Making my Own Pizza!

Papa Murphy's recently started selling "Mini Murph" pizza kits for kids.  It's a box that comes with crust, containers of sauce and cheese, and toppings.  When you get  home, you get to make the pizza yourself!  Mommies thought I might like to try it, so they bought me one a couple of weeks ago, and I had so much fun!  I felt like such a big kid making my own dinner.  :) 

Spreading out the sauce.

Adding cheese.  (apparently, this is my "concentration" face.)  :)

Now the pepperonis.

A good chef always tastes her food....

Time to put it in the oven!  (Disclaimer:  I'm only two.  Mommies let me carry it to the oven, but they placed it in the oven for me.)  :)

The best part - eating the pizza!!  Not bad, if I do say so myself!



Warm Weather is a Perfect Time for Cold Treats!

Each day after I woke up from my nap this week, I told Mommy "I wanna go to Grandma's!"  Mommy finally listened and took me to see Grandma and Grace yesterday.  (Grace was staying with Grandma)  As usual, I had a blast there.  I always have fun at the farm!  Yesterday was another beautiful day, so we took a break from playing to eat dreamcicles.  I had never had one before and was a little hesitant at first, but I quickly figured out it was a "treat", and loved it after that.  (okay, I still only ate a little bit of it, but it was huge!) 

Treats make me smile!

Yum!

Enjoying my treat.



Breaking in my New Rain Boots!

Now that it's getting  nice out, all of the snow has melted, leaving a nice muddy mess throughout most of our yard.  Mommies quickly realized that the mud and puddles weren't going to stop me from playing, so Mama bought me some new rain boots in order to enjoy it without ruining a good pair of shoes.  She actually bought me two pairs and let me pick - red ladybugs or pink kitties.  No surprise to mommies, I chose the pink kitties. 

I just LOVE my boots.  We walked all over the yard yesterday, and if I was walking through water and hit a patch of dry grass, I'd move over to make sure I was still walking in water.  I also discovered the joy of jumping in puddles!  It may be a messy time of year, but Mama can get stains out of anything, so they're letting me go free and explore!  (no matter how dirty I get!)

Check out my boots!

It's early March and I'm outside in short sleeves!

Playing with my "walking stick".  :)

Jumping in a puddle!

I'm so happy that my climber is no longer covered in snow!!



Perfect Weather for a Bike Ride!!

Spring decided to come early this year, and boy was I ready for it!!  Although mommies made sure to get me outside almost every day in the winter despite the cold, it's so much nicer to not have to be covered head to toe in snow gear!  I've also learned that I would much rather ride my bike outside than up and down the hallway in our house!!  :)  Mommies can't believe how much progress I've made on my bike riding.  I went from riding in the hallway of our house, to riding about 1/4 of a mile outside a few days ago, to riding 1 mile yesterday!  I just can't get enough!  I even fell twice yesterday (glad I had on a helmet!), and once I was done crying, I climbed right back on my bike both times!  Such a trooper!

Here's a picture of me sporting my bike helmet.  Notice how my ponytail sticks out on top!  Mommies didn't make it do that - it just does it on its own!!

Here' s a video Mommy made of me yesterday during the first part of our ride.



Enjoying the Snow!

As most of you know, this year has not been a very snowy year, so on the rare occasion we get snow, mommies make sure to take me outside to enjoy it!  We love to take walks around the yard and run around on the frozen ponds.  As soon as we get close to the pond, I generally start yelling "hot dog!  hot dog!" because I think the cat tails around the pond look like hot dogs and I love to carry them around.  Last week we even made a snowman and used "hot dogs" for his arms and nose. 

Giving the snowman a hug.

Leaning in to give him a kiss.  :)

Carrying around a "hot dog".

 Being silly!



School is Exhausting!

Mommy picks me up each day from school at around 12:15, right after lunch.  Normally, this is when the rest of my friends for school go down for a nap, but instead of napping at school, I go home and take my nap in my bed.  Thanks to all of the fun and excitement I'm exposed to at school each day, it's rare for me to even make it home before falling asleep in the car.  So most days  Mommy carries a sleeping Maggie into the house, she props me up on the table to take off my coat and shoes, then she lays me down.  Lately I've been SO tired that I won't even sit up when she's getting me ready for bed, so this is what our new routine looks like.  :)



Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day was last week, and it was so much fun!  It started with a party at school.  I had a blast and was able to give and receive lots of fun valentine's with my friends.  After that, I celebrated Valentine's at home with my mommies.  I must have been pretty sweet this year because mommies definitely spoiled me!  I got a new Dora DVD for the car, some gummy worms, and the most exciting gift of all was a new big girl bike!!  Mommies can't believe how quickly I've picked up riding a bike, and they can't wait until spring when they can move the bike outside and we can go for (short) bike rides together! 

Excited about my new Dora DVD!

Opening my bike!

I love it!

Unwrapping the bike!

Showing off my riding skills.



Moving on to Bigger, Better Things!

It seems like just a few weeks ago I was writing a post about how much better I've been getting at riding my tricycle.  Well, while I still love riding my trike, I've started to set my sights on bigger things - an actual bike!  Whenever we go to a store that have bikes, I sprint over to them and start pointing, screaming "bike! bike!" and bouncing up and down when I see them.  Mommies weren't sure if I would be able to actually ride one, but I proved them wrong!!  I can now be found at various stores biking up and down the aisles!  Here's a video mommies made of me today at Wal Mart.  They can't believe how quickly I'm growing up!



Bowling with my Cousins

Yesterday Mommy took me to New Richmond to go bowling with my cousins!  We had a great time bowling, snacking, and running around!  It was a great activity to do on a freezing cold February day!  After bowling, we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's house for dinner and to exchange Valentine's.  I ended up staying up until almost 9:00 last night.  Crazy Saturday night for this kid!

Mommy showing me what to do.

I did it!

Bowling like such a big girl!

Taking a break from bowling to say hi to my cousin Luca!

Enjoying some snacks!  Mini corn dogs were my favorite!

Checking out the arcade games with Grace and Cal.

After bowling, we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and everyone had brought Valentine's!  (well, everyone but me ... nice one, Mommies!)

Mmmm.... Valentine's candy!

Playing with Lauren's Leap Frog LeapPad.



Fun Visit to Camp Snoopy!

Last weekend Mommies took me to Camp Snoopy to go on some rides!  I was instantly in awe when we walked into the park because Dora the Explorer was everywhere!  Not sure if I've mentioned it yet, but I have become completely obssessed with Dora and ask to watch the show all the time! 

We ended up staying at the park for a couple of hours, and went on tons of rides!  My two favorites were the Diego bus ride and also this small roller coaster that Mommy said brought out the cutest belly laugh in me every time we'd make a sharp turn around the corner.  Unfortunately, 36" is the minimum height required to go on the log ride and some of the other fun ones, and while I'm 36" with my pony tail, apparently that doesn't count.  (we know this because Mommy tried - she just knew I'd love the log ride and thought it was worth a shot!) 

Admiring the HUGE Dora statue!

We started with this one as a warm up before the more exciting rides!  You can't see it, but I insisted on riding the one that looked like a pig.

Me and Mommy on the hot air balloon ride.

This one was one of my favorites!