She then wanted to paint Daddy’s hands. We told her she could paint his toes. So she set to work painting his toes light pink. She then wanted me to promptly remove her polish. (She is not too into new things and especially not on her own body – don’t think I’ll have to worry about tattoos, odd piercings, etc.)
Work was cancelled for me today, so I spent the day playing with the girls. I covered the plans with McKenna for her approval. We discussed visiting Daddy at work, taking him to lunch, then home for naps. After naptime, the plan was to meet up with Heather, Finn, and Riley at Leaping Lizards for some bounce house fun. McKenna fell asleep on the way to see Daddy. When I woke her up in the parking lot of Chad’s office, she excitedly exclaimed “Heather, Finn, Riley HERE!!! Time to bounce!” I reminded her we were visiting Daddy first. She said “but I napped”. Smart girl. She got over it quick enough and we looked cute and remained shy meeting some of Daddy’s co-workers. After lunch, on the way home, I worked really hard to keep McKenna awake. If she fell asleep in the car, that would be the end of naptime. She managed to stay awake – just barely – until we climbed into bed. After a good nap, we met up with not only the Heather and her boys, but Sarah and Davis as well.
McKenna was finally able to climb the steps of the bigger slides without help and was SOOOO Proud of herself. A BIG thanks to Heather for helping her “learn a new trick” which gave her such independence! Kara spent the afternoon in the Bjorn watching the toddlers play. She finally got to lay on a blanket and stretch out as McKenna’s energy wound down and she stopped running all over. We met up with Daddy and had dinner out with Heather and the boys. We ended the day with showers/baths and playtime. An exhausted McKenna and Kara happily went to bed and and exhausted mommy is still working….A good day had by these three ladies!
Finn and McKenna played on the lion statues before quickly moving on the the hand washing station. 
We left Todd and Finn to go home and were on our way out when McKenna said “choo choo train!”.
So we turned around and went to ride the train. She then saw the carousel and wanted to ride it…4 times! Tiger, elephant, panda, and peacock…oh my! Kara enjoyed the pretty weather and a good nap. She also liked the carousel music kicking her legs and waving her arms each time it went round and round.
McKenna used to eat all sorts of veggies…carrots, broccoli, peas, beans, etc. Since about 18 months of age, she has cut every vegetable out of her diet except carrots. Hence, we eat a lot of carrots here. I always put a few veggies on her plate, but they go untouched every night. For about 6 months, I’ve not seen her touch anything but a little bit of corn and carrots…until last night. I steamed carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli. I put a lot of carrots, and broke down one small bit of the other two. I made a big deal of the white and green trees on her plate. She said “white trees?” and began to eat the Cauliflower!!!! Then, she found the “green tree” and ate that too. She proceeded to eat 4 servings of trees! I don’t know what got into her, but I was so stunned we took a video. Tonight was lasagna – so I didn’t get to see if this was a one night wonder or a new love of trees.
Each night, before McKenna goes to sleep we say an individualized prayer and the Lord’s Prayer. We’ve done this since she was an infant. She has never joined in before. Usually she lies quietly, listens, and if she’s super tired falls asleep before the “amen”. Tonight, was different. When I got to the “hallowed be thy name” she said, in unison, “how big is thy name”. I almost laughed and could hardly make it through the rest of the prayer. In fact, when I got to the “and lead us not into temptation”, I paused, struggling to remember where I was and she reminded me with a “temption momma”. SOOOOO Cute!
