Ready for church

This morning as I was finishing getting ready for church, I grabbed my coat, hat, Bible and "purse"--which just happens to be last year's Easter basket. I guess M&D will have to buy me a real purse shortly!!!I guess Mommy thought it was just too cute. However, I was in a hurry to go, so the pictures at home didn't turn out too well. But here's a video of me heading into church.

The zoo....

We went to the zoo last weekend. But it wasn't like any other zoo I had been to. It was all made out of old farm equipment. There were some pretty cool animals. All my cousins were there also. What a beautiful day and fun adventure.

The day before the zoo adventure, M&D went ATV riding with some friends. It was lots of fun until Mommy wiped out. Luckily the elbow was the most visible injury, although Mommy complained about her hip hurting for a few days afterwards, but no bruise ever formed.

123....next track star?

The other night after supper I was getting a little restless. So M&D took me outside so I could run a little bit while they continued to talk to friends. Do you think I'll be the next track star in my family????

My aunt just recently ran in the Division III NCAA Nationals track meet 4x400 and got her team into 1st place in their heat. They ended up getting 3rd place overall. Here's two great pictures of my Aunt R. running and then her team standing on the podium.
I have learned to count to 1, 2, 3....ususally before throwing a ball or jumping off something. Although the other day I was helping Mommy peel potatoes--and by helping I mean that once she got them peeled and laid them on the counter I would pick them up and take a bite out of the end. Once there was three potatoes on the counter, Mommy pointed to them and counted 1, 2, 3...so I pointed to them and repeated. Now this video isn't very good,
Mommy didn't quite catch the 1, 2, 3...but it is still quite cute so I asked Mommy to post it for me.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

This morning for breakfast Gramma made me green eggs and ham. They were rather tasty. Mommy forgot that she hadn't done laundry yet and since I wore my cute green jumper a week ago (and my other green shirt is long-sleeve and it was 70 degrees today), I had to settle for my pink t-shirt with a green kitty on it. So I still wore green--just not quite as much. This is a picture Gramma took when I was playing with my "sports" car at her house!!

On Saturday I went with Mommy to go and get car maintenance done. We got the oil changed, tires rotated and car washed. While we waited for the oil we went for a walk, then at the tire shop I got to play outside on their wall. Mommy always thinks it is cute when I come over and "ask" to be picked up--ok I just gesture that I want to be picked up. In this video I am more vocal then usual, but notice how I bend down and then straighen up to my tip-toes. That's my sign that I want UP!! I even had some time to sit and draw.

Anyhow, after getting all the car stuff done and grocery shopping it was time to get home and eat lunch. Then after naptime we pretty much spent the rest of the day outside enjoying the 65-70 degree weather in the middle of March!! We played at 2 parks, went out for ice cream, played in the backyard while Daddy grilled supper and went for a bike ride with Mommy, Aunt S. and cousin L. By that time it was nighty-night time. What a fun-filled adventurous day!

Being cute

I am rather cute and most of the time I know it! I just wanted to share a few photos with you. Last week after my bath and getting my pajamas on, Mommy and I took a walk. Even in my pjs, crocs and with wet hair I am still cute as a button!!
My new favorite phrase is "Uh oh". Anytime something is out of place or isn't just as it should be I use that phrase. In this video I am playing with my letter puzzles and near the end one of the pieces just isn't right.

You can hear my saying "uh oh" about 3 or 4 times. Later as I am playing with another piece, I somehow get the Q stuck around my neck like a necklace!!

I have watched Gramma too much. Last time M&D went out to eat with some friends,I grabbed the sugar packets and "poured" them into the cup--just like I see Gramma do every morning with her tea!!

Cleaning

I have always been a big help around the house. I try to do my fair share of the workload. In the last week I have decided to help Mommy clean. Well, first of all I have to get a little messy or dirty in order to make the cleaning worthwhile. Last week Mommy made French toast for me and since it was bath night, she just let me eat however I wanted. When I finished up I noticed my hands were quite sticky. It was kind of fun clapping my hands together and making them stick!!

Then it was off to a bath (ok this happened a week later!!). Mommy started the water and then we went to get a washcloth from my dresser and to take off my diaper. However, when Mommy turned around from getting the washcloth, she realized I had run back to the bathroom. (I just learned how to open doorknobs this week (i had already learned the door handle ones--those were easy--you just had to push down), which means I can open all the doors in the house, which means that I can get into anywhere/anything and can no longer be contained anywhere!!) I got to thinking--why should I have to take a bath and then later wash my clothes?! Why couldn't I just do it all at once? After Mommy finished laughing (and taking a picture), she made me take a "normal" bath. Hey, I was just trying to save Mommy some time!

This past weekend I also helped Mommy clean the house. My favorite part was when she let me dip the mop back into the water bucket.

Girl's Ski Weekend

I will let Mommy talk about her fun weekend she just had. Even though I'm a girl, I decided to stay home with Daddy and had lots of fun too--playing in the park, going to the swimming pool, going out to eat with friends and just hanging out with Daddy. But this entry will be all about Mommy's great weekend.

Aunt M and a few of her friends flew in to go skiing with Mommy. Mommy picked Aunt M up from the airport Friday morning and then headed to Winter Park to meet up with the 2 girls who flew in Thursday night. Just as we turned off interstate the snow started falling. Good news for those heading to go skiing, but bad news for those who are outside in the wind and cold. So needless to say Friday was a miserable day of weather, but Awesome Snow!! We were the few brave ones to stay on the slopes all day long. By 2 pm the snow stopped and the sun started peeking out. Once you could actually see where you were skiing (aka the bumps&moguls!) it was much better. On the last run of the day, as we were resting we happened to look up and behind us as the sun was setting. The clouds were racing across the sky and were reflecting the setting sun as a rainbow in the clouds--not in the sky, just in every cloud as it raced by in front of the sun. It was the most amazing, beautiful thing I had every seen.

Friday night after getting down off the mountain we went grocery shopping and then headed to A's friend's cabin to cook supper. It was a nice, relaxing supper and conversation. 2 others joined us LATE Friday night after their concert. Saturday morning we slept in, then got up to go sledding.

Sisters on the tubes!

We attempted to take a shortcut across country, but as you can see from this video it definintely wasn't the fastest way!

After a few times down the slopes and back up by way of rope tow, we decided it was time for lunch. Since it was such a gorgeous day outside--blue skies, no wind, about 30-40 degrees, we had a picnic outside our lodge room.

After lunch it was time to head snowshoeing!!

What a beautiful walk through the woods of the Snow Mountain Ranch property. Since K&K weren't with us in the morning, we headed back to the tubing hill for another go at it.

The day ended with a steak dinner

and soaking in the Hot Sulphur Springs nearby. What a great ending to a perfect day.

Sunday we headed out to the ski hills again. This time no wind, just a few clouds and fairly warm weather. The snow was still mostly powder and the top runs were open, so we spent most of our time on the upper slopes.