So Peanut can be quite the little chatterbox when she gets going! This video is proof. This was after she came to AWANA for the first time this year. She was SO excited to go and kept reminding me (about 100 times) “A come too Ma-ma! A come Wana!” and when we got home she was all hyped up and I had to take this video to capture the excitement. Apparently the cookies were worth mentioning. Several times.
These first three pictures are actually mine…
T didn’t think this was as funny as I did but I saw this top on a Pringle can and immediately the thought popped into my head, “What do you do, stick them in your nose?”
This came in our mailbox…an apology letter from the postmaster.
This is what was inside. A completely shredded in-50-pieces-Toys R Us catalog. Cracked me up.
These next ones are not a joke…just truth.
Happy Friday!
Here are some random leftover pictures from my phone.
K and her friend, A, back together again after two years apart.
Sisters hugs before bed.
And a sleepy Boo at bedtime.
A silly girl who would rather use math manipulates to make shapes than for math problems.
Putting the toddler in her car seat when you feel a lump that she’s been sitting on for who knows how long and reaching your hand in only to pull out a probably weeks old rotten apple.
Whipped cream kisses.
And…Peanut is a long bather so I often read while she splashes and plays. I must have left my book in the bathroom because the next day I came in to find her like this. Reading away.
That’s all for today! More randomness next week. :)
I am LOVING 2!
Yes, she throws the (rare) tantrum, yes she makes messes like nobody’s business, yes she has accidents regularly causing me laundry on non-laundry days, yes she is into everything and yes she needs a bath after 50% of her meals, but I would not trade these days for ANYTHING! She is SO. STINKIN’. CUTE.
I love to just sit and watch her. She is SO determined, and particular, and focused, and BUSY, and hilarious, and sweet, and funny, and loving, and did I mention CUTE?!?
Love. Love. Love.
Yes these are just pictures, and not very good ones at that, of her walking into the house after she followed me outside in her pajamas when I went to put the trash out.
She is my little shadow these days. Everywhere I go I hear, “Come too Ma-ma!” or “Wait me! I comin’!”
When I am cooking she wants to be RIGHT next to me. She has a two-step stool and she drags it everywhere I am. I go to stir a pot on the stove…she drags her stool over and climbs up…by that time I am at the sink to rinse some vegetables…she drags her stool over and climbs up…by that time I’m at the refrigerator…so she abandons the stool and tries to climb IN the refrigerator…and on it goes.
I love the way she has to climb up on the potty herself and if I put her on she gets down, just to climb back on and say, “Do it self!” And the way she says, “I Big kid!” when she goes potty and the way she sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when she washes her hands because that’s what they do on her potty movie.
I love the way she wakes up from her nap and gets SO excited EVERY DAY that it is snack and show time. She runs to the cupboard and picks a “nola-bah” or “wasiens!” or “fissy cackahs” and then runs back to the living room to watch, “Daniel Tie-gee!” (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood) and the way she screams “YES PEAS!” every time Daniel asks, “Do you want to play make believe with me?”
I love how excited she gets when she sees Te (her lovey) and she squeezes the stuffing out of him.
I love the way she wants to wear certain things, and how she can pick out her own jammies before bed.
I love how she can go get her own shoes and half the time can get them on by herself.
I love the way she says, “Need zip!” every time I put her on coat because it’s impossible to wear a coat without zipping it. :)
I love the way she refers to herself in the third person. “A happy!” and “A need water.” and “A want get dessed.” (get dressed)
I love the way she greets me in the morning, “Hi Ma-ma! Seep good!” and the way she asks for songs at night, “Shee-sus!” (Jesus loves me) and “Lullaby!”
I love the way she clings to me when I pick her up and wraps her thin little arms around my neck and squeezes for all she’s worth.
I love to hear, “Luff oo!” when I blow her kisses as I leave her room at night.
In short I’m in love. And since I’ve done this twice before I know how fast this age/stage will go so I’m trying to treasure every moment.
And of course there are those moments that I want to pull my hair out and have my own tantrum at another HUGE and sometimes terrible mess that takes me four times as long to clean up as it did for her to make, but those frustrating moments are SO worth. One little grin can wipe it all away. One little snuggle. One little kiss.
Yes, I love 2.
When we got to the farm last Friday night Grandma and Grandpa said they had a surprise up at the shop. We all headed up there and Grandpa opened the door. Boo jumped about a mile when a little ball of fur came darting out.
Apparently a few days before they’d heard some mewing and followed it to a stick pile behind the shop. They found a beautiful Siamese kitten! They took it around to the neighbors and no one claimed it. Since they live in the country with only a few houses in a five mile radius we still aren’t sure how it got there, but the kitten is now Grandpa’s Buddy. That’s what the kids said when he told them they could name it.
The girls were thrilled!
T and I both agree that kittens are cute but we are NOT cat people! So this is as close as they will ever get to having a kitten.
Just a wee bit excited.
Welcome to the family Buddy!
On Sunday afternoon we headed up to the “Ranch” where Uncle Wade’s sister and her family live. Her husband is the manager/foreman of the ranch.
It was absolutely gorgeous up there! It’s very remote, on top of a mountain. I don’t know if I could live that far from stores, but having this view out my front windows might be worth it!!
The horses were fun to watch as they lazily grazed in the pasture.
The girls had lots of little friends to play with so they were so happy! It’s kind of funny but Waylon has four girl cousins and one boy cousin on each side.
We spent all afternoon chopping, and grinding, and squishing up apples.
They had the same old kind of cool wooden press that our friends do.
The girls found it fascinating to watch.
We had quite the crew and ended up with 30 gallons of apple cider!!!
Peanut missed her entire nap and was SO busy transferring apples from place to place.
Before we left the girls got invited to go feed the horses. Here’s Peanut with one of the girls who lives there.
I love this picture T got of Peanut running through the stables.
She looks so little compared to the horses!
This is a breeding ranch and apparently they implant specially bred embryos into surrogate (older, less “valuable”) mothers. So here are some of the mamas and their babies-that-are-not-really-theirs.
But as far as they’re concerned they are theirs. :)
Silly Peanut playing a game with one of the other girls.
And here are some wild turkeys and deer that cleaned up after the apple picking crew.
What a fun day!
