Birds

It is neat to live right next to a pond. We have seen so many different types of wild life because of it. Every time I look out my bedroom window I look for something moving out there. This week has been the bird week. Here are some ducks! This is a first. I have never seen ducks here, I hope they stay around.

And this bird was here yesterday! If you know what it is let me know. He was huge. I have seen him (probably not the same one) three times this winter. He is blue and gray, it was pretty exciting to see a new bird. I am pretty sure Arizona doesn't have any of these.
Flying away empty handed.

Pizza Cafe

First: Make sure your apron is on! Then add the sauce.
Next: Add cut up string cheese.
Next: Add cut up ham lunch meat.
After that put the pizzas on a pan.
Now COOK, wow!
Enjoy!
Devour your yummy creation.
Today I decided to have Rhylan help me make lunch. It worked very well, she really loves to have an excuse to wear her new apron (of course she can wear it without an excuse too--she wore it all day yesterday). I think she also likes to eat food she made. This worked nicely because they were only in the oven 8-10 min so she didn't forget about them. As you can see she ate almost the whole thing. Now that I know this works maybe I will try to sneak some puree veggies in the sauce or something!

Not afraid of geese.

Okay I am afraid of a fire alarm and Rhylan isn't afraid of geese as tall as she is, even when they are hissing and fighting.



























































Today we went on a family picnic. It seemed like such a nice day, however the wind made it freezing. We only stayed long enough to run out of bread and then we ran to the car.

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Too scared.

Yesterday we got a note on our door saying that there will be a safety check today starting at 9 am lasting all day! It also said the horns and bells in your apartment will go off, it is only a test. First I thought okay, when do I put Rhylan down for a nap? And then as it got to be about 10:30 I couldn't handle it anymore. It was like when I was teaching school and I knew there was going to be a fire alarm that day, I could barely teach. I am always afraid of that sound. Poor second graders they didn't even have a "grown up" to turn to when they were scared. So finally I just left the house. I had every intention of being gone for hours so I would miss the traumatic experience. To waste time we did these things: (it actually turned out to be a nice outing)

1. Go to Sam's Club and buy diapers
2. Share pizza and a hot dog at Sam's
3. Go to the park and swing (Rhylan's request after we saw the swing sets in Sam's)

4. Climb up and down the stairs because we can!
5. Chase birds because we LOVE birds

6. Go for a long walk and scare all of the ducks away!7. Go to the library.
8. Drop off visiting teaching notes and candy.
9. Call the office and see if it is over YET.
10 Go home and completely miss the whole thing!
11. Oh and sneeze for the rest of the day from being out in the "spring" wind

Swing where have you been?

Today Rhylan loved riding the swing, it has been months.

Botanic Garden

For mothers group today we took a trip into Memphis (it always makes me a little nervous). We had an activity put on by the Memphis Botanic Garden. Rhylan had a lot of fun learning, creating, planting, and being with her friends.

She also LOVED the nature walk we took. It was a bit windy but that didn't seem to bother her she just laughed at the wind.

Just a little bit

I bought this little strawberry planting kit at Target for $1 a couple of weeks ago. It looked like a fun thing to try. They are finally starting to pop out of the soil! I am pretty excited that they actually worked. Rhyaln's favorite food is strawberries, and I am sure in a couple of months she will be excited too.

New Apron

Rhylan has really been into cooking and art projects. She even painted last night. I thought I should protect her cute little clothes and make her an apron. Here it is. She picked out the material, butterflies and flowers. I looked at a couple of patterns to make this pattern, she loves it. I don't know if she will want to take it off all day!

By Request--16 weeks!

I always feel silly posing for these pictures, I mean how many ways can you stand sideways? Anyways, there was a couple of request for these pictures...otherwise I would not have even taken them yet. Oh by the way, all the pics I took with my face turned out blurry? I guess the flash didn't work or something. Anyways, I only wear maternity from waist down, so far lots of my old shirts are still long enough.

Eye for fashion

Today Rhylan decided to do her own hair. She put on this beanie by herself and then added the flower head band. She sported this new hair style for almost 30 min!