Hello out there. The baby and I had an amazing 4th of July. I just wanted to share some of that here with you. I mean I was up past midnight putting these scrap pages together. It took me about a half hour of convincing the night of the 3rd that she wanted to go to sleep because Saturday was going to be a big, big day. Downtown there is a Botanical Garden. Part of the downtown 4th of July Celebrations is that you can go visit some sites for free that wouldn't otherwise be. If you wore red, white and blue you could get into the Crystal Bridge for free. Why would a single mom not take advantage of that. Naturally a giant green house is going to be a humid place so we dressed lightly.
In the middle of the Garden is a "Pirate Ship" structure. (Top Left) It is really more or less half a ship but you get the point. And in case you are wondering that is supposed to be Peter Pan on the top of the mast. Inside the ship is this steep stair with a sign that says, "Guest 6 Years Old and Up only Please". We are Young's, rarely have we ever been deterred by a sign. She started climbing this all on her own. I decided to heave her up so she could run around up top. I can see why it says six and up but she loved it too.
One thing I love about this girl is her adventurous spirit. After walking around up top we came back down. She met a new friend who was about her age. She saw some older boys go up the ladder and she decided she'd rather hang out with the boys. I decided to see how far she would climb up the stairs this time. She got about half way before she got to tired to continue. I like the pictures I ended up with though.
Now this picture doesn't look like anything too odd. She started playing with one of the flowers instead of trying to pick up all the stones that were bigger than her. Perhaps she was trying to haul them over to throw at the big bad wolf but I kept putting them back under the scowl of the volunteer who was tailing us by this point. I go over to get a picture of her poking the flower and then I realized she wasn't really playing with the flower, she was playing with the water puddled in the flower. She dose love to play in water.
Really she is about 14 1/2 months but that wouldn't fit across the picture. After we finished terrorizing the plants we took our party outside to the Myriad Garden (The outdoor part of the Crystal Bridge) spread out a blanket, copped a squat and had a little pick-nick with some juice and a ham and cheese lunchable. We toddled around the garden to walk off lunch and then we headed for the car. I strapped her in and in less than two blocks she was asleep. I took her home and put her down for a three hour nap. There was still more day to be had.
She was awake around 3:30 but lazed until about 4:00. We popped over to WalMart (which I can not effectively boycott when they have the cheapest price on the dog food I buy) and picked up some dog food. If we were going to a barbeque we'd have to take care of the mutt before we left. By the time we got home she was snackish. I fed the baby, fed the dog and by then it was 5:30. The Barbeque was a 6:00 in Yukon. I figured she would sleep on the way out there but she didn't. We had very much fun and the fireworks didn't get to her until a neighbor let off one that was loud and continuous.
It was a busy holiday to be sure. So yesterday we kept it low key and just hung out at the house. I let her wander and explore and she started "reading" some literature I left out about online marketing and such. I guess she feels she needs to get a head start. I think that is a fantastic way of thinking. Hope you had a wonderful holiday.
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