Addy and the Scarecrow

As I was in the US this week, and had a few days holiday, I decided to spend a day in Greenville with Addy, Brendan and Nicole.  (Geoff and Genya had to work)

Brendan is still pretty small, and most of his activity centers around activities that either I cannot really do, or I have lost practice.  Nicole was basically his focus all day. (and from the looks of it...every day)

Addy is growing in independence, and as long as Mom is in the background, seems comfortable with her Grampa. So, until Geoff came home after work, I was pretty much her friend for the day.

We coloured, played with blocks, read stories, went for a walk, played on the swings and the slide, ate lunch....you know, just normal stuff.

I had brought with me a scarecrow, a gift from Gi Gi to the house for Halloween. I took it out of the car when I arrived and stuck in in the ground next to the front door.... While Addy was apparently happy looking at it thru the window, when we went outside, she was not to sure what to make of it at first.

This is the first pose with Addy and the scarecrow. We sat her down next to it and then tried to take a few pictures to show Gi Gi. In this shot she really does not want to get too close.

 

In this shot she takes the attitude "if I can't see it , it doesn't exist"

Getting a little more comfortable, and curious...

And finally..."hey, this is pretty cool"

I felt that the word scarecrow was perhaps a bit challenging for Addy, also the word SCARE is not really good for an almost 2 year old. So, I called it Gi Gi man.  Nicole told me that the next morning as Addy was coming down the stairs, the first words out of her mouth were "Gi Gi man"