1...2...3

Yesterday at around 4 pm I was in the kitchen trying to cook dinner. I try to have dinner ready every day by 5:30 so as soon as daddy gets home we can have dinner as a family. Well, Natalie wanted to play outside in our new backyard that just got put in last month. I told Natalie that I had to go inside and cook dinner and she could stay out and play or come in the house with me but that I couldn’t be out there with her.
As I started to walk up our deck stairs I hear “mommy, come back here” and then she started to count, “1….2….3” I just burst out laughing, I guess I have used those very same words too many times with her and she decided to use it on me.
I then looked at her and said “if Mommy stays and plays with you who is going to cook dinner?” She thought about it for a moment and said “me.” She then proceeded to go in the house with me and she did help me cook. Well, she decided to play with markers instead. Then she got a green marker and drew all over herself…but that is a story for another day.

PIZZA

Today we went for our walk by the river trail. On our way back, the semaphore (big word for stop light) was red and so we were waiting for the light to turn green. Natalie looked out the window and saw a restaurant sign that read “PIZZA” with no pictures or anything and said “Mommy…Pizza” let’s go eat! Pretty good for a 2 year old we thought. Never mind that we have been doing flash cards and using the Glenn Doman reading method since she was 8 months old. It looks like it’s starting to work.

Our little Gymnast

Our 2 year old has so much energy we decided to channel it through several activities. Here is our little princess showing off at home what she has learned in her gymnastics class.

Fun with the cousins

After church we left Tucson and headed for what Mommy and Daddy called "Lost Wages". I think they meant Las Vegas, but I wasn't sure. I was sad leaving aunt Aurora and uncle Abram, but I was excited to play with my cousins.

Mommy and me at the Hoover dam.

While Daddy's was at his conference us girls went out and played. Mommy says I fit in with the big girls now. I don't know why, but I think that makes Mommy a little sad.

I love celebrating birthdays! I love celebrating birthdays with ice cream even more! I made sure I thanked Emma for having a birthday.

Daddy said he is glad it will be 14 more years before I get my driver's license. I can't wait!

There are things to do in this desert?

We went to an awesome park in the desert. We saw cacti, flowers, caves, bats, birds, wolves, deer, hummingbirds, otters, and gila monsters. It was fun...and educational. Mommy's tricky like that.

Do Mommy and Daddy really want one more picture by a saguaro cactus? Where can a girl get a good ice cream around here?

Found it! I gave Daddy my string cheese in exchange for his ice cream cone. I thought it was a fair trade.

Doesn't Mommy look excited going around on the carousel again, and again, and again? I loved riding the pony's at the Trail Dust Town.

Sometimes Mommy gets a little crazy when it gets late at night.

Off to the dancing wonderland

We had a long drive from the Grand Canyon to Tucson to see aunt Aurora graduate. Mommy says aunt Aurora will now be a Master at Dance. I wonder what she was before? I had to help Daddy clean all the bugs he killed off of the windshield.

I will show all those dance majors how to dance!

They were barley able to keep me still long enough for this picture. I wanted to dance some more.

Me and "tia" Aurora are Tucson Wildcats!

Mommy and Daddy love dressing me up pretty and taking pictures. I'm getting used to it by now.

The Grand Canyon and the foaming mouth squirrel

Yet another installment of photos from our trip.


Mommy and me at the Grand Canyon with our cool sun glasses. Daddy says we're hot, but I didn't think it was that hot outside.

We turned around from taking a picture and found Mr. squirrel trying to steal my fruit snacks. I don't mind sharing, but he didn't even ask.

Come here Mr. squirrel, I just want to hold you.

I tried to share my fruit snack with Mr. squirrel but he just ran away. I was not happy.

One more picture of the three of us in the park...just in case one of the other thousand pictures of us didn't turn out.

When we saw some of these bird in the park I wanted to touch them but Mommy told me that they could pick me up and carry me off. They looked so little from far away, but I guess Mommy was right!