Ice Cream in the Pocket

One day last week, Bruce decided to bring home

some ice cream instead of the little

cup from the restaurant.

When he comes home, she goes straight

for the shirt pocket.

She was surprised to find an ice

cream bar.

I sent them outside, and she climbed in a

chair to get away from Pokey.

He got under her chair to lick up the

drips.

This was vanilla ice cream, rolled and

covered with Oreo cookie crumbs.

She had the best time.

She had to rub some in her hair.

She doesn't quite get why Pokey tries

to lick her hair.

Savoring.......
if it was me, it'd be gone by now!

" Mesch-C Annie", as she says.

First Haircut (just a trim, really)

Too many pictures of late displayed a

kiddo with stringy hair, and she was always

brushing her bangs away.

And those clips, bows, and such......they

always disappeared!

So, I got a baggie and took her with

me to my latest hair appointment.

Rachel let her watch me get mine cut for a bit,

then I held her while Rachel texturized

her bangs. They look better and also don't

look very bluntly cut.

I have a small smidgen to keep as a reminder

of her baby hair color.

She did great. I wish she was smiling

or something!


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Easter Eggs, Candy & Books

In April asparagus is in season, and she saw some

in the fridge and wanted one. She ate

it raw!

Bruce decided to have Annie decorate
eggs. I asked him if he was sure. He said yes.....




First, she added tablets to already colored
water - because they were in her reach -
and the dye for the eggs wasn't exactly
pastel anymore!
Then she wanted to crack the eggs
together!




Here B is showing her how to dunk them...
yeah, right!



Splash, splash!



Writing with the wax crayon after the fact.
Oh, well!

Tasting the copper colored egg holder.

Having eggs for breakfast the next day!

Royanne visiting Mimi in her class

at church. We practiced her wearing the

hat all week prior to Easter, and she did pretty

good keeping it on, except when she was

playing in the nursery. Her dress was made

by great grandma.

Easter 2008

My, how we have grown!

She doesn't look like a widdle baby

anymore, sniff, sniff.

(I guess Liam hasn't grown, because he is

wearing the same sweater as

he did last year ! LOL)

BASKETS AT MIMI'S

Easter baskets!!

Royanne's didn't have any candy

(Thanks, Mimi, I like it that way!)

so she enjoyed going through it and

discovering what she'd pull out.

A book about a little bunny.

We love books!

Headbands... very fancy!

We hope that headbands will be popular

with her again. Perhaps Abby can help me

to convince her!

Hair bow, not so good, eh?

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EASTER BASKET WITH DADDY

We did Easter baskets when Bruce got home

Sunday night because it was just to

much to do before church.

She loved shaking the eggs.

Here she is trying some candy.

She's really not that crazy about sugar.

GOLDFISH! HER FAV!

This must be how she got the nickname

"THE GRABBER" at church during

goldfish snack time!

Here you can see she dumped out

all the contents of the plastic eggs.

She took the first bite of the PEEPS

but never cared for anymore.

She loved the ELMO eggs!

Jelly Belly beans can have surprising tastes!

This one musta been dirt!

Easter Egg Hunt

(This is a late post!)

We went to the Jackson's house for their

annual Easter egg hunt. They hid

over 2,000 eggs and the eggs were hunted

by the kids according to their age.

There was a hayride and fun things to do.

There was even a guy making

whatever you wanted from balloons.

Royanne stared and took it all in, then

joined Liam at the bubble machine.

The yard is beautiful and full of shade trees.

Little peek-a-boo eggs were displayed.

You look inside..................




.............and see an Easter bunny family!

Swinging with Brinton and Lucy.

With Abby and Liam.

The kid l-o-v-e-s to swing!

She was a little unsure about the bouncy

house at the beginning.

She was happy to see Lucy.

First tattoo!

Here she is waiting in line for the egg hunt.

We were waiting for the hayriders to return.

The little little kids didn't understand why we

were standing around. The big bunch of us

were gathered just outside the path to

the pastures, where the fun was waiting!

I thought a small basket was a good idea,

but her eggs kept falling out.

Every time she picked up a egg, she'd

shake it.

Sometimes she'd walk right past the eggs.

Perhaps she had a particular one in mind?

Here she was trying to carry a few and also

carry the basket. Some times she amazes me in

all that she can carry......a cup, 2 dolls, a blanket, a

doll bottle, her silky.

Outside the toddler gathering area,

posing with cousins Abby and Liam.

She was very interested in Liam's basket.

We got our turn on the hayride; we

rode back to the house after the egg hunt.

Finally.....food!

The three of them were whooped!

Dog and Baby Issues

Friday wasn't so good for me!

It was cool outside, it was

early, so we went out for a bit.

When we were in the backyard,

I had pulled the trash can around to the side

gate and I was putting in dead tree branches

from a storm ....when Pokey got out!

I had already put Gilligan in the house, but Pokey

is usually not one to venture out on his own. I thought

I could go after him quickly without Ro noticing,

because she was around the corner, but he

was too far to leave her alone, so I

didn't know what to do! I just

thought maybe he'll come back.

I was hollering for him, holding Royanne....

standing in the driveway......

I didn't know how far he'd go, I didn't want

to loose sight of him. Then 3 young

people with 2 dogs were walking by so

they watched him - he had crossed the

street- until I got back. Luckily I had a

garage door opener with me on the side

fence so I quickly opened the garage door,

put Ro in her

stroller that was thankfully not where it

belonged (in the trunk with the car gone) and went

down the road with the garage opener

in the pouch on the stroller and a dog leash

and I went three houses down where they

were and they said "He went in that garage" - the

door was up about 6 inches for their cat - so,

I stood in their driveway and called for him

and waited and waited while she clapped and

he finally came waddling out. He fought the leash

on the way home although he is leash

trained because he was OUT and wanted to

stay that way! After it was over I realized

I was still in my pjs!

I just can't do a post without

a picture!

Back From Ft. Worth

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We said a prayer over the car and made a trek

to Ft. Worth. We went to see Camryn, Heather

and Chris' new daughter, and the proud big

brother, Connor.

She can sleep through anything! Royanne and

Connor were being their little quiet

selves (HA!) but she slept on.

Aunt Marsha from Oklahoma City was also

there and Royanne recognized her from the

little photo album with pictures of the faces

(I call it her facebook: not to be confused

with Facebook!) of her relatives that

she doesn't see every day.

When she saw Marsha she said "Bob?"

because she knows Aunt Marsha and Uncle

Bob go together. She's pretty smart, that one!

Kayleigh, Connor and Royanne.

We're gonna have to do something about her

name, because now with the wonderful

addition of Camryn, Ro's

outnumbered in the K sound!

We had some good quality time, and

went out for tacos at Rosa's. Connor and Ro had

nachos. She liked them and shared some

pretty spicy hot sauce with her daddy!

Pictured here are Camryn, her mommy Heather,

Bruce, Royanne and Connor, & Brandy with her

daughter Kayleigh and husband Wesley.

Unfortunately, Chris was working.

Later I went to check on the little monsters
only to find two monkeys jumping
on the bed.




Royanne wants to imitate everyone!



They were shrieking with laughter!





Then, we came home..............





.......and Royanne practiced her newly
acquired skills.



Once, when Royanne was about 6 months
old, Grandma asked me something along
the lines of was I going to let Royanne
jump on the bed, then? I forget what we
were talking about.

And I said "Absolutely!"

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....and I do!





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