Yesterday was the 18th annual rubber duckie race to benefit Schreiber Pediatric Center of Lancaster County. Being that Sarah loves ducks, we took her to this, as we did last year. She had a blast! Just like last year, there were many kids games set up, but this year she could play some of them. She got to play minature golf, the bean bag toss, and even got to see Hildy from Trading Spaces. For it being so hot yesterday, she was in heaven.
As the time approached for the duck race to begin, we made our way towards the starting point. Last year we waited at the finish line, and that was just not as exciting and was a long wait. We got real close, probably a bit too close, because the canon signalling the dropping of the ducks scared her. After that went off and she relaxed, we moved down close to the water and she got to see all of the ducks floating downstream. The look on her face was priceless. Her over exagerated excitement is wonderful to see.
She really had a good time yesterday at the duck race. There is one coming up in September at the Kipona festival in Harrisburg that we have tickets for as well. We'll be sure to go to that one as well. Hopefully it won't be as hot!
Last night was the second night in a row that Sarah slept in her Dora toddler bed. We put her in it on Saturday afternoon for a nap after trying unsuccessfully for a while to get her to take a nap. We knew we were going to be out late that night to see the fireworks, and knew that without a nap, she would be misearable or miss them completely. Bribery with the toddler bed seemed to work as she napped. We decided we would see how she did for the couple of hours for her nap, and then maybe let her sleep in it overnight. She did really well for her nap, so Saturday night she got to sleep in the bed. We only had one minor issue about 3:00 in the morning where she had turned herself and her legs were hanging off the end. She fussed a bit, but was fine once I moved her back up onto her pillow.
After doing well on Saturday night, we let her sleep in it again last night. This was a bit rougher on her as she actually fell out of bed at 2:30 AM. She woke up laying on the floor, about 2 feet away from the bed. She had hit her foot on her dresser and was complaining about that. Once again, I picked her up and put her back on her pillow, and she was back asleep with a couple of minutes. Looks like she has graduated to the bed and we can think about taking the crib down and out of the room.