The park, The mall and a festival
It's been pretty busy around here the last few days. Michele had Friday off, doesn't have to work the weekend and is even off on Monday which gives as a nice four day weekend. Because of all this, I've been trying to having a lot of family time - going out and doing stuff.
Thursday evening:
After Michele got home from work we all went out on a picnic. It was not your ordinary picnic, consisting of two pizza's and a blanket. We ate it at the park though! We had a really nice time. After we ate Rachel ran around and played. Most of the time I saw Rachel she was running ahead of us, excited to get somewhere. Rachel will just run to something and start trying to climb it, walk off it or jump over it. I don't know if all kids are this fearless, but Rachel just charges headlong into whatever she wants.
Friday Morning:
Nothing too exciting happened. We just went to the local mall and played on the giant food. To see a few pictures see my post entitled What's for dinner? It's really nice to be able to sit back sometimes and watch her play and have fun. We also tried the game room, but she didn't seem too thrilled even with the children's games.
Friday Evening:
Kind of on a whim we decided to head up to Marietta to see what's going on at the Ohio River Sternwheeler Festival. I've heard this is a pretty well known event, but since I live here I really don't know who has heard about it. It was a nice semi-hot evening with a almost constant breeze. Pretty good weather for a carnival type setting. We got there a little early because it seemed like there was not a lot of stuff there. It probably officially started at 7 or 8 and we were gone by 6. The best time was watching Rachel dance to the music of the band playing. She has such a good time. As we were leaving, we bought Rachel an inflatable Boots toy.
We all had a lot of fun on our outings and even got a few more Shouldn't Have to Say. It's nice to take her out so that she can enjoy more than the TV. Best of all, If we run her all over the place, she goes to bed a lot easier.
Thursday evening:
After Michele got home from work we all went out on a picnic. It was not your ordinary picnic, consisting of two pizza's and a blanket. We ate it at the park though! We had a really nice time. After we ate Rachel ran around and played. Most of the time I saw Rachel she was running ahead of us, excited to get somewhere. Rachel will just run to something and start trying to climb it, walk off it or jump over it. I don't know if all kids are this fearless, but Rachel just charges headlong into whatever she wants.
Friday Morning:
Nothing too exciting happened. We just went to the local mall and played on the giant food. To see a few pictures see my post entitled What's for dinner? It's really nice to be able to sit back sometimes and watch her play and have fun. We also tried the game room, but she didn't seem too thrilled even with the children's games.
Friday Evening:
Kind of on a whim we decided to head up to Marietta to see what's going on at the Ohio River Sternwheeler Festival. I've heard this is a pretty well known event, but since I live here I really don't know who has heard about it. It was a nice semi-hot evening with a almost constant breeze. Pretty good weather for a carnival type setting. We got there a little early because it seemed like there was not a lot of stuff there. It probably officially started at 7 or 8 and we were gone by 6. The best time was watching Rachel dance to the music of the band playing. She has such a good time. As we were leaving, we bought Rachel an inflatable Boots toy.
We all had a lot of fun on our outings and even got a few more Shouldn't Have to Say. It's nice to take her out so that she can enjoy more than the TV. Best of all, If we run her all over the place, she goes to bed a lot easier.