On Friday, Jeff and I both took the day off of work and headed to the zoo. Gracie had enjoyed it so much for her birthday, that we decided to go back on a cooler day. It was in the high 50's, low 60's, but with jackets on it was perfect and Gracie enjoyed herself immensely. She was running everywhere and really was in her glory. We got down to the family farm/petting zoo area and ended up not being able to go in as they have a requirement that you if you were out of the country within the last 7 days, you couldn't go in. This is to prevent hoof and mouth disease or something similar. With Jeff just back from Paris, that eliminated our ability to visit that portion of the zoo. Gracie has about a 4 hour window to enjoy the zoo, then begins getting too tired. Since the zoo is only an hour away, we ended up buying a membership (this is a deal if you plan to visit more than once a year) and will just plan to visit more often, it's so big we'll just see it all in parts. Gracie's favorites were still the fish, sharks, turtles, and pretty much anything in an aquarium. She also loves to ride the monorail or as she calls it, the "choo choo". We had our seats picked out for the dolphin show, but it was evident that Gracie was too tired and she began hitting, scratching, and pulling my hair. That was my queue that she was done! So we headed to the car and drove home. She was very good on both the way there and home.
On Saturday we were supposed to attend a wedding, but Gracie had the explosive diarrhea just as we were ready to leave. There was poop all over her dress, her legs, her hands, so we sent Jeff to the wedding without us. I took Gracie straight to the tub. She took a good long nap and acted like she didn't feel good for a good 4 hours and then she got her second wind and seemed to be fine for the rest of the weekend. We went outside Saturday evening and had a good time until we decided to go to Gracie's slide and swing playset. Just as she was climbing up it I spied walnut debris. A squirrel had decided to use Gracie's playset for a dining area. This would be no big deal for most kids, but it IS a big deal for a child who is severely allergic to tree nuts. So Jeff had to remove a very upset girl from her playset and I set about the work of removing all the nut debris and then scrubbing down the whole playset with soap and water. It was a mess. I think this squirrel needs to learn to be a cleaner eater.
On Sunday we took Jeff to the airport and got to go up and wait with him for awhile so Gracie got to see some airplanes, although she was mostly thrilled at seeing a little motorized cart down zipping around the airplanes. Then we headed to Target and home. We spent the morning just hanging around the house as it was a rainy day. After a 90 minute nap, we were going a little stir crazy so we went to the mall. We got a couple of new books for Gracie and we also got to ride the escalator which is cooler than anything in Gracie's mind. Later we went home and read and played. Gracie was sad that she couldn't go outside. We watched a little bit too much TV too, but at least they were educational videos. At one point, we were reading books and I had to go to the bathroom. I told Gracie to start reading the book and I would finish it when I got back. Usually she just sits there and looks at the pages, but lately she has begun to talk as if she is reading it, sometimes intelligible words and sometimes not. I about fell over when I heard her pretending to read and she said "Once there was a boy". It pertained not at all to the book she was looking at, but I was thrilled to hear a five word sentence!
Gracie had a great night last night and slept very well! She was off to school this morning. When I told her it was a school day and she got to ride the bus she was all smiles. This is a good sign.
Have a great week.
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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