Many, many pics...

It's been a long time coming, so here's a ton of pics/captions to catch y'all up!


Alice splashing in the water at the Children's Museum. She could probably do this all day long.


Dancing around with a handful of other kids at the "Big Fun" portion of the Children's Museum.


A new favorite pastime: piggy-back rides with Daddy. She'll get up there, then demand, "Go Go Go!!"


Coloring Easter eggs.


Alice's egg!


Sleeping on the way over to the Olesen family Easter get-together.


Cousin Zach with a bucket on his head.


Alice hunting for her eggs.


Climbing stairs is a favorite hobby.


BUBBLES!


Ok. So she has some chocolate.


Looking out the window with Brobee and Muno.


Sleeping in the rental van on the way up to our Hunter Girl's reunion in Detroit Lakes.


Holding baby Hannah. (Let me know if spelled her name wrong!) After this, Alice was obsessed with the baby for the remainder of the weekend.


Swimming with Daddy.


Grandma's turn!


Grandpa too!


Found a ball to play with.


I think she likes swimming.


Who wouldn't, with such a cute swimsuit?


"This is Ground Control to Major Alice..."


She's no longer afraid of her rocking horse! Yay!


Pants? Who needs pants?


Having fun on the slide at Chuck E Cheese for Zach's adoption party.


Driving the Chuck-mobile with Zach.


Going solo with Chuck E sitting shotgun.


Taking out her new tricycle for a spin. Thanks Auntie Carrie!!


Climbing and pointing at the park.


Sliding backwards. This kid has skills!


"Shouldn't we be outside now?"


Back to the park.


Walking on the sand is fun!


Swinging in the "big-kid" swings.


Drawing on the front porch with sidewalk-chalk.


Rocking out with Daddy.


After all that playing, kiddo needs a bath.


Ready for "nite nite".


"Yeah, I'm sitting in my toybox. Jealous?"


All dressed up for some birthday parties.

Ok. There you go. Now comment. :)

Busy Busy...

More new pictures coming soon...we have been busy with work and getting ready for the Craftstravaganza this weekend.

Alice looking cool and chilling out in her car seat

Silly smile

Alice Mae in: Sesame Street

Mid-March Catch-Up

Well, it's been a while. What are you gonna do? Wait patiently, and we thank you for that. I've been busy with freelance work and Jaime's been very busy with her work (2 jobs, and a new one starting any day now!), plus trying to get stuff done for the upcoming craft-fair, plus getting ready for taxes, plus selling a ton of stuff on Etsy.com. We need to get Alice in a day-care ASAP.

Here's a few pics of stuff that's happened in the last few weeks...

If you read Auntie Carrie's blog, you'll know we enjoyed ourselves at the Children's Museum in St. Paul...especially their Sesame Street exhibit.


Alice saying "Hi" to her favorite character, Big Bird.


Bert and Ernie.


The family unit on the famous steps to Gordon and Susan's apartment building. Alice knocked on the door, and didn't want to get off the steps. Now, whenever we read a Sesame Street book that has those steps in it, Alice will get excited and point to the steps, then point to herself and make a "knocking" gesture. "Yes Alice, you knocked on that door!"


So cute...yet...

This was the night of the first REAL temper-tantrum. It all started with Alice wanting to wear that towel around after her bath, and since she was so cute, I let her. But then it was all downhill from there. She went crazy. I'll have to familiarize her with the idea of a "time out" pretty soon. (She got her first time out the next day when she went nuts in Super Target).


Playing outside as the snow was melting.


What's more fun that splashing in puddles? Nothing!!!


Alice's first snowball. She made it herself.


Cute pic of Alice at her drawing table. She loves to sit down and just color/doodle. She also likes to hide behind it when she doesn't want to get picked up.


This is super funny to me, but very annoying to Mommy. Alice will carry her step-stool into the computer room and climb up just to pound on Mommy's adding machine. She even does a little "pounding on the keys" dance. It's super funny/cute... unless Mommy is planning on working. Ha!

Ok. That's it for now. Should have more to post in the not too distant future.

February Fun Stuff!

Alice coloring at her table.


A new trick. She'll actually smile when asked to "smile" for a photo. Alice's first fake smile with Auntie Carrie.


Baby in a box.


Wake-up crib-dancing.


Hiding behind her box.


Peek-a-boo from inside the box.


Cute dress. (a la Minnie Mouse)


Checking out outside.


Dinner at Applebees with cousin Zach.


Trying on a clip-on earring.


Broken lamp-hat.


Alice showed us she can draw circles. She also draws cats...we know this because she meows while she doodles.

Snow Walkin'

Accessorize, Organize, Disorganize

Hey everyone! What's new with Alice? Well, a lot. She's very into being a "ham" right now. (I told Jaime we should have named our kid "Hammy.") She'll do what she can to make us laugh, then she'll laugh herself, and cover her mouth (something we think she picked up from one of her picture books). She also LOVES to dress-up. If she finds a hat, or a headband, or some gloves, or a necklace...it's going on.

Alice's bedtime routine is still a bit out of whack. I think it's just a real want to stay up later and hang out/play, plus I think the popping of (11!) teeth has something to do with it. That's right, she has over half of her baby-teeth. Crazy.

Ok. On to the photos.


Alice took a break from getting dressed to remove all of her pajamas from her dresser. This happens almost daily.



Trying on Mommy's boots. She actually managed to walk around the kitchen for some time like this.



Mommy grabs some cuddle-time (even if Alice is transfixed on the TV).



Making some calls, while taking care of her baby.



Daddy's hat and gloves? No problem.



On "Daddy/Daughter Day", while Daddy had to use the bathroom, Alice decided to get some crackers out. I cam back and found this.



Trying on her backpack.



Jumping up on some of Mommy's new storage drawers.



When he weather reached 20 degrees, we figured it was okay to venture out. Alice loves going outside.



She walked about two blocks down our sidewalk, and would have gone more, if I didn't grab her and carry her home.



Mommy even made us hot-chocolate when we got inside.



Bee antennae? Check. Mardi Gras beads? Check. Time to push the stroller around.



All dressed up on Superbowl Sunday. Alice started hopping around like a bunny. It was super cute.



Mid hop.



Alice brought me all her Sesame Street dolls, then insisted on joining me on the futon.



From the most recent Daddy/Daughter Day at Barnes & Noble.



She finally fits in her cute pink skull sweater! Yay!

Toothy Smile

I will try to do a proper blog update this weekend but until then, here is a picture of Alice to tide you over. Have a good weekend!

Can I Has Playtimes Now?

Alice loves to play. She loves to play, A LOT. It's a good thing, but it makes it hard to keep up with her, and to keep her on schedule for bedtime. Her personality is really coming out lately, and she's sort of a "stinker." I think she gets that from me.


Here's Alice rocking out to RockBand. RockBand is my latest video-game splurge. Heard of Guitar Hero? It's like that, but it doesn't stop with guitars. Add drums and vocals to it, and you got the idea. Anyway, Alice really likes to hit the skins. Good girl!



She's also taken an interest in the guitar. She'll pluck away at it and laugh. Maybe someday she can teach Daddy how to play it.



Alice has discovered the remote control for Daddy's computer. I had sort of forgot that it even existed. She now has control over the music, and won't hesitate to pause, play or fast-forward through the Beatles, until she gets to her favorite songs...then it's TOTAL DANCE PARTY.



Try on Daddy's shoes? Why not? She even took a few steps.



This is Alice tonight. About 15 minutes after her bedtime. Just hanging out, playing, laughing, crawing on stuff. It's been about two weeks now where she won't go to bed without a fight. Then I gotta rock her, then Jaime has to rock her. It's a big to-do. Hope she's almost over it... or it has something to do with her new teeth (I've lost count!). Allright everyone. Have a good week!