Tickle Bug has enjoyed her week because it had a special visit from Grandma BJ. As you can see from Snarla's enraptured face, it was a grand old time, filled with a trip to the movies, dinner at Mama's restaurant, lots of gifts, and a whole bunch of tickles. Little Monster got up first thing every morning to spend time with Grandma over coffee and viewings of Wall-E and Finding Nemo. Mama took advantage of the opportunity to sleep in a little bit and Daddy lay around grimacing and limping home from half-days at work with a pulled muscle in his back.
After Sweet Girl said goodbye to her grandma this morning, she had some breakfast at
Ria's Bluebird then came home for a few hours, then went out again for ice cream at
Morelli's. After that came a trip to Best Buy and a walk around the Edgewood district, enjoying the comparatively cool day and taking big jumps when Mama and Daddy lifted her by her arms. What a day! Sweet Girl already misses her grandma, but she tries to be a big girl about it with all the other adventures going on.
The other day, a special gift arrived from Nona and Papa Den. It was fall of all kinds of good stuff! Inside was a sprinkler toy so Little Werewolf can have a swimming pool alternative, a pair of princess slippers, a sock monkey, and all sorts of other good stuff. With all the gifts from Grandma BJ, the summer surprise from Nona and Papa Den, and the baby doll Mama picked up at Target the other day, this Little Monster has more fun toys than she knows what to do with! Oh, and Mama's friend Amanda gave Sweet Girl a copy of Chutes & Ladders and Daddy also gave her a lift-the-flap book about a bay at the beach. This Wee Goblin is going to get spoiled!
This Tickle Bug is so precious! When she woke up this morning, she wanted to wear her Halloween ladybug costume instead of getting dressed. Who are Mama and Daddy to tell a Sweet Girl no? So, clad only in a onesie and a marginally too-small Halloween costume, this morning was all about buzzing around and smiling, with chubby cheeks only barely contained within the costume. Later today will be a trip to the book store. Daddy says he'll be making meatballs for dinner, which is one of Baby Girl's favorites, too. This is the last day of Daddy's vacation so he kind of wants to take it easy, but Wee Goblin sees no reason to slow down now. After a vist from Grandma Raye last week, a visit from Grandma BJ the week before, and a seemingly infinite number of cupcakes, ice creams, smoothies, and trips to the zoo, aquarium, movies, and park, this Little Werewolf is getting spoiled!
When Grandma Raye came to visit, she brought Tickle Bug a special bath towel (good thing, since we're having so many baths — read on!). It has a little hood that helps dry Sweet Girl's hair and it's big enough to completely engulf a sopping-wet Little Werewolf. Best of all, it's very soft, and it feels good after a nice, steamy bath. Grandma Raye's friend Eva made it, so Sweet Girls sends her a very special thank you! In fact, a little half-naked Jawa was seen running around the house last night after her bath, wearing only the hooded bath towel and nothing else.
Much of Daddy's vacation time has been spent with Little Monster at various parks and playgrounds, from feeding the ducks to showing Grandma the best slides in town to playing in sandboxes and climbing on all sorts of things. It's been so hot this summer that almost all of these play excursions have coincided with bath night, whether bath night was originally planned or not. If there's one thing for certain, it's that this Tickle Bug sweats like her Daddy. Poor girl.
