Happenings of the Week

This week we:

• Went to a kids carnival at the parkFound out Danelle is a domestic goddess and loves to do dishes just like her mom in dressy outfits. *she is all things water these days!
  
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• Played at Goin' Bananas, a place with inflatables for lil' kids.
  

• Introduced Danelle to (toddler) story time at the library. That's her up front with the teacher. Maybe going into nursery next week for the first time will help a little... She eats crayons too.
  

And had play dates at the park and the pool (forgot to take pool pictures- but come on I photographed everything else!)


* this really is for Lane in case he ever asks what we do all day.... :)

It's signing time!

(she does get a little distracted but I FINALLY got her on video- as Aunt Jensa requested!)

We started out teaching her a few basic signs (food, milk, all done and more) so that eating time wouldn't have to be so messy. She loved doing signs so much that we kept teaching her more... Believe me we never intended her signing to be "Hey look at how smart my kid can be!" It was just simply because we didn't want to deal with whining or tantrums! (and what parent does!)

Here are some of the things she can tell us now:
food
milk
all done
more
cracker
cheese
bananna
help
cat
dog
flower
bird
sleep
outside
shoes
ball
hi (bye)
eyes
nose
mouth
daddy

Any requests for the next sign we teach her?

WANTED: 1 boat (and willing to sell soul for it)

Oh how we would love to own a boat! We almost had one given to us, but after it not working out we have had to turn to some new friends to hold us over with theirs until we save enough $ (or win the lottery....) not sure which will happen first...
I'm mean for real- how many places can you go boating before Memorial Day? In the beautiful land of Texas it can be done! Granted it was a little on the cooler side (70's), it was still a nice day to be out on a lake- AND we learned to wake surf! Both Lane and I love to wakeboard but had never tried wake surfing- it was awesome!

Danelle loved the boat too! We had tested her on a short boat ride before but this was about 5 hours and she loved it! She even swam in the water with us!Snuggl'n with her daddy. (I think this was his favorite part of the day)Don't mind the paleness... it is only May...
Here's a clip of Lane channeling his inner child- using the rope swing... and at the end of the clip you can even hear Danelle giving her approval! :)

Swine Flu?

This is what happened to our poor little thing after taking amoxicillin for a few days (Dr. says she's ok- just shouldn't take "icillin" medications anymore).

Doesn't it make you itch just looking at it!?
Day 1:


Day 2:
Luckily for her- it doesn't itch though.

Any suggestions as to what we should say to others when we have to take her out in public? (she's not contagious and it will take several days to go away...) I know I won't be able to stay cooped up in the house with such nice weather.

We've already been asked if she has chicken pox... ;)

Happy Mother's Day