Happy Birthday (early)!

Gaga and Papa's birthday present for Rylee arrived early... or just in time for a girl whose rash/pox put her on house arrest all weekend.

Tada!

 

This is pretty much the exact swing set I had growing up. Though I can't remember what color mine was...

She can climb up the slide herself.

 

She's getting pretty good at thew big girl swing.

 

Her favorite is the glider though. I told her it was just like the carousel so that might have something to do with it. :)

 

Thank you Gaga and Papa!

Bedtime Prayers

Rylee is getting really good at memorizing things. She can recite simple nursery rhymes, sing short lullabies, and even "read" her favorite board books. Tonight I decided it was a good time to start working with her on her bedtime prayers.

I was reciting the prayer below. I would read a couple of words and then pause to let her repeat them. She was following along until we got to the last line and then... well, she decided to change the ending.

"Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
Guard me, Jesus, through the night
And wake me by..."

..."my Mommy," Rylee says. :)

So it wasn't "the morning light" as written, but it made sense to her!

Step Up 2T :)

America crowned their favorite dancer on SYTYCD last night and it got a (possibly chicken pox infected) girl dreaming about her chance for the title. Since we were quarantined today anyway, we set the stage for her future performance...

Doing the hippy-hippy shake:

 

Leaping for joy:

 

This move's totally "buck" (for you SYTYCD fans out there):

 

Victorious!

 

MN Recap Week 9

Tues Jul 20: Mom's procedure (Rylee and I played nurse)

Wed Jul 21: play day, Papa babysat Rylee so Mom and I could host her book club at the resort

Thurs Jul 22: finally checked out the community pool (awesome!), Great Grandma Signe visit

Fri Jul 23: took Rylee to see the Moving Wall (a traveling, half scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial that made it's MN stop in Crosby), park play, lunch with Grandma Sandy, visit with my 2nd cousin, Jeanne

Sat Jul 24: more community pool play with Papa

Sun Jul 25: took Rylee to the Little Falls Zoo (who knew they had one? - it's terrific and cheap!), picnic and play at their park, rescued Prancer from the junk heap

Can you autograph this? I'm a huge fan.

 

Hi ho, Prancer!

 

Kisses

 

Rockin' the chocolate milk mustache :)

 

Mon Jul 26: Grandma Sandy & Grandpa Chip visit, Papa watched Rylee so I could do some back to school shopping at Maurices

There's only one week to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MN Recap Week 8 - Part 2

Wed Jul 14: story hour at the library (they had a comedian/magician - funny!)

Thurs Jul 15: Big Grandpa Bob visit, Rylee and I spent the evening with Papa, I snuck out of the house after Rylee went to bed with my Mom and Sara

Fri Jul 16: said goodbye to the cousins, attended a funeral :(, left Rylee with Papa so my Mom and I could run errands in Brainerd

Sat Jul 17: attended my cousin David's wedding reception in Mpls

Rylee and I at the reception hall:

 

Rylee bustin' a move:

 

Sun Jul 18: brunch and park play with our friends Kirk, Liz, and their kiddos (see photo below), took an afternoon pontoon ride on Agate Lake (bee free!)

Hanging out with friends at Serpent Lake Park:

 

Rylee and Sierra playing peekaboo in the tee pee:

 

Mon Jul 19: grocery store, park play, played outside at home (my Mom was prepping for a procedure so we stuck close to home)

We're Back!

We've been back in FL for a few days now, but all my free time (read: Rylee's nap time) has been used to unpack or organize closets. Some people do spring cleaning, I do pre-school cleaning. Anywhoo, I haven't had the time to blog.

I hope to get my computer organized this week too: get the rest of my pictures downloaded and my recaps caught up to date. We'll see if that happens.

For now, Rylee is in bed, Jon is making pizza, and we're about to veg in front of the TV. So basically... I have to go! :)

Cool Rider

It was another first for Rylee today: she watched "Grease 2" and loved it!

Technically she only watched the music scenes, but she was enthralled. And it seems she may have a new favorite song - Michelle Pfeiffer's "Cool Rider."

We had to rewind it and watch it ten times at least. I was happy to comply. I really want her to be a fan since it is probably my favorite childhood movie. :)


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