Baseball and Pretty Pretty Fingers
Since Little Man and Little Princess have came home we have tried to figure out how to have one on one time with each parent, in usually is two on one. Well my mom won tickets to the Cardinals game on Saturday night and gave them to Little Man and Aaron. Since Little Man is under 3 he gets in free if he will sit on Aaron’s lap, so they asked Aaron’s dad to go with them (Friday was his birthday and Sunday was father’s day and he taught Aaron how to be a good Cardinal’s Fan). The game was an evening game so Aaron, Little Man and Greg left about 1:30 p.m. for St. Louis and Little Princess and I were left to spend the day as we pleased 
While I cannot speak to the fun Little Man had (I was not there), Aaron says that he had a great time! They parked on the Illinois side of the river and rode the Metro to the game. My understanding is Little Man loved riding the train so much he was upset when they had to get off to go to the game. He then got to watch the game and since there were a few empty seats near them he was able to move around a bit as well. Aaron’s cousin was also at the game and she visited with them and took this picture (which I LOVE):
While Little Man was on his adventure, I decided that our Little Princess needed an adventure of her own. So for the first time ever we painted her finger nails and toe nails. She was beyond excited to have this done. Because she is still VERY stranger leery, I did it at home but I think next time we will go to my nail salon (which they might have forgot who I am it has been so long). Her nails and toes:
and my favorite photo from the nail painting experience:
She is blowing her nails dry like I had showed her how to do!
We then went shopping, oh my gosh this girl is going to make her mama who hates shopping learn to like it, as she LOVES it. I laughed so hard as she went through each item of clothing on the clearance rack in the Men’s department and shook her head to say she didn’t like or did an item. You should have seen her when we went to the clothes in her size! My little dress girl went through each one to see if one was like she wanted…she found ONE and it was ALL white and well not high on my list of things I thought we should purchase, but maybe if it goes on sale enough.
Both kids had a great time but they each asked where the other parent and other sibling were, we will be trying this again!
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Written by Carissa on June 22, 2010 under Daddy, Little Man, Little Princess, Mommy.
Cheryl
June 29, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Sounds like you all had an awesome day! That one on one time is so important!
Michelle@GotchaBaby
June 30, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Oh how very fun for all involved! I love doing things one-on-one with the kiddos…very special times indeed
Amanda Todd
July 13, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I know just how you feel!! We have a 3 1/2 year old daughter and almost 2 year old twin boys and finding time and ways to get them on a one on one basis is nearly impossible!!! I know how much each of them loves to get FULL attention and how important for their self confidence it is. I try through out the day to get each one alone, even if for just a moment.
You had a great idea here!
Michelle
August 17, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Sounds like all of you had such a precious time.