SATURDAY 28th--HOT & HUMID bathing BABY

Ok---I am so far behind posting but these were cute photos with her .25 cent swimsuit we got in Spokane and the toys mommy was trying to sell at the yard sale! I also am adding a funny story here---I had my 1st yard sale the first of June and "G" was not sure what to think about people coming and buying our junk! So when I had it the 2nd time--she was sooo cute (but don't I always say that) She got in to the buying and selling parts by holding 4 quarters and "shopping" with a WalMart sack off our tables. The only thing was --I ended up with stuff in the house and had to restock the tables-ha! Daddy was in the house and she bought a few hats for him also---how thoughtful!! So she then wanted to be the "cashier" and have me shop----ha! She did not quite get the hang keeping the money after I bought stuff and would hand me the money back----after she put my stuff into a sack.....................SOOOO---we played this game for awhile---as Gretchie was shopping and then paying she looked like she knew what she was doing and paying me and saying thank-you have a nice day --waved and then walked out of the garage and waved goodbye----A hispanic lady was shopping and looked at me horrified and said That little girl is not mine---I said shes mine--but realized how it looked like G was all by herself----oh boy ---and then the lady smiled and said OH!! We then went across the street to shop at the yard sale and G found a small Tigger she had to have (our neighbor said she can have it) The mean mom that I am said OH NO she needs to pay for it! We will go home and get our money--so putting the play into practice was a great lesson!!!

FFF--SHAKING THE GROOVE

Gretchen loves music so much that she had to stop her new craft to go DANCE to the elephant song on BABAR!! I grabbed a couple shots of her dancing! She always is singing---like nonstop all day!! In the store, car tub & meals!! We dance and march all day long and she always grabs the maraccas!! She has many, many songs memorized and loves her Boogie class at the library!!! She is always singing nursery rhymes and the song off the Heffalump movie--We stand shoulder to shoulder--we see eye to eye---etc. It is adorable to hear her try to sing the praise songs at church. Her new song in the last week is JOHN JACOB JINGLE HIEMMER SCHMIDT---I will try to download the video of her and daddy singing this song---It makes me laugh each time I hear it!!! Last week she learned all 8 verses of DOWN BY THE BAY!!! I can't wait until fall to put her in a dance class or gymnastics!!!!

What to do when it rains and is 102 degrees??

NOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD!!

I THINK THE RAIN IS COMING AGAIN!!!!
ARE YOU REALLY LETTING ME SWIM IN MY SHORTS???
ITS RAINING ****ITS POURING****THE OLD MAN IS SNORING....
SINGING IN THE RAIN----(true)
DO YOU WANT TO GET UNDER MOM.....?? ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT OTHERS----PROBABLY SINCE I HAD THE CAMERA--NOT!

Monday was hot and muggy and with a two year old that was just kinda--not her perky self!! I tried to encourage swimming in her pool and when I FINALLY had her convinced swimming in her pool was a GREAT IDEA!! We took off her shorts to put on the suit and the rainstorm came---so on went the shorts and out came the umbrella! Fast thinking on mom's part!! We also sweeped the garage and then went in the pool after the rain (with our clothes on)

MONDAY & TUESDAY SNAPSHOTS

TICKLE TIME WITH DADDY!
AGAIN MORE TICKLE!!! HA HA----
OOOH............. I LIKE IT!!
SMILING ANGEL!!
PLAYING WITH HER NEW SQUIRT SHARK!! WOW MOM WE HAVE LOTS OF JUNK TO TAKE TO THE GOODWILL????
SQUIRT SHARK---
HERE I COME MOM TO TICKLE YOU!!!
MY HOW DOES THE SHARK WORK---LOOK! PLEASE SHOW ME!

READING MY BOOKS__teehhaaha
EATING A POPSICLE IN A BOWL AND WAVING TO OUR NEIGHBORS!!!
SUMMER READING IS THE BEST YOU CAN READ ANYWHERE!!!
WORKING ON MY TAN LINES!!!
TOO TIRED TO EAT MY PRINCESS COOKIES-----
TUESDAY---4:10 pm~ She would not go down for a nap at all earlier--fell asleep watching Barney and I woke her after thirty minutes. WE had a busy day as you can tell by our photos!!

SHAVING CREAM FUN!!

Tuesday Gretchie needed to have something different to play with---since it was so hot and Monday she was not interested in playing outside all day long! I got the bright idea--lets squirt shaving cream on her table and play---OK good idea but in the back of my mind I knew she did not like anything messy on her!! SHE LOVED IT!! In fact she played a whole hour and then two more thirty minute times the rest of the day!! It made a great hit she even wanted to show daddy when he got home!!

WORKBOOK/ WALK/ POPCORN

Wednesday after Gretchie's two hour nap---she received a cute workbook on Sorting and grouping things into catagories! To my utter suprise the child aced each page we did! Papa and Amma had sent it to her in the mail--it had cute punchout animals and we put them in a snack size ziplock bag! So do you think I should start addition and subtraction--(just kidding) The child counts everything in spanish always and on our walk I hear tres>cuatro >cinco. We have gone on a walk the past two nights---last night a lady and her 3 kids from storytime stopped to talk when we got home and daddy was mowing---I hear G chatting away to the kids--it was so cute but I missed most of their conversation as I was talking myself!!! Tonight I really was discouraging her from going up the hill on the walk---She breaks out into song Jack and Jill went up the hill----I changed it to mommy and Gretchie go up the hill---when we got to the top she says WHEW-I am sweaty ---sits down and then says lets go home! I replied mommy was right again---Mommy you are right she says---(the hill is not that big -but I am not in shape and this heat!!) We came home put our jammies on and watched Barney and made popcorn!

Wed News!

This is not the best shot of her outfit--but she decided to cover her face with the empty chocolate chip bag! And the straw sandal shoes I wanted her to wear are on the counter beside her with the cereal bar she took one bite of for breakfast---plus the untouched bowl of hot cereal--I put frozen blueberries in ----she did have 3-4 blueberries!
I love Blueerries!!!

I finally downloaded all the photos from last week and Fri, Sat Sun, Mon (in process of posting-but I am so fed up with dial-up slow connection)and then Tuesday we stayed home and I took tons of photos--Today I tried to contain myself from taking pictures-but her outfit was ADORABLE!! Friday when we were in Spokane I went to my favorite kids consignment store and they had a .25 cent clothing sale---I spent $6.00 (cheaper than a movie) and got some cute things!! So today she wore a skort and shirt(wish it was my size) to Boogie and Storytime----Wacky Wed at library so we had to write down everything in the library that was out of place! Like pots and pans hanging and tpaper stacked on a bookshelfand etc. Guess what ??? She found Babar movie on the shelf again--that is one movie I will not buy---- (because then she won't have the excitement that she found it once again!) She is sooo cute though-she knows if she gets a movie she has to get a book also--so she goes over and picks the movie and a book and stands in line! Lee is going to Portland tonight to take his 3 year test tomorrow---(can't wait until this apprenticeship is OVER!) (the price of gas is killing us-with a hour commute each way)(not to mention a tired husband) So goes life................