Sunflowers and Sprinklers

Look what's sprouting! The sunflowers are taking off. We decided to focus on flowers this year. I have been halfheartedly trying to grow zinnias for 2 years now, ever since a man Rob works with brought some to his office and assured me, "Oh, I just threw out the seeds and they took care of themselves." Uh-huh. I tried that method. It didn't exactly work out for me. So this year we're putting each seed in it's own little peat pot and giving them lots of love and care. We started with sunflowers and we'll plant zinnias after we transplant these.

Playing in the sprinklers -- she kept trying to drink the water.

First Wheels

A few weeks ago, I told Rob, "Keep your eyes out for a tricycle. I think That Grace would like one." Well, Aunt Katie must have been reading my mind because look what she and her sweet family sent That Grace for her birthday! The push bar has saved Daddy from a herniated disk, I'm sure. She loves the bucket and has been using it to transport babies and blocks all over the house!

Busy Week

Planting sunflowers.


Missing Daddy. I was folding clothes and she saw his shirt. She grabbed it, hugged it, and said, "Daddy!" She wore his shirt all afternoon.

Dressed herself, she did.

It was a rough afternoon.

Nothing else to do but put the table leaf on the chaise and start sliding! This is still up. She has had a ball "shiding."

The Saturday Before Easter

We had a very busy day today. Easter egg hunt with our church.

Sooo tired! She took a long nap when we got home.

Goodies from church.
After her nap we dyed Easter Eggs.

Some moms would be a little worried about the green hand clashing with the Easter dress. Luckily, her dress is yellow, so it'll be fine.

What led to the green hand. Apparently the little wire holder was just too hard to use and that green egg needed to be put away RIGHT NOW.

After we dyed eggs, we had our own egg hunt in our yard with our play eggs. That Grace loved this and we re-hid the eggs several times. Then Daddy came home from the store and she played egg hunt with him, inside.

When it was her turn to hide the eggs, she decided to take it easy on Daddy!

How Old Are You?

She's 2!
"Happy, happy, happy!" She never quite got out the "birthday" part.

Making "2" cookies.

Opening Memaw's present. She loved the yellow dress Memaw gave her. She did not want to take it off.
Going in for the kiss!
Grandma gave her this bunny that sings while his ears flip up and down. She really liked holding his ears while he was singing!

Eating cake. I think she really understands the "keep your elbows off the table" rule.

Getting Ready for her Birthday.

Helping with the cake. She picked out the cake (chocolate) and the icing (also chocolate).

The best part of making a cake.

The reason we don't let her have much sugar. She ran around the house shouting "cake, cake, cake" and throwing/tearing up Styrofoam plates. She was a little excited.

Happy Birthday!

That Grace had a wonderful birthday today. I have lots of pictures that I'll upload as soon as I recover!

We had a fun, if wet, weekend. There is a great marionette theater near us. This is the 2nd time That Grace and I have been. She made it almost all the way through the show (Beauty and the Beast -- 1 hour) before we had to go to the back to stretch our legs. She talked (signed) about the music more than anything.


We got wet leaving the theater and coming home.

That Grace has been working with an early interventionist because she has not been talking very much. Miss Meagan came today and that Grace must have said 40 new words today alone. It's like the flood gates have finally opened. I won't say she's a chatterbox but she's getting there. You should hear her say "Dah-dee." It is so sweet, melts her daddy's heart, of course.

Here are some more:

boo = blue
tease=please
mo=more
see see=Sweetie
bah-be=baby

On a related note, she loves the song, "The Wheels on the Bus." So tonight we were all sitting on the sofa singing it (Caroline was at MYF) and Rob says, "What does Mommy say?" That Grace responds, "shh, shh, shh." Then he says, "What does Daddy say?" Her reply? "Oookaaay." So, I try to change the song to, "The mommies on the bus say, I love you." She just stood on the couch shaking her head no and saying, "shh, shh, shh."