It's Just What I Do

So this sitting in a chair business just isn't for me. I relax upside down in my chairs, sit on the table (which leads to Daddy's least favorite thing -- me standing on the table), and putting a foot right on my placemat while I eat. Grandma G says Mom taught me that, but who knows?!? I may have figured it out on my own. It's just how I am.
Anyway, Daddy was making Friday night pizza at Boppa & Grandma's house while I watched Peter Pan. Mom thought I was so cute she took some pictures. I pretty much ignored her. Now that I'm two, I only act for the camera when I want to.
Notice the pink outfit I picked out myself. And the pink and purple Abby Cadabby hairstyle. I found the yarn earlier in the day and had Mom fix me up. I haven't worn my Abby hair since Halloween, but I still love it!
When my hair was done, I took the rest of the purple yarn and ran around singing "Let's Go Fly a Kite" as I wrapped yarn through furniture and things all over the house. It was like a giant spider web. If I could spell better, I'd have written SOME PIG in there somewhere. Yep, I'm also a huge Charlotte's Web fan.

Ummm...Aunt Sherry...

Mom thinks you need to teach me a thing or two before my little sister comes along. This is how I like to put the baby in her crib...

I Love to Laugh...

...as one of Daddy's favorite Mary Poppins songs goes. I'm a huge fan of that movie, and when we're not watching it, we're singing the songs. Anyway, I love to laugh as well. Sometimes I just like to smile though. With a nice, big toasty smile...

Yep. I'm crazy and it shows. Mom says I get it from Daddy, but Daddy says it comes from her. Of course, Mom also says I get it from Boppa. I guess I'm surrounded by fun, goofy people, and I want to be just like them all.

Oh, and I kept my toast smile until after I studied how it looked in the pictures Mom was taking. I hope I never get too old to do a little playing with my food!

Do You Think I Need a Shave?

Where'd the Puddles Go, Dad?

I had my puddle boots on, and was all ready to go outside to splash around...but our puddles were gone! We went to Boppa and Grandma G's house, but they didn't really have any there either. I spotted some at the bottom of this big hill, but Daddy didn't think it was a good idea to head down there. Oh well, I always love to wear my new boots, even if I can't get them wet!

You Said I Needed Boots On

I wanted to go outside to see Shadow, or maybe just hang out in the melting slop. Mom said I couldn't go out without boots. I put on the first two I found, headed to the door. Then Mom stopped me again to tell me I needed a coat too. Jeez, she's bossy sometimes! Though after she put away the camera, she did help me find my other boots...and fix my backwards feet.

Congratulations, Pat & Lisa!

While you guys were off in Jamaica getting married, Kiana and I had lots of fun together as usual. Here we are watching Mary Poppins while Kiana drools over my snacks!

I sang "medicine go down, medicine go down-own!" every time Mom gave her a pill, I helped feed her, made sure she went outside when she needed to, and made sure she didn't stay out too long. We had lots of fun playing together. Did you know she can make a noise like an owl? I liked that. Just like Mom, I also call her "Monkey." My other nickname for her is "Pat's Kiana."

Every morning I ask, "where's Kiana" right after I wake up. Mom thinks I'll be sad tomorrow when she can't tell me that Kiana is in the living room, but that she's back at her own home.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our celebration started on Saturday afternoon when we went to the St. Patrick's Day parade after Daddy got home from work. Here I am, ready for the parade to start. I almost fell asleep, so Daddy took me out of my stroller. That was more fun.

There were puddles!

Here comes the parade, starting with the firetrucks...

Daddy helped me to see better. Apparently, people who show up late think they not only need to make a new front row, they also don't care about blocking the view of kids behind them. Good thing I have a tall Daddy!

The Gorillas were my favorite. I wanted them to come back and hang out with me, but they had to keep moving.

This guy had the coolest candy catcher ever! Mom says when I understand better about treats thrown at parades, Daddy might have to make us one of those.

Here's Grandma Mary on a float for the historic village. She didn't see us, but that's okay. I was splashing in puddles at the time, so I missed her too. We caught up with her after the parade.

Mom's favorite Italian place had her favorite float.

Hey, Boppa! Ever heard of this place?!?

Daddy didn't get home in time for us to get a tethered balloon ride, but the lower half of the balloon was on a float. It was far more exciting to watch them make fire in the sky. I'm a pyromaniac just like Grandma Gina, Aunt Dan, and Daddy (listed in order of their pyro tendencies)!

Bye-bye, Gorillas! Bye-bye, Lions! Bye-bye, Fire. Bye-bye, balloons! And several more bye-byes to the gorillas since I loved them so much.

For actual St. Patty's day, we enjoyed some corned beef and cabbage (Mom & I liked our carrots the best!). It's Daddy's tradition, and we invite available anyone who wants to come. Mom says the more the merrier so we have few leftovers. Aunt Karen can always be counted on to eat the corned beef and cabbage meal with us. This year we also had Grandma Gina, Grandma Mary, and Boppa (who missed his Muskie meeting to be here. I wonder, was it me or the Irish food that convinced him to show up?!?).

The Snow is Melting!

We're starting to lose our snow. Mom & Daddy are both pretty happy about that. So am I...I'm a big fan of splashing in puddles! Mom & Daddy even got me some special puddle boots you'll see on here soon.

For this last day of real snow play, Daddy took me outside while Mom was doing some cleaning. She saw us playing, and decided to get the camera. Apparently Daddy & I are beyond adorable, so Mom just couldn't resist!

We had some fun playing with my Little Mermaid ball. I've been telling Mommy right where it was under the snow, but she insisted it was in the garage. A little snow melted, and who was right? Me, of course. I'm smarter than my parents already!

When Daddy saw Mom watching us, he said we should throw snowballs at her. I prefer to just carry mine...or eat them. Don't worry, Mom told me to only eat the white snow!

Okay, so I decided to listen to Daddy and do some throwing too!

It's fun to climb up and down the piles of snow!

This puddle covers the bottom of our steps. Daddy cleaned all the water out, but it was puddled up again quickly. After just a warm day or two, it was all gone though.

Daddy & Mom say this was my last sled ride. That's fine with me...I want them to get my bike out so I can start riding that. Hopefully I fit on it this year!

Daniel's Birthday Party

After Daddy got home Friday night, I stayed over at Grandma & Boppa's. Then Mom & Daddy came back in the morning to get me so we could drive down to Daniel's. Mom & Daddy call it the Holiday Station tour because that's where we stopped every time I asked to go potty. It was pretty cool; I wore my "Girl Pants" (Pull Ups) the whole time. I even recognize the Holiday logo after that trip!
Sunday was Daniel's third birthday party. He had a Diego themed party, and this cool cake. I wanted to dig in the frosting with Daniel, but I guess you can only do that when you're the birthday person.
Here's the birthday boy after cake.
Jack (or Jackie as I call him lately) helped deliver and even open some of the presents.
Playing with one of the toys we gave him. I was excited since Mom wouldn't let me open it at home no matter how much fit pitching I did.
Me playing with CC, my third cousin. We both like to climb the stairs at Daniel's house. They're big, fun, carpeted ones!
Another third cousin, Kaylee, playing with Daniel and Daddy. I think Daddy wanted to hog the toys more than the kids! Who could blame him? Race cars are fun!
Sometimes I do crazy things just to amuse myself. Or act like Shadow and hang out under the table...
Just in case you missed my shirt. I am a head banger. Mom got this for me to wear on Daddy's birthday.
Mom calls this the face of tired. So what if I didn't take a nap yesterday, barely slept all night, and was a few hours beyond nap time today?!? I did have lots of fun celebrating with Daniel. It was really exciting to have my additional cousins around. Daniel got a taste of what this summer will be like with Me, Kaylee, CC, Nadine (CC's new little sister), Jessa (Kaylee's new little sister), plus our new little girl around. At least this time he had Jack there to slightly improve the boy-girl ratio!

When Daddy's Away...

...I do my very best to help Mom!
Daddy went on his annual North Shore snowmobiling trip with Boppa and Aunt Dan, so Mom and I had fun time together. Here I am helping her fold the laundry. Otherwise known as wearing Daddy's Spongebob boxers. Maybe I was missing him a little too much (and couldn't wait the few hours until he got home) or maybe I just really like Spongebob. Anyway, I wore them all afternoon, even over to Grandma G's house for dinner. In fact, I wore them until just after seeing Daddy. It was so nice to see him come home. Aunt Dan was turning the trailer around (with obstacles like the Buggy and Boppa's Big Blue Truck in the way), so Daddy came running in the house to see Mom an me. I shrieked , "DADDY!" when I saw him, and gave him the longest hug EVER. I held in how much I was missing him while he was gone, but at that moment, everyone could tell just how much I love my daddy!

Daniel is THREE!

For the last month, Daniel and I have been the same age. Today is his birthday, so now he gets to spend the next 11 months being 3 on his own!
Happy, happy birthday to you, cousin...