Park it

Ella and I were up and at it this morning. We had storybook time at the library, which I must admit, Miss Ella has gotten into the grove of. In the beginning she was shy and wanted to sit close to the back by me. Now, after our third meeting, she is up front and center, eager to listen to the stories and sits quietly. 

They read 3-4 stories and then have a short video followed by a chance to check out the books read that morning and finish off the time with a cool hand stamp. We checked out a bunch of books along with several DVD's. They are free which is great, and their selection is impressive. 

I am looking into their summer programs and hope to get Ella enrolled in their story and puppet show activities. 

Following the library, we headed to Sioux Falls and Staples for some supplies I needed for MOPS and to get some cash at the bank. We decide to make a lunch of it and hit McDonalds for happy meals and went to the McKennon Park and had a fun lunch in the sun and then some play time. 

It was nice to be outside and we had the whole park to ourselves, Ella had a blast and begged to for me to swing her, I did of course. I think I can do lunch in the park with Junior and Ella, since I just watched her run around. 

It was a nice lunch date, Ella always entertains me with her thoughts and actions- which included going after a squire- they seemed to play ring around the tree for a while, I was worried of it attacking her. But it kept it's distance and had Ella in giggles over it crawling around the base of the tree.