Dan is going to be out of town for most of this week so I am trying to plan a few outings with MB so we don't drive each other crazy being cooped up in the house. Today I decided that we were going to go feed the ducks some of our stale break and go to Wal-Mart to look at toys. This outing is a great one because we get to make good use of some old bread, play on the playground at the park and Wal-Mart and the park are across the street from each other. Not to mention both activities are free. Since MB loves animals, she was so excited to see the ducks and they were equally excited to see us and that huge bag of bread she was swinging around. As we were walking down the steps, MB kept saying Heeeeey Ducks! We never made it all the way down the stairs because they were all coming towards us. I was a little afraid.
The stampede begins and I am beginning to get a little nervous. MB was still having fun at this point, she has no fear.
Starting to notice how loud they were getting. She never noticed that one to the left of her which was super close the entire time.
She did great until this beast crossed under the rail into our territory and about about 12 inches from MB's face (they were practically the same size). These "ducks" were huge and MB kept calling the real ducks "babies". Those were her favorite. This guy looks like he means business, doesn't he? He kept giving us the evil eye but we didn't cave and give him bread until the very end.
She wanted to be picked up immediately once the beast entered her personal space and then she loved the rest of her time with them. She threw some bread out but only a few feet away so I was waiting to get nipped in the calf by one of the angry birds. It was worth it thought because she loved it!
We escaped to the playground in one piece but you can tell by the look on her face that she is wondering if we were really safe.
For those super germaphobic parents, please look away. I put some strawberries in the buggy to buy and after a few distractions of trying to find a fast line, I looked down to see this.
She was chomping down on the largest strawberry I have ever seen, no hands have been washed since the duck/playground experience, not to mention everything that she touched while we were in the store and the fruit had most certainly not been washed. Also, does it count as stealing if you start eating food before you pay for it? We were living life dangerously. :-)
I think even MB was becoming self conscious at this point. Oh well, I look at is as calories going in which is something we always encourage. Who cares about the germs and pesticides when you are enjoying the moment?
Somebody must know that they have a birthday coming up because she has been reading the Toys R Us flyer multiple times a day! She always requests that I turn it to the pools page. I hope she won't be disappointed when we pull out her small inflatable pool out of the attic. 
Shopping for groceries at the museum.
This is one of my favorites from yesterday. She was so happy fishing and playing in the water!
It's easier to catch fish with your hands in this pond.
She was by far the cutest fireman around! I was thankful they had these waterproof covers for the fishing area.
Working on the garden. I'm not sure if she was supposed to be in there but nobody gave us any dirty looks so we went for it.
Playing in the moon sand, this wasn't a big hit so we only played for a couple of minutes.
I loved the drums area. We started playing the drums and when we looked up, there we were on the big screen with a band playing and dancing behind us. I was horrified to see myself up there so i quickly got out of the camera's view to capture some of MB and the band.
She was going to town in this picture. I wish I was able to catch some of MB's African dance moves but I couldn't get those on camera. She was loving it!
I think she was trying to get me to sit on the camel with her but I politely declined. She did so well at the museum and we will definitely go back!
