Kate & I have been loving this spring weather! We (well, I, and Kate had no objections) made it our goal to do something outside every day this week. Tuesday we met Meghan and Adelaide at the zoo, Wednesday we spent a ton of time at one of Kate's favorite parks by Olbrich Gardens (and I like it because it's shaded, so the slides don't get too hot) before meeting Tracy for lunch, and Thursday Kate & I spent the morning at Olbrich Gardens itself. She loves all the flowers; she goes up to every single one, sniffs it, and says, "Mmm. Smells good!" Friday we had our last art class, so afterward we went to the Laurel for "hot-hots" and then after lunch, we noticed there was an awesome park right by the restaurant. We had never seen it before, but thought, "Why not? Let's check it out!" So Kate & I spent a good hour after lunch on Friday playing at this beautiful park. She loved the merry-go-round (I haven't seen one of those in years!) and the Little Tikes red car. I loved the fact that there was a gorgeous view of the lake, framed by some beautiful trees. So pretty and peaceful! Kate did not want to leave at naptime; the only way I could get her to calm down was to promise we'd come back sometime with Daddy.
Saturday we went as a family to Olbrich Gardens again; Kate loves this one fountain in the rose garden. She just runs up to every spout, touches it, gets all wet, and laughs hysterically. Then Sunday was the perfect lazy springtime morning; we sat out on our patio and had breakfast while Kate climbed the hill, and then we headed to the park before going to lunch at Outback. Then it was home for nap, and then off to Rori's dance recital at six. Kate was in heaven at the recital; I can't wait until we can get her into classes of her own! She sat so nice and watched the whole recital (of course she liked the dances with Rori in them the best!) until the second to last dance. It was "Footloose" and she just wiggled down from my lap and started dancing like crazy. Kirsti, Dan & Dan Hines were just laughing right along with me; she was so happy to be dancing and actually kept the beat quite well! How a person that tiny has that much energy, I will never know.... Rori did an amazing job, by the way. She is so talented, and she looked so beautiful in her costumes! I actually got kind of teary during the ballet one; it was this cool version of What Child Is This? and I just thought back to how I remember when she was born and now she's nine; where did the time go?
So there was our week in a nutshell! I tell ya, I am so looking forward to our London trip, but I honestly have so much fun just doing little local things with Kate that I don't really know how I'm going to handle being away from her for eight days! I know she'll be in great hands with Nana, but I am going to miss her like crazy. I utterly adore spending time with my little girl and going out and about on our little adventures. She's such a good little companion and helper; I am so blessed I get to spend my days with her!
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