Fingerpaints!

Grandma and Papa Griffin gave Melissa fingerpaints for Easter. That day of course they had to start using them before they opened anything else!!!

Naked is the best way to finger paint - and the cleanest!

Believe it or not, Marian was really good at finger painting :)

Shel also liked trying to eat it....

Melissa getting help from Grandma.


Look Marian can spell! Well, maybe daddy gave her a little bit of help!

Melissa loves painting!!

Melissa's finished artwork.

Marian's finished artwork!

Cakes

For my birthday, Kathy got me a cake decorating set. After a lot of practice on cookies and cupcakes at home (which I think Randy was slightly upset for all the desert stuff he was having to eat :) ) I finally had an opportunity to make a cake for an Easter Celebration at the Cook's house. It turned out pretty cute, kind of like an Easter basket on the sides sitting in grass.





I got my second opportunity to make a cake for my sister Kadra's bridal shower. This one I made using fondant...which is hard and easy at the same time. It takes so long to roll out but getting the cake smooth is so much easier! I used a cookie cutter to cut out the daisy shapes in different colors and then just applied them to the white fondant. Turned out so cute!

Fort La Play Porte

This is the coolest "fort" I have ever seen. We went to the park to have a picnic lunch with our friends Jenny and Nora, and then afterwards let the kids play on this amazing play ground.

Melissa getting ready to go down the super fast slide.

Marian playing peek-a-boo one of many times.

Nora was getting tired....we had to much fun and it was pretty hot that day.

Marian running away from me...yes, I was on the play fort...

it was the only way I could keep an eye on Marian.

All three girls in one spot....I think this is the only time that happened!!!

Melissa loves the tire swing.

Marian and Nora walking off on their own...so stinking cute!!!!

I should have known then!

So my dad copied some pictures for me from his computer this past weekend. This one is Marian with her Papa Grape, as Melissa calls him (Papa Great - my Papa). I should have known at 2 months of age that Marian was going to be my sneaky kid! Look at that sly sneaky grin she has with those hands together almost like she was rubbing them together thinking of something bad to get into!!!!

YEAH!!!!!

Marian just pee'd in the potty all by herself!!!!!!! (Well, I told her to go sit on it, but I wasn't anywhere near when she did it!) Maybe running around naked is the key?

All I can say is YEAH!!!!!!!!

Potty Training: Part 1

So this is hilarious! We have slowly started introducing Marian to the potty. For a while now she has been telling us when to change her diaper - usually within seconds of peeing or pooping it. Everytime we change her (mostly me since I'm home all day with her), we've been asking her if she wants to sit on the potty. And of course its always the "Ehh" answer, which we've come to understand as yes. So these first two are from the other day after a diaper change.


Trying to get her pants down far enough, apparantly they had to be pretty much off for her to be comfortable!

Kind of a scary "CHEESE" face! But excited none the less to be sitting on the potty!

This one is my favorite. Let me preface this with the fact that she wanted nothing to do with her diaper all morning today (Yes, she's completely naked as I type this). I asked if she wanted to sit on the potty, and that turned into her not wanting to put her diaper back on and me taking her clothes off, so in the event of the looming accident, we only pee on the floor and not the clothes too! And I see pee as a hopeful, wishful thinking accident...trying to avoid the word with the o's in it!
Anyways, this is one of the many things she's done today while naked. I love the fact that you can see part of her crack!

The things they say

This morning I woke up to Melissa saying this....

"Let's go right here where mommy can't see us...come on Marian"

When I got out of bed, they were sitting on the middle landing of the stairs, in the dark, eating what was left of the lifesaver gummies they found in the diaper bag. So stinking cute I just had to let them eat the gummies with their breakfast!