Friday afternoon at the park

Friday afternoon, mom picked up Stella a little early from daycare

...and went to the park near fountain city's duck pond.

Stella enjoyed the swings, especially with some sips of milk shake in between pushes.

She also loved climbing through the tunnel and scooting away when mom tried to "get" her.

Her favorite was the slides though. We didn't get any pictures because mom and dad were busy taking her to the top of the slide, catching her, and taking her back to the top again. She really liked the metal slide since it was the fastest.

First day in Pooh & Friends

On Monday, August 10th, Stella had her first full day in the next room, Pooh & Friends.

This room has lots of changes from her former room, Baby Bears. First, they don't drink from bottles in Pooh, only sippy cups.

Secondly, and the biggest change, is that the kids only take 1 nap during the day instead of 2. Also, instead of napping in cribs, they nap on mats on the floor.

Because of this new nap schedule, dad let Stella sleep in a little bit (until around 8:30am).

On the way in, Stella had a breakfast smoothie in a squeeze pouch.

She entertained herself during the drive to daycare by squeezing the pouch all over herself and her car seat.

She made such a mess, dad had to turn around and take her home for a bath and change of clothes.

So, her first day got a late start but she did pretty well considering all the changes. 

Her first day definitely exhausted her. She quickly fell asleep on the car ride home.

First trip to the Zoo

Saturday afternoon, our friends Josh and Mason invited us to the Knoxville zoo.

This was Stella's first time at the zoo.

She enjoyed seeing the animals, especially the elephants...

Which she couldn't take her eyes off of, and the gorillas...

She also enjoyed the zoo's splash pad.

She really liked walking by herself on all the zoo paths.

By the end of the day, she was exhausted and fell asleep almost an hour early.

The hammock

After breakfast, we all played outside for a few hours...well, mom and Stella played while dad stained the deck.

Stella especially liked the hammock that dad hung up. 

She liked watching dad from it and swinging back and forth. 

First day in "Pooh & friends" room

Stella is walking well enough now to move up to the bigger room, "pooh & friends."

She's starting to visit the room for a few hours each day this week.

She  did well on her first partial day in "pooh" so she'll be moving in full time next week!