Easter 2009

Kicked off Easter this year the same as last: Painting eggs! Alice is getting ready here in her apron.


I'm just following orders here, as my hands are steadier than Alice's.


After we colored them, we drew on them with markers and put stickers on them. Fun!


Alice on Easter morning, after finding her basket of goodies, and a cool stir-fry toy set from the Easter Bunny.


Alice running through cousin Cheri's backyard looking for eggs.


Found one!


Still looking. Eventually found them all with help from Mommy, Daddy and her aunties Joanna and Jenessa.

That night (April 12th) when we got home was Alice's first full-night's sleep in her big-girl bed. She's been out of her crib since.


A very pregnant (29 weeks), very happy Jaime talks to her friend Liz on the phone, congratulating her on her new baby girl, Melody.

Alice Mae: Reading

Swimming/Hunter Girls '09

Well, we had fun last weekend up in Detroit Lakes at the annual Hunter Girl's Reunion, but we forgot to take any photos, except for some swimming pics and a a Great Grandkids photo. Enjoy!


Carrie took Alice into the pool while I made a last second run to Wal-Mart for a suit and a floaty toy for Alice.


Alice enjoyed dipping her toes and her body into the warm whirlpool.


Playing with a "water worm" thingy.


Am I making boaty noises? I think I might be.








Alice's new suit!


In the kiddie pool.


All of the great grandkids.


Alice, distracted by the TV.

March 09 Catch-Up

Got some catching up to do. Enjoy!


A while back, Jaime checked on Alice after she had been sleeping for a while, then called me into the room. Seems she had arranged all of her crib friends in a row. We both thought his was funny/strange. A few weeks later, she did it again, but was up when we checked on her, and she inserted herself into the line-up. Kooky kid.


Daddy/Alice jam session. This one went for about thirty minutes. Me on acoustic guitar, Alice rockin' the "mic stand".


Alice brings the vocals.


She's a natural.


Listen while she plays her green tambourine.


Fun in the front-yard during the last big snowfall.


She liked to ride backwards.


Sure, let her dress herself.


Pushing cousin Zach around the house. This went on for quite a while.


Strike a pose, pretty lady!


What's this? Oh yeah...a BIG GIRL bed! While she hasn't had a good night's sleep in it yet, she likes it, and thinks hat it's "cool," so that's good. Someday, she'll give up the crib and love the bed. Right?


Wide shot of the bed.


The result of the first "nap" in bed was, Alice climbed out of bed and fell asleep in her rocking chair. She had emptied her sock drawer onto her lap, and yanked her shirt down through it's neck-hole.


So, the pitfall of re-arranging the room is, I didn't realize the downfall of putting the crib too-close to the changing table. Alice called to us letting me know she needed to wash her hands. She had grabbed the bottle of Vaseline and was wiping it everywhere.



Awww cute? Right? Sheesh. Late second bath and a few loads of laundry, and everything is still slippery.

Superbowl and the Zoo!

Alice loves helping out in the kitchen. We put her on "potato scrubbing duty" last week when Mommy made some delicious "porcupine meatballs."


Playing with balloons at Josh's Birthday party last weekend. Zach was going nuts!




Birthday boy with Zach waiting for some homemade blueberry cake (it was great!).


Alice liked the cake!


Zach too!


Alice and Zach spent a lot of time playing in Zach's crib. They didn't want it to end.




I don't remember what was going on here, but there was a lot of running back and forth, and laughing.






Today we went to the Minnesota Zoo. Here's Alice and Mommy checking out some Arctic Monkeys.


After watching the shark swim by a few times, Alice let me know..."No, I like fish."


Alice with Auntie Carrie.


Alice in the Jungle with Daddy. Alice thought the Jungle was very smelly and covered her nose for most of it.


Alice and Carrie looking for some exotic birds.


Looks like Alice didn't want to get this close to the Leopard.


Russian brown bears.


Having lunch before we left.


Carrie and myself enjoying our lunch.


Alice "I can see you!" through her onion ring. A fun time was had, and we even solved a mystery of a song Alice sings at Daycare (she saw the book that is tied to it in the gift shop!), but alas...no nap today, so she's getting kinda grumpy tonight. Maybe she'll go to bed early, right?

Riiiight! :)