Say Anything

Mary surprised us with a new word tonight:

Mimi is talking a ton lately, most of it unprompted. Although, she will repeat most anything, too! Some favorites include "Mow" (meow = cat), "cookie" (pronounced "kooky"), "spoon", "Chuck", "Chuckie", "mook" (milk), and "mookie" (for milky). "Pookie" is potty and "buck" is butt. Just recently she broke out "cool" while showing me a pair of boys pajama pants at Kohl's.

In-between

Mary is at that age of "too big to be held happily for long, and too little to sit quietly for long". Which means that at Sam's concert today, there was a lot of in and out, and up and down. We were in the foyer for a few minutes here~
I love her little outfit! A friend of ours from the library gave it to her, and it's fitting perfectly right now :)

Raspberries!

We were apple picking today, and the orchard we visited had raspberries, too! I'm pretty sure Mary ate close to her weight while picking (there is nothing so delicious as fresh picked berries!) ~
She loved the farm animals on site~

At the Arboretum, Again!

We were at the Arboretum for the second time, in less than a week! Today we visited the "Children's Garden" ~

Spider Girl

After Sam's cello lesson, we spent the morning at the arboretum. Mary loved the animal habitats~
In a heron's nest~

Checking out the skunk's den~

What a stinker!

Daddy's Little Helper

Scott is part of a ministry in our church that sets up and breaks down our sanctuary every week (we rent space at a local high school). Mary loves climbing on the truck when it's Daddy's Sunday to work.

Put It On the Board

Mary finally made it to her first White Sox game! She loved it, of course. She fell asleep on the way down there, so I waited in the car with her until she woke up, during the 4th inning. She jumped right into the party - clapping and cheering~
The weather was great, too~

She's her daddy's girl~