What a difference a day or two makes! As indicated in my prior post, our little hippie recently hit a rough patch. Even her daycare had remarked on her disposition. After a frustrating couple of days at daycare and a volitile week at home, she seemed to turn the corner Friday. Her teachers relayed a chipper report at pick up and she has been bubbly all weekend.
Last night, we accepted an invitation to a friend's backyard cookout. After last weekend's ballpark experience, we were holding our breath for a better outcome. Fortunately for us, Hip Chick was quickly taken by a large hammock, as pictured above.
The evening brought us more cheer and laughter than we had experienced in weeks. Grilled food, basketball fun, and good friends helped Mommy, Daddy, and Hip Chick relax. (Admittedly, this is no small feat, as Mommy is a bit tightly wound these days.)
Near our evening's end, she requested a return to the hammock, so Mommy pulled out a book from our bag. Inspired by festive string lights in the surrounding trees, I selected our Twinkle Twinkle Little Star book. After we sung to the star with all the animals around the world, Hip Chick ended her evening by searching for real airplanes and stars with a very animated and enthusiastic "auntie."
The photo above was of another fun experience earlier in the day. She has been army crawling anywhere she can in the house and yesterday morning she decided to visit her alphabet magnets on our fridge. As we are constantly looking for new answers to the question, "How to entertain a child in a spica cast?" we let her explore new ways to do old things. She played with her magnets for a good bit of time. Hammocks and magnets are two great activities that we added to the list!
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