Payton's Day

Today Payton was busy! She started the day going on a field trip with her class to Dairy Queen. She usually doesn't go on Fridays, but she heard about the trip for ice cream, so off she went. I picked her up around 12:30 and then we were just home for the afternoon. After dinner Payton and I met a friend of mine and her son to see Ice Age 3. This was the first trip to the theater for Payton. She was so excited just walking up to the building it was so cute. She was just giddy when it started. She loved the seats, the red lights lining the walkway, the "big TV", the projector, all the people... She did end up in my lap as soon as the big dinosaurs showed up, but she did just fine. Brian told me to get popcorn and candy and do the whole thing. So we snacked away. My friend Erin's son had never been to the theater either and he loved it too. We were so surprised actually that the evening went off without a hitch. We got home around 8:30 and Brian had pitched our tent in the backyard. Payton has been begging for weeks to camp out there. So tonight is perfect weather and we decided earlier in the week that it was time to try it out. So they are out there with about 10 books Payton picked out, all their blankets, flashlights and Payton's favorite stuffed bear. Brian took the laptop and a book as well. We will have to see in the morning how it all turns out. It will be interesting to see if she makes it all night! We will have to see...