Keeping Busy

As everyone knows, toddlers like to stay busy. So, whenever the sun is shining we try to get outside and play. Rachel loves to go for walks, feed the ducks, and play on the neighborhood playgrounds. A few months ago Rachel discovered dandelions. I showed her how you make a wish and blow the dandelions. I don't think Rachel quite gets the concept of a wish yet, but she calls dandelions "wishes" now. Last week while we were taking a walk we came across a lot of wishes. Rachel ended up with four wishes that she carried all the way home. She was pretty proud of her wishes! :) This morning Rachel was insistent upon going on a walk. Rachel's been a bit under the weather recently, so I knew she wouldn't last long. Plus, it was a pretty chilly morning. I told Rachel this, so she insisted that she could wear her hat to keep herself warm. I talked her into just walking across the street to feed the ducks. So, off we went with bread and her pink hat. While we were throwing bread into the canal for the ducks a gust a wind blew Rachel's hat off. Before I had a chance to catch it, it ended up in the canal. Rachel was quite concerned! Luckily the hat stayed right at the edge and I was able to retrieve it with my foot. Thank heavens it didn't float into the middle of the canal - it would have been a goner! Here's Rachel before we set off to feed the ducks: We certainly try to enjoy the sunshine, especially before we begin our hibernation mode this winter. With a newborn I doubt we'll be heading outdoors all that often. We do get plenty of rainy, cloudy days here as well. So, when those days come along it's quite the challenge to keep Rachel happily entertained. Some days she does great, but when we've had a long stretch of yucky weather she struggles. We've actually been pretty lucky so far this fall. However, one day last week we had some pretty crummy weather. So, Rachel kept herself busy with some princess foam stickers. At first she thought it was fun to put stickers all over the couch:

Pretty soon though she decided that Mommy was a better subject:

Even though this isn't the best picture in the world, it's a fun memory. Taking a picture of yourself with a toddler can be somewhat tricky, but it turned out! :) Rachel was pretty proud of herself. You can't see them in the picture, but I also have princess sticker earrings on and she found two that matched. Rachel is obsessed with matches. :)