A Surprise Day of Fun!

I was surprised to learn on Thursday that our daycare would be closed on Friday for the 4th of July holiday...I took the opportunity to have a fun 'Mother-Daughter' Day with Evelyn :)

We started off at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.  We had so much fun.  They have alot of 'hands on' type of exhibits which are great for a curious toddler.  The best part, by far, was Evelyn riding the ponies!  I wasn't sure she would do it - but she insisted she wanted to give it a try.  While we waited in line I pointed out how the other kids were holding on with both hands and how gentle the ponies were.  The girl assured me that we would get our money back if Evelyn 'freaked out'!  BUT she did just the opposite - the minute she was lifted on to the horse she held on and didn't flinch.  Even as the horse had to back out of the stall (which can get a little bumpy) she held on like a champ :)  I was SO proud and she was beaming the entire time - we definitely need to go back soon and show Daddy Evelyn's skills.

After the zoo and a LONG nap we decided to make our first trip to the pool.  Evelyn is not known for her love of water - but with my enthusiasm and encouragement she agreed that going swimming sounded like a good idea.  We were there for about 10 minutes dipping our toes in and getting comfortable with our surroundings when Evelyn decided it might be a good time for a snack break!

I finally got her to go in almost up to her waist - but she spent most of her time going around to all of the little streams of water that come up around the perimeter of the pool.  She started by stepping on them one-by-one and then switched to cupping her hands under the stream of water.  She also would skip every other one - and other variations of going up and down the row of about 45 streams...