Planting Madness

So, um…

This is my front door, it’s seen better days.  This is my three year old, Charlotte. 

This is what happened today when I left her alone for .2357445 seconds to get my gardening gloves and plants from the garage…two feet away. 

She was having so much fun “gardnin’” I could not even be mad.

I just told her we’d do more tomorrow… took her straight to the bath and plan to forget this ever happened until then.  Hopefully I can face it in the morning before anyone comes to my door.   

God forbid the HOA sees this!

Name That Snack Time

Today while Charlotte and I were having an afternoon snack of “O” pretzels, I got a funny idea to spell her name out in pretzels.  She thought it was so silly and was really impatient for me to finish so she could eat them.   

Hey kid, creativity takes TIME!  :)

Aunt Katie Came To Visit

Today, Charlotte and I (Wayne was working) had a special visit from Aunt Katie!  Katie is back in Orlando for a few days, taking Spring Break from grad school in Boston.  Charlotte was ECSTATIC to put it mildly! 

KATIE's  HOME!!!!!!

We had a fantastic visit and dinner (baked potatoes, spinach and chicken cordon bleu) BUT I definitely felt like the third wheel.  Whenever Katie and I would get-to-talking Charlotte would stand in front of Kate bouncing from foot to foot and shoot me mad faces over her shoulder.  This would continue until Charlotte could get Katie’s attention back on her.  Too funny!  I finally left them alone for a while so they could visit without me – ha! 

Sad Goodbye...smiles but tears too!

There is just such a special mind meld kind of relationship between these two and it is so sweet to see.  We miss you already Kate! 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

 Here is a cute picture of Charlotte and her St. Patrick’s Day outfit.  She was a HAM posing for this picture.

After school I decided to repurpose a Gingerbread Cottage kit from Charlotte’s birthday party for a St. Patrick’s Day Cottage.  Just gathered together some green candies and white icing and were off…

I think it turned out really cute!   

Once again, Charlotte ate as much candy (or more) as she put on the house but that’s half the fun, right?

Making Cookies With Daddy

Tonight, right before dinner, Wayne decided he wanted cookies for dessert.  {Enter pre-made cookie batter we keep on hand for an EMERGENCY!}  He enlisted Charlotte’s help – and BOY does she LOVE to be HELPFUL when it comes to cookies!   

They were so cute together I just had to snap a few photos.  My favorite is the first one because it really illustrates Charlotte’s baking philosophy of “Once the batter is ready to go into the over (or onto the pan, in this case) its ready to eat!”  It’s a constant struggle to get her to understand that you actually have to BAKE cookies/muffins/bread/cake before you can eat them!  God, I love that little girl!