National Blueberry Pancake Day

Thursday, 1-28-10

Apparently, today is National Blueberry Pancake Day. Who knew that there was such a day? So, of course, we had to celebrate and recognize this wonderful day by having blueberry pancakes for dinner!! There's nothing better than having breakfast for dinner! Amy was especially excited since I think breakfast is her favorite meal of the day! Yum!

A Pre-Lunch Night-Night with Daddy

Wednesday, 1-27-10

One of the reasons I started this blog was to document the little things that happen in our everyday life that I'm afraid that I will forget over time. Today, one of those little things happened. Kurt came home for lunch which is always a treat for Amy. Amy loves when Daddy comes home to have lunch with her and she gets so excited that she'll wait by the door for him to come inside! This morning, Amy found some of her blankets in the laundry room and promptly brought them out to the kitchen/family room. From time to time, she would lay down on them and say "night night" as if she was going to sleep (it should be noted that Amy has gotten up extremely early the last two mornings - we're thinking her teeth are bothering her...again). Well, when Kurt arrived home for lunch, she grabbed him by the finger and led him to the blankets. She told him, "Daddy, night night." When Daddy didn't lie down the blankets right away, she grabbed him by the finger again and pulled him down on the blankets. So, Amy & Daddy went "night night" while Mommy fixed lunch...and snapped a few pictures of the precious scene!

The New Little Cook in the House

Sunday, 1-24-10

Amy received a kitchen for her birthday back at the beginning of December. We purposefully didn't assemble it until this past weekend because we wanted it to go in the basement once it was finished and there simply wasn't room anywhere else with all of the other stuff that we were "storing" until the basement was completed. However, this weekend, Kurt put the kitchen together and Amy couldn't be happier!! She has had so much enjoyment "cooking" and "eating" in her kitchen. She now constantly wants to go downstairs and "cook." Sometimes, if I'm not able to go down when she wants, she becomes frustrated and a little impatient!! However, generally she can tolerate waiting a few minutes. There are times where I like to believe that she understands my explanation of why we aren't able to go downstairs, but I'm sure I'm fooling myself!! It has been so fun watching Amy enjoy her kitchen so much. It is amazing to see her little imagination going as she plays in the kitchen. She even has used my exercise step as a "table" for her food...and for her to sit on! What a cutie!! Thanks Uncle Tim & Aunt Thuydung for an awesome birthday present for Amy!

As you can see, she was wearing her Colts jersey due to the Colts playing in the AFC Championship game yesterday. I think she is the cutest little Colts fan!! We're looking forward to having our Super Bowl party and cheering on the Colts to victory!! Go Colts!! :)

Morning at the Museum

Wednesday, 1-20-10

This morning, Amy & I visited the Children's Museum with good friends, Jen & Alecia. When I told Amy that we were going to the Children's Museum, she became so excited!! She remembered playing with the ducks in the water, which is her favorite thing to do there followed very closely with riding the "horsie" on the carousel. As a note, it is simply amazing how much Amy remembers...at times it is a little frightening for her mother who wants her to forget certain things. For example, before we left this morning, Amy saw me getting some of her favorite yogurt-covered raisins to take along with us. I meant for these to be used as a snack for the car ride home. However, come lunch time, Amy clearly remembered that I had brought some and didn't really care for my answer of "not right now." Apparently, I have to learn to be a little bit more sneaky about certain things! :)

Amy enjoyed playing with the different toys/exhibits at the Children's Museum. As mentioned, she loves playing with the "duckies" at the water exhibit. Today, she managed to not get her entire shirt sleeves completely soaked...just the cuffs! I love how curious Amy is and how she loves to explore the different areas of the museum. It seems that she finds something new and exciting to do each time that we go. This time, she discovered the life size doll house, which occupied her attention for awhile.

By the time we were leaving, Amy was worn out from all her excitement. What a wonderful morning to spend with friends!!

Snow Fun?

Friday, 1-15-10

So, yesterday it finally warmed up enough for Amy & I to go out and play in the snow. Fortunately, we got so much snow last week that there was plenty of snow to play in despite the warmer temperatures that we have been having, i.e., warmer as in the 30's! So, after doing a few errands in the morning, I asked Amy if she wanted to go outside and play in the snow. She became so excited and wanted to go THEN!! I explained that we needed to put on a few more clothes and her new boots. So, I got her all bundled up - two pairs of pants, a shirt, a jacket, and then her winter coat. Gloves, boots, & hat on!!! She is ready to go!

She hasn't worn mittens all year and she wasn't quite sure about them. I think she also was wondering what exactly I had her dressed in!! But, she was ready to go play in the snow!

So, we go outside to our backyard. I open the door and we walk out into the snow. She looks down at the snow and then looks across the yard.

And that was about it for our playtime in the snow!! She wasn't interested at all in playing with the snow. I picked up some snow and threw it across the yard to show her that she could play in it, but she didn't like it. She didn't like the snow being in my hands - I wore gloves and in the past, she hasn't been too fond of stuff on my hands, whether it is sticky cookie dough or gloves. I asked if she wanted to play in the snow and she said no. She wanted to go back into the screened-in porch where her "summer toys" were. So, we went back into the porch and she played with these items for quite some time. She went down the slide a few times, but really enjoyed playing with her baby duckies!! At one point, I brought some snow from outside to put in her water table, but she didn't like that either. So, the snow stayed outside while we played in the porch. Luckily, the sun was out so the porch wasn't as chilly as outside and we were able to take our gloves/mittens off without our hands/fingers getting too chilly. So, I guess our first experience with sun wasn't exactly as I imagined it would be, but I'm sure she will "warm" up to the snow over time. Maybe she needs to go outside with Daddy next time who might be a little more adventurous than Mommy!! :)

New Snackin' Spot

Wednesday, 1-13-10

During the last week or so, Amy has been wanting to eat her snacks at the island in the kitchen. We have had some concerns with this location as Amy would have to sit on the bar stools that don't have a back to them. However, after much insistence on her part, we decided to give it a try. The first several times, Kurt or I were sitting right beside her and even had our hand on her back. However, Amy has done surprisingly well on the bar stools. Although she sometimes will twirl around, which gives me a heart attack, for the most part, she will sit there and eat her snack. She seems so proud of herself that she is able to eat at the island!! We also have discovered that Amy LOVES blueberry muffins! She helped make them this morning and then ate almost half of them throughout the day!!

Ms. Amy

Saturday, 1-9-10

On the way to church today, Amy had to wear her sunglasses and insisted on wearing her hat in the car as well. She was so happy wearing her accessories and munching on her snack of Honeycomb cereal!! She continues to bring a smie to my face on a daily basis!