Classic Mimi

Not much here, but this is our classic Mimi- she's rough and tumble, she talks a lot, and she loves to "boing" that silly door stop.

Oh, and yeah- she mastered that step about an hour later. Our baby crawls, goes up the stairs, and eats chicken stir fry. Sigh. (Thanks for putting up the stair gate last night, Wonder Daddy!!)

Hi Daddy!

Do I need to say anything else?  Nope.  I am so mind-blowingly grateful for Wonder Daddy.

Eat your veggies!

Spring has sprung, and produce has become a BIG thing around here.  

Here is Bert, so very excited about our haul from the farmer's market.  (I think that egg basket is one of my favorite thrift finds.)

Mimi managed to snag a leek on the way through the kitchen while I was preparing dinner.  She absolutely destroyed that poor vegetable, but she managed to eat a respectable portion of the bulb before I got nervous about the green bits that threatened to detach themselves and take up lodging in her throat.  

Wonder Daddy brought home a HUGE tub of California strawberries when I sent him to the store for eggs- Ernie was over the moon.  She simple adores strawberries- I think she ate 10 in this particular sitting.  She's properly kitted herself out, too- doesn't she look proper, sitting on the deck in her party clothes, little red chair, small tub of berries... she's so funny :)  

I don't have a picture of this, but she's eaten all but one of our 6 farmer's market apples.  They're small Fujis- she picks one out, rummages in the tupperware drawer till she finds a container with a lid that suits her, and takes her "lunch" outside.  She'll come back for seconds or thirds, too.  I drew the line at taking multiple apples at one time for her "friends."  Her friends are getting quite numerous- we can't drive away until she crawled around the back seat buckling them all in: Maren, Isabella, Boy, Nathan, Bolt, BBJ....and then we have to UNBUCKLE them when we arrive, and she shoos them toward wherever we're going.    

Spring Has Arrived

Today was a beautiful 75 degree Spring day. Doesn't get much better than that! We spent the morning at the park and the evening in the yard (followed by a bath for everyone!)

And can I just say that HOORAY, tax season is over! (At least for individuals...) It was so much fun having Wonder Daddy walk in the door at 4:45, instead of 7:00 or 8:00. He tries to get an early start to work, so he can be home in the afternoons and we're so grateful!

(As always, check out more pictures from today on our Flickr page. Let me know if you don't have the address.)

A Day with the Chickens

The girls and I went to visit my good friend before her rapidly-approaching move to Northern Nowhere, Alaska. We had such a fabulous morning, visiting with her chickens, rabbits, ducks, and fish. We even had a proper tea party, with impossibly tiny cups for Ernie, and hats all around.


Mamie and Ernie show off their finery in the garden


Ernie feeds lemon mint to the girls


Myrnie and Mimi

Ernie sitting down at her tiny tea table, for a tea party of cookies, peach juice, chocolates, more cookies... "All right! Let's have tea party!"

Ernie got to HOLD a chicken. She was a little concerned.
She was pretty excited about the egg she collected from the coop. Not excited enough to EAT it, once we got home, but excited to carry around "her" egg.


Thanks, Mamie, for a wonderful morning the girls won't soon forget! We'll miss you.

PS- Mamie will be living close to Santa Claus. So we now have an "in." Serious, she can hand-deliver any messages you might have for the big guy. Just sayin'.

Did Somebody say "Go!"?

Run, Mommy, Run....

It's not crawling and it's not really an army crawl. Very free-form and organic...I think Mimi's motto in life is going to be "Get 'er doooone!" (And where is that from? Someone please tell me if I'm referencing a joke that ought not to be referenced on a family blog...wouldn't be the first time!)

I do believe we'll have serious issues when Mimi grows up...she'll have all the ideas, and Ernie will have all the height and strength. Up until now, Ernie has been blissfully free of "ideas." You know, of the destructive kind. (Because she has plenty of other ideas.)

She's Very Impressed

We had a wonderful Easter Egg Hunt/Race/Slip n' Slide (it was muddy) this morning with children from the ward. Ernie LOVED it, and Wonder Daddy was fairly impressed at her method: rather than following the herd straight down the center of the field, she took the left flank before anyone else, and cleaned up. My goodness, the child picked up a lot of eggs! Following the hunt we drove Daddy to work, and stopped in for a few minutes. There were EGGS everywhere! They have a wonderful woman who runs the office/keeps morale up (seems like everyone has at least 2 or 3 rubber duckies, in various costumes, in their cubes...all prizes from one or another of her games.) She had hidden eggs all over the office, and Wonder Daddy's co-workers were only too happy to grab Ernie's hand to lead her to eggs they'd spied earlier. I hope no other children came through after us, because I do believe she found them all...

At any rate, she was very, VERY impressed with all the eggs and couldn't possibly get ready for her nap until she'd done her part in our own house.


I have a feeling this game will take up a good portion of our afternoon...

Laughing

Man, how did I miss posting this gem? Mimi fully appreciates Wonder Daddy's many musical abilities...

Noah was a Pwothet Too

Poor Noah might never make it to dry land, but he's got the "two by two" aminals!  

For the record, this is the first time I've ever heard her tell this story, although she spent a good portion of the afternoon hammering and sawing on the wall to build her "ark."  

It's amazing (and a little frightening) what a good memory she has, and how quick she can parrot back what you've said, word for word!  Makes me wish I hadn't said a few things (for example "You're not listening to me!"  Yeah, I hear that one a lot.)  

Jonah was a pwothet

This has got to be her all-time favorite scripture story.  The story by which all other scripture stories are judged.  (Me: "Moroni was a prophet."  Ernie: "Just like Jonah!")  

And please ignore the multiple flashings.  When she's thinking this hard, hands have just got to MOVE!  

PS- Yes, we also learned about Samuel the Lamanite tonight.  Why else would Jonah be up on that wall yelling "Evwybody!  Evwybody!  WEPENT!"  

Matchy Matchy!

The girls received an Easter package from Nana and Grandpa last week- look! Matching dresses! They girls got so many compliments at church- thanks Nana!




Errrr....I think this is their "evil" faces.


Wonder Daddy was a nervous wreck, with our 3-year-old holding our 6-month-old at the top of the stairs... but they did good!


We called Nana to say thanks- here's Ernie in her dress, feeding (Nana) jelly beans to her (Nana) stuffed toy. (Ernie can't decide if it's a duck or a bunny.)

Musical Genius

She might be headed for greatness. I'm thinking tuba.

Another One Bites the Dust, Hey Hey!

Audit section, you've been OWNED.

We are one test section away from being done. Can I get a woot?

Way to go, Wonder Daddy- you're awesome!

We Have Liftoff...

If she's not crawling by the end of the month, I'll be VERY surprised.

How'd She Do That?

It's been said children are very expressive...especially the mouth part. It's so true, especially with Mimi. She has the best facial expressions of any baby I know.


1) I have NO IDEA how she did it. I found her this way after her nap.
2) Check out the face. Tears: She'd been crying Smiles: Hi Mom! Smirk: Look what I did!

And that's not all Mimi can do. I don't have a picture but yesterday, 1 day after her six month birthday, she got up on her hands and knees, multiple times. She even tried to crawl, but could only get the party goin' with the legs...and the arms never joined in. Luckily, she's short enough where she can shake off a few face plants into the carpet.

We are seriously looking at a 6-month-old getting ready to crawl. Should I be scared?

Oh and 3) CHECK OUT that triple chin. Mmmm mmmm good!