Happy Birthday, Spider!

She wanted to hold hands for the picture :)

We've been outside a lot lately. I think Raegan would stay out all day if we let her, and if she got to pick, she'd probably be naked. I told her the slides wouldn't be as fun without pants. We're frequenting two parks and checked out a new one Saturday morning. It had some neat and different equipment, but it was a little old for her (ages 5-12). There was not much she could do without a lot of help. She loves the slides and sits in my lap on the very fast ones, as she calls them. We met some really nice kids and moms at the play ground this week, one lives on our street. We were out for a walk later that day and they invited us over to play.

Riding on the parachute with all of her friends

We found a spider in the kitchen, so I scooped it into a clear container and put a lid on it. I save them for Ryan to identify and let me know how freaked out I should be. Raegan was fascinated by it and wanted to let it out. I kept telling her some spiders bite, so we shouldn't put it on our breakfast tray. She hugged the container and offered the spider some scrambled eggs and said "Num, num!" I thought the spider was dead from accidentally whacking it with the dust pan as I corralled it. Raegan wanted to sing "Happy Birthday" to it, and it miraculously sprang to life. I opened the lid and gave it a little piece of scrambled egg. I don't make good scrambled eggs; it hasn't moved since.

Saturday night, Tony, Shaina, and Andrew came over for burgers. Raegan had fun playing with Andrew and showing him some puzzles and trucks. She wanted to take him for a ride on the parachute (sleeping bag) but he got startled. While we were eating, she was ready to get down and repeated "all done." We told her some of us were still eating. Shaina was the last one eating, so Raegan looked at her and said, "Done, Shaina!" Raegan was sad to see them go and got in their back seat next to Andrew. She asked for the door to be closed, tried to put on the seat belt, and waved bye to us. She was so close to having her first sleep over. She would've called us to pick her up shortly ;)

Printable bunny ears for cupcakes and muffins

Today we hosted play group. It was a small group but still fun. Raegan shared with her friends for the most part. She insisted on wearing her pajama shirt all day. We got these pajamas last week. She's really into trucks and loves her new jammies. Everyone at the play ground thought she was a boy. I was prepared for it and just went with it. "How old is your son?" "21 months" After I looked around, the evidence was stacked against her: trucks, a blue diaper peeking out of her jeans, blue and brown stroller, and an ambiguous name. I like that she loves her trucks!