FFF

Maybe I can get just one more post in this week (man for being gone I've sure posted a lost - thank you blog scheduler thingy - awesome!)

FFF (again not a direct link since I'm not actually here, but it will take you to her blog) this week was pajama time, and since I'm actually trying to do all my posting on Sunday before we leave, I'm only gonna post one pic, but its a fun one from Christmas morning '07.

Me and my girl, opening presents

PS - Where did May go, did you realize that June comes on Sunday........talk about a month that FLEW by!!!

I'm Measuring Things!

Sometimes I like to just sit back and let Riley do things that never-in-a-million-years would I really want her doing. Not like dangerous things that could seriously hurt her, more like when I want to take a peek at how that little brain of hers works and just what exactly she's going to do.

Welcome exhibit A - note not really my house, an image I borrowed from Google

So we got a pack of toilet paper the other day (along with about 8 other bags of groceries it seems) and while I was putting things away I notice Riley pulls it off the counter and on to the floor. Which I was really pretty proud of since she's just over three feet tall and managed not to bash herself in the head in the process.

She goes on playing. After awhile I see her tear into the package and take out one roll. Hmm.....this is where I start watching because I know she's up to something, just not sure what.

Enter Exhibit B - and yep that's my toe that I didn't take the time to edit out of the bottom - sorry, at least its almost freshly painted :)

So at this point I'm intrigued and I ask "Whatcha doing" which is a line she loves from some show on the Disney Channel or Nick (I think it's called Phineas and Pherb if I remember right) adn she says she's "Measuring things" which she really loves to do - mini measuring tapes are a favorite toy of hers!!!

And I watch a little closer and sure enough she is measuring things, I'm just not sure what these things are because I think she's imagining them. You can see where she has the one side all straight and the mess on the side is where she's already used it to measure stuff.

Priceless fun (well really cheap fun) that kept Riley entertained for like 30 minutes - oh I love the sneak peaks we get into how are kids brains work!

Wordless Wednesday

I'm actually out of town on vacation (yeah!) so I'm hoping my great friend Jenelle will actually link up my Wordless Wednesday post for me (please please please and thank you). So since I'm doing it early, I can't really leave you links where to check out more entries directly, but here are a couple of sites, ok 3, that I usually link up to so check them out here, here and here but you might have to look around because that's really just a link to their main blog/page.

Loved that I clicked at just the right moment!!! And yes I failed to be wordless yet again :)

PB Bird Feeders

Riley loves to make stuff - anything really. I remember a book we had when I was little that was called something like "Recyled Treasures" or "Treasures from Trash" or something like one of those and it gave you ideas for egg cartons and old milk jugs and all these "great" things you could make. Now they weren't really treasures to any adult, but I do remember them being really fun to make............and that's what Riley thinks about pinecones, pb, and birdseed.

I was SOOO excited to catch some great pics of the process so here goes..............sidenote...........as a mom you don't think about things like what is in this birdseed and will it hurt my 2 1/2 year old if she eats it..........because if you did you would never make any crafts.

First - smear some PB on the pinecones, but be careful because they are "kinda pokey"

Next, you take a spoonful of PB for yourself, because pb is pretty good stuff!

Your mouth will be pretty full for a minute, because PB is kinda sticky stuff, especially if you didn't bring a drink outside.

Then you sprinkle on some birdseed, because that is really what the birds are after - not the pinecones or the PB.

Then you say "CHEESE" for your mama who tries really hard not to look at the birdseed mixed in with the peanut butter that is stuck on your face..........cause well I'm not sure what in birdseed, but when doing crafts you don't look at things like this as a mom.

Then you pose for a pic with your grandma - Grandma 'Lene (Arlene) was nice enough to let us invade her home without calling first and stopped working on her walkway just to help us out with these lovely birdfeeders...........and we made like 15 so we had lots of them to go around!!!

Favorite Foto Friday - Just One Pic

Yikes, our assignment this week was to pick only ONE photo - do they realize how hard this is........terribly, but I'm going to do my best, maybe that means I'll just have several different posts today to make up for it :) To check out other entries go here

Riley was helping Aunt Saray lick the candles from her birthday cake, Riley had never done or seen this before and she thought it was pretty fantastic!

Daddy's Coming Home Today!

Joey had to go to training this week and left Wednesday morning (which I know was only two days ago), but Riley and I are excited because he's coming home TODAY!!! Like driving back right now and will be home in only 1 hour (or so). We have had a couple of pretty busy days so thankfully we haven't been sitting at home crying for hours on end, but it will definitely be nice to have him back and we've missed him!!!

Riley was pretty cute as he packed on Tuesday night, I'm not sure if she was trying to sneak away with him or if she was just hiding really good - either way it made for some cute pics!

Can you tell Daddy had some sun? Silly boy forget to where sunscreen.

While daddy was gone though, Riley did get to hold her first baby completely unassisted (well in human form, the pillow was of course very strategically placed). Baby Elijah sure is a sweetie and Riley was cute with him. Every time he fussed or made a noise, even if she was in another room you heard "It's ok baby Lijah (not sure where the E goes), I'm coming" and in she would come ready to help with his binkie or rubbing his foot. What a good mama she'll be someday!

Elijah's daddy did help get him settled, but I LOVED her expression here - she was so excited!

Happy Preschool Graduation to Cayman

Our nephew, Cayman, graduated from preschool last week. The kids were cute, showing off all the songs they learned throughout the year and really put on a good show. I love how their personalities come out in things like this - I could already pick out the Class Clown, Miss Shy, and Mr. Cool Dude and they aren't even in Kindergarten yet.

Here's a pic of the proud graduate

Riley wasn't super excited about the graduation itself and was kind of confused why they weren't singing the right words to the songs (Mama's Little Baby Loves Shortening was really a song about opposites and Riley thought that was crazy). She was way more excited about going to Cousin Cayman's house and eating cake. She wasn't quite sure why their weren't any candles though, so do you know what her nice Aunt Angie did........brought out the candles and of course they had to light them twice so Cayman and Riley each had a turn blowing them out.

Riley sure was proud of her cousin and excited to get to him once the ceremony was over!

**And do you know what - even though Riley didn't get a graduation certificate like Cayman, you couldn't fool her into thinking she wasn't old enough for preschool yet........wait for it..........because "I'm big enough, I'm 2 1/2"