September 30, 2012

Somebody is getting very elaborate in her pictures.  It can take her a good 30 - 45 minutes to do a picture anymore because of all of her details.  Drawing is her favorite thing to do. It's the first thing she does when she wakes up in the morning and the first thing she does when she gets home from school.

These are some signature Melanie designs from today.

  

A close up of the one she just drew.  (the brown under the grass is dirt she says).  

 This one isn't quite as obvious as to what it is as the last one, but she says it's a rocket ship with "feelers" she calls them.  I love how the suns always have to have a smiley face.  Also, the door in this picture has a smiley face.

September 28, 2012

Melanie in her first parade.  Homecoming 2012 - with Homecoming Court Members Taylor Thering and Molly Schluter, with Grandpa Jim driving.  She had a blast!   Thanks Taylor and Molly!

September 15, 2012

August 27, 2012

Thanks to Aunt Katie's "daddy wears a diaper" trick, we actually got some natural smiles tonight!

August 26, 2012

Today was our Annual Good Neighbor Festival Parade at Daddy's Uncle Steve's house.

I had fun watching the parade with 2nd Cousin Aubrey.  

It was wet out during the parade but we still got lots of treats!

 And we also got some cool toys.  Here we are trying out our "slinky glasses"

 Mom and me watching the parade

 And all night after the parade it was, "can you take a picture of me in my funny glasses?"

July 1, 2012

I had a fun weekend!  I had my first sleepover with Cousin Abbi at my house!  I showed her all of the parks around my house, we did a lot of bike riding around in circles in the house, 

and a lot of pretend play! 

Here we are going out to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the day on Sunday. 

 I let Abbi borrow my sunglasses.

 

This is right before playing outside in the sprinkler/slip 'n slide.  

Abbi let me borrow her extra swimsuit since mom and dad forgot mine at home.

 

Here I am on Grandma and Grandpa's swing - which I liked much better than the sprinkler and slip 'n slide.

 Going to check out the slip 'n slide.   

I was really excited about it at first, but I really didn't like it and let the "big kids" and Logan and Abbi go down it most the time.

 Daddy going down the slip 'n slide!

 Kelly came home from work and joined us! 

Justin going down the slip 'n slide!

 I really didn't like the slip 'n slide. 

 I tried it again with Kelly.  This was better - nice and slow, and with no water on.  (notice how daddy had to stop the water from going, this was the only way I would go down)  Logan and Abbi are wondering, "where did the water go?"

 Daddy with his brothers and sisters, and my aunts and uncles. 

 Uncle Darren's belly got a bit red from the grass burns!

June 29, 2012