We went back to the fair today with fully charged camera batteries. Alayah was a little more into the animals today and she tried to pet almost all of them.

She was excited to brush this cow....but it was huge

I let her ride the ponies as horses are her favorite things right now. She rode it for a good 10 minutes. She kept biting her lip though and I thought she was going to make it bleed.

She also decided she wanted to ride some rides. She went on several but was very serious on each of them. It's times like these I wish she had a sibling close to her age so she wouldn't have to do things by herself all the time.

We came home and had a bath and started a new hair style. She also chose to wear her zebra jammies and slippers. We had a great day today.

Going to the fair

Keeping an eye on the Alpaca

I yike deez amamals mom

We went to the fair tonight,  but my camera batteries were about to die. We only went long enough to look at the animals and then came home. We will try again tomorrow.

Alayah meets a grasshopper

check by your armpit Alayah

ooohh he moved

As close as she would get to touching him

We went to the next door neighbors for a wedding shower and Alayah got to see her first grasshopper. It was so exciting the watch her discover this weird insect lol. She laughed hysterically when it started jumping....she thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Tumbling Week 25

my new favorite picture

Tumbling went pretty well. She has a hard time sitting still, but no tantrums woo hoo. She has pretty much mastered the skills they do every week except for the back rolls. She can do her front straddle rolls all by herself now which is awesome.

Big Girl

We went to Olive Garden to eat tonight and Alayah ordered her meal all by herself. I asked her what she wanted to eat and she told the waiter chicken and fries. It was so cute. After we ate she decided I needed to take "peesures" of her sitting on rocks and posing by flowers. She is too funny.

take a peesure on dis rock mama

right here mama

by dees flourflys mama

The girl sat on every rock in the parking lot and walked around the entire building looking for spots to pose.  I've created a monster lol

Moment in Time Monday

Enjoying her "cah-corn"

Football Game Sunday

Alayah wanted me to take pictures of us 2gether

Her new favorite thing is to stand by the tree in the front yard so I can take her picture. I like that she wants me to take her picture now. We went to the football game tonight and had a good time. We ate pizza and watched the first half and then Alayah entertained herself playing with toys. During the last 15 minutes of the game Alayah wanted me to take pictures of the two of us together so she could see them. She liked making goofy faces and then laughing at how they looked. This was the last game of the season, so it was kind of sad we won't get to do this anymore since we are moving rather soon.

Saturday Shmaturday

I took Alayah to see Despicable Me today. She liked it and loved getting "cah-corn." I didn't like how they portrayed the orphanage in the movie, but I guess it's not much different than "Annie." I just don't understand why movie makers even think to do that kind of stuff for movies. After the movie we went to the mall where I proceeded to spend way too much money lol. Alayah picked this outfit out all by herself. She liked it because there was a puppy on it that looked like our Hannah doggy.

Really Really

Alayah's new thing is "really really." She will say "I really really yuv it mom" or "It''s boke..its really really boke mom". She also says "It really really cares me mom" and "I can't find it mom....I really really can't find it" It makes me smile everytime she does it lol

Holy Afro Batman!

look at the shadow it creates lol

she liked her new hair do

the fro is bigger than her head lol

Alayah's hair is extremely curly so this is the first time it has ever stayed straight after taking out braids. I can't believe how long it is. It barely passes her ears when its curly...Everyone loved her hair out like this and she got a lot of compliments. It's nice to know people appreciate her hair fro'd or curly.

Tumbling Week 24

Tumbling went pretty well tonight...She participated with each skill a little longer today than she usually does. She did 10 practice cartwheels in a row. Usually, she does 2 and calls it good. I took her braids out tonight....thats a lot of hair lol

Favorite shirt

Alayah decided she needed this shirt and I love that she can now name all the characters

Moments in Time Monday

Independence Day

Today was a busy day. We went to breakfast(more like brunch cuz we slept until 10am) with Nana downtown. While we waited to get in Alayah and I walked up and down the sidewalk. It's like pulling teeth to get her to pose or look at the camera lately.

I am in love with her shoes, but they barely fit her :(

After we ate I took Alayah to the park to play. There happened to be this statue out front so I had her stand by it really quick so I could take her picture.She had a lot of fun playing until she pooped her pants so we had to leave. She was not very happy about it.

After naptime, we headed up to the Events Center and went to the annual football game. Our team won and next weekend is the first championship game. After the game we walked around outside and waited about 30 minutes until it was time for the fireworks to start.

It was freezing out and luckily we had out winter jackets in the trunk because I sure needed mine lol. Alayah was not a fan of the fireworks this year at all. They started and I told her how pretty they were and once they had one go off that looked like you could reach out and touch it she was freaked. She covered her eyes and refused to look at them. She didn't cry, but she held on to me really tight and buried her head in her blanket.

I can't believe this is her 3rd 4th of July already. Time is going by so fast.

2009

2008

My little Firecracker

Star and stripes

Alayah and I went to the mall for a little bit today after I finished braiding her hair. We ate lunch and walked around. We went to our friends house and had pizza and watched Lilo and Stitch while I braided my friends little girls hair. After, the girls went to sleep we watched a movie. It was nice to spend time with my friend and get out of the house for the evening.

What is the breakfast of Champions?

CORN!

Alayah begged for corn this morning. That is all she wanted and she insisted on taking the bowl with her in the car lol.

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for these chubby cheeks and big lips. :) I love being able to kiss them and squeeze them. I love this little girl