
Gracie got to see the neighborhood ducks again today. That was a highlight. Tonight before bath it was so nice out, so we decided to take a short walk. We ran into Gracie's ENT doctor walking her dogs. We found out she only lives five houses down from us. We actually have an appointment with her on Thursday to get her ears and tubes rechecked. Gracie was very charming and loved the dogs who were very big, but very gentle.
Gracie and dad had splashing competitions in the tub and the whole bathroom is soaked. We read some books tonight before bed and Gracie picked out four totally different ones than usual. That was fun for me. She is hooked on the Mercer Mayer books, which I love, but it's fun to read other's too.
She is now sleeping soundly - resting up for a fun day at daycare tomorrow. The weekend went by way too fast.
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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