McKenna Date

A little while ago...wow, actually about a month ago...McKenna and I went on our first official McKenna Date. She was so excited to get in the car by herself.

She had started noticing when we would go on Katie Dates and started asking to go on McKenna Dates (is a 2 year old supposed to be able to make that connection?) So, we scheduled one and put it on the calendar. To avoid tears and tantrums at Girl Date time, we have decided to trade off months and put it on the calendar so they can "see" when it's their turn and prepare themselves when it's not. Hopefully it works.

For McKenna's first date we went to the mall. There is a Disney Store where we needed to pick up a birthday present for Katie, and also a fun indoor play space (that isn't connected to a fast food place, which is nice). McKenna was so good in the Disney Store. She walked around, looked and everything, and kept saying "Look Mama!" at all the characters she recognized. She was just excited to be there and didn't ask for one thing! I am not used to that :) After purchasing the giant coloring book for Katie (for only $4.99!!!) we headed over to the place space.

She had fun in the tree house,

climbing up to look over the side and yell "Look at me Mama!"
sliding down the slide,
playing on the new dinosaur bones,

and playing with the big ball water fountain thing (like the one they have at the Hogle Zoo).
On our way out we found a mini-carousel in the arcade - the perfect size for McKenna. She LOVED that the most, and held on for her dear life :)

We had a blast. Girl Dates are a great thing. I love being able to connect with each of them on their own (a thing I rarely get to do in our daily routine of craziness), and to be able to really get to know them. I really love it and feel lucky to be able to go out with each one of them alone.