My Princess

So often when I am minus one child addy ends up running a bunch of errands with me, or helping me fold laundry or clean something.  Sometimes, I decide that all of that can wait and take Addy on a special outing. Last week, we dropped Isaac off at his camp program at the park and we went shopping but this time for Addy.  We bought a new dress that she immediately had to wear.  Then we headed to one of her favorite places Como zoo.  She wasn't even out of the car yet and she heard the merry go round.  That of course was the first stop.  When the ride was over I literally had to pry her hands off the of the horse, while she quick tried to grab with the other hand.  It was a very sad moment, but she quickly moved on when she knew she was going to see the monkeys.  By far the monkeys are Addy's favorite animal at the zoo, in fact we walked around and saw a few more, and she just kept asking to go back to the monkeys.  We stood in front of the monkey cages for a VERY VERY long time.  

It just so happened that it was library day at the zoo, so there was some extra things going on that day.  None of which she was interested in.  She only cared about the monkeys and what they were doing.  If you ask her about her trip to the zoo she will tell you three things: 1. monkey wear a shirt 2. monkey fall down 3. ride horse

It was a very special morning for Addy and I am so glad that we did it.  It was super fun to spend that extra time with her giving her my full attention.  I LOVE our mornings together, even when they are just running errands but these ones are the real memory makers.

so pretty

"I want to ride horse now." That is all I heard in line.

very serious on the ride

The monkey did indeed put on a t-shirt that day, all by himself.  It was pretty cool.

another monkey joined in and put on his t-shirt

This is where we stood for a long long time, talking to the monkey's.  she told the monkey about her pretty new dress and then told me how the monkey put on a shirt.  Very in depth conversation.