Big Adventures for Little Josephine

We've had a pretty busy week since our last post. The weekend was a blast! The weather was perfect and we spent time with friends. Here is Josie with four of her fellow hypno-babies at Maya's house. Almost all of the families (dads included) were able to reunite, and it was SO much fun to all be back together again. After a busy weekend in the sunshine, we headed out for another adventure on Tuesday. I had to go to Wright State to fill out some paperwork to prep for the courses that I'm going to teach there this summer. Since WSU is really close to Xenia, Josie asked if we could swing by to visit Grandma and Granddaddy, so of course I obliged. :) Here is Josie stylin' in her sunhat with Grandma outside of "Toward Independence" where my dad works. I had just returned from a pedicure, which Josie thought was pretty fabulous.
OH - funny thing happened at the Health Dept. when we were visiting my mom. I was holding Josie by my mom's desk and she was staring and smiling at something on the desk behind me. It was a weird stuffed "animal" with huge eyes and crazy yellow fur. I picked it up and she started laughing like crazy. Mom pointed to the top shelf where there were about 1o more of these funny creatures in all shapes & sizes. As it turns out, they were stuffed microbes. So, Josie was laughing hysterically at the common cold, the flu, head lice, etc. She thought they were so funny, although we kept trying to tell her that these illnesses were not a laughing matter. ;)

And - I'm not sure if this photo really does her hair justice - but she looked like a rooster after all that sleeping in the car. You get the idea:
Today we had another adventure with Krista & Milo and Ciara & Aoife at the pottery studio and gallery where Milo's dad Ben works. The current installation there is "the environment" which basically amounts to an indoor forest. So, we decided to meet there today instead of the Blue Manatee. Here's the group having a little picnic.
And here (brace yourself) is Josie's first face-to-face contact with grass. Clearly, she didn't quite know what to make of it!!
Since no daughter of mine will have this much trouble with grass, our top priority for the summer is as much outdoor exposure as possible. Although there's a cold snap coming this weekend, I think it will be blue skies and sunshine from next week on. I can hardly wait! :)