It's as Simple as Sidewalk Chalk

I introduced Audrey to sidewalk chalk this week.  She loved it.  We drew for what seemed like hours....until I was so hot that I couldn't stand being outside anymore.  Audrey greeted every car that came into our neighborhood with a Miss Texas style wave.  I'm sure everybody in the neighborhood knows her by now. Especially the guy who honked at her.  She calls cars "Cuks", I think it's cute.  She's gets confused by the difference between cars and trucks so she blends the words together.    

I love being a Mom of an almost two year old. Although I can't believe my little baby is now a little girl.  I love having actual conversations.  I love watching her learn new things.     

 "Bye Cuk!"

 I told her to give her biggest Cheese.  It was the first time she ever voluntarily smiled for me.

 

Mother and Daughter

I love having a little girl.  She does all the things a girl should do with her Mom.  We watch musicals, read books, paint toes, do make up, rock out to music, and take pictures of us making crazy faces.

Summer Nights

It's blazing HOT!!  We went Swimming. It was her first time, and she loved it. She had to share her water with my feet.  I sat there in the sunshine watching her thinking that nothing could be better.  All I needed was a tall glass of cold lemonade and a good book.  Maybe next time I'll be prepared.  

To all the Mom's out there....if you don't have a pool you should get one.  

Not Enough Hours

I have too many hobbies for hours in the day.  There are so many things I want to do: practice the piano, write out a lesson plan for my next voice lesson, take pictures, blog, make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread, and the list goes on. But sometimes I just have to sit down with my little girl and watch Cinderella.  She always gets so excited when Cinderella finally gets to go to the ball, and she gets scared for the mice when they are trying to get by Lucifer. I wish I had popcorn, add that to the list of groceries I was supposed to pick up today.  But I'm not sorry.  It's the little moments that make me realize that the hobbies can wait.  I'm spending the day with my little girl.

   

The Day Has Finally Come...

It's long enough to put into a bow!  Isn't she cute?  If it keeps growing like this she will have a full head of hair in no time.  Love this baby little girl.

Reunion Pictures

Family pictures.  I kind of want to make this an annual thing.  I'm so excited to get this printed and on my wall!  I love the way these turned out.  Thank you everyone for being so cooperative.  If you want copies of these or any other picture I have posted let me know and I will send you a copy.  Love you all.  Thanks for coming to visit.

Kendall Reunion 3

Brazos Bend. This is not the first nor the last time you will see pictures of this on my blog.  This place is sweet!  I went with Mike two months ago and I was still excited to go again.  We didn't have a lot of success this time, we weren't seeing as many Gators as I have in the past.  The last trail we walked turned out to be a gold mine.  Notice: I have a prime lens...there is no zoom involved in these photos.  They were RIGHT THERE.  The guy on the dock was warning us to keep a hold of our little ones. If Audrey wasn't screaming half of the time then I'm sure Paul and I would have enjoyed it a lot more.  Even still, the weather was perfect and it's gorgeous out there.