Father - Daughter Weekend - Day 2

Day 2 was even more fun than the first day. We started the day by hanging out around the house in the morning. Callie loves to be tossed up in the air onto the bed. As soon as she hits the bed, she just smiles and laughs.

After getting tossed around, we hung out on the bed together. For whatever reason, she just loves crawling all over the bed and grabbing things from our bedside table to play with. Sometimes I think she would play all day up there if we would let her.

These are a few of the things that she finds on our bedside table. We get a big kick out of the fact that she puts the chapstick in her mouth like a cigar.

After hanging out at the house, we left for the mall. They have play areas in the mall for kids to play in. Unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture of her there (the flash was too slow a few times and I had to be extra watchful so that some other kid doesn't mow her over). She did get knocked over by a grandmother there who was watching her grandchild. Callie just fell to the floor and got right back up without skipping a beat. She is a tough girl.
After lunch, we headed out to a friends house, so Callie could play with some of her friends. Paul and Matt were single dads for the weekend as well. Callie got her first experience playing the piano at the house. She seemed like a natural.

We finished the day with our first ever daddy-daughter date. We ate at Potbelly's, which is a great sandwich place. As she gets older, I plan on making dates with her a more regular occurrence.

Overall it was a great weekend. My respect/admiration/love for Jennifer grew over the weekend as well. I am so thankful for a wife that puts so much energy into caring for our daughter. I know I couldn't do it consistently well like she does. But I also hope that this is the first of many father-daughter weekends.