Big Week!

We had a busy week this week.  Mom and Dad came back from Spain and so we drove up for a day to go see them. Mom said she couldn’t resist buying Grace’s Halloween costume a little early…

And yes, it comes with a matching Spanish fan and castanets! (I will admit it’s pretty cute!)  All in all it was good to see them even if the trip was a short one.

Then on Tuesday, Lori came to Columbus to visit. Grace napped a little early so we were able to head to Easton for the afternoon.  Grace did wonderful. She wanted to walk most of Easton. She even helped push the stroller. I’m not sure who was more tired at the end of the day, me or her!  Here we are on a little snack break. Who can resist graham crackers!

Then today we met Erin and Madison at COSI for the morning.  The girls loved playing in the water table and climbing in the tree house.

This evening Grace and I were playing in the family room and I thought I heard Katie whining. I realized it had been awhile since she had been around so Grace and I went looking for her. We looked everywhere and couldn’t find her.  Until we went into the bathroom and found this

I have no idea HOW or WHY she was in the bathtub but she was stuck. Grace thought it was great and laughed a lot at Katie. What a silly dog….and little girl!  Have a happy 4th of July weekend everyone!

Summer time!

Last weekend we went to Massillon to visit our friends the Caudill’s and go to their daughter Reagan’s first birthday party. Somehow in the heat and chasing Grace I did not take a single picture. Oops. Then on Sunday we hung out with Carli and Jeremy. Grace loved having other people to play with (including Molly).

 

This week we have enjoying playing and walking with our friends Madison and Erin Yoh. Then today we went to COSI for the first time since it was So Hot outside. They have a section dedicated to younger kids. There was a neat water table that had seats that she could sit in. There were lots of activities for her to explore. We ended up purchasing a season pass so I’m sure there will be many more fun days there.

After we got home it was still hot outside. So Grace went swimming in her pool. We decided swim suits were optional though so she got to go in her birthday suit! (I hopefully censored all the pictures!)

Pool time!

It’s been so hot! I have a blow-up pool for Grace but it’s a pain to blow up since I don’t have a pump. So, today I was at Marc’s and they had these plastic pools for cheap. We filled it up and Grace had a ball.

We’ve also been having fun around town. We met our friend Tracy for lunch and went to the new Columbus Commons. They had a carousel and of course we had to ride it.

 

 

Grace has been super active recently. She has been consistently taking 6-8 steps at a time. The last few days she’s been really interested in her walker that she got for her birthday.  I think she’ll be walking on her own soon!