The Spiderweb!

The park at my house has this cool spiderweb climbing structure.  Up until NOW, I have climbed around the first tier but never ventured above that level.  Recently, Momma and I went to the park and I looked at that spiderweb and told Momma I was going to climb to the TOP!  And you know what?  I DID IT!

 You have to really concentrate and plan your moves in order to get all the way to the top.

 Here we go!

 I found that sometimes it was easier to go through some of the holes to get to other places.  Momma said she could almost see my gears spinning, thinking about how to accomplish my goal.

 Fun!

 Let's take a break and plan the rest of the journey...

 Look at me!  I am almost there!

 Ta-da!  I did it!

I was so happy, I made a silly face!

You  never know just what you can accomplish until you try!

In the Bluebonnets - part 2

Momma decided to get in on the bluebonnet fun!  We laid down in them!  

They were a nice bed!

 It is kind of funny to lay in bluebonnets!  

They were everywhere!

 Snuggle time!

Oh, boy!  Here comes Charlie to get in on some Momma snuggles!

 Charlie really enjoyed the bluebonnets!

 He rolled all around in them, he ate them, he tumbled through them...

 Our sweet boy!

I had a great time in the bluebonnets!

 I picked a bouquet to bring home with us.

This used to be against the law but it isn't anymore.  

I am glad because I love flowers and they looked beautiful on our table!

Here they are!

In the Bluebonnets - part 1

On St. Patrick's Day, we went and played in the bluebonnets!  The wildflowers are in full bloom and they are just beautiful!  We took so many pictures, we will have to divide them into different posts. 

To start off the posts, here are all us "kids" in the bluebonnets!

It was a perfect bluebonnet day!

 I had to give my Lucy a big hug.  She's my big sister.

Smooches to Lucy!

So for this first post, let's just have some girl time....

Some Lucy and Elyse-y time...

 Silly girls!

 Do you see Lucy's happy smile!  She is a diva!

 I love her.  

Happy girls in the bluebonnets!

As I was saying...

Me:  "I have blond hair."
Momma:  "Yes, you sure do!"
Me:  "And Momma has red hair."
Daddy:  "Yes, she does.  What color is Daddy's hair?
Me:  "Grey."
This didn't make Daddy very happy.

The other day we drove downtown and passed the Federal Courthouse.
Momma:   "I used to go to that building a lot when I worked, before you were born."
Me:  "It looks like a bathroom."
Momma cracked up laughing. 
Momma:  "Well, you know, that is true.  It is like a bathroom in many ways!"

While I was playing in my room with Charlie:
Me:  Baby Jesus, you may not bite! 
Momma peeked her head into my room.  "What??"
Me:  "I am Mary and Charlie is Baby Jesus and he is biting."
Momma:  "Hmmm.  Ok."
Charlie is often Baby Jesus in our house.  Now that we have gone to the livestock show, he is sometimes a baby cow, too.  He doesn't mind.

When driving down Allen Parkway on a clear sunny day:
Me:  "This is the road we take to the doctor."
Momma:  "It is?"
Me:  "Yeah, it is how we go to Logan's doctor."
Momma:  "You know, you are right!  This is one of the ways we go to the vet.  We go to the same doctor for Charlie and for Lucy!"
Me:  "A long time ago, when I was really little, Logan was really big, and he went to the doctor a lot."
Momma got teary eyed. 
This actually happens a lot because every time we have clouds in the sky, I look up and ask Momma which cloud she thinks Logan might be in that day.  If it is a rainy day, we discuss where he might have gone, because he did not like rain.  But on pretty puffy cloudy days, I like to look around and find the biggest puffiest cloud and that is the cloud I think Logan is in, watching us from Heaven.

Strawberry Picking

Momma and I went to pick strawberries!  You may remember that I did this last year, too.
 Here is last year!

In fact, I even decided to wear the same shirt this year!

You know how I've been telling you that it has rained a lot lately?

Well, we had a real adventure set out for us in the strawberry fields.

It was MUDDY!  Thank goodness for rain boots!

 This is so fun!

 Look at this juicy strawberry!

 You have to look carefully to find the best strawberries.

 Ah ha!  How about this one?

 Yep, that one's a keeper!

 I like to make sure there are no extraneous stems on my strawberries.

 Let's go find more!

 Phew.  It can be hard work!

 It is such fun!

 After a while, the bucket gets heavy, but I am strong so I could still carry it!

 Remember when I mentioned the mud?

It was SERIOUS.

There were times we had to use our big muscles to get our feet out when they got stuck!

 Hmmm.  Maybe I should straddle-walk over this big puddle...

 What an adventure!

 We sure picked some delicious strawberries!

 Look,  I'm a strawberry!

A strawberry making funny faces!

We got so muddy, we had to drive home with no shoes on, and I had no pants!  I had fallen and had a muddy bum, so I rode home in my panties!  It was silly! 

It was so great to pick strawberries!  We picked two buckets full, and then when we got home Momma made homemade strawberry pie.  It was delicious!  She added some balsamic vinegar to the glaze and it was scrumptious.  I highly recommend doing that next time you decide to make a strawberry pie.  I love pie.  I told Momma and Daddy that the pie was delicious and the homemade crust was my favorite part!  Momma and Daddy said they knew I was their kiddo.  Were they confused before?

Elsie the Cow

You may not realize, but I have a serious love for Elsie the Cow.  I met her last year at Jiggle Jam and I love her.  I have a baby Elsie that I often sleep with in my bed.

Here I am last May, meeting Elsie the Cow for the first time.

See my baby Elsie?

So just imagine my complete joy when I saw the REAL Elsie the Cow at the Livestock Show!  Oh, words do not even express my happiness and delight!  

 I AM PETTING THE REAL LIVE ELSIE!!

 DO YOU SEE?  ISN'T SHE AMAZING??

 Did you know Elsie has a baby named Beauregard?  

Here are Momma and I under the Elsie sign.

Bliss.

Not only did they have Elsie the Cow at the Livestock show, they even had Elsie milk there (aka Borden).  I think Elsie milk is the very best.  Momma got me a chocolate milk!  It was a special day!

I love Elsie the Cow.

We went to the Rodeo!

 Well, really we went to the Livestock Show at the Rodeo.  We didn't actually see any rodeo events.  I like the livestock part better!

 

First we went to the "Farmers Market" and talked about the fruits and vegetables that we liked best.  Then I went through a "lunch line" and got this paper that looks like a cafeteria tray and had to put stickers of different foods in the proper food group place.  For example, milk went in the dairy square!  Fun!

 Here I am with Miss Moo!

 I saw little baby chicks break out of their shells!  That looks like a lot of work!

 There are some baby chickies!

 And I pet some fuzzy bunnies!

 They are SO SOFT!

 I went on a pony ride!

Giddy-up!

You will note the rain boots again.  Will it ever stop raining?

And I pet this nice girl's cow, Daisy!

I really like petting the animals.  I pet lots of cows!

(now, at home, I tell Charlie he is my baby cow!)

I am sitting on a cow!  

I had great fun at the Livestock Show.  It POURED outside but we wore our boots and rain jackets and we were ready.

Did I mention that we took the TRAIN to the Livestock Show?

We did!

So fun.