Friday, May 20, 2011

Thursday/Friday - The Zoo

Gracie had a great day yesterday.  She did get to go to a local outdoor zoo with daycare yesterday and had the time of her life.  Our daycare mom said Gracie just lit up, was very verbal and just ran from one animal to the next, making the sounds that they make.  She growled at the bear, watched the otters eat fish, and even got to feed a goat!  It didn't hurt that her buddy Aubrey was right there with her. 

Jeff picked her up at daycare and they were playing outside and enjoying the day.  Gracie and daddy took care of some errands and then I came home and was greeted by a very happy little girl.  While supper was being made, Gracie decided she wanted to eat her applesauce all by herself.  She still struggles with using silverware.  She gets them to her mouth just fine, the struggle is with loading them.  So the practice is good for her.  I looked over at her eating her applesauce and realized she had gotten tired of eating with her spoon, had dumped her applesauce out on the table and was using it as fingerpaints.  The table was covered and Gracie was having a sensory delight.  When she pretty much had the applesauce spread out over all of the table that she could reach, she asked for more.  So I gave her another container and she "painted" with this one too.  She was applesauce everywhere when she was done!

Gracie was a very tired girl from all the fresh air and playing at the zoo.  She fell asleep shortly after bath and had a good night's sleep. 

Gracie was in a great mood this morning too.  When I dropped her off at daycare, she decided to mimic everything I said, but since it was too many words, she would just mimic the intonations of my voice as I was talking.  She thought she was hilarious!  Okay, I thought it was hilarious too. 

Have a good weekend!

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie

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