No Coat, Oop Oops and a Fishy Face

Spring is officially here in Minnesota, (finally!). For the past two weeks or so we've had pretty nice weather, mostly sunny and dry. There were a few days when a light jacket was needed but the rest have been warm enough for going out in a t-shirt. The problem is convincing Brianna of that. She keeps freaking out if we start to leave the house without a coat on. She's convinced we need one every time. We had to wear one for so long I don't think she remembers a time before she was required to wear it on every outing. I'd pretty much given up on trying to make her leave it behind and figured that she'd decide she didn't need one after a few times sweating it out in her big winter coat. Well, finally today I talked her into heading for the park without her coat on. We went to our old favorite Medicine Lake Park. While we were playing there Bree heard a boat motor that she thought sounded like a cow and she was saying "moooo, farm?" (In her defense, it did kind of sound like a cow.) After we played awhile we started walking, heading towards the car. On the way we walked on a bridge over part of the lake. I told Brianna we should peek over the side to see if we could spot any fish in the water. She looked for a minute and we didn't see any fish. We continued walking and I noticed she was squeezing her face over and over. I actually asked her if her face hurt before I figured out she was trying to make fish lips! She was making a fish face for like ten minutes after that! Once we got into the car Brianna spotted a baggie full of Fruit Loops in the diaper bag. Deciding she was hungry she started asking "Oop Oops? (Fruit Loops) Mommy, Oop Oops?" So, she munched on Oop Oops on the drive home. Another fun adventure at the park, full of little Brianna-isms. :)