1 Birthday Present.21 Wire Ties.1 Not-So-Patient Very Eager Birthday Girl.2 Torture-their-daughter-loving Grandparents.1 Amused-and-Camera-Ready-but-suspiciously-not-helpful Daddy. Visit my other Wordless Wednesday post at B-Sides!Visit everyone else’s at 5 Minutes for Mom!

Notice all of the toys in the background. Instead, this is what Ali does while I get ready (when she’s not drawing herself up with lipstick, that is):She opens them all, looks at them lovingly (doesn’t touch them because Mommy has taught her not to AND she hates getting things on her hands),then closes them […]

After begging me to play for a couple of weeks, she asked to play for the first time. Fidgeting?? Her??? Nah . . .Very, very focused:Warming up:Catching Fishies!!Soccer:Missed!!Ducking to miss that shoe flying towards her. . . unfortunately, ducking doesn’t do any good. . .And, for the record, she scored a 20 on her first […]

Ali discovered an old chunky Lip Pencil long ago, and has always pulled it out of my drawer and played with it while I put on my makeup in the morning:She calls it “Ali’s lipstick”, and pretends to put it on. Since it is pretty dry and her lips are always very wet, it’s never […]

1. The first, but I’m sure not the last, attempt at feeding DoggieBear her broccoli:2. So proud of her Play-Dough Christmas Tree with “Ormants” and “Pessants”:3. Who knew that she had a shirt that matched her new Crayon Apron perfectly?4. My vote for the Tackiest Christmas Deco of the year, which I spotted in Mountain […]

For the record, this was my first truly Wordless Wednesday. Oops. I just ruined it.Ah well, while I’m at it, be sure and go check out my other WW post at B-Sides, and everyone else’s at 5 Minutes for Mom!!

Ali and I decided to do some creative “coloring” yesterday. We used Play-Doh instead of crayons to color our pages. Ali understood the concept a lot better than I thought that she would:Inspecting her (although mostly my) work:Of course, not too happy that she had a teeny smidge of Play-Doh on her finger. Such a […]

A perfect Thanksgiving morning:Laying on the floor in front of the Christmas tree, all snuggled in a blankie, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.. . . and making sure to hold up Layla the Puppy so that she could see Snoopy the Puppy on TV.There’s no better way to reminisce about childhood than to watch […]

. . .instead of rescuing your toddler from a potentially scary situation, you yank out your camera to be sure and capture it because of what a great blog it would make. They were obsessed with the sprinkler spigots:They thought that they would make a great seat. . .I had my camera ready, just in […]

. . .unless Gramamma takes pictures. Mom kept Ali last weekend while we were in Tuscaloosa. She had given Ali some of the last piece of Nick’s birthday cake. While she was cooking, Ali came and asked for more. Mom was busy, so she said “no” without paying much attention or turning around. When she […]