Happy Easter Photos...

Forgive me for the insane amount of photos, but i got a new camera lens for Easter and went a little over-board with the photo thing. It was a beautiful, sunny day and it felt good to spend it outside, playing and looking for Easter Eggs.

Looking and finding Easter Eggs took longer than expected as i didn't realize that Emma would open EACH EGG (and eat whatever was in the egg!) before looking for the next egg. But it was fun watching her scream:

"Dtwheres ANODER WON!!!!"

over and over again. :)

The Bunny Cake

 

 

 

For years, i've watched my sister do holiday things for her children. She didn't seem to really have that great of a time while doing it, but she did a great job. And my nephews and niece were always happy with all the amazing things my sister did. My sister is a Martha-Gal, btw...

I was jealous. I wanted to do holiday things for my child.

But i didn't have a child back then. And the chance of that happening, i figured, was slim to none. So i became a good aunt.

Little did i know what life and God had in store for me.

I have a daughter now. :)

And so, tonight, i did the Easter Bunny thing.

I made the Easter Bunny Cake.

I stuffed Easter Eggs with jelly beans, chocolate eggs, stickers and balloons to hide in our yard tomorrow.

I did her basket.

I did bunny tracks to her basket.

I wrote her a note from the Easter Bunny.

And i giggled the entire time i did these things.

"Thankful" doesn't seem to be a good enough word to explain what i feel when i think of my life. "Blessed" is good word...and it seems to fit.

Flower Power....

 

 

 

 

BEWARE.

This is a Flower-Power Tot.

This Flower-Power Tot can wake up happy and singing. It can then go to screaming in less than 5 minutes. The Flower-Power Tot can then go back to singing and giggling in less than 2 seconds. The Flower-Power Tot can eat her weight in strawberries and bananas and refuses to bathe and have her hair washed.

Whoever said that the two's were a challenge, must have said that BEFORE their little one turned three.

But the Flower Tot is a cutie....and "woves Mama" and so, the Flower Tot Mama will just continue to love on the stinky Flower Tot.

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My Peace Lilly plants are doing so beautifully. They are all blooming....some of my plants have 4 blooms on them. They are happy plants...

They bring lots of peace, you know.

Which is important to have....

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I love ivy plants. I am rooting some ivy now to put in flower pots outside...ivy is hard to kill. Which is a good thing.

And ivy grows fast.

I love the start of Spring....and of new ivy.

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...slowly but surely, my little Autumn Sedum plant is coming back to greet the Spring weather.

Hola! Soy Dora!

 

 

 

This is one of Emma's favorite spots....her Dora bed. I managed to buy this from a girlfriend whose daughter had outgrown it for only $10 and it has bought more in smiles than the $10! Dora the Explorer is still a favorite...as is The Fresh Beat Band. Really, don't ask me about The Fresh Beat Band...although quite the band, they sometimes make me want to poke my eyes out sing songs that i can't get out of my head that have those goofy words like "Loco Legs".

It's hard to believe that it is finally March. Spring, i hope, is here to stay with it's warm sunny weather. I'm afraid that i have a horrible case of cabin fever. We've spent way too much time in the house this past winter! I think that it's time for us to find a beach and play in the sand! I am also itching to get my camera outside. There are some amazing old barns and houses around here that i would LOVE to photograph.

Things that i need to remember from my notebook:

~Emma can sing the abc's in Spanish now.
~She weighs 28.5 pounds.
~Emma hates (HATES!)getting her hair washed.
~She loves, loves animals.
~Pachi is still her favorite stuffed toy, but Bunny is also a favorite.
~Emma loves to run. Be it outside or in the house, she loves to run. She'll tell me that she's 'fast lwike da wind' when she's running.
~She can totally dress herself...but prefers to undress herself.
~Emma HATES, HATES, HATES shoes. As soon as we get into the house, she takes her shoes and socks off, looks at her toes and says "Hi, cwute toes!".
~Loves Fruit Loops, milk, yogurt (she calls it 'cow yogurt'), cheese, crackers, strawberries, grapes, bananas, chicken nuggets with ketchup, and strawberry bagels.
~Doesn't care for meat too much unless it's honey ham in a sandwich.
~Loves to go to school.
~She still loves the Little People Animals and People.
~Emma loves her books and crayons.
~Does something kinda odd: she smells everything. And i mean EVERYTHING. From food, to Pachi, to clothes, to me, to crayons, to paper...she smells it.
~Loves to climb on her pink stool and on my mini-ladder.
~Loves flowers, especially if they are outside. Also loves bark. sigh....lol
~Loves to play with tape.
~Wakes up around 6am and will giggle and laugh with Pachi. And then, thankfully, she goes back to sleep and will sleep till 10am if you let her. Usually, she's up at 8am and in bed at 7:45pm.
~Loves to wear dresses.
~Hates me brushing her hair.
~Loves Cooper, my girlfriend's little two year old son.

Off to enjoy the rest of this beautiful, beautiful sunny day!

Cooking with Emma

My latest score find on Craig's list: a Little Tykes Kitchen (that talks!) with all the kitchen-y stuff that goes with it.

I love Craig's list...

"We" cooked bananas, eggplant, chicken nuggets and corn.

....all with ketchup, of course. Because you can't eat bananas, eggplant, chicken nuggets and corn without it, i was told.

While yesterday was a 'challenging' day, to say the very least, today, was a fun day. I guess that's how it goes when you're three refusing to potty on the potty and learning new things. These new things consist of many 'fun' things like throwing little plastic animals off the top of the stairs (to see how high the animals bounce), putting your yucky pull-ups in the toilet (because "dats whey day go, Mama!"), and pulling out every single one of the kitchen towels like this:



Cute, eh?

But cleaning up after a little girl who comes over to just kiss you for no reason is the best job in the world....

Coming back to life...

 

....very slowly, but surely, my outdoor plants and backyard are peeking through the dirt, waiting for Spring to arrive.

This is a Japanese Maple tree that i am trying to grow into a bigger Japanese Maple tree. Such a beautiful tree...

I wonder how much longer it will be before Spring 'officially' arrives in my backyard?

Soon, i hope.

Very soon.