play time

we’ve been getting out and about a bit more than i expected to with a teeny one (who is no doubt getting less teeny everyday) and have been having a blast!

one morning we headed out to fletcher cove but not before enjoying an awesome breakfast at naked café across the street.  delish! 

  

even more special – anabelle and my mom met mrs. fletcher while they were wandering around the park (e & i were nursing).  yes, the mrs. fletcher of flecther cove!  she was out for a stroll with the help of her nurse.  after introductions, the nurse sweetly told them “this is why she had the park built.”  thanks mrs. fletcher!

another day we went over to seaport village.  so much sun and a perfectly refreshing breeze off the bay.  my mom and i took turns riding the carousel with anabelle.  we had lunch. 
we people watched.  we boat watched.

and anabelle got the coolest balloon helicopter.  i was quite impressed!

bonus that it made it all the way home without popping.

the next day we were off to target (always a fun outing for me).  this one happened to have a party store next door.  ok, i planned that ahead of time.  sneaky mama. 
anabelle loves to point out any balloons she can see from the road so i thought a couple balloons might be a fun treat.  how great that they are only $1 a piece! 

these ones made the journey home too!

so, target, balloons, lunch at panera, and then . . . pedicures!

i wanted to treat my mom (we both were needing some love on our toes) and anabelle too, but i wasn’t sure anabelle would like it.  when i got a henna tattoo last month all she would say was ‘yucky, mama wash’ and make an icky noise.  she also wasn’t a fan of the temporary tattoo she got from a friend when i put it on her foot and she realized she couldn’t peel it off.

a sat right next to me and watched as i got my toes done, only making a couple faces here and there.  she was great the entire time and so was e who didn’t make a peep.  then a started to say ‘anabelle turn’.  i had let her pick out a color when we walked in.  i thought she’d want purple – that’s usually her first guess when you ask her what color something is.  instead she picked a simple pale pink.  she was hesitant to let the lady hold her foot at first.  then she started to ask ‘wash wash’.  she wanted to get to put her feet in the warm water like mama.  silly girl.

well, sure enough, she held out her foot and watched closely as the lady painted each toe.  she was excited when they were done.  ‘pink toes!’ she said.  she showed chris when he got home that night and then said ‘papa, pink toes’.  sorry anabelle, we’ll have to wait and do that sometime when papa is napping.  hee hee!