Quirky...

I just had to share this picture of M.

I was reading about and playing around with my camera Friday night while M was playing on the floor. I kept taking practice shots of the wall across from me, changing different settings each time, when all of a sudden M popped up in front of me and I took this shot.

I thought it was so funny and sort of quirky looking!

Frosty Lives... but not for long!

Mental Note: 3 year olds don't understand the whole concept of snowmen... Therefore, don't allow them to hug their prized snowman the day after you built it when it was near 50 degrees all day... They have a hard time accepting and understanding why frosty's head fell off...

Sunny Sunday!

Yesterday was a wonderful day to go to the park! It's the first day we passed 50 degrees and we took advantage on it! We headed to our favorite local park, and of course, I took my camera hoping to get some good shots, however it was a bit too windy and M's hair was everywhere! Today we broke the mid 60's but we're dropping back below 50 the rest of the week!

Only two more weeks until M starts soccer. I sure hope it warms up soon!

M loved watching the ducks walk on the frozen lake!

Just a little windy... lol

M and daddy with the sun in their eyes!

I love her hair standing on end...lol

I'm ready for Spring!

I know I shouldn't complain because our winter hasn't been too bad... but it seems like we keep getting these small snow and ice storms and I say it's enough already! I'd rather have one big snow storm of 10" then these continuous snow storms of 1-2"... Blah!

Here's a picture of M trying to throw a snowball at me! This girl is crazy! She loves being outside. She doesn't care if it's hot, cold, raining, snowing, etc. She was outside for close to an hour with daddy shoveling the snow the other day. I came home and she was soaking wet! I brought her inside and stuck her in a nice warm bath. It made me cold just looking at her!

Open up and say Ahhhh!

I took M for her first dental appointment on Monday and she did awesome! I was so proud of her! Yes, go ahead and laugh... I took my camera to catch this *first* for her! What can I say, would you expect anything less from me???

Look at how awesome this dentist office is... how many have you been to that have arcade games in the waiting room??? M had no clue what she was doing, but she loved it anyways!

Look at her stylish sunglasses! It's just a fun little touch they offered to keep the bright light from bothering her eyes! M thought they were too funny!

She got an excellent report card and left with a new ring and a PINK bouncy ball!

Happy V-day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful V-day! I was surprised with two bracelets from my wonderful husband and he even had one made for Princess M... LOL. This was our first year celebrating V-day with M and I think she had a great day! She woke up to flowers, a pink teddy bear (her favorite color) and her new pink bracelet (as seen on the bears arm in the photo below). Then, she got to go to school for her first V-day party where she handed out Care Bear cards to her friends!

I also decorated a clear paint can for her to collect her v-day cards in. She loved toting it around. Sorry it looks odd in the above picture. I had to white out her name... LOL. It looks so much more cute in person!

Ready for soccer...

This Saturday is M's last Ballet/ Gymnastics class. She has decided she wants to try soccer instead. So, this Saturday, following her final Ballet class, we will be signing up for Spring soccer!

I'm excited to see how she does with soccer. I played a few years when I was younger and both daddy and I love playing soccer with M in our side yard. If we can get her to understand she can't pick the ball up with her hands, I think she'll do pretty good. She's rather aggressive and doesn't back down from the ball even when I come at her to take it away. She gets the concept of having to kick the ball into the goal to score a point.

However, M isn't always the best at sharing and I can't shake the vision of her getting mad at the other girls for kicking HER ball, whining, picking the ball up and running off the field... Let's hope that doesn't happen, but rest assure if it does, I'll get a picture!

Here's M at home trying out her new soccer gear:

Enjoy your day!

Some Pictures to Share

Most of the pictures I wanted to share with you were on my memory card when it broke and are now lost forever. I'm thankful that they were only pictures of cards, scrapbook pages, etc. and not family pictures! Whew!

Here are a few random pictures I've taken over the last week!

I used this tote to carry a bunch of DVD's up from the basement and as soon as I emptied it out, M made herself comfortable in it! I thought it was too cute and too funny NOT to take a picture!

M loves working on puzzles! I was hoping to get a candid picture of her just playing and relaxing like normal but she decided to give me a fish pose instead!

M and I painted pottery with our friends. She wanted to make a Christmas present for daddy and we thought a picture frame would be perfect for his desk. M picked the frame, colors and decorations all by herself. Unfortunately, she quickly told daddy she painted him a circle surprise! Needless to say, he already has his gift!

Here shows M figuring out how to turn the tree lights off and on within 5 minutes of having the tree up! Who thought having a foot switch was a good idea???

M putting the 1st ornament on the tree!

M and Tyson in front of the finished tree!

Fall Pictures - Take Two!

Yes... I know I have issues!

I was so disappointed with the last set of "fall" pictures I took of M. So, today we were blessed with a wonderful, sunny day in the 60's and I took the opportunity to drag M to the park for Fall Pictures - Take Two.

Below are some of my favorites!

I hope you enjoy them!

Pumpkin Carving

Yesterday we spent some time carving the pumpkins we recently picked. Of course, M's pumpkin was too small to carve, so I gave her some markers to decorate her pumpkin as she wished. I also let her pick out the design for my pumpkin and it should be no surprise that I now have a Diego pumpkin...lol.

Megan has been going through a Diego phase lately. It's all she wants to watch and she's been telling everyone that she's going to be Diego for Halloween... EEK - She's going to be a ladybug!

Some how daddy, Aunt M and cousin L all ended up carving dog pumpkins...LOL.

Below are pictures of Daddy and M's pumpkins!

Some people have a hard time telling what the top pumpkin is so I'll help you out a bit. It's a side profile of a dog's head (golden retriever). His nose is on the right.