The Writing On The Wall:

 Alanna was happily coloring in her coloring book on the coffee table this afternoon, so I decided to sneak into the kitchen for a glass of water.

NO BIGGIE...

Well, seriously, just one glass of water later, this is what I come back to!

Alanna said "BLUE!" and pointed to it, but my face must have looked less than pleased because she quickly changed her tune to "UH OH MOMMY" and pointed to her drawing.  

I guess I'm 'officially' the mom of a toddler now since I've scrubbed crayon off my walls (doors).

Could it be possible that we are getting this "terrible twos" thing out of our system early and instead we could have the "terrific twos"?!?

NO?  Well, I can dream can't I?!?

COCO WHEATS:

"Coco wheats" is a hot cereal like oatmeal or cream of wheat, but it's chocolate flavored. 

I was introduced to the warm bowl of deliciousness when I met my husband's family. 

Now our little monkey LOVES the stuff.

And she is so proud of herself when she uses her spoon.  We end up with quite a mess, but I don't mind.  She's still learning.  

And it's cute to see the coco wheats mustache. 

 

 

Rainbow:

LOOK at this adorable rainbow dress that I got for Alanna!!

We could not get through the grocery store because millions of people kept stopping us to tell us how cute her dress was and how pretty her red hair was.

(For the record, I agree.)

And did you notice that she could NOT look away from Got-Gah for this picture?!?

We are officially planning a Minnie birthday party for her in August.

Monkey Monday:

 

Booooo....

 Having some technical difficulties with this blog.

UGH!!!!!!!!

In other news....Look what we found yesterday!

 

Sailor Girl and Mother's Day:

I just love this little dress on her. She looks so grown up.  LOTS of people commented at church and lunch.

Nana picked it out for her.  I don't know why, but she always squints when she smiles.  And you can totally tell she is saying cheese too.  SO FUNNY!

 

This is our second Mother's Day picture.  I love it.

Pioneer Days:

San Angelo has "Pioneer Days" as a weekend event each year.  They have lots of old time things on display, reenactments, animals, and native plants for sale. It was very interesting and we ended up buying two plants.

 True to form, Alanna didn't care one thing about this old stage coach and yelled "dog" and barked instead!

 They had several big steers there and one that the kids could sit on and get pictures with.  Alanna wanted to sit on it when we asked her, but then QUICKLY changed her mind and said "No, down, down!"

She was content to pet it instead.  She also Moo'd at it really loudly. =)

 It REALLY cracked her up every time the sheep would baa.  Like loud giggles and snorting.  We got to see one get it's hair shaved off too.  Sorry for the butt shot.  It's all I could get.

 We also got to see a cow being milked.  Of course Alanna said "yuck!"  Who knows what her little one year old mind was thinking.

 Lastly, we got to see some horses.  Alanna thought they were cows and was mooing.  Such a fun day.