Bye, Bye Binky!

It has been about three weeks now since Reese decided to give up her pacifier. I think that she was not allowed to use it during school and then decided that she did not need it at home either. It started out as she would hold her binky in her hand if given to her instead of putting it in her mouth. Sometimes she would put it in her mouth and just hold it with her teeth. If she was really mad and you gave her her binky to calm her down, she would just throw it at you. Then, the finale was when she would not take her binky to go to bed at night. I would ask her if she wanted her binky to go night, night, and she would shake her head no. Now, I just don't ask her anymore, and when she finds a binky laying around, she sometimes puts it in her mouth and holds it with her teeth, but not for very long!

Going to the Amusement Park

We went to an amusement park/water park about an hour away from our house. Reese had a blast. She was able to go on the littlest water slide all by herself. She took me by the hand and pulled me up the steps to the slide. When she got to the top, I thought that she might not go down becuase she hesitated, but when I called to her dad to catch her, and she saw him at the bottom, she went right down the slide.

She wanted to go on the land rides also. And, she was not afraid to go by herself. At first I was hesitant, because she was only 22 months old and I would have never let Riley do it. In the kiddie area we went on all the rides that I could go on with her and she still wanted to go on other rides that her brother was going on by himself. I kept reading the sign and it said no hand held children could ride the ride, and I finally figured out that Reese was not a hand held baby anymore, she could actually go by herself because she was old enough to sit by herself. The first ride that she went on by herself was the Go Diego Go! ride. I tried to convince Riley to go with her, but he had already ridden the ride and did not want to go on it again.

Reese then went on the Swiper, No Swiping Ride which she did not like as much because it would whip her around the corners. She was so happy and proud of herself to be able to go on the rides that she wanted to ride all by herself!

What a fun day we all had!

Fishing

We have gone fishing a few times this summer. Reese seems to enjoy walking into the water and letting the minnow or other bait go.