her very own blog

any idea what she's up to?

wonder what she's had to snack on?

let me give a hint:

any guesses?

yep...a buffet of sidewalk chalk :o) i ran in to get my camera & bennett was watching her. upon my return he told me that daddy (working in the garage nearby) told him to "just let her go"

and these white shorts might never be the same.

cutest little chalk eating monster ever!

 
 

a joyful easter sunday

i'm grateful for my three! they clean up well :o)

it's always a challenge to get a snap on a sunday morning before church. i am awful about running us late, although...i will say, we've managed to be earlyfor at least two months worth of sundays! on easter morning chuck & i actually got up & went to the sunrise service while the kids slept (7am is waay to early for the roo!) and then we all went back for the easter ccantata. here is what i got before loading up:

pay was fascinated with the bling on heather's sandals. and then she thought it was cute to ruffle bennett's hair; she is *so* mischievous!

after church was lunch at aunt dedee's.

check out that hair starting to grow!

bracing for some hazel sugar.

remember my mention of her love for abby?

after a quick change out of church clothes & an amazing lunch we had to go get abby for her to love on.

to the backyard to fish & enjoy the beautiful day!

my big boy doing a little fishing :o)

we finished the day up with a front yard softball game! it was an absoluteblast!! i didn't even stink it up too bad :o) the roo, although napless, was fabulous...she just got passed around to those on deck to bat. it was a wonderful day :o)

we did a little shoot.

and i happened to love one.

the end.

 

the easter bunny came

and these three made out pretty well :o) enough candy for the big kids to get sick off of, sidewalk chalk & a fabulous slip & slide for them all to play with.

and the roo's bucket was pretty exciting too.

i love monkey is perhaps the cutest children's picture book i've read recently! easy to hold heart shaped crayons, sunglasses, an adorable camera by vtech, bath tints that smell fruity, peeps (major hit!!) and her absolute favorite...abby kadabby :o)

see the love?

i think bennett enjoyed the camera as much as she did. it has remained a popular toy & is super cute (and  i believe quite an appropriate toy for child)

she loves being read to! it has taken until recently-in the past couple months-for her to actually sit still enough for a story, but now she brings us all books and puts her arms up to indicate she'd like a lap seat.

the bunny hid eggs around the den. pailyn caught right on! she is loving emptying out things and then putting stuff back in. i.e.: the kitchen cabinet drawers...i allow her access to one with plastic cups in it while i'm cooking and it occupies her the entire time. she takes them all out, stacks them in different arrangements and then with a little instruction puts them back in the drawer.

this is a great activity for her, but i would much appreciate it if i didn't walk into the kitchen often to find she has played and not cleaned up after herself. stinker.

super excited about the praise she'd received for finding another egg. yay pay!!

now...time to get ready for church; we serve a risen Savior!

14 months...how?

seriously...how did that happen? i am ashamed that i've neglected the roo's blog so. rest assured-the little missy-moo herself has been anything but neglected. she is one busy, fun, demanding, did i say busy? little girl these days!

 
she's been up to all sorts of new & exciting things since my last post. for one, she's moved to a new house :o) pailyn is in love with our new home. among several reasons,her favorites are: 1. no 'step downs' ...meaning she is free to roam-all over-to each & every room.  2. there is a staircase. and in case you weren't aware, stairs might-as-well be an amusement park when it comes to a one year old.

the roo mastered the staircase the first night we moved in. according to bennett she made it bottom to top in 42 seconds-with chuck chasing behind her the whole way up, of course. a gate will be ordered; meanwhile we have a temporary solution.

she's enjoying the fact that there are still a few random boxes here & there who's content hasn't found it's place in the new house just yet. she is into everything!

lately, she loves balls. big balls, little balls-all balls. she manhandles big 'ol basketballs, but now that heather & bennett have started softball & baseball, she has access to lots of baseballs & she knows what to do with them!

these were taken a couple evenings ago just before heading to ben's game (she likes the quick trip to town too!)

watch the ball!

i'm going to throw it...

here you go!

now go get it :o)   (she's bossy)

and a cutie...don't 'cha think?

and she's ready to go again :o)

now that spring has arrived, we are able to get outside more. the roo loves being outside! at the old house, the door's window was up high, so she couldn't see out, but now, she's able to see out & spends time right there at the door when she's wanting out of the house.

 
i expect a super fun summer with this little miss!