When you have toddlers, you really start getting creative when the outdoor play gets put on hold. It is a must to burn off some of their energy. When weather is good, we have our annual passes to the Atlanta zoo – but its been awhile since that’s been possible. When the weather is bad… we all go stir crazy. So this year we decided to get annual passes to the Georgia Aquarium – and it might be the best investment we’ve made. Yesterday was our 2nd visit this year, and Amelia really loves seeing the fishes and the sharks and the whales. And I love taking pictures there. Sometimes they come out better than others, but its always fun to try and capture Amelia’s wonder at everything around her. Yesterday was also Katherine’s first ‘awake’ visit and she seemed to really enjoy riding around in our chest carrier taking it all in. She was awake almost the whole time. A fun side note to the whole thing – we had Amelia in a pull-up – just not sure I’m ready to risk public places and panties yet – but she stayed dry the entire time (2 1/2 hours all together) I tried to get her to go potty twice, but I think the loud flushing there was scary so she said she didn’t need to go. And I didn’t push it – and she was still dry when we got home. Good job Amelia! (say it louder mommy) GOOD JOB AMELIA! I think we may truly have a potty trained toddler.
And yes, it worked. Amelia ran around, climbed steps, walked pretty much the whole time – and took a 3 hour nap afterwards. Thank you aquarium!
In other news, Katherine is getting really close to sitting on her own (she does have a solid base to work from after all haha). She mostly ends up in this kind of three point stance to use a football term. She also LOVES her exersaucer. So a couple cute photos to start your week.
