When A Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

Yep she has discovered pudding!!

Before and After

We went to a cousin's wedding reception last weekend. And Danica had a ton of fun. But I had to share the before and after pictures.

Before--she had a cute little hair decoration that matched her dress. Her dress was pristine. Everything was perfect--and I managed to get her cute little smile on camera. Perfection:

After chasing her around the cultural hall and church for an hour and having her steal the strawberries off of our plates so she could eat them stem side first (no amount of coaxing would convince her she would be happier starting at the other end), we headed home. The hair decoration had come off by her own hand, and she seemed more impressed with the crazy hair style that the removal created. You can't see it in picture, but the dress is now covered in food (as was the table cloth--sorry Miriam). But what can I say, I still got her cute little smile in the picture, and I still happen to think she is perfection:

Do you hear what I hear?

Danica's Aunt Laurel and Uncle Shane gave her a keyboard a while ago. I have been avoiding putting batteries in it because she has been so impressed with the button pushing without sounds that I figured why ruin a nice quiet toy. Well, we finally broke down an put the batteries in. So every night we are blessed with her musical talent.

The video below will give you an idea of how musically gifted she is but it is in the dark because I was really trying to convince Danica that it was time to go to bed. Not necessarily very successful at that particular moment.

Summer's Here

Some signs that summer is here:

Danica and I have lots of invitations to go play at friend's pools.
An upcoming vacation where Danica and I are going to spend lots of time together.
The market at the corn field is finally open after we have been watching the corn grow into 5 foot tall plants.
The local farmers market has the the yummiest tomatoes to make the yummiest tomatoes.
I get to make the best sandwich with Laughing Cow cheese wedge, basil from my container garden, and heirloom tomatoes.
Ice cream socials every Friday at work--fun, friends, and ice cream--what more could a friend want. :)
Oh yeah and finally Danica gets to eat watermelon--and she eats it like a Nicoll with a little salt. :)

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

Danica putting the watermelon rind in the secret compartment of her musical table.

Success!! The watermelon rind has been forced into the secret compartment. Yes I do realize it is not that secret.

Proof that I in no way have to force her to eat the watermelon. Yep she's a Nicoll. :)

Party Time

Danica and I went to the Nana School Reunion, where all the kids that Nana (Danica's sitter) has watched all got together. There was a pool and games and lots of fun to be had.

Here is Danica at the start of the party. Aren't those the cutest flip flops ever:

And Danica's favorite game was drop the balls into the tub of water the other kids were using to fill the balls up so they could squirt water on people...until she figured out that she could also squirt water on people. Then it was no holds barred. :)

Let the Good Times Roll

This weekend Danica and I got to meet up with friends from New Mexico at a surprise birthday party. Danica had a ton of fun throwing birthday balloons in the air and then saying "ut-oh" as they came down. She giggled even more if they came down straight onto her head.

After eating a little pizza we went outside so Danica could get some of her pent up energy out. She immediately found the broom and started trying to help with sweeping the patio. And she quickly made the broom the prized toy to play with. :)
Now if only I can get her to do that for the kitchen and bathroom at home, but something tells me without all the other kids trying to "play" too she won't be nearly as interested. :)