Peyton made it through day 2! When I asked her about her day she said it was GREAT! She never got this excited about the school's day camp she was in all summer. So what did they do today?? Well, she learned about horses and penguins. Which happen to be two of her favorite animals. In the morning, farmer Bob taught her about his farm and how his horses work on the farm. Peyton was surprised the horses had to work! Farmer Bob let the kids pet Duke and told them all about Duke's responsibilities ...
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On the First Day of Zoo Camp
Today was crazy! We are in that week before school starts but summer care has ended. I don't have the vacation time to take off work and spend the week with Peyton nor do I have family that I can pass her around to for the week. So I decided to send her to Zoo Camp! The Minnesota Zoo put on a variety of camps throughout the summer. Some are all day, some are half days, some meet once or for a week or for the whole summer! Since I only needed a place for Peyton to go for a week I chose two half ...
American Girl Bistro
Peyton is at the age where all things American Girl is thrilling. Every time we head out to the Mall of America, she insist we make a stop at the American Girl store. Well, today I surprised her with a late lunch in the American Girl Bistro!This is our second visit to the bistro. Typically reservations are needed. Going to the Mall of America is usually a last minute decision so I never try for them. But today we were going to try a walk up reservation since we were eating at 2 pm. And it ...
Zootopia is Out on DVD
Wohoo!! Zootopia was released today on DVD, Blue Ray and Digital. This morning, I woke Peyton up early and we headed to Target. We were the first ones there! The young man was still stocking the shelves with Zootopia copies and we bought the first one this morning at our local Target. With our Target special edition Zootopia in hand, we headed to the checkout and then off to my office to spend the day. Peyton has been waiting so patiently for Zootopia to come out. She saw it THREE times in ...
Encourage Individuality
Well Peyton has taken to dressing herself in the morning! These last few month's her individuality is really shining through. And I try to encourage it as much as possible. I think it's wonderful she likes to be unique. She likes to mix patterns and colors. I want her to be herself and dress the way she thinks is fun and funky. But the other morning she took it to a new level. She found a wig I was sent to review and she really latched on to it. For some reason she was drawn to it. She LOVED ...
Happy Birthday to Peyton!
Peyton turns 5 today! Without Peyton this blog would not be in existence. So lets all take a moment and wish Peyton a Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday Peyton! 5 years ago today I walked into an operating room and was put under general anesthesia (i got to go to sleep to have my kid!). A few hours later I woke up in a recovery room. A little while after that I was wheeled into the room where Peyton was waiting for me. To be honest I was so drugged up I really didn't ...