
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Gymnastics

Friday, March 27, 2009
Crazy Weather

Autumn is enthralled with the glow-in-the-dark stars on her ceiling. We sing to them every night.
Winka winka winka tars
howa howa howa are
upa upa upa kies
upa upa upa kies
winka winka winka tars
howa howa howa are
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Spring Days
We moved the dragon humidifier into our room after we bought the elephant for Autumn. I was re-filling it one afternoon and when I came back into the bedroom this is what I found, the dragon was trying to eat Autumn!
After I finally found a pair of toddler sized rain boots Autumn couldn't wait to go out and "plash" in the "puwus" (puddles). She wanted to take her bear for a walk so we strapped it into the doll stroller nice and tight so it wouldn't fall out into the water. Autumn went back and forth and back and forth in the parking lot.
Monday, March 23, 2009
She's A Broadway Baby
We think that Autumn may do a stint on Broadway. She's got the moves and the lungs. She writes her own songs and choreographs her own dances. Maybe she'll write the plays too.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Take A Bow
The video clip is of a "show" Autumn put on for us. It went on for at least 20 min. She would do a little bit of dancing/singing and then we clapped all of a sudden she bowed a couple of times saying "keekoo, keekoo". It was so funny!!! I have no idea where she learned to do that. She is such a kook.
A Rant
Why is it that it is next to impossible to find seasonal wear that coordinates with the season you are currently enjoying?!?!?! If you haven't figured out what size your child's feet will be by the end of the winter and have bought that size boot by Halloween then "sorry ma'am we aren't getting any more boots in this season". ??? What ??? It isn't even officially winter yet!! This is Minnesota!! And Heaven help you if you haven't anticipated (in JANUARY) that your toddler will want to stomp in every puddle located (in MARCH) and bought your rain boots. Because "I'm sorry ma'am, we got those in January and aren't expecting any more this spring" ?? Huh ??? If you really want these things you can of course spend extra to buy them from a store on line and hope and pray that you figured the size correctly! ARUGH! Oh, and by the way, the stores that do sell rainboots only sell them for older children, becuase there's no way a 2 year old will want to stomp in puddles or a parent who wants to keep the shoes in semi-good shape for at least a month or two. Oh yes, and don't forget to stock up on extra mittens and hats (for when they disappear) by the middle of November because you won't find any of those that fit either. Of all the...........
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Spring!!!

It was fabulous out yesterday (monday march 16), almost hit 70 degrees!!! I took the week off from school since our district didn't do a spring break this year (lots of construction and moving around this year). Autumn and I walked to Ace Hardware, well she rode in her wagon, and then we played in the parking lot/yard with her wagon and car. Earlier yesterday morning we went to see the sharks and Ray (the manta rays) in the aquarium at the Mall of America. Then we went to Build-A-Bear and stuffed our very last pacifier into the bear. You can feel it in his foot. She spent a lot of time deciding which animal to pick and ended up with a bright pink bear with white hearts. To be honest it was a good choice, since it was a Valentine special and it's closer to Easter now, that one was on sale, and I still got to use my $5 coupon! She cried all the while stuffing the "fier" into the bear and the lady who was helping us was perfect, she talked about waht a big girl Autumn was being. After we did that we came home and had NO NAP!!!! But last night she slept fine and today she is napping. Tomorrow she goes back to daycare and I get down to some serious weaving!!! HURAHH I have no idea what I'm going to make but it'll be on my new rigid heddle loom that I can take anywhere with me. I'm so excited, I'll post pictures for those of you who have no idea what the heck I'm talking about. And now, without further ado, the reason all ya'll check this blog..........

Thursday, March 05, 2009
Friends
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Language Explosion

We were walking around the zoo yesterday and many of the animals in the Tropics Trail were off exhibit due to lots and lots and lots of noise from the creation of a new exhibit of crocodiles and some remodeling of the gibbons island. Autumn noticed that many of her favorites were not there. "ummmmmmmmm no bear" "monkey go?" "birds all gone" We got to the fish tanks and she started hunting for "memo" (we've watched Finding Nemo for probably a zillion times). She also tried to speak whale to the dolphins with not much luck, the glass is rather think you know. We were going from the Tropics Trail to the Minnesota Trail and she tapped her temple saying "tink tink tink" (we've also watched Pooh about a zillion times) and then she wanted to know "where amals?". So I said they were scared of the noise and were hiding in their houses. She promptly looked around for said houses. Better start watching myself here.
Later I asked her what she wanted for lunch "ummmmmm.....iono" (i don't know). This has become her new favorite phrase and she is perfecting the intonations and shoulder shrugging to go with it. What a kook! After lunch and while she was resisting a nap she was playing on the couch with her babies while I was doing the dishes. I heard her say "all done shirt" and then saw a shirt flying across the room. I looked around the corner and she was dancing shirtless on the couch. I laughed and told her she was silly which prompted a song to go with the dance all about "siwy Aunum". I went back to the dishes and heard "all done pants" and saw the pants fly across the room too. And more "siwy Aunum" singing. When I heard "all done diter" (diaper) I decided that we needed to end this strip show. I asked if we should put her clothes back on or take a bath and she decided on the bath. So off we went.
Later that night she found a roll of Christmas paper that I was going to put away and decided the roll would make good "gwasses" (I had recently made a pair of binoculars for her from a similar roll). So the paper was unrolled all down the hallway. It was ruined and when Kurt came up he asked if she was a present. She laid down on the paper and wrapped herself up. He said we should mail her to her grandparents and then she could yell surprise. So of course she did that for about an hour jumping up and yelling "prise!"
I'm glad our sick days are over and we are back to a normal schedule, though I could really get used to these kinds of days, it was lots of fun.

Sunday, March 01, 2009
Phone Priveleges
Like any girl Autumn loves to talk on the phone, we may need to set some ground rules when she gets a bit older. :) Her favorite person to call is Papa (either one, she's not picky) but anyone who is home will do. If you aren't home and I can get her to wait long enough she'll leave a message on your machine. Recently she discovered that you can make yourself really comfortable while talking on the phone. And if you are going to spend a long time talking about the animals you saw at the zoo and your baby dolls and anything else you can think of words for, comfort is important.
Cool Dude!

Autumn loves to wear her "sasses" and is very adament that she put them on all by herself "no Aunum do!" (believe it or not they actually stay on her vace better when they are upside down, go figure) Actually she is very into doing just about EVERYTHING by herself. Welcome to the world of indepenence!
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