Play date with Haley today! Erica and I took the girls down to the Newport Nature Preserve Center on the back bay if Newport Coast. They have classes for toddlers there. It's a nice little center that has activities for them to do. A ranger came out and read a story about bird nests, then they passed around some nests for the kids to see. Next they got to make a little nest craft and we finished up with a nature walk looking for birds. It was a great place to do some future hiking. The girls did great (til the end) but they held the teacher's hand throughout the walk and talked to the teacher. It was cute to see the interaction.
Courtney is like Cinderella and when the clock strikes 11:30 am she turns into a terrible twos toddler. It's rough being out in public at that opportune time. I had to feed Caylee at the end, so the girls as well as many of the other kids ate their snacks at the center and played a bit. Courtney was having a rough time all the way to the car. I forgot her water and she just melted down. In the end I had Caylee in the stroller, I was pushing her up a dirt hill while carrying Courtney.
It was impossible. Courtney would do nothing else but be carried, so Haley being a good sport sat in the infant seat in the stroller, Caylee sat in the Ergo, and Erica carried Courtney. Courtney cried so hard as I strapped her in her carseat that she almost made herself throw up. She had worked herself up so much. It makes it hard to do fun activities when her good girl switches so quickly.
Courtney fell asleep on the way home, which is usually a bummer. It's hard for me to get her back to sleep after we get inside. Today was one of those days. Makes for a rough afternoon.
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