Good Clean Fun

This weekend, Vita's Grandma Victoria came up for a visit. Despite the heat wave, we had lots of fun. There's a reason that Vita is looking at the ground in front of her, with an expression of concern. Look what popped out of the ground RIGHT in front of us! This park had a couple of bold gophers who made repeated appearances. Vita watched with amazement. Vita swings so high!

Vita's froggy pool broke just in time for the heat wave. We played in the shade in the backyard with Vita's sand and water table for a while... until Vita decided to sit in the bucket of water and smear wet sand into her arms, legs, belly, neck, armpits, hair, etc.

She's been getting so dirty when she plays outside. Here's a picture from last weekend that didn't make it to the blog. This picture was taken in the middle of an outdoor tea party where Vita made "coffee" out of mud.

Later, on Sunday afternoon, Vita loaded up all of her stuffed animals in the bed.

Vita loves her baths, but when she's having fun playing she doesn't want to be interrupted. "No No NO!"

And this is how our nightly games of hide and seek begin.

This weekend, Vita also broke the toddler concentration world record. Grandma Victoria brought up a handmade diorama and Vita simply couldn't get enough of it. She played with it for over an hour, just labeling all of the things inside and exploring every inch. When it was time to go to bed, Vita hugged it, and said good night and "I love you" to everything inside the diorama. It was sooooooo sweet, and it is her new favorite thing. I don't have any still photos (yet) but I do have some video. Unfortunately youtube is not wanting to upload my video so I might have to add that later on.