What Happens when Contrariness Develops Before Common Sense.

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Sunny Shots

Testing out the JC Penney display beds for potential future teenage use. That pose is the epitome of Teenageness.
Pool time with Eli!

Umm. . .and Layla!

Trying to avoid the flyswatter. . .

Trying to sit on my cousin. . .

Having a serious conversation after the sitting-on incident. . .

Working diligently and seriously at playing. . . as usual.

Getting dry for lunch!
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The Miscellaneous Moments of our Week

Ali is starting to branch out a bit in attempting to draw things. For instance, yesterday, she purposefully drew her first two happy faces.

Purposefully meaning: She told me she was going to draw a happy face, then proceeded to draw something very similar to a happy face:

err. .. the bottom two are hers. The other three are mine. As is "VIRA".

Before you think I'm really strange, Ali asked me to write that.

"Mommy draw a big huge "V". Now draw a big "I". Now draw a big "R". Now draw a big "A""

I really hope she's not thinking of using that as a baby name one day. I'm not a fan of having my first granddaughter's name sounding Viral.

In other news, we got to introduce a new friend - Luke - to the wonder that is the hot dog truck at the Galleria:
He, of course, LOVED it.

I bet I've blogged more about that Hot Dog truck than anyone else in the world. And I bet that's a pretty safe bet, too.

Last night at small group, Ali and AJ were playing a rousing game of "jump up (onto the windowsill), jump down:

There's nothing as complex as a game invented by a two year old.

Love Has No Limits. . . Or Does It?

A few weeks ago, we taught Ali to say "I love you THIS much!!", with her arms spread out as far as they could go. It's absolutely adorable - a sure moment to be cherished in a toddler's life.

I then took it a step further and started saying, "I love you to the sky!!", or, "I love you to Atlanta!!", or "I love you to the moon!!".

This brought out a whole new dimension of our conversations, of which I am sure could be analyzed for a greater understanding of a toddler's reasoning skills.

This is usually about how they go:

Me: "I love you to the sky!!!"

Ali: "I love you to the WALL!!"

Me: "I love you to Atlanta!!"

Ali: "I love you to the CHAIR!!"

Me: "I love you to the moon!!"

Ali: "I love you to the DOOR!!"

Maybe love DOES have it's limits. . .

Oh well. It's at least good to know where I stand.