This past weekend was a great mix of relaxed time together and little adventures out. On Friday, Annie and I joined our friends Emily and Ella for a trip to the University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum. It was beautiful (and we only saw a very little bit of it). Annie's favorite parts were the fountain, the painted leaves on the Kids' Path, and all the pumpkins and scarecrows. Today at lunch she was talking about the scarecrow that was riding the bike, again, and again, and again.
On Saturday afternoon, we met up with Annie's friends Lily and Ella (and our friends--their parents) for a trip to a pumpkin patch. We've gone a number of times together without kids, but this was the first time that the girls joined us...it made the petting zoo a FAR bigger deal!
After getting our fill of farm animals, we headed out to the pumpkin patch and found some pumpkins, played in corn fields, and took lots of pictures. Annie enjoyed visiting the barn and silo afterwards, both filled with pumpkins and hay bales (and more scarecrows, one of Annie's new loves!).
On Sunday, we enjoyed time relaxing together. Eric and Annie did a lot of raking, and Annie helped make sure our Obama sign was straight! Sunday evening, Eric's mom came over for dinner and then watched Annie while Eric and I went to a Peter, Paul, and Mary concert. It was pretty incredible to hear them, and to hear stories of their last almost 50 years together.
Annie also continues to work on her fashion sense, on Monday she couldn't decide if it was wintertime or summertime, so decided to try both her swimsuit and winter cap. She has definite opinions on all factors of life, and it's fun (and, yes, sometimes a bit of a challenge) to watch her learn to express those!
Finally, Annie is a big fan of trains, in particular with "Tootle" from the golden book "Tootle the Train." She often asks to read that before nap or bedtime. Today, after already having read another book before nap time, she asked for Tootle. Usually we only read one book before nap time, but she was insistent, and I relented. It turned out she didn't want to read to Tootle, she wanted to cuddle it to sleep (as well as you can cuddle a book), and she did--she fell asleep clutching it.
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I say that Annie's fashion sense is just before her time. I also say she can work any outfit. Our little girls would have the best of time playing together. Someday our Arizona trips will coincide...
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