Maya & Quattro Haynes: October 2009 Archives

October 8, 2009

Maya Starts Day Care

Maya has been doing great with her play dates so we decided to put her in a family day care for 2 days a week, 3 hours each day. We found a great provider who already takes care of 4 of Maya's friends so Maya felt at home right away when she arrived.

We hyped it up for the last few weeks so Maya was excited to start. She cried for a few minutes when we left but soon was too busy finger painting to feel sad.

The care is provided by a woman and her mother (who Maya is already calling Grandma). The providers daughter is also two years old which gives Maya someone else her age to play with.

Here's some pics of Maya getting ready on the first day.

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October 7, 2009

28 Months (and a trip to New Orleans)

Maya turned 28 months last week (and her Mom had a BIG birthday also (one that ends with 0!). So we hopped on a plane and went to New Orleans. Maya is crazy about planes these days. We live very close to the airport so we see (and hear!) planes taking off and landing all day. Maya points out every one and its her job while we drive to keep a look out for airplanes and let us know when she sees one.

We packed a lot of fun in a week in New Orleans

We walked around the French Quarter

Saw the Mississippi River

Ate biegnets at Cafe du Monde

We took a short trip along the Mississippi coast, saw the beach and went as far as Biloxi looking for ice cream

We visited the Louisiana Children's Museum which was quite nice especially since there was maybe 3 other kids in the whole museum.

On Susan's birthday we went out for cake!

We drove a little to plantation country and visited some plantations. We decided not to go to Lafayette or Avery Island as it would be a 2 1/2 hour drive which was a little long for Maya. We drove about an hour from New Orleans to visit the plantations.