We had a really fantastic Memorial Day weekend. I hope everyone else did too. Bailey was appropriately dressed in patriotic colors as a fabulous start to the season. We had hot dogs, watermelon, played in a sprinkler, and ate a lot of chips, so it felt like a true Memorial weekend.
We began the festivities Friday night by eating some ice cream at a local park and playing on the equipment. Okay, so Bailey did most of the playing. She really enjoyed herself though.
Saturday, we headed out to Topeka, Kansas and took the little Miss to Gage Park. We went to the zoo, but it was a quick trip. I referred to it as the Speedy Gonzalez version. It was over 90 degrees, so I didn't want anyone passing out due to heat exhaustion. After pointing at the giraffes, monkeys, some squirrels, and the birds inside the Observatory building, we bolted from that joint.
We went across the street to the playground area and rode the train for the first time ever. It goes around the park and it's darling. There's the sweetest old man as the engineer and he's been there for forty years! Bailey seemed to really have a wonderful time sitting in the purple seats and seeing birds, squirrels, ducks, turtles, flowers, trees, and other things throughout the park. After our awesome ride, we gave her FIVE minutes at the park because it was still extremely hot. She decided to try to fit as much into that five minutes as humanly possible, and then some. She didn't want to leave her slide she discovered, but we didn't give her much of a choice. As for other things to do in Topeka, we stopped by a few stores, Toys 'R Us being one of them, and Bailey liked the coin rides they had. She doesn't actually want us to put money in (she isn't particularly fond of them moving), she just likes sitting there. One of them featured Zoe and Elmo, while the other was a train and she went back and forth a couple times, and then we said "bye bye" to them (which is an efficient method to leaving these sorts of situations).
Sunday was another mid-90s day, and we didn't even once entertain the notion of spending it outdoors. Instead, we took Bailey bowling for the first time. We haven't gone in years, Bailey hadn't gone ever, so you know those were some high-scoring games! (Actually, we probably played better than we ever had, and we didn't even use bumpers for ourselves and no alcohol was involved! Ha!) We went to the Incredi-Bowl out in Stanley. (Did you have any idea bowling was expensive?!)
At first, Bailey wasn't sure what to think. Then she was determined to attempt to carry 12 pound balls. The rolling concept was somewhat foreign to her, but Daddy tried teaching her anyway. The bumpers automatically would come up each time it was her turn, and after a while, Bailey caught on to part of the concept and really started to have a good time. Then she wanted a snack, which was supplied courtesy of the vending machine, and then during the last frame, she decided kicking the ball might be the best way to go. During this, she actually got a spare during the final frame!
Our evenings were spent with the dog outside and the company of her brand new Dora the Explorer water sprinkler. Bailey had no problem allowing herself to get wet. She liked running around the yard, especially if Mommy was involved. We took turns chasing on another among the streams of water.
Monday was a stormy day; a gloomy, icky stormy day. We just stayed home, but by the evening it was nicer so we did get to go back outdoors. Overall, we rate this weekend fairly high on the awesome family fun scale.
I hope you enjoy the photos! There are plenty on her site too!
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