I felt a cold coming on last week so we stayed in on Friday and I felt so bad, Olivia didn't mind we played, cuddled, watched TV and did some water color painting but I still felt bad that she was inside alllllllll day. I did spend a bit more time laying on the sofa then I would like, but with Brandon away for the weekend I had no choice. The mommy guilt was heavy on me all day, so I decided that no matter how I was feeling we were having a FUN Saturday together... And that's what we did.
Olivia found my stash of "Tricia" headbands, that's what I like to call them because my sweet friend Tricia made them. Olivia loved wearing them most of the morning and most of the time I got to wear one too, or maybe even two or three. She must have sensed we were having a fun day so she woke up at seven, I know for some people that would be amazing but for Olivia that's early... And I was up late the night before. Oh well we had fun relaxing in the early morning before heading out to our first stop.
Our first stop doubled as a fun outing and exercise for momma...at 9:30am it was already a hot day. This was Olivia's first trip to Point Pleasant Park, and I was excited to take her... Too bad the cranky bug decided to bite her and sucked the fun out of that walk. I don't know if she just didn't want to be in her stroller or she had tummy pains but something was up. From her first picture posted you can see she was an angel right from the start- oh my! This was probably her longest fit out of them all, a good 20-25 minutes of screaming, crying, and kicking in her stroller. I felt bad for everyone trying to have a peaceful walk, because Olivia wasn't having that.
She was happy for a few minutes when she was free to roam, she went right towards where the dogs were, and then towards the water. We held hands and walked towards it, but walking on the rocks was not enough she wanted in, and I know that water in not swim worthy but she didnt understand that, and the fit hit full capacity, as I carried her away from the water.
Don't think our whole day was rotten, this was the worst of it and it was only 10 in the morning. As I pushed her through the maze of paths in the park trying to get to the car, she eventually wore herself out and stopped throwing her fit. She was allowed out of her stroller had a snack, a drink and then turned into the royal queen of the park waving and saying hello to every person and dog that walked by. We left the park as friends again.
Since my sweet angel had returned, I decided we were close to down town we would try to go to he public gardens if we could find parking, which we did! We didn't stay long but Olivia had a blast, she could follow pigeons all day!! She enjoyed seeing pigeons, ducks and geese. She loved all the flowers and fixtures in the park.
We headed out and again as you can see above she didnt want to leave... I feel the above picture truly shows the joys of motherhood, and I wouldn't have it any other way. By the time we reached home she was sound asleep!! Nap time was pure bliss!
We had a quick errand to run so we continued fun mommy daughter day with a trip to Susie's Shortbread, little miss got her very own cupcake...she was pumped, maybe more so by the straw in it, but never the less pumped. For those wondering hers was cream soda flavoured! That's why it had a straw since it is a soda pop flavour. I couldn't get it to her little mouth fast enough... Don't worry she didn't eat it all. I had amazing pineapple soda there too, Laura and Kathy made Keah and I jealous with their pineapple jones soda out west, so I was pumped to see this and share the news! Olivia even got her picture with their mascot... That was super stressful!
We hit the pool after our treat and gosh darn it she looked adorable in her little suit... and of course she pooped in her swimmer while we swam... Changing a wet baby is fun! She wore a little life jacket in the pool today and loved riding on the foam rafts they had in the pool. She would climb all over it, lay on her belly and then try to drink the pool water. I don't know what's up with this kid but she loves to drink pool water and lick everything around. Oh Olivia! She did some solo swimming on her back and is a champion kicker! I am hoping to get her started in swimming lessons in the fall.
We had stopped by to see poppy but he wasn't home so he messaged us later and when he heard we were going to get a happy meal he had a better idea- he took us out to Jack Astors which was really appreciated! We had a few minutes to get prettier after the pool and then we had a yummy dinner. Olivia even ate some of her chicken strips. She enjoyed colouring on her placemat with pop! Thanks dad for treating us to a nice night out- we love you lots!!
2 comments:
Oh Karen, I loved this post... it was lovely to hear of your day with Olivia;-)
Awesome! Loved every bit of it!
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