Cottage Life

Cottage trip a success! Paige didn't get into trouble as I thought she would. She pretty much stuck to the safe areas in the cottage, without trying to climb up on the fireplace. It was too cold to sit on the porch, so anything unsafe out there was avoided as well. Yes--it was too cold. Blech. About 10 degrees. Since the cottage is small she could cruise around the couch, the coffee table, a couple of chairs, a bookshelf, the walls, and some side tables without having to crawl at all.

There is a swing that hooks onto the door frame of the dining room that every child has used since my Aunt Robin. It was great as an option for somewhere to put Paige if she got bored, or while we were eating since she could face us. Either the swing is a perpetual motion machine, or she figured out how to make it move on her own, because she only ever needed one push. She actually fell asleep in the swing.

I bought this little high chair since it turns into a booster seat for when she is older.

We needed to get a wagon up there since a)her stroller can't be pushed on grass and gravel roads very easily, and b) we bring so much junk up there that it would never fir in the trunk with everything else. We got the "Step 2 Rumble Wagon"...only $40! After Mike assembled it we tested it out inside and let her play with her toys in it. Then we went for a short walk since it wasn't raining for a change. She started to pass out in it.

The ride home from the cottage took about 4 hours due to bad traffic. Blech. Paige wasn't very happy for a large portion of it.