Summer time...and the livins' easy

It's definitely summer now, and we're all making the most of it. It's funny to start seeing the neighbors after not having seen most of them for about 6 months. Now everyone is outside playing, gardening, etc. P and I try to get out as much as possible. She's tan already, of course. I'm still just mostly pink. She LOVES playing in the little pool, could stay in there for hours.

I could go on and on about all the new stuff she's saying and doing, but that would take a few hours, cuz she's so darn cute. Our favorite thing now is probably "get down." She's been saying this for quite awhile now, usually yelling it while standing on a chair that she knows she shouldn't be on, but lately she's learned to say it when she actually wants to get down, like from her high chair. She also says it when she wants up, which is very cute. Charles and I will say, "do you mean up?" and she'll pause a second, then say "up!" I love seeing her little mind working and making those connections. I was gardening this afternoon, pulling some weeds, she'd pick them up, bring them to me and say "uh oh," then very gingerly would place them back in the garden. She also loves flowers, but knows they're not to touch, so she'll point to each. individual. flower. and say "what's dis?" Flower flower flower flower flower! Today we turned away for a second and she had gotten all of my gardening tools out and scattered them across the driveway. She also managed to escape into our neighbors backyard where they have a cool Little Tikes slide, which our neighbor says we can use at any time, but I still want Paisley to learn manners and to ask before she just plays on someone's stuff. She was highly disappointed that both her father and I had to chase her down on separate occasions and tell her no. So grandparents...hint hint, if you feel like getting P a present!

She's just such a funny little girl with such a big personality. I don't think I ever realized how interesting small children are, she continuously has me amazed and laughing. She eats like a horse, sleeps really well, and can be really grumpy. Sounds like her mama. The other day for example she ate:

1/2 pancake

fruit

yogurt

yogos

2 hotdogs

7 chicken nuggets

cooked carrots

1 slice pizza

potato chips

Juice/water

I admit this day was a bit unusual, but not really. She's put on at least 4 pounds since her birthday in October, which I don't think is normal, but she seems perfectly healthy. And no, I didn't give her the potato chips, that's all her dad's doing. He's kind of a push over when it comes to Paisley, I can see him giving into her a lot as she gets older!

Forgot to say that P's other new thing is saying "tank ooh." I LOVE it. Instead of throwing her food on the floor when she's finished, she hands it to me saying "tank ooh!" When she gives anyone anything, she says it. It's so cute, and it makes her seem like a polite little girl instead of the wild heathen she really is.