Lil Chef Helper

OK, so I have created a monster! I don't have a stool yet for Mailee to stand on where she can see what I am doing on the counter and she is getting too old to want to stay in her highchair (the place lovingly referred to as "food jail")So, I put her sitting on the counter to help me make chocolate chip cookies. She loved the place of honor (of course!) and now we argue a couple times a day because she thinks that is where she belongs.

Oh well, she looked cute and was a pretty good helper, pouring things etc. It also gave me a reason to get the cleansers and clutter off the kitchen counter. (Yes, I did realize after snapping pics that my darling was posing in front of bleach and carpet cleanser- Now in the Laundry Room!)

Now I just have to get that stool for my Lil Chef!!!

The Teacher in me...

OK, so the teacher in me really thought that Mailee was ready for magnetic letters. I didn't expect her to be making words or anything, I am not THAT off-base, but I thought she's like to move them around...


HOWEVER... The Mom in me did not enjoy playing 26+ letter pick-up a few times. Fun game! But these letters will be making another refrigerator debut in a few months!!!

Christmas in July!

Our church celebrated Christmas in July, complete with a "snow storm" in the parking lot. Nothing like a snowball fight in the summer! And, yes, that is a Christmas Cookie in Mini Miss' hand. That was her favorite part. It was a huge gingerbread man. She was working on it for about 45 minutes and it never left her hand, even when Cousins Laney and DB were having a snowball fight around her! (I love the shot of Laney getting tagged in the back with a snowball!)
Seriously though, it was a nice opportunity to reflect on the birth of Jesus without the hectic mess of the "Christmas Season."

Merry Christmas!!!

Hermosa Beach Family Vacation!

Hermosa 2008- Family Vacation

We had so much fun!!!