Samantha and I just got back from girls’ night out. We went with a friend and her toddler to NH to Story Land. We stayed overnight at her in-laws house and I don’t think Sam said a word to them the whole time. She just stared at them. She really didn’t know what to make of Cole’s grandfather, although she was curious. And there were no dogs! She kept yelling Daddy, Daddy, Ella, Daddy when I tried to put her to bed. I told Matt this, and he didn’t seem comforted that Sam said Daddy more often than she said Ella.
Story Land was great. She loved the ball room, just entranced with walking around holding the foam balls and watching them fly down from the ceiling. She even got a kick out of putting them in the hose where they got sucked up and shot out of the cannon at the top. I had a blast too. Cole didn’t like the noise, so we left pretty quickly. When we went on the safari ride, they both were antsy waiting in line. I asked the driver where they put the spectator animals during the safari, and he, without missing a beat, said “in the cage.” Sure enough there was a cage with bars and he closed the gate. Sam loved it. She got to stand up and watch everything and walk around as the cage went around the track. She also loved the merry go round ride. It went up about 20 feet in the air and I had to hold onto her to get her to not stand and peek over the edge. No fear of heights here.
She got fixated on a balloon about the time we were heading out, (they both lasted about 5 hours). I bought one for her and she was in heaven. I also bought her little Indian princess leather moccasins, but that was my indulgence.
She had two hours of sleeping the day before, about 8 hours at night, and a half hour nap in the car on the way to the park. She did not sleep a wink on the ride home, but was mostly happy licking her lollipop and driving Cole crazy by playing with her hinge puzzle. She was thrilled to see her daddy and made both of us put her to sleep. We sang and danced with her for a bit, read her the bunny story (Guess How Much I Love You). She pointed to the crib and said “crib” so I laid her down. She snuggled in and has been quiet as a bunny ever since. I am going to sleep the sleep of the best mommy tonight.
Story Land was great. She loved the ball room, just entranced with walking around holding the foam balls and watching them fly down from the ceiling. She even got a kick out of putting them in the hose where they got sucked up and shot out of the cannon at the top. I had a blast too. Cole didn’t like the noise, so we left pretty quickly. When we went on the safari ride, they both were antsy waiting in line. I asked the driver where they put the spectator animals during the safari, and he, without missing a beat, said “in the cage.” Sure enough there was a cage with bars and he closed the gate. Sam loved it. She got to stand up and watch everything and walk around as the cage went around the track. She also loved the merry go round ride. It went up about 20 feet in the air and I had to hold onto her to get her to not stand and peek over the edge. No fear of heights here.
She got fixated on a balloon about the time we were heading out, (they both lasted about 5 hours). I bought one for her and she was in heaven. I also bought her little Indian princess leather moccasins, but that was my indulgence.
She had two hours of sleeping the day before, about 8 hours at night, and a half hour nap in the car on the way to the park. She did not sleep a wink on the ride home, but was mostly happy licking her lollipop and driving Cole crazy by playing with her hinge puzzle. She was thrilled to see her daddy and made both of us put her to sleep. We sang and danced with her for a bit, read her the bunny story (Guess How Much I Love You). She pointed to the crib and said “crib” so I laid her down. She snuggled in and has been quiet as a bunny ever since. I am going to sleep the sleep of the best mommy tonight.
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