Into The Thick of It: Mudders Day

Not Mother's Day, but "Mudders" day. She said it to me, she said it to Grammy, and to Grandma too. I'm not sure she understood the entire concept, but it was still amusing.

Yesterday, she and daddy went shopping for a peasant (i.e. - present) for me for mudders day. She was dying to tell me what it was when she got back from the store, and it was really fun to try to trick her into telling me. She did spill the beans on the earrings - but it was so cute :) I loved my presents - I got a scrapbooking book, a necklace, and a pair of earrings that I really like.

Today we had her dedicated at church, and it was really nice. She was a little ham. The strangest part was the tooting. I don't know what she had eaten in Sunday School, but this solemn touching time ended up being a "shh...I heard that, but don't say anything" whispered at the front of the church. She did look pretty adorable, if I do say so myself. She told me that Uncle Kevin would think that her pink dress was "delightful." Indeed.

It was a rainy day, which I'm beginning to think are Melanie's favorite kind. She got to carry her umbrella, and she looks so cute with it. The only problem is that she doesn't want to give it up once she has it. I will now have to hide it for the next few days, otherwise she'll be carrying it around (open) the house for the next week.

We spent the day today with Kevin and Lori and the kids, and Melanie got to hold Aly's bunny. She had a hard time at first being gentle, but in the end was being really sweet. She was fascintaed by the ears, though.

She fell asleep on the way home; no nap, early morning. She was so cute. She didn't wake up when we picked her up, didn't wake up when we brought her in the house. But when we touched her feet to take her shoes off - she was up and at them again. She fell asleep pretty easily tonight, though.

We took her to see Curious George the other day. It was her first movie, and actually, it was our first one since we brought her home. She was a HOOT! Amazed by the "big tv" - really bummed that she couldn't hold the theater seat down with her hefty weight. Ate popcorn and M&M's till she was going to pop. I'm really glad there were only about 8 people in the theater counting us, because she was so NOT quiet! She kept telling us that George was in "really BIG trouble!" The other people in the theater were laughing at her too, but we're just starting to get used to that.

On the way home from the theater she was singing songs and cutting up with us. All of a sudden she stopped and said, "Oh no! My gum is on the seat!" I asked her how it got there, and she said, "It jumped right out of my mouth!" Brian was laughing himself silly at that one. Jumped out of her mouth indeed.

Her current favorite pasttime is to go to the potty (number 2, of course) with daddy in the room, and practice making funny faces together. Below are some of her best shots. This is of course right before bedtime, when she's supposed to be winding down. What a farce. She doesn't ever wind down - she just quits when she finally falls asleep. Little stinker.