The Rest of Our Week in NH

Gram bought MiniM.E. an awesome kiddie pool with a slide!!  (We went in the big pool too, but it was COLD and didn't last long...)

eating snacks

more snacks

ooo! what's that?

seriously? more pictures?

We went to the Monkey Around Playground (which my parents, sister and I helped build years ago, but we never really used because we were too old):

We stopped at the mall and "rode" in the mechanical cars:

And went to Krazy Kids, and indoor playground:

We got to see C. & H. for some swimming, swinging and a playground:

too cute!

And of course, we had fun in the bath:

MiniM.E. and I had a great week.... so great, we're going back next week!

It's Been A While...

and we've been busy.  Having a toddler in the summertime means spending the majority of our time outside.  And since we're not inside playing and I can't just fold a load of laundry real quick while playing tea party or straighten the kitchen while MiniM.E. is in the rice bin (added to the fact that we've been bringing a lot of the outside inside with us), my nap time is most often spent doing chores rather than working on blog posts.

And last week we spent the week in NH (but more on that in another post).

Here's what we were up to before last Monday...

Playground at 7:30am.  Awesome...

Prepping the kiddie pool before playgroup:

Backyard with friends:

Baby O. stopped by for a while before Saratoga's Family Night:

More early morning playground on a Sunday:

And MiniMonkey took his first swim in the pool:

 

First Swim of the Season

Of all things, MiniM.E. is not timid.  She's usually up for just about anything, be it a giant slide, a climbing wall, or a big-kid toy.  Evidence here and here.

So it wasn't surprising that she was more than willing (in fact, insistent) upon jumping into a freezing cold lake.

What began as an innocent hike at Moreau State Park turned into the first (skinny-dipping) swim of the season! (Though as soon as MiniM.E. saw the lake when we arrived she immediately said "get in!" so I shouldn't have been surprised that we did, indeed, end up in the lake.)

contemplating how to get into the lake without Mommy noticing

testing the water, toes first

making herself comfortable

wading (which led to a full on up-to-the-neck sit-down)

 And after swimming in the lake, she'd caught the bug and we had friends over to swim in the kiddie pools.