See Grace

Last Sunday we met Allie's friend Grace and her Mom and Dad, Teresa and Doug, at the children's museum. They live across the street, but we hadn't seen them in awhile because of the winter and then being sick. Allie walked right in like she owned the place. It took Grace a little longer to warm up. They had a good time though!

Allie tried the slide! The first time she tried it, it was really fast and I barely caught her on the bottom. Now that didn't phase her and she didn't even need me to catch her.

Allie liked riding the "horsey" by the museum entrance.

She put shoes on the baby, but the shoes were kinda big!

Mama made a pie for Allie.

And then Allie baked it in the oven... along with the ketchup and mustard.

We meandered into the art studio, and Allie was still holding onto the ketchup and mustard. She was very determined to get ketchup out of the bottle.

As time went on, we could tell both girls were getting tired, though niether of them would admit it. So we headed up to the rooftop before heading home. It was an absolutlely gorgeous day for hanging out on the roof.

First stop was the chickens. Allie really loves looking at the chickens.

On the opposite end of the roof has a nice water garden area. I had to watch Allie like a hawk because there were other kids whose parents were letting them take off shoes and put feet in the water. I didn't want Allie to do that.

She was very interested in the water's inhabitants, but didn't seem too interested in putting her feet in, so that was a relief.

The last fun thing was a marker window that we'd never noticed before. Its like the paint wall that we like in the art studio, but on the roof and with markers... and less risk of mess!

All fun mornings must come to an end through! We had two tired kids on our hands. Allie slipped up and admitted that she wanted to go night night. It took her awhile to go to sleep later, but once she did she had a nice long nap. Theresa told me Grace fell asleep in the car right after they left.

Allie's been so cute since this day with Grace. Every day since she keeps repeating "see Grace, see Grace." We haven't been able to to see her again yet because we've been busy this week, but hopefully we'll be able to soon!