Last Day with Grandma Debbie

On Grandma Debbie's last full day with us, she and Ally and Becky went to the zoo. It was really hot, and Ally agreed to wear ponytails for the first time this year. She was also sporting her kick a--bows! I was working, but heard they had a blast, even though the zoo was crowded with school groups and so hot and steamy outside.

Our "after zoo" ritual is a meal at Panera. As you can see Debbie and Ally was acting silly as usual.

Happy Grandma and Granddaughter

Then we went out to dinner, Becky even wore a sundress!

After dinner we got some group shots. 3 generations!

And one of our family.

Saturday morning we took Debbie to the airport. Thank-you so much for coming. I know we had a really rough night, but we all so appreciated you coming and helping us out. Ally is still talking about how Grandma Debbie is silly. And we still read Chalk at least twice a day!

The 3 of us enjoyed a weekend together, we went to Ikea and got a small dresser for Ally's room - kind of like a nightstand, and at my suggestion she agreed to put it in her room instead of her potty. She has had a little potty in her room for months now, and we've been thinking it was time to transition to using "the big toilet" as Ally calls it. She agreed that her little potty could go to the basement as long as she got to help bring it down there. Last night Becky assembled the dresser and today after we reconfigured our bathroom so Ally can safely use the toilet, she and Ally brought the potty down to the basement.

Today we had breakfast with Alice and her family, went to swimming lessons and re-arranged more stuff in the house. Becky convinced Ally to move most of her toys from the living room to her bedroom. Lots of play time at home this afternoon.

Oh and I almost forgot. Ally is LOVING showers. We bought a contraption that adapts any shower into a child-height one and Ally loves it. Seriously she stays in the shower for 10-15 minutes. The first day she told Becky she would stay in all day long! Its pretty neat because in the shower she can clean and wash herself and I think she really likes the independence.