The Wilsons - (you really can't beat the Wilsons)

Grammy's birthday in Boone

The time in Boone to celebrate A's mom's birthday was spent at a house in Blowing Rock with a big yard (a new thing for the city-girl Addie!).

No trip to Boone is complete without breakfast at Melanie's Food Fantasy. Mmm.

Addie and cousin Patrick

Birthday girls

Chocolate Cream Cake from Stick Boy. Ahh, Stick Boy - how I wish you were in DC!

Addie and John Thomas bonding over cake.

Goofball

Those are socks, not pants. Weird.

Sisters

Valentine Visit

Addie had a chance to play with her cousins Jenna and Michaela when they came for a dinner visit. The girls played a while and ended up making some sparkly crowns. They're the sweetest family, and we are always so excited when we get a chance to see them.

Nora at 7 months

Now she's sitting in a chairand eating her solids!

Pool Time

Girls in Glasses

 

Smiley

 

Big Girl

Laying Around

I love dad's chair

Band-dad's a hoot

New Hat

Gaia's Visit

Addie's friend Gaia was over for a visit while her parents packed up the house - they're moving next week :(

Addie and Gaia had a great time together!

They dressed up. There were many wardrobe changes. Most included dresses and glass slippers.


They ate lunch in front of the Backyardigans.

There wasn't a lot of eating going on, but they were having fun!

They played outside with chalk and bubbles.
I made a (pretty awesome, I must say) fort out of the couch which they filled with anything not nailed down.

Naturally, they also spent time brushing hair and pretending to do makeup...with a chalkboard eraser.


We will miss sweet Gaia!

Addie's favorite shows are preceded by commercials targeted at kids. We have the shows recorded and I usually fast-forward through the commercials. I guess she sees more of them than I think: She saw a picture of the ChuckECheese mascot on a coupon and said "look!"
I asked her if she knew who it was without saying his name.
Her reply: "that's Chucky Jesus."
(ChuckECheese is a proud sponsor...)

Anamstics

A sports complex about 20 minutes from our house opens the gymnastics arena to kids for an hour on Wednesdays. For$6, kids can be wide open in a huge padded room. It's great. Addie really liked using her balance and jumping around in the foam pits.

Her friend Sam goes to the gym and was teaching Addie all sorts of tricks like jumping from the high beam into the foam. First she had to climb the ladder.

Here's a shot of Sam mid-air, just to give an idea of how high it is for a 2 year old.



She had a great time. We'll go back again, I'm sure!