We woke up to rain on Sunday morning which was a huge bummer. We decided to head to Superstition Springs Mall which has a great indoor play area for kids. Addison marched right to the slide and proceeded to go down it about a zillion times, pushing big kids out of her way and everything :) After burning off some energy there we headed over to the Cheesecake Factory. We were letting Addison walk on her own a few steps ahead of us and she was doing really well until she spotted the Merry-Go-Round. All the sudden she took off pointing, yelling and signing please please!, running into people and completely focused on the prize. I ran after her and dang is she fast! Once she got up to it she was ready to scale the fence and let herself in. It was hilarious because we have come to this mall plenty of times and she has never shown interest in it. Daddy took her on (those things just make me nauseous) while grandma and I snapped pictures. She was so THRILLED the entire time, although halfway through she did want to switch ponies, I dont think hers was going up and down fast enough. When we finally dragged her away and into the Cheesecake Factory she was tired and loopy, she spent the entire meal standing next to me in the booth, banging utensils on the table, throwing sugar packets and washing her hands in our water...needless to say it wasn't the most enjoyable meal but it was quite entertaining, my favorite part was how mortified Alex was!
Loved this ladybug in the play area!
Soooooooooooooo excited!
Hi mom!
So cute...wearing the firefighter dress that grandma made her!
Looking over pictures with grandma from the days festivities
All worn out, snuggling with daddy, baba and baby
Monday brought more rain and coooooooold. We decided to take Addison to a place called "Toy Town." It is an indoor play village for kids and pretty much my dream as a child! The place is filled with little wood houses that contain toys and dress up pertaining to what each house is i.e. hospital, firehouse, Dominos, tea party etc. It was so stinkin cute! Addison spent the majority of her time in and out of the little Cozy Coupe car, I guess I'll have to put that on my list of things to get her. I had been thinking about getting Addison a table and chairs for her meals as she doesnt like her high chair and we were right by IKEA so we headed over there after Toy Town. We had a yummy lunch in the IKEA cafeteria and ended up finding all sorts of goodies which we probably didn't need but it's IKEA and stuff is so cheap! We ended up walking out with a table and 2 chairs for Add, a step stool so Addison can reach the sink, plastic utensils, plates and bowls for you guessed it...Addison!
Mowing the grass in her pink heels
Riding in her police cruiser...hopefully she is always the one driving ;)
Showing grandma the ropes
Another toy that she just looooooooves but somehow we dont already have grrrr
Setting up her tea party
She insisted on wearing this hideous hat!
I joined her for a tea party...you can see us fighting over that horrible hat as I didn't want her wearing it in the picture haha
Dressing up in her firefighter boots
Tuesday was Grandmas last day here and it started off nice weather wise. Addison helped her pick weeds in the front yard and they were just tooooo cute. Addison was also grooving to grandmas music on her wireless headphones, well when she wasn't trying to wear them as sunglasses haha. We made a trip to Kohls as Laura is a savvy shopper and had a 30% off coupon! We found all sorts of fun stuff and at Kohls most things are on sale all the time anyways so we walked out with over $100 worth of stuff for $45. Addison got some badass light up shoes, an Elmo potty book, Elmo and Zoe juice cups and a camping chair with Toy Story characters! I'm thinking these will be Easter surprises :) As the sun was still out we made our way to San Tan Village to play in the outdoor play area and just as we pulled up it started getting really cold and windy. Within 10 minutes it was raining so we grabbed some cover and lunch at Paradise Bakery. We made it back in the car just in time for the clouds to open up and dump a ridiculous amount of rain! Around 4 it was time to say goodbye to Grandma, Addison really wanted to go to the airport and was crying trying to get into the car. She gave Grandma a smooch goodbye and we waved them off.
Looooooooove
Helping pull weeds, thanks girls!
Listening to grandmas tunes
Doing the rain dance with grandma!
Soulful dancer!
Freezing our buns off walking to lunch!
I think Addison was pretty darn bored today after the excitement of this weekend! She has more to look forward to though as my sister, her auntie Maggie, comes into town on Sunday!
These pictures are so much fun. I love how Addison and your hubby are so close.
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