Pictured here with a fan:
And relaxing after the big race:
K. actually got this bunny for easter, and was afraid of it for a little while. As with most animatronic items, though, she warmed up to it. This is what she did for most of the morning, in a loop. I stopped taping when she grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the dance floor.
I think she's actually trying to jump now--she has the idea of the motion. If I hold her hands, she can actually get air. She's pretty close if I don't.
At VBS, K. also learned "Ring Around the Rosie," which was new to her. She learned it quickly and will either do it holding hands with someone, or completely alone as long as someone sings the song for her. Here she performs the dance with bunny (Nunny).
She did warm up and join in the activities (here she's still playing with a shaker from music time), and she's sitting next to her friend B. who has appeared before on this blog. They both turn 2 at the beginning of next month.
But what really got her to focus? What did she do for the first time ever? (Notice her concentration--and the lip!)
Painting!
And the really good pictures in this post were taken by my friend K.W., who is an actual photographer. Yea!
When you take a group of two-year-olds outside to play, you've got to have a way to keep them together. K. figured out how to hold on to the rope quickly--I think all of her practice walking the dogs has come in handy!
K. chilling after being outside:
"What in the world? We have to go inside already? I'm not done with my sandcastle yet!"
"Why am I so happy? I've gotten to spend the last few days with Grandma and Grandpa L., and even got to see Aunt J for a day! They are so much fun and play with me all the time. Life is good! Yeah, Mom left me to go to a conference, but I managed to bounce back. In fact, she's the one who took this picture, so there are no hard feelings. She had fun; I had fun; we all win."
And here's a random picture from Sunday.
And drove around in the Jeep. She had been in it once before, when she was nearly one year old, but this is the first time she really rode in it.
She still doesn't drive it--we won't show her how until she has at least a little concept of steering.
And she had an especially good time driving the boat with Grandpa.
