Today Makenna and I walked to downtown Gillingham. It was a way that I had not yet walked and have been wanting to for quite some time. I finally found the train station, Aldi's (yes, they actually have Alidi's stores here), and a Woolworth's. I was hoping to find rain boots for her at Woolworth's but no luck. I did find step stools so that I don't have to hold her up to the sink now to wash her hands, and I was tempted to buy potty training chairs, but I'm a bit hesitant. Not sure if she's ready yet. Some days, I think she may be more ready than I am.
While at Woolworth's I ran into Madonna, not THE Madonna, that would've been weired, but the mother of Hannah, (and Bethany,) who goes to our church. She said that they were going to go to the park after, so we tagged along and played at the park. Makenna, and Hannah, are at an age where they don't really play with each other necessarily, but there was one point where they were both on the swings and both saying "Wheee".
It was getting close to lunchtime and close to raining so I invited them over. What was funny to see was how Makenna, once in the house, went right up to Hannah, towering over her and put her face into Hannah's and started jabbering something. I wasn't sure if she was saying, something like, this is My house and my toys or if it was more like, hey, I'm glad you're here to play.
We had lunch, and then they played, but not together really. Makenna wanted to watch Ice Age so they both watched that a little bit while Madonna and I talked. It was nice to be able to talk to another adult during the day. At the gym, I'm just pretty much focused on what I'm doing and I'll occasionally strike up a conversation with a mother in the pool but it's nice to sit and talk about families and children. Her other little girl, Bethany is only 3 months old but a solid baby. I don't know how she's so big when all that I see that girl do is spit-up. Not just a little, but like an ounce at a time!
They left a little after 1pm and Makenna went down for a nap. I could tell she was tired about 11am as she was rubbing her eyes and didn't want to walk, but didn't want to go in the stroller either. At one point while we were walking home from the park, she reached up and held Madonna's hand to walk home. She thought it was neat how Makenna trusted her. Hopefully, we'll have more opportunities to have days like today.
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