a little more of this & that...

in these pictures, i am playing with more christmas presents. i got a magnet drawing board from santa & grammy & pappy gave me this set of letter-books. each book has 2 or 3 pages & is shaped like a letter. i like to pull out the letters & place them all over the floor.











i helped mommy take down the christmas ornaments. i loved this big bird ornament. the next pic is of me playing with my noah's ark animals. i like to organize them into their pairs.














aunt judy & uncle craig gave this little bird to me for christmas. when i feed the milk to the bird, he makes drinking sounds & sometimes he even burps! i am really enjoying feeding him and all of my other birds too. and i feed some of the baby dolls. the last picture is of me just hanging out on mommy & daddy's bed. i like to sit there & listen to my CDs & read books.

this & that...

here is a hodge-podge of what i did on wednesday night & on thursday morning. nothing special... just a few pictures.

fun with play-doh...

sorry i haven't posted in a while. i wanted my next post to be about christmas, but i am having trouble with the camera that we used during christmas. so... on to christmas toys! grandmommie gave me play-doh & this neat elmo shape-maker. i especially enjoy squeezing the play-doh into TinY little pieces, which eventually end up on the floor. mommy & i make all of the shapes, and we also use cookie cutters to make butterflies & teddy bears. and guess what -- i haven't even eaten any of the play-doh!

just hangin' out...

it's been a busy morning already for us... i have had my bath (as you can see from my wet hair in some pictures), colored a picture & now i am eating my banana breakfast. i am excited to be wearing my polka-dots shirt -- often as i am wearing polka-dots, i will say "hi, tolne-tots!" which means: hi, polka-dots! today i get to hang out with daddy while mommy goes to work.

one, two... two little ducks...

one of my sesame street videos sings about the number two. the video shows two little girls playing with various sets of items in a dollhouse. whenever i am holding two of something now, i will often sing the "two song." this morning i sang, "one, two... two little ducks." well, it may have sounded more like this: "un, do... do neee guck." sorry there's no video, but mommy is having technical difficulties.

i am a budding artiste...

on tuesday morning, mommy & i went grocery shopping at publix. the nice cashier gave us some crayons & a coloring book. when we got to grammy's house i colored for about 30 minutes straight! i kept going back to the same page to be sure that i had colored over all of the white spots. (that was on the picture of the octopus & bookworm.) today i did some more coloring here at my house. i am really beginning to hold the crayon like a big girl. i am posting several examples of my artwork.

a glimpse of some gifts...

here are a few more snippets from my Christmas morning. i finally got around to opening some gifts & i did enjoy the presents themselves.... BUT i really enjoyed picking apart the wrapping paper & popping the bubble wrap!

more merry Christmas...

here are a couple of pictures from this morning. i was so excited about the new toys, i could hardly eat my breakfast. in fact, i have not unwrapped a single gift yet because i am so busy playing with the things that santa left out for me. it's going to be an exciting day!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, WORLD!

my Christmas eve was a busy, busy day!! mommy and i started off the day with a little Christmas cooking... well, she cooked & i stole cookies!! mmmm! they were delicious, and i actually behaved very well when my cookies were all gone!















i played at our house for a bit while mommy got ready for us to go to grammy & pappy's house for Christmas eve. (daddy was at work today.)














i enjoyed playing in pappy's yard. he has candy canes all along his driveway & i counted them SevERaL times! conrad, the cat, and this little elf helped me with the counting too.











pappy had raked his leaves recently & so there were piles of leaves, just perfect for me to RUN through!!














then i played the piano for a little while. i have really started moving to the music when i play and i even "read" the music that grammy has on the music stand. and the next picture is of me, all dressed up for church.














these last pictures are of me with my musical friends who live on grammy's fireplace. i like to push their buttons & make them all sing at the same time. sometimes it can get pretty loud. i had a wonderful Christmas eve & i hope that your Christmas is wonderful too!!

random snippets from my thursday...

this morning i re-visited some old toys that i have not played with in a while. i got the corn popper for my first birthday, but i've always been a little scared of it. today i discovered that it is actually pretty fun. i also rode my horsie that daddy bought for me last summer during our trip to myrtle beach.














i stayed with grammy & pappy for a few hours this afternoon while mommy & daddy were working. i have seen pappy's lights from inside the house, but tonight i went outside to enjoy them up close. unfortunately, most of the pictures were blurry & i was so excited, i wouldn't stand still for many pictures. i saw the nativity, trees & candy canes. it was so exciting!!