oh atlanta, i hear you callin', i'm comin' back to you one fine day...

this weekend we went to atlanta to visit our friends, the landers. we went to the georgia aquarium on saturday. i LOVED the fish & i got to see many different varieties. back at the house, i enjoyed playing with savannah (5) & megan (3). they were very patient with me & showed me good examples of sharing. we can't wait to go back!

dressing the duckies...

one of my favorite toys is this magnet doll and magnet clothes that stick to her. but tonight i decided that my duckies should wear the magnet clothes. it's kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but i think you'll get the idea of what i was doing...

it's a beautiful day...

i love this springtime weather! when we got home this afternoon, i did chalk drawings in the driveway. (note: i held onto squeezy-star & pink flower, even as i was drawing!) i also went to the neighbor's yard to admire her azaleas.

a lesson in geography...

can you name & locate all 50 states? well, i am working on achieving that goal. a few months ago, we discovered my aptitude for geography when i fell in love with a small globe at grammy & pappy's house. at that time, i learned the names & locations of several continents. since then, i have received a couple of puzzle-maps of the United States of America. i love looking at all the states & taking them out & putting them back in. i promise -- mommy & daddy don't force me to study!! i truly enjoy this!

i'm back...

sorry for the blog-less-ness over the last few days. we have been pretty busy with mommy & daddy's work & my school. hopefully mommy can take some more pictures today. but you can see, my wednesday is off to a GREAT start! :o)

this is how i go to sleep...

some kids sleep with a stuffed animal, but i sleep with a school bus!! you know i am all about the bus right now & i MUST bring it to bed with me. but amazingly, for the last three nights, i have gone to sleep by myself -- no singing from mommy or daddy & they aren't even in my room! i just "play" myself to sleep.

a very busy thursday...

i started off my thursday by going to school. when i was finished with school, i went to grammy & pappy's house. the weather was so beautiful, so i got to play outside for a few minutes. you can see here that i enjoyed the flowers & birds.











after i woke up from my nap, mommy & i met some friends at the mall. we got to ride the train, play at the lego store & ride the merry-go-round. (sorry there are not better pics of the train, but loading & unloading were pretty quick & hectic.) **but just LOOK at ALL those legos!!** and it's been a few months since i rode a merry-go-round, and i think i experienced a sensory overload! i was enthralled by the horses when i admired them from afar, but i was scared when it was time to actually SIT on one! mommy rode with me & by the end of the ride, i was fine.















so here i am on the ride home -- i was SOOO tired! we had to sit in a little bit of traffic, but i was pretty zoned-out. as long as i have this school bus, things are alright!! (in fact, i even had to take the school bus with me to me class this morning!) at bedtime, i did not give mommy any trouble & i even went to sleep in my room, by myself, without mommy being in the room with me! that makes TWO nights in a row! hooray!!!

thanks for the new threads...

with the change in seasons, i am finding that i need some new clothes. but my family keeps me pretty stocked in this area, so there's really no need to worry. aunt lorna & uncle gene gave me this shirt from the nashville children's theatre, which is where she works. and grammy & pappy gave me this pretty princess pajama gown. and uncle kyle & aunt trudy gave me the alligator pajamas. sorry these pictures are not of better quality, but you know i just can't stop moving for very long at all.

having a ball...

we have moved my ball bath & slide into mommy & daddy's room so that it can stay inflated all the time. i think it is really funny when i get a static-head from playing in the balls. it is so fun!

a bus and a flower...

this is how i spent much of my thursday afternoon... singing about a bus & playing with a flower. i've had the purple flower for quite some time, but i took a new liking to it today. the bus, however, is new -- well, at least it's new to ME. mommy got it at a consignment sale this morning. "the wheels on the bus" is one of my favorite songs. if you go to my favorite videos on the sidebar, you can watch the gigglebellies version, which i LOVE.

randomnicity...

here are some pics from the past month that didn't fit into any other post...

more family blessings...

on sunday my uncle gene & aunt lorna from nashville came to visit us. i performed several songs & dances for them. i also painted some pictures and lorna & i played with my play-doh. and as on many special occasions, i got to eat CAKE!! we had SO much fun!!

christmas in march...

my uncle kyle was stationed in afghanistan until january. now that he is visting us, we are able to celebrate christmas with him & his family! grammy & pappy have left up all their decorations & we even had a christmas dinner. you can celebrate christmas all-year-round ALL of the time anyway!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!