AHA! A Hands On Adventure!

If you've never been to the AHA in Lancaster, OH and you have small kiddos you have to go! This place is where imagination goes to play. They have it all! AB and I met our buddies-Sawyer, Dalton, Ms. Christy and her mother at AHA. We got there at 10am and we could have stayed all day. Those three peanuts were all over the place! It was such a fun day. Dalton and Sawyer are twins and are less that two weeks older than AB. They are the perfect playmates because they are very "active" and "hands on". Where AB can be too much for some children her own age with her personality, these two dudes are just the same. It is always fun when we can spend time together. I met Christy and the boys at the zoo when the kiddos were a little over a year old. It's not really my thing to strike up conversation with just anyone (well ok...maybe it is...) but Christy came strolling up to the Elephant area with a double wide stroller and two adorable little boys in tote! I thought the boys looked about AB's age so I asked a parent's first ice breaker question "How old are your boys?" This led to walking around the zoo chatting about our careers in education and our children. It's been fun getting to know The Smith family throughout the past year and a half. Here are a few pictures!

AB and Dalton putting out a fire from the firetruck!

Sawyer and Annabelle at the sand table

The kiddos fishing

Sawyer and Dalton driving the firetruck

4th of July Fun!

We had a whirl-wind of a week... We were home from Florida on Thursday and then off to the Lake for Mimzey and Dano's annual 4th of July Party. There were so many friends there for AB to play with. The fireworks were fabulous, but nothing could beat the weather! It would have been a perfect day, however, AB decided on a day when many people would be visiting and she'd be wanting to stay up late, there was no NAP happening! It did supply a lot of blog worthy quotes from my little friend, such as:

Me: "AB no more we need to go up and take a nap!"

AB: "Don't call bout me Mommy!" (she has been saying "don't call bout me for the past week or so whenever anyone tells her what to do or to stop a behavior.)

Me: "Lay down sister and get cozy."

AB: "I not your sister I am AB!"

Me: "Ok here is your cozy blanket and piggy." Tossing the cozy blanket down onto AB and walking out of the room.

AB: looking down at her legs, pointing to her one exposed foot and says. "Mommy Wait! You forgot to cover this foot!"

In one attempt to leave the room we were all standing down in the kitchen listening to AB fuss about missing out on the fun, being forced by her evil mommy to take a snooze...and we hear "SAVE ME UNCLE SCOTTY SAVE ME!!!" lol-she always goes for the weakest link! Just kidding Uncle Scotty! She did in fact fall asleep and get a great nap and therefore had a fabulous time! Thank you Mimzey and Dano for two wonderful weeks of fun!