Curlers and Do-Rags??

I sent this picture to Reid at work, with the subject, "Because I can."  Remember, he likes to tell me she's not my doll who I get to dress up every day.  He doesn't quite understand the mom-daughter thing.  That's ok, we still love him. However, he often is the one to pick out the cute girlie clothes, so he's sucked in to the girl thing just as much as me, he just doesn't know it :)

So, we played dress up with curlers the other day, because we could.

Then he went and did this...because he could...the father-daughter thing :)

Long story short? Sally is way loved and way exposed to all walks of life, especially with the crazy parents she's been blessed with :)

May I Please

We're always working to improve the manners of our little.  She has a "scripted" sentence for now and our favorite part is she also says Mommy and Daddy's line of responding if she can get what she's politely asked for.  However, in her mind, she gets it every time.  Take a listen :)

Friends

Sally thinks it is so funny when all three {Mommy, Daddy and Sally}of us hold hands.  She grins, giggles and proclaims, FRIENDS!

She loves her Daddy like no other...

Heading out for an evening walk and a quick visit to Lucy's house

Mommy's not so bad either...

She insisted that Mommy have two piggies just like Sally {don't mind the cheesy grin on my face, I was probably saying cheeeeeeese to make sure Sally was smiling}

Water

Sally's favorite past time, playing in or with water.  How can you not, these past few days with this heat.  I'm not complaining, I haven't yet forgotten the MN winter of 2011 :)

We had a fun weekend playing with water and also playing with Kyle and Laura. We had to see pictures and hear all about their honeymoon, plus, Sally really missed them!

Cooling off at the neighborhood splash pad...with the rest of the neighborhood

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Thinking she's so silly

Running through the sprinkler with Daddy

Listening to some live music at the Art Festival in Hopkins, that we stumbled upon after visiting the Farmers Market. We (Craigmile Crew and Kyle and Laura) went to get some fresh eats for a grill out later that evening

Baby C-Mile #2 is doing well and continuing to grow.  We can't believe how quickly the days are going by this time around.  We're looking forward to meeting him or her! Sally is getting very excited too, she even remembers to give her soon-to-be-sibling "peace" at Church.

26 months

Today Sally is 26 months old. Where has the time gone?

Click HERE to compare to her 25 month old video.

We made an impromptu stop at a different park yesterday.  There was a little girl who was about 6 years old that was playing there as well.  Sally wanted to follow her every move.  In doing so, she braved doing this, all on her own, over and over and over again!

Happy Weekending!

Retirement Party

Nana comes from a big family, 10 brothers and sisters big.  Reid has something like 46+ first cousins.  It's a lot of fun when we get together with this family.  They had what's called a "Family Help" weekend out at the Grandparents Farm (Sally's Great-Grandparents), where they work on projects to help the Grandparents out, like painting, gardening, building things...

We thought this was a great opportunity to celebrate Russ & Ann (Reid's parents), as they both retired this year.  Here are a few pictures of our short time at the farm.

Arriving in style

playing with the kids and kitties

"I touch da star"

awwww cousin love

Congratulations Nana & Gpa!

We're very proud of Nana & Grandpa as they have touched many lives in their years of teaching, enjoy YOUR time.  As Grandpa said, every day is Friday!  Hooray, you deserve it!

We ♥ the 4th in Alex

because we get to...

eat breakfast on the front step

have extra special time with Daddy while he takes vacation

roast marshmallows with this view

see sunsets like this

run through the sprinkler to cool off

with our cousins

play catch with Grandma

watch for pelicans on the dock

go fishing

have lunch with cousins

make a mess with yogurt because we can wash it off in the pool

give lots of kisses to Daddy

have snacks with Grandma

Go for canoe rides

wear festive clothes

learn how to do a somersault

in the grass, barefoot

get airplane rides from Grandma

touch the water...with Grandma

share with the horsie

play with water all day, everyday

have story time with Grandma, outside

play humpty dumpty with cousins

eat lots and lots of food

spend quality time with family

Thank you Grandma & George for having the Crew up to celebrate the 4th.  We appreciate your hospitality and generosity!

**Pictures from Nana and Gpa's retirement party to come, tomorrow!