Our Little Chef

I love to cook! I am always helping Mommy and Daddy in the kitchen. I've made cookie dough for the storytime librarians for Christmas, sweet potato heart biscuits to take with dinner for my friend who just had a baby sister, and lots of things for our meals at home. I also like helping Grandpa cook when he is here or when we are at Grandma and Grandpa's.

My friend Ashley got a fun little kitchen for Christmas and I thought it was really neat. Mommy has been keeping her eye on Craigslist and, guess what, she found it! We picked it up this morning, I helped Mommy clean it up, and I went straight to cooking (Mommy loves that I make a cute "shhhh" sound when I sprinkle in the ingredients):

Summer Fun!

Gotta love dressing up! (8/26) A tasty popsicle at the park (8/26):

In San Diego, my first Luigi's pizza......YUMMY! (I especially liked the olives!) (8/29)

I liked the little table and chair at Grandma and Grandpa's rental (8/30):

Getting a Boogie Board ride from Grandpa (8/30): Super Baby! (8/30)

I love how Daddy gives me baths and plays! (8/31):

Giving Dolly a bath (9/2):

I like playing in my bike trailer (9/3):

Seeing my penguin friends at Sea World (9/4):

Up close with my beloved sea life!

Uncle Randy and Aunt Sandy came to visit and we went on a bike ride (9/12):

At Uncle Dave and Aunt Jen's with Uncle Randy and Aunt Sandy:

At a vineyard (9/19):

Eating my first whole apple (9/19):

At the melodrama (9/19):

At Mission Santa Ines in Solvang (9/20):

In a bounce house at a Solvang festival:

More fun dress up (9/21):

Playing in Orka's tunnel (9/25):

Getting my first pair of shoes at a shoe store (9/25):

July and August Fun

Back to Palm Springs and hiking at the top of the aerial tramway (7/31):

At the children's museum in Palm Springs (8/1):

Daddy and I built this ball chute:

Showing Daddy what I've been learning at my swimming lessons (8/1):

Larissa came to visit and have fun (8/7):

At the Orange County Fair where I kissed the goat (8/8):

Swimming with Grandma (8/21):

Hanging with Grandpa:

At the park (8/22)

I went to Fairyland in Oakland, where my Mommy went as a little girl. My grandma and grandpa also went there as kids! (8/22)

Giving Grandma some lovies:

More Fun in July

Mommy just can't go without showing the fun we had in July (even though she knows it is November)!

We like going up the Palm Springs aerial tramway. I first went when I was two weeks old and Daddy had me in the sling (7/11):
I was smelling the Jeffrey Pine (they smell like butterscotch):
Riding on my Daddy:

During the summer, Mommy took me to the Hollywood Bowl for their Summersounds concerts. It is a series of concerts for kids with music of different cultures. This week was Samba music (7/14): (I also went to a Faith Hill concert one evening like a very big girl!)

Me and Daddy being silly and watching Bugs Bunny in "The Rabbit of Seville" (7/14):

My hair is getting so long, Mommy put it in a little ponytail (7/16):

(7/17)

I am so sweet and take good care of my doll and animals. Here I am changing Bear's diaper:

Mommy was being silly and put me in the sling like when I was a teeny baby. Now, I ride on her hip in the sling, not cradled like she has me here (7/18):

Mommy made me this pretty tutu (7/19):

In July, we went to June Lake with Grandma and Grandpa McKee and Auntie Kathleen and Chloe (poor Uncle Chad got sick and couldn't go) for a fun camping trip. Here I am in the canoe (7/25):

Don't you just think Chloe is so cute!

Taking a bath in Grandma and Grandpa's trailer:

I found this neat little door in Grandma and Grandpa's trailer (7/26):

I love Grandma!

Daddy turned my carseat around and now I can see!