Circle the Wagon

K. took one of her babies on a wagon ride today at Grandma and Grandpa L's house.

But she always takes time to stop and smell the flowers.

Fashionista

After waking up from her nap today, she spent some time getting fancied up in her room and emerged with her headband, necklaces, and bracelets. I guess it's time for the mother-daughter chat about editing your accessorizing. And here's a random picture from Sunday.

Creative Cup Holder

K. discovered a convenient holder for her sippy cup while riding Neigh:

Pleasant Cousin Time

While visiting the grandparents, K. able to spend some time playing with her cousin. They played PlayDoh (which she's not really done before): 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.

A Pleasant Boat Ride

K. enjoyed the fresh air on the boat this past Memorial Day weekend.

And she had an especially good time driving the boat with Grandpa.

This is what K. would look like if she were able to Kiyak. It's actually sitting on the front of the pontoon at the moment, but you can imagine that she's in the water, ready to paddle.

Outdoor Fun

One of K's favorite places to go is "side" (outside) and she'll stand at the back door and ask until we go out. She loves to play with her sand table, and the other day she pulled this chair over to it--from the other side of the patio! Maybe she was just loafing under the umbrella? I'm not sure. When I turned to take her picture, she gave me this huge grin. After that, she took her buckets and picked some of the grass. I'm thankful she gets to have a yard to play and explore in.

And as I sit here typing this, K. is playing with one of her dolls ("baby"). She's picking baby up, saying "night," giving her a kiss, and laying her in her car seat to sleep. She's done this a couple of times in a row now. So sweet!

Cousin Time

In celebration of Dad's upcoming birthday, Grandma and Grandpa A. along with cousin W. came down for lunch. K. and W. played "together" for a while (she's nine months older than he is).

At one point, W. lost a sock so we gave it to K. and asked her to put it on W. She made a pretty good attempt at it! Hopefully she'll be quite adept at this by the time she's a big sister. Did you, gentle reader, know that that will take place in early November? I don't think that I have any readers who don't also keep up with me 1. on Facebook or 2. in real life, but if you're 3. neither of the above, guess what? I'm going to have another kid!

Go Get Yourself Some

What can I say? She wears them by choice.

This Little Piggy

Just a couple of cute K. photos taken after playgroup:

She can actually clip the top clip on her car seat harness (but is a while away from being strong enough to unclip it).

Oh Mister Sandman

K. has a new toy that she can play with "side" (outside). She has played with a sand table at a friend's house and at the museum, so I knew she would probably like it. So does she like it? I'll let you be the judge, but suffice it to say that she played with it for an entire hour this afternoon!

With Friends

This past week, one of my dear friends from college and her two boys came to stay with us while her hubby was in town working for the week. It was a delight to spend some quality time with her, and K. actually had a really good time having two brothers for the week. You, gentle reader, might remember that we visited them this past fall. K. also learned some tricks from A. when she was younger.

On Wednesday, we met up with another good friend from college (and her former roommate, aka "Roommate,") and her daughters at the Children's Museum. Here's the entire crew, tired at the end of the day and ready for naps. From left to right: E. (6 months), A. (just over 2), E. (turns 2 this month), H. (9 weeks or so), and K. (21 months). Two brothers, two sisters, and my little one.

So A. and her boys were here all week, but I pretty much only got museum pictures. S. and her girls came over Thursday also, and there is no photographic evidence of that either. We did have a great time, though!

K. and A. in the racecar.
K. and E. in the car while A. hurries to leave (too many girls, I guess).
Apparently my daughter is part cat.

Riding on a foam cow. The first time she met that cow, she was just pulling up and not even walking without assistance.

All three of the older kiddos (the ones who can stand independently) playing at the water table.

Brushing the teeth of a dinosaur and learning about good hygiene.
Putting rocks in a wheelbarrow at the museum. She and her two friends (the older ones, not the babies) spent a lot of time playing in this area.

I see yardwork in someone's future...

It's hard to tell from the photo, but K. is staring at some "fsh" (fish) in this photo. She was intrigued and were it not for the lure of lunch, may have stayed there for a while.

We had so much fun with my (and now K's) friends. It was so great to have them over and hope to do it again in the summer!

Just Miscellaneous

Peek-a-whatever

Where is K? "Peek-a-boo!"
"Wait, you knew I was there all along?"

"Fine, then. Whatever."

P.S. What does K. keep in her purse? Toy cars.

Pretty Sunday

Some cute K. photos taken after church this past Sunday:

Hours of Amusement

Step 1: find empty wipes container and one wipe. Push button to open lid. Step 2: Put wipe inside box.
Step 3: Close lid.

Step 4: Open box.

Step 5: Retrieve wipe from inside box.

Step 6: Repeat, and enjoy!