Busy Day

We had a busy morning today! When we woke up this morning, it was only 57 degrees outside, so we had to bundle up in pants and long sleeves for our walk with Crystal and baby Brooklyn. Lily wanted to play outside when we came home.


After we finished playing, we got ready to go to the mall. There was a very special guest at the mall today - Topper! Memorial Hermann Hospital sponsored the new play area in the mall, and today was the grand opening. There was free breakfast from Chick-Fil-A, who also sponsored the play area, and Lily got a purple puppy balloon from a clown.

Unfortunately, Lily was very scared of the Chick-Fil-A cow and the life-sized Topper. I really thought she would enjoy seeing a great big Topper, but she just didn't know what to think of it and didn't want anything to do with him. Even when I held her and moved close to Topper, she was scared and kept saying quietly, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy..." She didn't cry, but she would NOT go close to him. When we were ready to leave the area they had roped off for the party, we had to walk by the Chick-fil-a cow, and Lily refused to walk. She just stood stock-still and wouldn't move. As I carried her past the cow, she kept murmuring, "Mommy, Mommy." I felt terrible that she was scared, but I had really, really hoped she would be excited to see Topper. Halloween is going to be interesting.
As we left the area, I realized they were also giving away regular balloons, so we got one... And that was the first time Lily smiled the whole time we were there! After the unexpectedly un-fun mall visit, we went to our weekly playgroup for about an hour. On the way home from playgroup, Lily just couldn't stay awake any longer. But she also wasn't going to let go of that balloon!
When we got home, we had a nice visit with Meredith over lunch, and then it was naptime. For Lily, not me.

We have some fun activities for tomorrow, too, so I'm sure there will be more pictures later this week!