A toddler's life....

Jaedyn is explaining to Ashlyn that the leaf that she just picked is still living and that she really shouldn't have made that choice.




Telephone..one of Jaedyn's favorite playground games.

Playing "restaurant". This is Ashlyn's order of chicken. :)

Jaedyn and Ashlyn are starting to play together a ton which is so fun to watch. Ashlyn LOVES him to pieces and follows him around like his little shadow. Here Jaedyn is helping her get off the slide as it's a big drop down. Thankfully he let go of her feet just in time! I thought for sure she was going to land on her bottom with Jaedyn still holding onto her feet.



The climber in action...




Looking at Ashlyn to be sure she's watching...



Saying hello to the ducks, turtles and fish. This also happens to be the spot where Ashlyn decided to fall into the pond last week. She did a swan dive head first into the bacteria filled loveliness. I grabbed her ankles (the only items out of the water) and hoisted her little body out. Sadly she was drenched with dirt on her face, in her ears and in her hair. She didn't cry a bit, but stood there dripping saying "no, no, no".

I'm not sure where my little Jaedyn went. He looks so big in this picture. :(


"Tommy Turtle"
Watch out!
A re-occurring event....the bowl on the head trick. This evening it was blonde hair ala baked beans.

So Ashlyn has already entered the teenage years. She is slowly becoming Miss Picky Pants. The first glimpse of this new season was with her shoes. You grab one pair and she pushes them away saying "no" and points to another saying "this". I can deal with this because she doesn't have very many pairs of shoes and most of her shoes are super cute hand me downs from her little large footed friend, Lilly. Well on this particular day she decided that she wanted to wear this red and black bathing suit. I had another one in my hand and there she is as you see in the picture saying "this, this, this!" and then "pretty, pretty, pretty". Are you kidding me? Is this my child?

I have been having lots of fun playing with my camera settings lately. I love these over exposed shots of her that emphasize her beautiful blue eyes and that perfect soft skin.


Still sleepy...

I think it might be time to buy Jaedyn a mini pool for our patio!

Ashlyn as I have mentioned is the climbing queen. Those little short legs have no limits in the climbing world. Her new favorite activity is to climb on the kitchen chairs. On this particular day I disappeared for a mere two seconds and came back and there she was standing on the chair playing with the answering machine.

My little gardener...


She is finally growing some hair! Yipppeeee!