Swinging

I really like swinging.  My Grammy and Grampy got me a swing out at their house now.  It sure is a lot of fun.  I have gotten lots of use out of it lately too.  Sometimes I cry on purpose so they will take me outside and put me in the swing.  Boy do I have them fooled!  Sometimes they swing with me.  It sure is funny seeing them swing too.  I like racing them to see who can swing faster.  I think I beat my Grampy the other day.  Hahahahahaha.  

Paint the Town

This weekend was Paint the Town in Morrison.  I went with my two cousins and we each got our very own square to paint!  I get to paint at daycare sometimes but this was way more fun because they just turned me loose!  Mom squirted paint and showed me how to use the paintbrush.  I think paintbrushes are way more difficult than just using my hands though.  I smeared paint everywhere!  Even all over myself.  The weird thing was my dad and my mom didn't even care!  They seemed happy that I was getting paint everywhere!  I was pretty excited.  My dad made a cool cubs design and wrote Grace #17 under it.  I have no idea what the 17 was for.  My name is Grace but what the heck does #17 mean?  Dad said something about some guy named Grace who used to play for the Cubs.  Whatever.  Grace is a GIRLS name...not a guys.  It was pretty hot outside and there wasn't much shade.  Once I was done painting it wanted to GO NOW!  Luckily my painted clothes dried pretty quick and we loaded up and went home.  I got a bath at Grandmas house.  They have way more toys in their tub than my mom and dad do in ours.  I wish I got to take baths there all the time.
Heres me....painting with my tush worked to!

Heres me again while I was creating my masterpiece.  I think I got paint up my nose.

I tried to smear my mom.  I think she needed more paint on her.

Hiding Spot

The dog turned me on to a pretty cool hiding spot.  She lays on the couch all the time and looks out the windows so I wondered why I couldn't do it too.  The couch has these really big cushions on the back and I fit perfect down behind them.  I bet if I ducked down my mom and dad wouldn't be able to find me.  I sure do like playing back there though.  Its a lot of fun.  Sometimes the dog will play with me but she is afraid of cameras.  I don't know why.  She is skittish about some weird things...like cameras and loud noises.  I see lots of people walk by on the side walk from my new hangout.  Sometimes I wave to them...sometimes I just get sticky handprints all over the windows.  

Bump on the Head

I was helping mom in the kitchen again today.  I have lots of fun cupboards mom lets me get in.  Now that I am almost walking I can open them myself and get out all the things I need - like macaroni strainers, mixing bowls, measuring cups...theres all kinds of stuff to play with!  I got a little crazy with this cupboard door and ended up bumping my head.  Good thing my mom and dad had soft mats down on our kitchen floor!  I still hurt my head a little bit and I sure was scared.  Its the first time I ever fell over!  Mom and Dad sure felt bad too.  They cuddled me a lot and gave me my favorite blankie.  I felt lots better after that.  

Kitchen Helper

My mom lets me help her in the kitchen now.  Its a lot of fun.  She gives me tools and lets me practice swinging spoons around.  I stole her cookbook today while she was making scotcheroos.  The look really yummy.  Its like a rice krispie treat with chocolate stuff on top.  I was pretty disappointed I didn't get to eat one.  She said they were too sticky for babies with only two teeth.  I think she just wanted to keep them all for herself.  I stole her cookbook to try to find a recipe for her to make that I could share too!

Watermelon Queen

I was so excited at lunch today!  Mom put a whole entire bowl of watermelon on my high chair.  I got to pick out a bunch of my own pieces.  I love watermelon.  Its SOOOOO good.  It was one of the first table foods I ever got to eat.  They call me the watermelon queen at daycare.  They told my mom I am always the first to finish and then try to get the other kids to give me their extra.  And here I thought they knew how to keep a secret.....

New Patio 2

I got to supervise my dad putting the final touches on the patio.  It was pretty fun watching him sweep sand around.  He told me it was special sand.  He swept it around and then sprayed it with water.  I was pretty disappointed I didn't get to play with it.  I did manage to escape and crawl around while some of the sand was still wet.  Mom seemed pretty concerned when I had it stuck to my legs.  It took a little longer in the bath tub to get it to soak off.  It was like I had cement stuck all over me.  I also got to thinking....everytime there was work being done on the patio dad seemed to be doing it....not mom......

New Patio

This week my mom and dad put in a new patio!  It sure is a lot better than our old patio - it had really big blocks and they were breaking all over.  Plus there were lots of ants and grass.  My mom said the ants bit her once.  YIKES!  I got to test it out once they were done.  Mom says it took them a long time because she had to do most of it.  Dad says shes full of it.  I wonder what it is?  I bet its sugar and spice and everything nice....just like me:)

BRRRRRR

Wow.  Yesterday it was 90 degrees.  Today its 61.  It sure was cold today on my way to daycare.  Dad even made me wear socks.  I sure do hate socks.  I try to pull them off whenever my parents aren't looking.  I don't think I'm really digging these long sleeves either.  It is really rainy today too.  Mom and Dad say fall is coming.  I think I prefer summer.