All you need is a water bottle

and it is a great day in Finley's eyes. She spent hours playing with the water bottle. All sorts of toys and all she wanted was the water bottle. To her credit, it does make a fun, crinkly sound when you smoosh it. It's fun up high!
Real high!
It's fun to pretend to drink
It's fun to throw between your legs
It's fun to bang on the table
Real fun
It's fun to hit Wrigley with it
It's fun to sit with it
After all that fun, Finley took a cookie break with the yuumy cookies Lori had made with her
Back to playing in the kitchen
Whatcha cooking?
So proud of her culinary skills
Let me grab the cutting board.
Trying to get some dishes
Got it!

How can this sweet face...

be such a bully? I just see a sweet little angel =)

I took this pictures just before we headed to the Children's Museum. She looks so innocent...little did I know that the wrath of Finley would come out!

Turtle Time

My sorority, Delta Zeta, has a turtle as their mascot and the colors of pink and green. How happy was I to see that Gymboree had a turtle collection for girls for the spring. Of course, I had to get the entire outfit for Finley, good thing I had Gymbucks to use, since it was quite a splurge. We have a turtle headband, turtle socks, turtle jumper, turtle pajamas...once it goes on sale some more, I will stock up on more turtle gear. G-ma was over to babysit last night, she said that Clifton had a turtle romper that she had made that looked very similar to Finley's dress, I bet it wasn't pink though =)

Go Marathoners! Go Ly!

Finley and I walked 2.62 miles this morning to support our friend Ly, who was running 26.2 miles in the Chevron Houston Marathon this morning. She was looking great and we cheered her on. We are so proud of Ly, what a huge accomplishment.

Children's Museum and Meeting Mia

It was rainy and cool yesterday, so our playgroup met at the Children's Museum for an afternoon of playtime fun. Miss Finley was quite the challenge, she pushed a couple kids trying to get toys and even tried to shut the play doors on other babies. These are some things we are going to have to work on. She had a great time sliding on the slide and climbing all around. She also really enjoyed the playhouse with the play dishes, it must remind her of her play table and kitchen.
After the Museum, we went to Auntie Kristina's to meet her new kitten, Mia. Finley was very gentle with the kitten and loved to pet her. They both had fun playing with the kitten toys. I think Finley wants a kitten to play with!

I Scream, You Scream, Finley Screams

For ice cream!

Baking a Cake

Good to know Finley is just as much of a help when I am baking a cake as when I am roasting a turkey. At one point, she had climbed completely in the cabinet and just her little feet were sticking out. Of course as soon as I grabbed my camera, she was back out of the cabinet. Such a silly bug!

MFAH and Happy Birthday Joe!

Yesterday, we took Finley to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to catch The Moon exhibit since it was the last weekend for it. Finley seemed to enjoy looking at all the artwork and displays. We also got to check out the Contemporary Artists from Korea exhibit. This exhibit was fascinating. There were so many interesting pieces, I was especially taken with Fallen Star by Do Ho Suh and The Needle Girl. That picture of Fallen Star does not do it justice. On the reverse side it was split open to reveal a large scale dollhouse, the detail was amazing. Even the turkey in the oven was stuffed! I am going to check it out again before it was over. Finley loved walking around the museum, she spent most of the time on her feet!
After a failed attempt at an afternoon nap, Finley and I headed to WonderWild for Joe's 2nd birthday party. Finley's favorite toy was the play kitchen, she spent the majority of the time there with it. Just like home! Finley enjoyed pizza, birthday cake and her first juice box. She was one happy camper and was asleep as soon as we pulled away to head home. Playing in the ball pit with Max What did she do?
Playing in the kitchen...her favorite thing to do.

When I try to cook...

This is what happens:And it isn't like I was making a meal that didn't have leftovers that would need clean tupperware to store it in. No, just a 12 pound turkey with stuffing. Clifton and I should be able to polish that off in one sitting.

Who me?
At least she's cute!