Week with Nana and Grandpa

Willow and I spent a week visiting Nana and Grandpa in Colorado. Of course she was spoiled with attention, new toys, and lots of good food.

The dry heat in Colorado is much more bearable than the humidity in Virginia, but popsicles taste just as good!

We visited a fun water park in town!

Willow could hardly walk by the piano without touching a few keys to make sure it was still working.

Here's her playing last summer:

At the beginning of our trip this year (I love the shoulder action around 37 seconds in):

Developing into features for specific people: "The Kim Song" and "The Chad Song"

King Charlie laying on his throne (one of many around the house). Since being home, Willow has called our Alli cat "Charlie" many times.

We made a breakthrough in the area of swimming pools. It might help that the pool was as warm as bath water and was only 1 foot to 2 feet deep. We went 3 times and just took pictures the first time, but she warmed up to the pool quicker and quicker each time we visited. By the third day, she was jumping up and down in the 2 ft area, letting me "swim" with her while she kicked her feet, jumped into my arms off the side of the pool, laid down on large/flat floaties, went down the whale slide, blew bubbles out of her mouth, and walked around with confidence as she pushed a huge beach ball! She even tripped and fell a few times, falling under the water, but didn't fuss a bit or even seem scared (made mommy's heart stop though!).

We spent a lot of time at the Sweet Corn Festival eating lots of corn-on-the-cob and various other festival junk foods. Willow loved the kid area that had 3 inflatables (slide, obstacle course, and bounce house).

Exhibit A of festival junk foods: corn dog

Exhibit B: 6" pickle

Going, going...

Gone!

They have quite a system down for getting your all-you-can-eat corn-on-the-cob. The picture below is the "shucking station." You walk up and are handed a right-off-the-grill, freshly shucked corn-on-the-cob. You can then walk 25 yards to the butter station where volunteers squeeze butter onto it for you, followed by do-it-yourself salt and pepper. Yummy!!!

Willow creating her own dance floor =)

Enjoying the parks in the area!

We always Skyped with Daddy before going to bed. When I'd ask Willow to tell daddy what she'd done that day, she'd say "Play, run...everything!" Here's Willow giving Auntie Kim some Skype kisses:

Willow did an excellent job sleeping on her napper at both grandparents' houses during our trips! Thankfully she didn't realize that she could actually get off of her napper and when she'd wake up we'd hear her singing and go in to find her laying on her napper still. Are we ready for a big girl bed???

We miss you Nana and Grandpa! Thanks for a wonderful week!