The first activity we had planned for the late summer was the State Fair. This was Maeve's third year going. Each year she seems to enjoy it a little more, since she can do more things. We made all the usual food stops, machinery hill, and the animal barns. She really loved seeing the skid loaders and the tractors. She even got to sit in a skid loader with Dad! For a two year old she has had a very interesting obsession with skid loaders since we had one do some work in our yard a few months ago! She also thought is was fun being able to pet the horses. To finish off the day at the fair, we watched Maeve's Aunt Abby march with the Jefferson Marching Band in the midday parade. Maeve was dancing in the streets and clapping her hands to the songs!
The next late summer activity we did with Maeve was going to Underwater World at the Mall of America. This was something that I had wanted to do with Maeve for a while, but it never panned out. We finally set a day and went. It was totally worth it. Maeve had a blast looking at all the fish, turtles, seahorses, star fish, and other aquatic things. The walk through aquarium was really cool. Maeve loved watching the fish swim over her so she could see their bellys! I am very glad we went, however, unless you bought an unlimited pass for the year, I can see this being a once a year at best trip. The tickets are about $20 per adult and $11 per child three and over. It was totally worth it, but the whole time only lasts about 30 minutes. Shannon and I were glad that Maeve had as much fun as she did!
The last little event we had planned with Maeve was to go apple picking at Emma Krumbee's in Belle Plaine. I personally had never been apple picking before, so I really didn't know what to expect, but Shannon and I figured since Maeve loves being outside, this would be a hit with her. The weather was about perfect, 70 degree with a slight breeze. We walked out to the orchards and started picking. Maeve had a blast. At first she just wanted to run around and pick up the apples on the ground, but once she figured out she could pull them off the trees, that was much more fun. Since Maeve is obviously a daughter of mine, we even had to stop and check out the tractor in the middle of the orchard! I think we ended up with a 1/2 bushel of apples and one tired kid at the end of the morning! I am for sure going to do apple picking every year!
For those of you with little kids, I would highly recommend each one of these activities. They are all totally set up for kids, and every kid I saw at each one of these places was having fun. The best part is that the kids are exhausted when it is all said and done!
2 comments:
I'm very pleased, Bill... Maeve made wonderful choices in heavy machinery.
The picture with the Beaver is a little disturbing... Were you showing him your Porcupine hair-do or what?
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