The Good and the Bad

Today was our last lazy Friday with Daddy. He goes back to a regular 5 day work week next week. The weather should have pried us out of the house earlier but we really had a great morning and afternoon at home. I made breakfast (eggs, bacon, banana bread, smoothie) and we all sat and chowed down while listening to our favorite morning music show on the radio.




I moved a step closer to finishing Zoe's room by mounting a shelf for storage (there's never enough). When I finished, it was time for her nap. I knew I would have at least 2 hours to get some things done. I had done laundry earlier in the week, so what did I do? Aaron and I took a nap too! Oh it was glorious.

We got up and had a late lunch (as usual- Zoe naps until 3pm). I couldn't help but spoil her a bit with some after-lunch pudding on this last Friday with Daddy. Ok, so that was a lame excuse for pudding, but who really needs a reason to have some pudding?

What?! I dunno what happened to the pudding.

Got the face clean but where to start on the rest?

So we finally got ourselves together to get outside and enjoy the weather at the end of the day. We had to make a quick stop in Forest Hills to pick up a bouncer for Newbie ad then we were off to Forest Park. Aaron discovered an elevated entrance on a long walk down Myrtle Avenue and wanted to show us. The whole park has been closed to car traffic and all the roads are pedestrian and bikes only. It was so quiet and serene and the early evening weather couldn't have been more perfect.

Unfortunately, we got off to a rough start. Zoe was walking with us and somehow lost her footing. Of course, this has happened before with just a little knee scrape, but this fall was different. She didn't catch herself at all and kinda just skidded from shoulder to forehead.

She was understandably upset and we sat for a while until she felt better. Luckily we brought along some bubbles and that always cheers her up. We resumed the walk with no more mishaps and made our way home before it got too dark. Here are some shots of the damage. UGH!

So sad, but we hit it with some Neosporin and hopefully it will look better in the morning. I know it's just the beginning of the scrapes and bruises but it still sucks to see them hurt and upset. Here's to hoping it gets easier.