Mother Goose and Super Bowl

We had a pretty fun weekend that wasn't really planned until the last minute. It was nice to have a good weekend since this last week, Natalie has been quite the stinker when it comes to eating. At first I thought it was that she wanted to feed herself, but lately it has been that she spits EVERYTHING at you. It is really annoying and trying as a parent getting her to understand that spitting is bad and that she needs to eat. Luckily, on Sunday she was SO GOOD!

On Saturday, I had found out about a free program at the library for young children called Mother Goose on the Loose. It is an early literacy program for children from 0-4 I believe. There was one other baby younger at 5 months, then Natalie was the 2nd yougest. It was a 30 minute program with singing, dancing, story-time, and puppets. Natalie pretty much sat still the entire time and enjoyed it. Daddy went to!  There were about 20 other kids along with the adults, so the room was pretty full. They hold it once a month, so definitely something I want to try and get Natalie to each month.

We headed out to lunch after the program, and Natalie was horrible at the restaurant. I don't recall ever having a difficult time with her at a restaurant, but she was tired, wouldn't eat, and had 2 frustrated parents. After leaving lunch, she took a 3-3.5 hour nap and Mommy took an 1.5 nap. Much needed for both of us! Daddy had to work though since he was on-call.

On Sunday, we made last minute plans with Amanda and Matt and headed to Indy to experience the Super Bowl festivities downtown. It was fun to experience the atmosphere since this could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience because hard telling if the Super Bowl will ever by in Indianapolis again. There were quite a bit people out and about and it was FREEZING because of the wind. Natalie was all bundled up and I don't think she quite knew what was going on with all the people and being outside in the cold all bundled up, but she did awesome the entire afternoon/evening! Natalie actually ate some dinner, macaroni and cheese which isn't the most healthy thing in the world, but she ate!

None of us wanted to pay for the NFL Experience which was $25 a person since most of the reviews we had heard said it was mostly for kids. However, as we were all about ready to leave, one of the security guards was announcing that the last hour of the experience was free. So, naturally, we went. Bobby was a bit disappointed because even though it was free, they closed all the lines to do stuff such as kick field goals, throw the football, etc at 6:30 and we got in at 7p. However, it was still nice to see what it was all about and it was definitely geared more toward kids, and Bobby...haha:)