Around the House

Alyssa and I have been able to keep my friend Laura's baby, Jack a few times on Friday mornings. Alyssa looks forward to these visits in a big way! She talks about it for days before (if we tell her he is coming) and for days after.

Recently, she has been carrying the Cabbage Patch doll that Betty gave her for her birthday last year... she's been spending lots of time pushing her around in the stroller and dressing and undressing her. As of this weekend she has given the doll a name... Baby Gack (that's how she pronounces his name)!

The doll wears pink and purple, but Mike says it looks more like a boy anyway because of the hair.

She just can't get enough of Baby Jack!

I found some more pics on my camera... a messy girl who had just enjoyed licking some chocolate-y beaters,  her first skinned knees, matching Mommy and Baby aprons, and unloading the dishwasher. Remember I told you how much she likes to help with housework?



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Easter Weekend… so lovely!

We had such a great Easter weekend... lots of extra playtime at the park (I still can't get used to the idea of having Mike home on holidays... a 3- day weekend is such a treat!) in the pretty weather, shopping, church, lunch, playing cards and hanging with the family. We really enjoyed watching Alyssa hunting for eggs and entertaining everyone with her new vocabulary. Now, if you say it, she will repeat it. We had a blast getting her to say things that sound so much cuter in her squeaky, nearly two- year- old voice!

My parents (aka, the Easta Bunny!) got Alyssa a huge pile of goodies... new books and toys AND great new gardening tools so she can help Poppie in the garden. She love raking the carpet and carrying her tools around the house. The funniest part of the whole thing was that she liked to ride around in her basket (it was a wheeled gardening bucket) while being pushed by Alli... wait'll you see the pics!

Another fun situation involved Ashleigh's dog. Alyssa is generally interested in dogs, but we have found that she gets nervous when they come up close. Most of the dogs that live around us are bigger than her, and many of them are lickers (she doesn't like to be licked... she says "eeew, gwoss!"), so she doesn't really like to get too close. Ashleigh brought her dog Leah, to my parents' for Easter, though, and we saw a huge change in Alyssa by the middle of the afternoon! At first, she was nervous and shy, mostly running away from Leah. Later in the day, though, she was chasing the dog and calling "EE-ah" (in true toddler fashion, this was playing like a broken record by the end of the day!) She and Mike even took Leah out for a walk, by the end of which, Alyssa was holding the leash! She gave the poor puppy the workout of her life, and Leah was running away from Alyssa by the time we left! Unfortunately, we were all too preoccupied with watching it happen and playing the family- favorite game of Shanghai Rummy (I got the high score of the day, and the object of the game is to have the lowest... go me!) to remember to get any pictures. Sorry... just let your imagination run. Very funny!

I hope you all had a peaceful, wonderful weekend as well!

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