Queen for a Day

Since this week is my spring break and a week away from work, Ross took the afternoon off as well and we made a date with Sage. I don't think we could have fit more into a single afternoon! At bedtime she said, "Mommy, I had a lot of fun today. Thank you." :) I dropped in on craft time at her school around 10:30 and stayed to make a rainbow collage with her class. Then it was off to Monkey Joes, where all of central Iowa joined us. It was crazy-busy, but she had a blast jumping.

Then we headed home for a quick snack and some coloring before Ross met up with us to go to lunch. We went to Panera for lunch for "macaroni and cow yogurt" (there is a picture of a cow on the package). It's her favorite meal right now!

Then it was off to Build-a Bear where she actually built a cat, which she named Lily.

 

She rode the silly little rides, which we never let her do. :)

And ran around, for what seemed like forever, in the play place at the mall.

After a bit more shopping, throwing pennies in the wishing well, and riding up and down the escalators, we went to Scratch Cupcakery for some delicious cupcakes!

She desperately wanted to take a break from eating her cupcake to go fold that purple shirt on the shelf, but we were able to talk her out of it...this time.

After a yummy snack, we went to Trader Joe's so that she could push around a child-sized cart--something she always looks forward to. However, just as we walked in the door a group of four girls snatched them all up, so Sage insisted that we have a seat on the bench and wait for one to be returned...which we did. After about five minutes Sage took it upon herself to go tell one of the girls that she was just going to "sit over there and wait her turn". We waited another five minutes or so and talked her into going to Costco and then coming back when they were done shopping.

It happened to be the best sample day ever at Costco. Her favorites--Annie's macaroni and cheese, Greek yogurt, jelly beans, ice cream sandwiches... she was in Heaven. 

Then it was back to Trader Joes, as promised.

We wrapped up the afternoon by picking up Drew from school and then going home to watch a movie. I think we accomplished our goal of making her feel special. We also had a lot of fun ourselves. It's amazing how different life is with only one child, and a three-year-old at that. We are going to have to do more date-days in the future. :)