90 degrees and rising

We had a very family-oriented Memorial weekend. On the home front we did a huge home improvement project. Tim, along with our friend Tim, laid hardwood floors throughout the upstairs. It looks and feels so nice!! There is a little area left to be finished this coming weekend. Guess what daddy will be working on. Saturday we purchased...get this...a.......minivan. YEP...I'm now a minivan driver. Go ahead and laugh. When I'm in the inside I still feel like I'm driving a SUV...that is until I'm backing up. At that time I feel like I'm driving a bus. Thank the Lord this vehicle has back-up sensors.

Sunday Carys and I attended a cousins graduation party while Tim stayed home working on the floor. Amy graduated from MSU. Congrats to her!! Monday we celebrated cousin Kaidyn's 8th birthday. At the party Carys could not get enough of playing basketball with her cousin Holden. They were too cute! We also grilled burgers with our friends that helped out with laying the new floor.

Carys just loves to be outside...but why on a 90 degree day. I complain, but I always give in. So, today Carys and I went to a local deli and picked up some lunch to have a picnic at a local park. She loved looking at the flowers and the birds. Every time she would see a bird she would say "bird"; I would say and sign bird and; I would hope that she too would do the sign too but she would just keep saying "bird, bird, bird" or "dog, dog, dog". Most animals are "dog". After waking from her nap we were right back outside. She played with one of her little pals that I kept filling with water, just for her to dump it out. After about an hour of that I decided to I bring out what is really supposed to be a sandbox and put some water in it to make a pool for Carys to play in. The water was freezing, but she loved it!

TIARA, TOES and dishes

This year the Easter bunny brought Carys a pair of sunglasses, making her the proud owner of 3 pair. Last year she wouldn't have anything to do with wearing them...probably because they were twice the size of her little head. This year she can't get enough of them. She puts them on while in the house, while outside, while in the car, puts them on top of her head, wants a pair on her face and a pair around her neck and even wants me or her daddy to wear a pair of hers (now that's a sight to see). Grandpa Greg calls her Hollywood when she is sporting her shades. The other day she was playing in her crib with her sunglasses and tiara while I was putting her laundry away. I looked over at her and she had her tiara on her head and her sunglasses on. I raced to get the camera hoping she'd still be sporting her glamour gear when I got back. This girl is such a girly girl...but she also like to play in the dirt. She is so into wearing play jewelry, putting on her pretend lipstick and carrying a purse. I love it.

Since she's so into these things right now I thought...I wonder what she would do if I tried to paint her toenails. I tried. She watched. It was a success. I wasn't sure how I was going to get her toes to dry without smugging, so outside to the swing we went. It worked perfect. Throughout the day I will catch her touching her teeny tiny toenails.

She has also started to get the confidence to climb and climb on everything she does. One of my friends and her sister-in-law shared pictures of there little one's climbing on the dishwasher, so I am too.

Biker Girl

Here I am getting ready to go for my very first bike ride. I'm not sure about this helmet deal, but mom and dad tell me "safety first".