Labor Day Weekend

I just read an article about the origins of Labor Day and how it has to do with people who worked on Pullman Cars. I now think Labor day should be in honor of mothers - we've gone through labor. Anyway, this year we decided to actually leave the house during the holiday weekend and go somewhere that has the potential for being crowded. We drove up to Coloma to hang out at the Marshall Gold Discovery state park. There were more people than I expected, but not overly crowded. We took Little Miss down to the water. We were going to put her feet in, but the water was way too cold. She wasn't really interested in the water anyway. She would much rather stare at the drunk rafters hootin' and hollerin'. She thought they were funny.



















People just can't get enough of her. We got stopped a few times so people could get a closer look and tell us how adorable she is. The sunglasses are a big hit as well. One of those people was a woman who wanted to see her up close and asked what her name is. When we told her she gasped and said that's what she wanted to name her daughter, but her doctor scared her out of it. Anyway, she made her husband say the name, and he was French! Isabel sounds so good with a French accent. Anyway, she asked what her middle name is and we said Frances. Frances is her French husband's mother's name. Very fun. Isabel enjoyed the little museum they have and was so well behaved. I was a proud mama.

She's still eating cereal and sweet potato, but not as much as a few days ago. I'm not sure if she's tired of sweet potato or if something else is going on. Tomorrow we're moving on to butternut squash. Otherwise she's been healthy and very happy this past week. Tomorrow is mom's group and it should be a small one. I made a no-sew fleece blanket for her, so we'll debut that at group tomorrow.














The rest of this week is busy with school work for both of us, errands, and social gatherings. She'll have busy days, but if the first half of this week is any indication, she'll handle it all just fine.