2008......................................2009

...life's little adventures!

I have recently given up my love of helping my Mommy cook dinner each night. So, to keep me busy she has started letting me paint the walls with water! She thinks it is a brilliant idea because it keeps me busy AND gets the walls clean! To top it off, too, I love doing it and am quite the artiste I must say!

It really is just amazing how much the last 6 months has brought! At two years I was just starting to combine 2-3 words into sentences and 6 months later I'm having full conversations that most people are able to understand - well, at least some of the time! I'm fully potty trained, in fact this month (April) was the last month I wore pull-ups to bed and even then it wasn't necessary because I had been dry the whole month. My hair has gotten so long that my Mommy and Daddy are actually talking about cutting some of it off. My Mommy and Daddy always tell me how proud they are of me because they say I'm the most kind-hearted, loving, mild-tempered and well-mannered 2 1/2 year old they have ever known. Awh shucks!
My Mommy really wanted to capture this moment. She said that when I'm all grown up she wants to remember me being little like this, running free with the wind blowing through my hair. Sappy, I know, but she's my Mom and I think I'll keep her! Wait... does that mean I have a choice??
We got a new birdhouse this spring. I helped my Daddy pick it out at Lowes. It looks really nice just outside of our bay window in our kitchen. We really love to sit and watch all the different birdies come by to pick up food. Another fun perk is that we now have squirrels and bunnies coming right up to it. I love this, but my Mommy and Daddy seem quite annoyed because the squirrels climb up and knock the bird food down, hence bringing the bunnies over to clean up the mess. It's also fun to see Buster get worked up over all of these animals coming into the yard. It's really fun to yell, "SQUIRREL!" really loud and watch him dash to the back door. He swears one day he'll catch one of them (he wishes!)!! I love seeing all of these animals so up-close and personal though!
Yes, anyone that knows me would say that I am a super girlie girl. I mean, really, my favorite color is PINK for goodness sake! But, I also love throwing and catching balls. I was kicking balls when I was 10 months old! I love to run around the house saying, "Look how fast I can run, Daddy!" and I am fast...in little girl terms that is. I'm also very good at catching balls and have a pretty decent arm. I'm almost always on-target. Future ballerina or future ball player?? As you can see, even when I'm being sporty I have to have my girlie pink ball cap on.
I love to take care of things... my baby, little Ben when he's sad, my Mommy or Daddy if they have a booboo so why would Buster be any different. He was laying on the floor which I found to be the perfect opportunity to let him borrow my most prized possession...my blankie! I was quite surprised when he didn't take to it too well! I guess he did humor me for a few seconds...
For Easter this year, we got dressed up and went to my Grandma & Grandpa's house. It was a nice time - the family is growing so it's a bit more chaotic than it was last year when it was just me, but it's so much fun now and I think next year will be even better since we'll all be a bit older!!
That silly Easter bunny! He hid all of the eggs that we dyed and he also hid the Easter baskets he brought us! It was fun to go on an egg hunt and boy was I surprised when I saw my Easter basket hiding amongst my toys. The first words out of my mouth were, "I LOOOVE candy!" No statement were ever more true!
OK, so I wimped out and didn't sit on his lap... so? I still thought he'd bring me some candy because I'm such a good girl - sensitive, but good. I had to entice him with carrots and a nice tall glass of water, of course. And guess what -he brought me AND Ben baskets of goodies and left us a little note thanking us for being so good! I sort of like this Easter bunny guy now!
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