Monday, August 25, 2008

My Super Sweet Second: Volume 3

Neal and I were able to both take today off so we could spend her actual birthday with our little girl. We decided to take her to the zoo, which is one of her favorite things! She talks all the time about seeing animals and Neal hadn't gotten to go on a zoo trip since last fall, so he was excited to see her now that she really enjoys it! We joked that she truly encompassed turning 2 today because everything we asked her, she would answer "No." We would even say "Let's go see the monkeys" and her response would be "No, no, monkeys!" and this seemed to happen with every suggestion - even though she would go and see them very happily once we were there. Yeah - this is going to be fun! :) Luckily she says it in a really cute way that makes it hard to get too frustrated.
One activity she did not say no to was feeding the fish - she loves getting the pellets and throwing them to all the coy near the giraffes. Unfortunately her throw was a little short, which meant the fish were almost jumping ashore to get the food!
She was also very excited to get to give the birds food, but they swarmed her as soon as she walked in with the stick and so she freaked out a little - luckily Daddy took over the food so she could watch the birds from a safe distance.
The bird was getting a little too close for her taste, I think...
Always a favorite is a ride on a carousel!

After a post-zoo nap, I decided to take Meredith up to the mall to ride the carousel up there - even though she had already had one ride that day, I knew if she could really pick her activities that would be the next thing on her list - and, while we were at the mall, she also got to browse at the Disney Store and Build-a-Bear. At this point, I am lucky enough that she is fine with just looking in both places. After that, we met Daddy to eat - she requested a "hot burger and fries" not sure why she felt the need to differentiate that the burger should be hot, but I am sure there is some reason in her 2 year old little head!

We had so much fun with our little girl this weekend - we have been blessed with 2 wonderful years of her growing and learning and we can't wait to see what God has in store for us for the next year and all the years after that!

1 comment:

Katie Geurin said...

We had fun attending the first two days of Meredith's extravaganza! She is an amazing little girl and we are excited to see what year 3 will bring.