To play, eat, and shop

We had a fabulous day. After Morgan and I did Pilates together this morning and had breakfast with Audrey, we headed out to meet Hannah and Stephanie at the park. Unfortunately, even though I made sure to charge the batteries for the camera and sit it next to my bag, I left it sitting on the table. Morgan and Hannah hugged the minute they saw each other and seemed to enjoy playing with each other. Audrey had a blast sliding down some crazy fast slides. She slid over and over and over. One was so fast that she actually slid off at the bottom. She also got to throw and make it "rain" sand (one of her favorite things to do).
Stephanie and I had a great time as usual. She had been gone for awhile visiting her husband's family and so it was nice to catch up.
We met Diane for lunch at La Parilla, got a movie for Morgan, and went home for a rest. Audrey and I took a nap while Morgan watched The Backyardagains. Once we all had enough downtime, we went to Target so Morgan could look at the toys. She is VERY interested in buying things lately and it doesn't matter too much what it is. She had $5 and couldn't find anything that she really wanted, yet she still wanted to buy something. She started to have a fit and was getting louder and louder saying, "You said I could get something." I calmly stood where I was and asked her to please come over so we could talk. She did and I explained that when she yelled when we were shopping that it was not fun for me and it made me hesitant to go shopping with her. She immediately stopped and said calmly, "ok, I won't scream." Though she still wanted to buy something, she seemed ok with saving her money and looking at another store tomorrow.
I am not sure if that interaction had anything to do with what she said at bedtime, but it seemed somewhat related. When Audrey is REALLY tired and we stop nursing, she cries for a minute. Tonight when she cried, Morgan said, "Audrey, your crying won't make you get to nurse." We talked about how that may be true, but that there is not anything wrong with crying to express your disappointment or sad feelings. It was a "fascinating" conversation ("fascinating" was Morgan's new word today).