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Snickerdoodles and Gidget

Erin and I made snickerdoodles yesterday during Patrick's nap.  She loves to make cookies.  I think it makes her feel grown up.
(Im)Patiently waiting while I un/loaded the dishwasher before we got started

Mixing

Enjoying the fruits of her labors

And she stole the camera and took this one of Matt

And after dinner we went out to run an errand.  By the time we got back, Erin was completely asleep (an hour before bedtime).  But our downstairs neighbor was outside with her dog Gidget, and Patrick was so excited I decided to let him play with her for a bit.

Our neighbor's grandson was over with his bike, and Patrick was very curious.  At one point he put his hand on it and lifted his foot like he was going to try to ride it!  He makes me laugh all the time.

He now does it on demand

His crinkle-nosed smile that is.  Well, you have to do it at him first, but he'll readily do it back.  It's great.

And Erin was yelling "Mommy! Hewwp, I stuck!" from her bedroom.  I go in there, yeah, she's just playing around.

Park Playdate

Whoever invented Relief Society park playdates was a genius.  I decided to go today, even though it was kind of hot, and I'm so glad I did.  I didn't realize how much I need to just sit and talk to some other adults until I did. And the kids just loved running around outside with other kids.

Strawberries!

I bought a container of strawberries today.  I actually found one where all the berries actually looked good (none were fuzzy or squishy looking) and smelled good.  Last time I bought strawberries I didn't get to them soon enough and they'd spoiled by the time I pulled them out of the fridge, so I cut them up as an afternoon snack after Patrick woke up.

Erin loves strawberries and immediately dug right in.

But Patrick wasn't too sure.  First he had to smell it for a second, then licked it a couple times (on the uncut side...lol), and then gnawed a little.

But once he got a taste of the flavor the whole thing went in.

Then Erin wanted me to take a picture of Bunny.  And then had to let Bunny try a strawberry.

Soon they'd emptied my bowl so I had to cut up the rest of the carton.  Too bad Matt didn't get any, they were yummy.  But I only got a couple myself.

Coloring

Patrick keeps surprising me with more grown-up things.  I don't know why it's so much harder for me that he's growing up so fast than it was with Erin.  Probably because when Erin was this age I was already 5 months pregnant with Patrick.

He's recently started actually coloring, rather than just eating the crayons.

Erin loves her computer game.  Here's she's coloring the whole screen black, and telling me about how good a job she's doing.

I love these giggles!

friend and rainbows

Thursday night, Aubrey and her family spent the night on their way home from a 3 week vacation.  It was a short visit, but it was very good to see them.  I didn't get many pictures though!

That afternoon it rained, and we got the most spectacular rainbow.  Erin was super excited about it.

Good thing Erin has two strollers...

...because when she plays with one, Patrick can play with the other.  ((Or actually, when Patrick plays with one, I can convince her to play with the other ))

And here's one from yesterday morning.  They were watching a bunny down on the grass.  Erin was SO excited!