This summer I want to get out and about with Nicollette more, so I have started a list of place and things to do this summer with just her and I while Daddy is at work and family things to do on weekends.
+ completed (at least once)
+ Check out the local Library
- Check out a Storytime - at Bellevue Library, Pottery Barn Kids and/or Bookworm Bookstore
- Go to Chick-fil-A to play (when it is not so busy, so she doesn't get run over by older kids)
+ Go to the Laurtizen Gardens to check out the model trains (after section reopen)
- try out an open swim and/or open gym times at Kids Body Shop
- try a drop in music class at Musicians in Motion, Baby Maestro, or Kindermusik
+ see TRex Sue at the Durham Museum
-(and tornado exhibit film)
- go to the Zoo more
+ check out some other city parks
+ take her to a cheap kids movie matinee
+ play at the splashpad SprayGround at Shadow Lake Towne Center
+ (maybe we could do this during Beerfest)
+ pick berries Bellevue Berry Farm
+ go to the apple orchard/store Union Orchard and/or Trees Shrubs and More
+ check out Strategic Air and Space Museum
- Check out Mahoney State Park, especially indoor playground
- check out Fontenelle Forest
+ go to Arrows to Aerospace festival
+ got to Iowa State Fair
- check Bellevue Farmers Market during an fun activity
- maybe check out Omaha Farmers Market
other resources:
- go to toddler related Parenting U classes at Children's Hospital (so this is more for her than with her)
- Children's Museum Calendar
- Regency Court Mall Events Calendar
- Whole Foods Events Calendar
- Shadow Lake Towne Center Calendar
Next year we really need to try out more festivals, we have several we wanted to go to but lost track of the dates such as one of the Scandinavian festivals and one of the Czech festivals. Also some festivals might be a better fit next year when she is older like the Sweet Corn Festival.
Baby Ticker
Monday, July 22, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
17- 19 mos (fyi another on the way in Oct)
With an active little one it is getting harder and harder to keep this updated, and I am sure it will get harder with another on the way in October. To keep it simple I might just continue the updates for both on this blog instead of giving the new little one their own blog.
She likes to act like a big person, trying to sit in the regular chairs and on the couch all the time. She fights sitting in highchairs and her car seat, but once she is buckled in she is fine usually. Around Mother's Day Patrick's parents came to visit us for the weekend and we did some touristy things around Omaha. She is showing more and more she is not always a girly girly, she may be dressed in all pink, but she likes her tools and truck toys.
Near the end of June we went on a family vacation, while it is just the 3 of us. It was a road-trip across South Dakota, which went pretty well expect for a few toddler mini-meltdowns. Started with the zoo in Sioux Falls, which was a great little zoo to spend a few hours in, and inexpensive with our Omaha Zoo pass discount. Then off to the Mitchell Corn Palace and Wall Drug Store. Then to Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse (spent some time driving to/through Deadwood and Sturgis but it rained and we didnt see anything we wanted to do especially with the rain). Then a day doing small things in Rapid City starting with a bagel breakfast. Then Storybook Island, which I highly recommend. It is this amazing park with fairy tale and storybook statues, playhouses and play structures to climb all over. We went to the Chapel in the Hills which is a replica Norwegian chapel. Also we tried out inside Glow in the Dark Putt-Putt, which was a funny experience with a toddler. Then Devil's Tower in Wyoming. We worked our way down Wyoming and back into and across Nebraska stopping at little attractions and rest stops along the way like Ayers Natural Bridge Park.
Started working on our summer bucket list of things to do with Nicollette, both as a family and just Mommy and Nicollette time while Daddy is at work. So far we have gone to see TRex Sue at the Durham. We have been going to the neighborhood park more (when it is not too hot) as well as trying out some other local parks.
road trip -Ayers Natural Bridge Park
She likes to act like a big person, trying to sit in the regular chairs and on the couch all the time. She fights sitting in highchairs and her car seat, but once she is buckled in she is fine usually. Around Mother's Day Patrick's parents came to visit us for the weekend and we did some touristy things around Omaha. She is showing more and more she is not always a girly girly, she may be dressed in all pink, but she likes her tools and truck toys.
Near the end of June we went on a family vacation, while it is just the 3 of us. It was a road-trip across South Dakota, which went pretty well expect for a few toddler mini-meltdowns. Started with the zoo in Sioux Falls, which was a great little zoo to spend a few hours in, and inexpensive with our Omaha Zoo pass discount. Then off to the Mitchell Corn Palace and Wall Drug Store. Then to Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse (spent some time driving to/through Deadwood and Sturgis but it rained and we didnt see anything we wanted to do especially with the rain). Then a day doing small things in Rapid City starting with a bagel breakfast. Then Storybook Island, which I highly recommend. It is this amazing park with fairy tale and storybook statues, playhouses and play structures to climb all over. We went to the Chapel in the Hills which is a replica Norwegian chapel. Also we tried out inside Glow in the Dark Putt-Putt, which was a funny experience with a toddler. Then Devil's Tower in Wyoming. We worked our way down Wyoming and back into and across Nebraska stopping at little attractions and rest stops along the way like Ayers Natural Bridge Park.
Started working on our summer bucket list of things to do with Nicollette, both as a family and just Mommy and Nicollette time while Daddy is at work. So far we have gone to see TRex Sue at the Durham. We have been going to the neighborhood park more (when it is not too hot) as well as trying out some other local parks.
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| 17 mos May 4th |
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| at the Zoo with grandparents |
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| Legos the Gardens during grandparents visit |
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| spending a rainy and then hot day the SAS musuem |
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| 18 mos June 4th |
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| trying to wear Mommy's shoes |
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| sitting in a big people chair |
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| love my toolbox |
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| road trip - Mitchel Corn Palace |
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| road trip - Jackalope at Wall Drug |
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| road trip - Mt Rushmore |
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road trip - Crazy Horse   |
road trip - Storybook Island
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| road trip - Chapel in the Hills |
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| road trip - Devil's Tower |
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| road trip - Lincoln Statue at Rest Stop |
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| 19 mos July 4th |
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| TRex Sue at the Museum |
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| Museum |
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| Museum, she loves this statue every time we are there |
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