Meet Me At The Park!

Kaija and Natalie had a great weekend with friends! On Friday afternoon (thanks to Kaija's new work schedule) they met up with Maggie and Sydney at Frying Pan Farm Park. It was Natalie's first introduction to farm animals - we saw cows, pigs, horses, goats. All of the animals were met with a big "OH!" and alot of pointing. Natalie had a traumatizing moment when an over friendly cow got a hold of her shirt and was literally eating it and in the process, licking her stomach. She was beside herself after that, but a quick redirect to look at the goats and all was forgotten. Check out some more picture's on Sydney's blog: http://littleivey.blogspot.com/

On Sunday Kaija and Natalie met up with Annette and Jack at Clemyjontri Park for a picnic and to play. Clemyjontri was designed to be accessible to children with diabilities, including a rubberized surface, which was a great alternative to wood chips. The place is huge with something for kids of all ages - we didn't get through 1/4 of it. We ended our day with a ride on the carousel - Jack sat nicely on his horse but Natalie wanted to get down, so we ended up sitting on a bench. Maybe next time!

The other big news in the Johnston house is that we officially have a walker and the way things are looking, she'll be running soon :-)

On The Road...Again!

Labor Day weekend we headed to Danville to visit Grandma and Grandpa J. We've figured out that the evening is the best to travel with Natalie, so we headed out after dinner and she slept most of the 4 hour drive. Saturday we spent most of the day playing on the porch and Kaija and Vicki got some fall shopping done for Natalie in the afternoon. Sunday we took a walk and fed the ducks along the river before taking Natalie to a Japanese steakhouse for the first time - she loved watching them cook! We then headed over to the park so Natalie could display her newest talent of riding on the big girl swing - check out the video!