Caroline, the Artist!

A funny thing about my daughter: When we do art projects that include stickers I CANNOT give her the sticker from my fingers to hers. I must stick it on the top of her hand and then she will pick it off to apply the sticker to her paper. She is in an incredibly independent phase and she likes for everything to be done a certain way with little deviation from the norm.

That's alright, Caroline. I'm particular sometimes, too! : )

Lets get started!!!

More stickers, please!

I'll put this sticker over here...

Now, to just draw a bit there...

Oh, a little more on this side....

AND it's all ready to share!!!

More pictures from adventures with Momma Dot and Papa Jack

When I had my wisdom teeth out at the end of June my Grandparents kept Caroline for me while I got some rest. Caroline got to do some of the fun things that I did while I was growing up! Those times and my affection for home grown veggies are a major part of why I consider myself half city girl, half country girl! I love to string, snap and put up beans with my grandmother and now Caroline is getting in on the fun! She seems to have really taken to it! Don't worry, I'm sure Grandmother will appreciate the help in a few years when she becomes more efficient, so her skill and enthusiasm will not go to waste!;-)
Snap, snap!!!

Making her own pile, just like Great-Grandmother has!

She LOVES her Great-Granddaddy! She always gives him sweet smiles and hugs! :-)

Yummy pancakes and strawberries! Makes me hungry just looking at it! ha!

It was decided that she needed her own pan of beans to work on; She's a big girl, ya know!!

She's such a good sharer;-)

Drive-in Snacktime!

Caroline loves to have her afternoon snack in her cozy coupe while watching Elmo or her Princess sing along. I think this is so cute!!! She pushes the car to just her favorite position for optimum viewing, opens the door and closes it behind herself... and then she's ready to snack.

It's Potty Time!!!

Yep, it's that time! We are beginning to potty train Caroline- but no pressure AT ALL yet! For her 20th Month Birthday we decided to get her a potty and bring out the "Elmo's Potty Time" DVD that I found in the $5 bin when Caroline was tiny.

This is the potty that she picked out.... It's "Cars", of course! She had the choice between this and a pretty, pink princess one and she chose this one! When you push down the handle on the side it revs up... she loves that!

Initially we just played the DVD and sat on the potty and talked about what to do. Now I can ask her if she needs to go "potty"and she will tell me yes or no. She has gone a few times so far and she's very proud when she has accomplished her goal;-) She also loves the reward, M&M's. Other Mothers have told me it worked smashingly for them and so far so good for us. If Caroline says she doesn't want to go, I just tell her Ok and move on!

This was just after our first success:

Happy Girl!

Yogurt Lab

One of our playgroups went to the Yogurt Lab in Vestavia one day a week or so ago! Seriously, what girl doesn't love ice cream?? My favorite little girl was in heaven!! She loves ice cream even more that she gets to feed it to herself! I'm dealing with the mess! ;-)

What are you guys eating??? (I didn't want to take pictures of the other kids... safety first!)

YUMMMY!!!!