"flowders"

thank goodness for allergies... reese and kyle were picking out some flowers for me this weekend. reese chose some carnations, but daddy told her i was allergic to that kind and pointed out some roses instead. god bless him! it's actually about 100 small, pale pink roses. so sweet and pretty!!!

sorry, carnations. you're down there with red roses and baby's breath...bleh! although, i would have loved the thought and that my baby picked them out. Ü

photog in the making

reese has been wanting to "take a picture" a lot lately. here's a sampling of her work. flowers to mommy from reese (& daddy)
mommy
liberty, her horsey (its nose, to be more specific)
daddy
baby doll

perhaps a lesson or two is in order...

labor day

we've had a great labor day. kyle surprised reese and i this morning with chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream, strawberries and blueberries! YUM!
after breakfast, we went to a playground at a school in brookside. we swung, slid, climbed, flew the princess kite, collected acorns and played with the new farm tractor toy i bought at Just Between Friends. it was a lot of fun and would have only been better if it were in the 80s instead of the 90s.







love her tongue action here...means she's really concentrating. Ü

we had pizza and salad at hideaway then headed home for you-know-who's nap. boy, was that an event! i think reese's sleep must still be a bit off from being sick last week. she had a TOTAL MELTDOWN. the kind where kyle and i are looking at each other incredulously like "can you *even* believe this?!". and i literally said outloud at one point "lord, help me." she was breaking down in tears about EVERYTHING. it was really bizarre.
once all the drama had calmed down and i was rocking her we had a little talk.
me: baby
her: (she looks at me)
me: even though you aren't being very nice, mommy still loves you
her: ok. i love you.

in the movie How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, i love the part where she tells him "i love you benny boo boo bear, but i don't have to like you right now." hmph!

try, try again

in the past few days reese has started something new... she will ask me or kyle if she can do or have something. when whichever one of us she asks tells her she can't, she immediately asks the other one. she probably thinks she's being so smart, but we are presenting a united front. i think it would be even better if we use the same words, instead of just saying "didn't mommy/daddy just tell you no?" it's funny the things she does at a way younger age than i expected.