Busy Day = Tired Girl

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day. Sunny and warm with just a bit more than a light breeze. The mini and I took advantage by spending a great deal of time outside. We had lunch on the deck followed by playing in the yard and a walk through the neighborhood. When we came back in, she tackled two puzzles that she received for Christmas and her birthday. She can put them together totally on her own now - she suddenly seemed to want to work them and asked for my help last week, so I explained them to her, how to match up straight edges and look for parts of the picture that go together. She's putting them together like a pro now. I can't wait until she's old enough that we can do puzzles together!





Almost as a side note, we also went to Barnes & Noble so I could buy a book and she could play with the train table in the children's section - she loves those trains! Later in the afternoon we went to Target so I could pick up pictures and cereal. An odd combination, I admit, but we needed the cereal and I've been putting off my scrapbooking long enough - I got prints of all the pictures from 2007 (yes, the entire year) so that I can catch the mini's book up. I realized recently that although I've been snapping photos right along, I stopped her book at Christmas last year, so now the pressure's on to finish it before 2008 disappears!

Probably the best part of the day, though, happened at dinnertime. DH came home and the mini was totally excited to see her Daddy. You'd think he'd been gone for days rather than just a few hours, but hey, it's never bad to know that your kid loves her Dad, huh? Anyway, after our energetic sunshiny day, she was apparently too exhausted, both mentally and physically to handle the excitement of seeing Daddy and having a steak dinner. She totally conked out in his arms right at the table. She didn't even finish her dinner! It was too cute and I couldn't resist the photo op.