Last Weekend We...

Went to the lake,

took a nap,

went to Layla's birthday party (a water party),

and celebrated Dora's birthday with cupcakes.

The Fun Factory

I haven't blogged in 2 weeks! We have been trying to enjoy the last few days of summer vacation. Presley and I went to the Fun Factory in Cabot last week. She loved it! We had so much fun going up and down all of  the slides!

Phone Swap

The other day I was talking to my mom. Presley said that she wanted to talk to Nana Raine, so I let her. She must have talked for 10 minutes telling Nana things like, "Big Daddy likes watermelon." I finally told Presley that I wanted to talk to Nana, and I went to fold clothes in the bedroom. A minute later Presley came in with a play phone and informed me she was talking to Nana on that phone. Then she suggested that we swap phones.

The Lake

Since it has been about 112 degrees in the shade lately, we have been going to the lake whenever we can! We have been staying at The Lodge and renting an overnight slip so that we can maximize our lake time. We have had so much fun wasting time out there. You would too. =)

Presley and I tubing...

She fell asleep.

Presley loves to sit in the captain seat! She loves to press the red button (the horn).

I love the splash in this picture.

The view from our dinner table. Hot dogs on an island seems like a 5-star meal with this view!

Geese at the marina. One actually jumped up on our boat. Then I screamed and whacked him with a hot dog bun. 

Nick and Presley on the tube. We stopped before she fell asleep!

The River Market

Presley and I went to the River Market yesterday. We went to the Museum of Discovery first. As soon as we walked in we headed to the play area for 6 and under. There is this sound of snoring, and Presley looks up SCREAMS and takes off in the opposite direction running for her life. I catch her, and she is shaking! There is a sleeping dragon above the gate to the play area, and Presley was terrified. I tell her it is okay and we keep going, but we can still hear the snoring dragon. She didn't calm down until we left to go to another area in the museum!

They have Wiggle Worm Discoveries for toddlers at 10:00 on Tuesdays, and there were tons of kiddos there. Ms. Nicole read a book about transportation, showed us a dove, and then we made airplanes and colored them. Presley was coloring hers and she asked me to write her name on it (which I thought was cute), then she said, "Will you write daddy right here?" So sweet.

We played until 11:30 when my mom came and met us for lunch. We walked down to Bill's Street. They have really great burgers, but skip the fries and get a side salad. After lunch, we went to the Witt Stephens Nature Center. It was really pretty, and they have free admission. We enjoyed looking at the fish and the alligators.

My mom had to go back to work, so Presley and I went back to the museum to play. There were lots of kids in the play area by this time, and Presley was getting very protective of the toys that she was playing with. (Some boy, that must have been 5, kept running up to her and trying to steal her broom!) I decided that we should leave before she smacked someone with the broom! We got to the Police Station right when the trolley stopped, so we hopped on. I thought it was a nice break, but Presley was ready to get off within 5 minutes.

When we got off, we went into the River Market and visited the Brown Sugar bakery. We picked up a couple of cupcakes and sat down to enjoy!

Tattoos, Art, and a Car Wash

Sunday afternoon Nick wanted to wash the cars, so I ran to the store to pick up a new sponge and I grabbed a few things to keep Presley entertained. Presley was really excited about her poster and the new paint. I love when Presley gets words mixed up or combines words that are similar.  I read her a book that I loved when I was little called The Jolly Postman, and she kept asking Nick if he was the "posterman".

I also bought some temporary tattoos, and Presley had lots of fun applying them to Nick and I. That was not what I had intended, but I was glad that I figured out that we could apply them to the posterboard!

When Nick finished washing our cars, I guess Presley was feeling left out.  She pushed her little car over to him and asked him if he would wash her car. Then she pointed to all of the things she needed him to wash- the door, the roof, the headlights, etc. She also informed him that she was out of gas. I can't even make this stuff up. She cracks us up.

Princess for a Day

On my birthday, Presley decided that she should be a princess for the day. She is my princess everyday, so I didn't mind sharing my day!