Our Day Set to Song

Over the river and through the woods

to Grandmother's house we go!

Sing. Sing a song. Sing out loud. Sing out strong. Sing of good things, not bad. Sing of happy, not sad.

This is the night we've waited for!

Always a treat we have in store!

We love each other more and more

with every Family Night!

I feel pretty. Oh so pretty. I feel pretty and whitty and gay.

And I pitty any girl who isn't me today ...

Spring Fever

... playing in the mustard flowers in the field across from our house ...

I am so ready for Spring!

Guess What Time It Is?

In all honesty, I think it's a little early to be potty training, but here we go!

Larkin has expressed a serious interest and I am taking my cues from her on this one ...

Bring it on!

I have stocked up on gloves(two boxes), ziplock bags (the gallon double zip variety), laundry detergent (a big ol' jug), paper towels (purchased at Costco), and plenty of big girl panties (like 20 pairs) to make it through

... the first ten minutes ...

if I'm lucky!

Breakfast of Champions

Love Looks Like Green Corduroy

I love this man. He loves this hat.

Together, the three of us make a cute couple, don't you think!?!

TwO tHrOuGh & ThRoUgH

larkin is two.

on her birthday we did all the things larkin loves to do.

we did sidewalk chalk, and bubbles, and played with shaving cream, and painted, and played in the texture table with water, and went for a walk.

larkin helped daddy make her birthday cake.

she got this beautiful apron from her aunty bren and wore it while she cooked it up in the kitchen.

this two-year-old loves cars and trains, but when it comes to bling, larkin is

aLL gIRL!

Here are some of larkin's big girl favs:

~ anything with buttons to push ~

~ talking on the phone (real or pretend) ~

~ trains ~

~ singing songs (she knows the words to lots of her favs) ~

~ writing ... with crayons, markers, chalk, pencils, highlighters ~

~ baby signing time ~

~ chapstick ~

~ craisins ~

~ her teacher llannie ~

~ washing her hands ~

~ stickers ~

~ playing with mom's jewelry ~

~ digging in the dirt at school ~

~ chocolate milk ~

It is fun to look back at where she was a year ago and see how much she has changed this year while still being the same amazing and quirky little girl!

Happy Birthday L!

"Sheep eat cookies"

One of my favorite first experiences in Rocklin was seeing the landscaping sheep.

This time of year you can find them all over town grooming meadows and green spaces.

Today they were out grooming the wetland down the street from out house.

We had to stop and check them out.

I asked Larkin: What do sheep say?

Larkin: baaa baaa

Me: That's right. What do the sheep eat?

Larkin: Sheep eat cookies.

Me: Cookies?

Larkin: Yeah. Cookies.