Memory Game

Here I am playing with my new memory game.  Did you know that I have a really great memory?  I don’t follow the rules very well (I like to sneak in and play once I know where the matches are, so we’re working on that!)

Snugglin’ with Papa

Here I am snuggling with Papa watching a little t.v. before my bedtime.  You can also see a preview of our new family room furniture here.  Mommy isn’t ready to share pictures of the family room, my big girl room, or my bathroom yet because she’s still working on finishing them all up.  She has several walls that still need some attention.  So, when they’re all complete, we’ll give you the details on everything (like my furniture and bedding since some of you have contacted mommy about it.)

Hide N Seek

I love to play Hide and Seek with Mommy and Daddy.  Sometimes, I come up with really good spots (when I have help.)  Other times, I use the same spot over and over and over again.  Here I am showing off one of my good spots.  However, I forgot to hide my entire body so it turned into a not so good spot.

My Ice Skating Adventure

Today, I went ice skating for the very first time.  I had a good time, and was excited because Daddy even popped over from work to watch and help out for 15 minutes.  It was really slippery.  It took me awhile to become comfortable on the skates and then when we got on the ice it was quite scary at first.  We took a couple of breaks and by the end I was having a blast.  Maybe I’ll take some skating lessons this summer?

Mommy skated with me since Daddy can’t skate (or rollerblade for that matter.)  All of these pictures were taken when we first got on the ice, so by the end I looked quite a bit less frightened.

Daddy slid around the ice with his regular shoes on.  Mommy and I did that at the end and it’s waaay more slippery without skates on that with them on.

Here I was at the end of my adventure, it was fun!

It’s a….

We’ll we’re not positive.  The Sprout wasn’t as cooperative as possible so we didn’t get many great pictures.  The technician *thinks* it’s a boy.  Mommy and Daddy are going to have a 3-d ultrasound done just to make sure.  For now, we’re planning on a boy, but are holding off on selling all of my old goodies until we know for sure.  In the meantime, here is a picture of me taken before the ultrasound this am.

This is Bananas!

Here I am displaying what I like to do with the banana skin after I’ve finished eating it.  Mommy was doing something while I was eating and was pretty surprised when I told her, “this is cold.”  She found me like this:

After a reminder that, “bananas are for eating, not putting on your tummy,” we threw away the peel and played some dollhouse instead.

Spanish time

Daddy is really excited about teaching me new things in Spanish.  He doesn’t speak it very well himself (having only taken a couple of required classes in college.)  However, he is enjoying it so far and I’m catching on pretty quickly.  Here is a video of us singing twinkle twinkle little star (at bedtime) in Spanish.  Turn up your speakers, it’s better towards the end.

The Buggypod

Mommy ordered a newfangled contraption for me to ride in once the baby is born.  She didn’t want to spend the money on a double stroller when I’ll be 3 years old and may not want to ride at all anymore, but, she wanted me to have more than a little jump seat like the sit and stand strollers offer.  She came up with the Buggypod.  It’s like a sidecar for the stroller.  They’re made by a company in the UK and have won tons of awards.  Unfortunately, they’re only available at 1 store in the us (in Oregon.)  Mommy got lucky and found a used on ebay for a really good price.  It’s now attached to my current stroller (a Zooper Waltz to be specific since you asked) and it’s pretty neat-o.  I asked mommy if we could go get baby Mark to try it out.  She didn’t think that would be a good idea since it was past his bedtime.  Here are some pictures of it.

 

Here it is opened up beside my stroller.  The Sprout will ride in his/her infant seat in the main stroller and I’ll ride in the pod.

 

Here I am trying it out (looking at Daddy.)  Mommy figures I’ll probably be under the weight limit for it until I’m about 4, barring any crazy growth spurts.

 

Here it is folded up, for when I’m feeling like a big girl and want to walk instead of ride.  So far, I think it’s pretty neat!

Creative Play place

Today, we made a trip to the Creative Play place and had a great time.  They had open gym for an hour and then opened up the CCP.  It’s filled with lots of fun things.  They have art projects to do, a sensory table, lots of dramatic play, dress-up and even a real  two-story castle.   Underneath the castle they had a huge sandbox and I had a blast playing with the pretty white sand.  We will definitely be going back (but not on a Friday, it’s a bit too busy.)

My first beater

Tonight, I got to help Mommy make a yummy layered dessert.  I also got to help lick the beaters clean between the layers.  They were sooooo yummy.  My favorite layer to lick was this one: Cream cheese, powdered sugar & cool whip!  I got a little messy, but I already had crazy sucker hair (leftover valentine treat) so it was all good.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I had a blast opening up the Valentines from my school friends today.  I even got to eat some of the candy!  The stickers were also a lot of fun.  My favorite valentine was a hand-made Owl that came with a sparkly pencil from my friend Marleigh.  Her twin sister, Keana gave me a cute hand-made book to use the pencil with.  Their Mommy is very crafty and my mommy was quite impressed with their work.  It’s super cute!!

 

I played with my Valentines for about a half hour, so mommy thought it was great entertainment.

My, what a large baby you have!

“Oh, he’s a real beautiful baby too!”

“Quite a large head on him!”

Just kidding, I’m the baby (toddler!)

Bath time for babies

Today was a fun day!  We met some of my very favorite people out for breakfast (Phil-cool, Janet & Baby Mark.)  Then, later today we went over to their house for dinner and playtime.  After dinner, we all came back to our house.  Daddy & Phil-cool played some new Mario Bros on the Wii while Mark and I got to take a bath together and hang out.  It was a lot of fun!  I haven’t taken a bath with anyone in a long time.

Thanks for such a great night neighbors!!!

What a snugglebug

While Lauren was visiting GaGa & Papa this week (and I wasn’t working due to snow) I got to help out and do some “babysitting.”  Monday, I watched Elliot & Mary for a little while and then on Tuesday, I got to watch my Godson Mark while Phil ran an errand.  Mark is such a sweetie pie baby.  He’s a real snugglebug and I just loved it.  Lauren was definitely not a snuggly baby so I hope #2 is a little better in that department.

Baby Expo & Home Depot

 

Today, we went to the Baby & Kids expo.  Mommy wanted to get some preschool information on the local preschools but found that barely any of them were there.  She did however, get lots of goodies for the Sprout instead.  They were giving out lots of different free samples, bags, and even baby onesies. 

After the expo, we made our monthly trip to Home Depot.  This month, we built a racecar shelf.  It won’t be the most useful of my projects, but I still had a great time.  Mommy forgot to pack my apron but the nice girls who work there every month let me borrow one so I didn’t have to go without.  They also remembered my name this time.  I think we’re regulars now.

Making out my Valentines

At school we are giving valentines day cards to all of our classmates.  Here are some pictures of me writing out my valentines.  Mommy had me write the big L for Lauren and then she wrote the rest.  I also got to attach little boxes of Nerds candy onto them too.  I didn’t last long.   Once I realized how delicious they were, I decided to take a snack break.

My first bowling adventure

Today, we went to the WOW Zone with some of my friends and had a real good time.  I tried out bowling for the first time ever.  They even had itty bitty bowling shoes in my size!

Their computers are really smart and automatically brought up the bumpers when it was time for us little ones to bowl.  We also got to use the metal rails since the balls were pretty heavy and Mommy didn’t want any broken toes.

I stopped for a little snack and then proceeded to whoop everyone.  I even beat Mommy and her friend Toni!  They weren’t allowed to use the bumpers, but mommy was still pretty sad that she was beaten by her 2.5 year old child.

After lunch, we got go play some games.  I had a lot of fun!

I can’t wait to go back again!