Last month (where does the time go!) Maya and I got to head to Minnesota for a week. Jason was going to be at a conference all weekend, so thought it was the perfect time to sneak away for a visit. I spent a couple of the days working, but I had the best babysitters around to help out!
We had lots of fun doing a whole lot of nothing. The weather was perfect (sunny and in the 70s) so we spent many afternoons lounging on my parents’ deck. We did take Maya to the Como Zoo (St. Paul’s free, yes free, zoo) and Conservatory one afternoon. She’d been to the zoo before, but usual slept through the trips. This time she was actually interested in a few of the animals, especially the giraffes. She started sitting in her stroller like a “big girl”, without the car seat, so she had a good time sitting back and letting us show her the animals.
Maya was also pretty into my family’s two cats, Tiger and Freddy. But something we need to work on: learning to pet, not pinch! She doesn’t quite have that down yet. Doesn’t matter with Bailey too much. Her pinches don’t do much to our 90-pound dog. But the cats weren’t too thrilled. But they were very sweet to just get up and run away when they were tired of her!
Maya also got to take her first wagon ride. The family who rents out my dad’s old photo studio had one they let us use. (Along with lots of other toys, too.)
And I was very thankful that once again our flights were fairly uneventful. They were kind enough to find us a spot next to an empty seat both coming and going. This time around was trickier than Maya’s first flights in December because she doesn’t sleep during the day like she used to! So I had to do a lot more entertaining, but overall she did great. Hardly a tear was shed.