Dad made a list of some of Claire's favorite things to do around town and set out to do as many of those things as possible. They started by visiting "the park with the pelican." There's a park across the street that she calls "the park with the blue swing," but there's a bigger park about a mile away that has this pelican:
It's a good day when she gets to visit the park with the pelican. This park also has these slides, which Claire can play on for hours, if you let her:
Clearly, she had a good time.
The next plan for the day was to go to the Museum of Life and Science, but when they got there, there were so many people that no parking was available. No worries; Poppy changed gears on a dime and took her to Target, instead. Claire loves to walk around Target and then get popcorn.
And she found a PinYA-TA!
It was also at Target that my dad offered to buy Claire a stuffed Lightening McQueen, with the caveat that Claire would poop in the potty (she has a thing about that). Claire responded with, "We better put it back." That's right: she will NOT be conned into things. He did buy both Claire and Lily some books, though. Poppy cannot be stopped when it comes to buying books.
I'm so thankful for a dad who takes the time to spend a morning with my daughter doing things she loves. I wish we lived closer to one another so that this could be a more regular thing, but we'll take it when we can get it. Thanks, Daddy/Poppy! We love you!
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Our Poppy (my dad) did things like this with Grant. It is a special memory for Grant even now. They got their haircuts together every month and then did something special - usually a treat of some kind. I, too, am thankful for a grandpa who enjoyed spending time with his grandsons.
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