Flying Trapeze

A couple weeks ago Vanessa decided to find new ways to use her swing. She was very proud to show off her new trick. Her execution is perfect. She even repeated the trick while I ran indoors to grab the camera. You can imagine the rope irritates her hands, but she doesn't care -- she jumps off and looks at them, shakes them, and then grabs the rope again. Eventually she stops to give her hands a rest. (We might consider grip gloves for next Christmas. :) She's quite an acrobat, which is really cool when her stunts are performed close to the ground!

Her thrill seeking puts me on edge . . . :)

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Every tree is worth climbing . . .

Every waterfall is worth touching . . .

Every pool is worth splashing . . .

Every rock is worth tossing . . .

Big Sis

Vanessa is happy to now share with the world that her Mommy is growing a new little brother or sister. She's convinced that since Mommy has a baby in her belly, she must too -- "I have a baby in my belly too!" We ask if she would like a baby brother or sister, and more often than not she replies "A sister!" But sometimes she says she wants a little brother, so we're thinking that she'll be happy with either.

So here's what the little guy/gal looked like about three weeks ago. As one friend put it --
"Congratulations on your new baby seahorse!" So funny! And the comment made me think of Vanessa's squirtable seahorse bath toy. So here they are side by side. Minus the dorsal fin and coronet, they do look a tad bit alike. This comment also sparked the thought that seahorses might be a fun and different room theme.

There went Peter Cottontail . . .

Vanessa participated in all kinds of Easter fun . . . here are pictures of just a couple of things. Daddy took her to Grandma and Grandpa's community egg hunt . . .

I have one golden egg -- is this another?

My loot so far . . .

But I need more!!!!

Come on Cousin Audrey . . . time to check out what we got!

Not bad -- after that tough work, we get to ride along and guard all of our stuff!

And wow! -- the Easter Bunny left me more presents! My first BIG chocolate bunny! And of course things to teach me about the true meaning of Easter . . .

Vanessa now expects the Bunny to leave her presents in the yard all the time. And as I was posting this, Vanessa described how a person is wearing the bunny costume. "Person is wearing this. See Mommy, he put that on his head . . ." Gee, you can't pull one over on her.

Magic Words

Vanessa worked her magic to bring us sunshine and warmer temps this week. If you're interested for future use, the words go something like this (it takes about 20 hours after using them to see any results. And yes, you need to be wearing THIS purple dress and swing your body perfectly and at just the right moment):

"Coo foodle . . . hmm . . . foodle . . . cha . . . cha . . . CHOODLE! "


And as a mommy who is embarrassed by the number of messy hair pictures and videos, let me apologize. :) I could brush her hair every 10 minutes or so, and no matter what, she always wakes from night and nap with extra crazy hair. If I had taken the moment (which I have done in the past) to brush her hair to capture this video, we would've missed it. She calls this video "Fantastic!" :)