A day with Cassie

Last week we had Cassie over for the afternoon.  She loves to come over, but still isn't great about staying overnight.  So, she came to have an afternoon of fun.

I picked her up and asked her where she wanted to have lunch. Not surprisingly, her choice was Chik-fil-A.  Here she's holding up her food so it shows in the photo.

On the way home we stopped at the Dollar Store. It's a hard place for a little girl - so many choices.  She chose a Barbie doll "with the prettiest dress", a Barbie bed and a bee antenna head band.  She also chose a little car to take home to Connor.

When we got home, we started on a craft using popsicle sticks. She did a good job of painting them herself.

While the paint dried we went for a walk. We saw 3 woolly caterpillars along the way.

We walked down to see the horses.

On the way home, we checked out the neighbors tire swing. (Yes, we had permission and Jenny - Bob checked to make sure it was stable!)

When we came home, we finished the popsicle stick project - a cute little scarecrow.

Then, we had one more easy project.  I had done this quite a few years ago with Alaina and Ruby and Cassie was asking to make one too.  You take a clean water bottle and collect little things like a safety pin, rubber band, pearl, button, penny... Put some of those things in the bottle alternating with bird seed.  

Fill the bottle almost up, leaving air space so it can move around.  Glue the top on.

When it's done, you have a find it bottle.  You roll it around, looking for the little items inside.

Cassie and I then went for an "adventure walk" in her words.  We wandered around the yard checking things out. She was very excited to find a feather which she took along to preschool the next day to show her teacher.

She had to play on the swing for a little while.  (Notice the shoes?  She put them on herself and they are often on the wrong feet.)   :)

Then, she had a silly string battle with Grandpa.  It was pretty one sided as she was the only one with silly string!

Soon it was time for supper.  We met Heather, Andrew and Connor at the restaurant to "celebrate" Heathers diaversary.  What is a diaversary you may ask?  It was the 20th anniversary of the day Heather was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. It's not really something to celebrate, but we celebrate how well she has handled it, the advances in diabetes management and how God has taken care of her through these years.

Connor was really goofing off at the restaurant! He had gotten his first hair cut that day and doesn't look like a baby anymore.

It was a fun day!