Stop, train, stop!

Stop, train, stop!
as read by Janie.

Warning: if you are the grandparent of this little "reader", then you will find the following video completely adorable. For everyone else, watch at your own risk! :-)

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Wedding weekend!

Janie and I had the joy of spending the weekend celebrating my bother Jon's wedding! Here are some highlights...

Staying a Grandma & Grandpa's house and letting them spoil us silly


Practicing walking on the pretty stone step pathway




All dressed up on the big day




While walking down the aisle, Janie told herself over and over "Go, Jane, go!" and "You can do it Janie!" When she finally reached Grandma at the end, she said (quite loudly) "Yeah! I did it!"


The wedding party


Hanging out with mom


Striking a pose with Uncle Ross


Whew. Being a princess is exhausting!


Congratulations Jon!

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I'm a little teapot

Q: How to get your big kid to drink from a regular cup instead of a straw cup or sippy cup?

A: Fancy cups!

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She's got potty power!

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Sweet dreams

A couple of evenings ago, Janie crawled up into my lap at about 5:00 and promptly fell asleep. No dinner. No bath. No pajamas. Just completely conked out.

Rob was at work, so it was just the two of us and I let her sleep on my lap for about an hour. The remote was within reach and I flipped quietly through the channels while she snoozed. I fully expected her to wake up from her power nap at any moment and then stay up for half the night. But nope - she stayed asleep. Even when I tried wiggling around a little bit to see what would happen.

So I laid her in down in her bed, covered her up and crept out of her room wondering if she would make it through the night. Or if maybe she would be up at 3:00 AM, unable to go back to sleep.

At some point, maybe around 10:00, I could hear her moving around a bit, so I tip-toed in to check on her. I pulled her covers back up and asked if she wanted a drink.

Her response?

"I just want to sleep."

Oh, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Not far at all.

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The view from the top

I had the day off on Friday - woohoo! So our little family headed off for a day of climbing fun at a local children's hot spot.

We arrived right as they opened, so we had the whole place to ourselves for almost an hour. Which meant that I got to climb right along side Janie so she could show me all her favorite tunnels and bridges and ladders and slides.

It was a little rough on my 33-year-old knees, but totally worth it to sit at the top of the tallest tower with her. In Janie's words, the view was "so beautiful."

And we both loved being taller than Daddy. :)

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Discovery

Friday morning is normally Daddy & Daughter time, with my two favorite people heading out for fun and adventure. But today I tagged along and enjoyed all the amazing exhibits at the Children's Discovery Museum.

There's lots to discover at a Discovery Museum... bubbles, water, paints, balls, circles, stars, light displays, clay...

But for me, I discovered the joy of watching my gal emerging into her confident little self.

And it pretty much took my breath away.

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