Discovery Center and Boise Zoo

Got to do lots of fun things this week. We went to the Discovery Center with some friends on Tuesday. It was fun, everything they had was touchable. They had a couple areas that were more geared to Lucy's age, which was nice. She enjoyed the little play grocery store. It was really kind of cool. There were grocery lists, carts or baskets, fake money and tons and tons of fake food, ranging from boxed burritos to a frig with milk and cottage cheese. It took Lucy a little time to warm up to the idea, but once she did she went to town loading and unloading her shopping cart.

  
Headed to the zoo this morning, tried to beat the heat and see some of the animals before they hid in cooler corners. We got to see almost everything, though Lucy was more into the people watching. They had a bunch of big dinosaur statues that would move and growl. Lucy was so scared of them, it was kind of funny she was interested but wanted to climb up and hide on your shoulder at the same time. I thought she would like them since she watches "Dinosaur Train" almost every morning, I was wrong! She did enjoy the penguins and the monkeys. She would point to the monkeys and say oh 'no when they would play. We also went into the butterfly house...Where she tried to step on one. It was like an over sized shed with lots of butterflies and people. I think it is something that she would enjoy more next year. She also fed the goats, she wasn't so sure at first since they are so excided/aggressive to be fed. But I would hold her hand out with a piece of food on it and the goat would nibble at it with its lips and she thought it was pretty cool.
* My photos have no animals in them since I have such a long delay on my phone but you can tell that Lucy was having a good time.

 

The Boise Aquarium

Looking for something to do the other day and ended up at the Boise Aquarium. It's not real big and honestly a bit over priced, but we can now say we went. Lucy seemed to enjoy running around, there are several aquariums at her height, so she didn't need any help seeing into them. They had rock boarders along the larger one that she had fun climbing on. She loved pointing and yelling "fish!"  There was a smaller, lower pool with fish and star fish that I had to keep her from climbing into, funny kid seems to love water!
The highlight of the trip was feeding the sting rays. (Yes, I 'm a sucker and paid $3 for a tiny cup with like 4 shrimp to feed them) Anyway I didn't get any pictures since its hard to juggle Lucy, a cup of over priced food, and a camera as the sting rays flock to the food. Since their mouths are under their bodies, they would swim up and the top half of them would be out of the water making slurping noises, it was a bit surprising, even for me and scared Lucy, I think she would have climbed up on my head if she could have, after the first initial shock, she calmed down and started waving at them saying "oh, no! oh,no!" While they were close I took her hand and pet one, she wasn't real impressed with that, but she had a good time splashing and yelling at the fish as they swam under her hands.
 They also had a few birds and lizards. It was a good way to kill a couple of hours, and I think Lucy had a good time.

 

One of those days

One of those days where no matter what we did Lucy wasn't happy for long. I know she has at least one molar coming in. So we went for a walk to keep her happy till dinner and bed time. When we came home she took her shoes off and then wanted them back on...and then off and on...and off and on, till I got tired of the game and put them on the table after a bit of a temper tantrum. I picked her up and put her in her bed. She stayed there for maybe 3 minuets she came out, picked up her lamby, gave me a dirty look and went back to bed. Its a good thing she had her back to me because I couldn't hide the smile.
Not sure where she gets her sass. :)

20 Months!

Lucy is 20 months. I think this was the fastest month of them all! What a rush!
 Lucy is running and climbing. She is a brave little thing and wants to explore the whole play ground now. She has no fear of slides! Often times she plops down and pushes off so quickly, I have to scramble to catch her.
She loves water. She entertained herself for hours the other day by scooping out cups of water and pouring it on my garden. She loves running through the sprinkler. When the hose is on she can't get naked fast enough. And yes she can undress herself. I was shopping the other day, turned for a second and she had her shirt off.
She also talks all the time. Love when she says please, there you go and thank you sound a lot a like. Its pretty cute either way. After a weekend with her Papa, she came up to me in the kitchen and said "mama want cookie" I was so surprised I had to find her one! Then I was leaving for work and she kept yelling "mama! mama!" till I said "Lucy!" and she said "love you," totally made my day.
She still loves books, she will sit and turn pages and talk out loud like she's reading. It's pretty cute.
I made her some pudding finger paints. I thought she would love it, but she tried each color and was then uninterested. Though she did make some cute faces.
Tasha bought her a fedora hat, which she is now in love with! When I get ready to go somewhere she brings me her shoes and then says hat and looks around. Every where we go people ask me how I get her to keep her hat on. She even had to wear it to church. She certainly knows what she wants and how to ask for it.
She and Frank continue to have a special relationship. She sits on him, tucks him in, hits him, tries to get him wet with the hose or sprinkler and he just lets her. I'm glad he is such a good dog.
She loves to wrap her dolls up and push them around in her stroller. She can do puzzles, and loves to color. She can point out her eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth and tummy.
She is such an amazing little girl, I love her funny little personality.