I'd have to say that Maddy has had a toddler's perfect morning. We went to Chuck-e-Cheese this morning for about an hour and a half and she had a blast. She was great at following directions and we sat down for a snack while we were there (I bring my own). On the way out we redeemed some of our tickets and she now has a silver and pink fuzzy tiara! Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a good picture of her with it on, I will try more this afternoon. Then we walked over to MacDonald's where she had a chicken nugget happy meal and I had a salad (and a few of her fries). We ate there and she just loves to eat out in places like that. There's so much action that she loves to watch. People watching and eavesdropping are her favorite sports! I've now put her down for a nap, but she was having a hard time falling asleep. Although she's been quiet now for a while, so hopefully it will be a nice long nap. Yesterday's was just an hour but that's better than nothing!
I don't have any big plans for this afternoon or evening. I suppose I should try to find something for her and I to do this afternoon that doesn't involve paint. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind painting with her... but man it's a hassle to prep it all, supervise her so closely and then clean it all up. Even the paint with water books are soooo messy. Given, she hasn't been using the right kind of paint brush, but still! She loves wipe off markers which are fine and wipe right off virtually everything. She doesn't want to have anything to do with crayons anymore. She does like play doh but I catch her trying to eat it now and again (yuck)!
Going outside has been a struggle lately because she hates to wear her coat and hat. Obviously, we aren't going outside without the coat or hat, so I fight to get it on her and normally once she's outside she'll become preoccupied with other stuff. But now and again, even when we are outside she'll try to take them off and I just need to keep putting them back on her. It's something she'll get over as the season goes on. Afterall, she just started really needing a coat about 10 days ago.
Oh, I did fall back on the diaper bag today when out to CeC and MacD's. It was going to be a pretty long outing and I just felt more comfortable having the big bag with me. Where ever we go this afternoon it'll just be my purse and I'll leave the big bag at home!
Have a good one!
Tea of the day: Pumpkin Spice Black tea and now cinnamon tea. I'm also sucking on a Jelly Belly Cinnamon lollipop. I've been hooked on cinnamon lately. The spicier the better. However, these lollipops aren't that spicy! My last one was. Maybe my next one will be. I bought out Party City of a lot of them