Girls Day / Boys Day

We split up today into groups of girls and boys.   This was mostly due to the fact that my husband, father-in-law and son wanted to go to Lego Land.  (Guess what, Mom. there’s there’s one in Florida after all.)  

My daughter isn’t interested in Legos nearly as much as my son and she has the whole visual impairment thing going on so my mother-in-law and I kept her back with us and planned a “girls day” just for her.  

She stayed at home and helped my mother-in-law feed the squirrels, birds and other animals in their back yard.   She helped to water the plants and refill the peanut container.     Mid-morning we went to one of the local outdoor malls and she rode on the carousel and then the small train that goes through the center area of the mall.

Then she went into the indoor playground area that’s about everything that’s fun for a four-year-old.   My mother-in-law watched her and I did some shopping.   After she had had enough we went to Cheesecake factory and she ate a mound of bread and butter and pasta.     Then, we went to Candy Land.

Candy Land is a store named, “Sugar” that is basically a candy land.   She picked out candy for both her and her brother and then we went home to spend the rest of the afternoon in the pool.   She is now resting on the hammock after over two hours of special pool time and attention from Nana.

I think she had a special day.   I hope she did.   She’s a tough one when it comes to special, what with all the challenges she has in her life right now.   Fortunately, she is also the easiest to please.   She is truly a sweet little girl.

The Big Boy Update:  My son was at Lego Land today.   He was shy about exchanging Lego characters (something you can do with the staff at the park).   Before he left he got into the into the swing of the swaps and traded for some good characters.   He’s tired out from a long day and is glad to be in the car.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  We had a girls day today and went to one of our favorite malls for some activities and lunch.   As we walked by one of the fountains my daughter stopped and looked at the water.    We asked her if she could see the water to which she said, “that’s not water…that’s token water!”   She could see the coins in the bottom of the twelve inches of water.    We gave her some more coins to add to the collection.