The past couple days have been laid back days... meaning we didn't leave the premises ... not that we actually rested since that's hard to do with an active 4 year old. On Monday, Margot wasn't feeling well. She went to Urgent Care & found out she had an ear infection - both ears. Luckily, she didn't have strep throat. She was out of commission for the day.
I introduced KP to the outdoor playground. He LOVES being outdoors. We just bundled up and went out. He spent a couple hours pretending he was Captain Hook Everett... leader of the pirates. There is a bell garden - 4 bells of different sizes - KP loved ringing them... alerting his pirates that he was coming aboard... wonderful to have such an active imagination. We played in the indoor playroom & went in search of the "Elf on a shelf." We never did find it today but it kept KP busy running around & looking.
About 5pm, he noticed the train wasn't running so we went to the front desk & asked about it. He was pretty patient while they got the train ready to run. We met a Mom with her 2 year old, Erin, who was the same size as KP... and just as active. They will be here for at least 5 months - he's getting a transplant.
Tuesday, Margot went to a parents' meeting (bowel management in session this week) in the morning. KP & I hung out and played. Going out to the playground is a good way to bribe him to get out of this pajamas (it must be hereditary...I'd stay in my nightgown all day if I didn't need to go out). After lunch we played games - Chutes & Ladder, Candy Land, go fish (most of the fish were missing)... also put together some puzzles.
Tuesday evening we signed up to take the shuttle to the zoo. They're having their Festival of Lights. We met up with Thomas Evanoika (single dad) and his daughter Zoryana (3 1/2 year old ball of fire). They're here for bowel management - she's in the enema program. The lights were beautiful. KP actually sat on Santa's lap AND agreed to have his picture taken... Stephen dodged the bullet there. Margot told him if she couldn't get KP to take a photo with Santa, he would have to sit on Stephen's lap and she'd photoshop a Santa suit on Stephen.
We didn't see many animals since it was dark but we went through the birdhouse ... interesting. To encourage breeding they keep the penguin quarters dark most of the time to simulate the same light conditions they're use to in the winter. There were huge rooms for birds from different continents filled with trees & shrubs ... they're free to fly/walk around.
We rode the train and watched a puppet show. We had to walk fast to get to the shuttle... the time flew by. KP had a grand time. When he got back to RMH he said he as hungry ... his mouth felt like having a cookie. He's going to miss having sweets whenever he wants... when he gets home it'll be back to his normal diet... might go into sugar withdrawal:)
Maybe on Thu. we'll go back to the zoo during the day... if it's not raining hard.
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