Mommy's Helper

So Grace has become a great little helper at the ripe old age of almost two. She loves to help me clean the house and insists I give her a wet paper towel to do so. If I give it to her dry, she gives it back and asks for water. She cruises the house cleaning the tv, floor, couches and her toys. Sometimes she likes to try to clean me too and I just squirm as that dirty wet paper towel comes towards me. She also like to help me cook. Here she is helping stir the pancake batter this morning. Of course bubby is helping too. I missed the shot where the batter spilled out onto the floor, but she helped wipe it up with a wet paper towel :)

Ashley's Birthday

Ashley turns 19 this weekend! We enjoyed her birthday dinner on Wednesday night and stuffed ourselves full of ravioli and carrot cake (worth the calories). Grace had fun celebrating and singing 'Happy Birthday', and then Ash and I had ourselves a little massage and spa time on Thursday. Grace loves her Auntie Ashley soooooo much.

Natalie and Audrey

Today we met our good friends Megan, Natalie and Audrey for lunch and to play at the mall. The three girls are very cute together and we always have a good time with them. Natalie was so sweet with Grace --- just like a big sister.

Weekend Wrap-up

Fun weekend! On Saturday we had Grace's friend Kate's 2nd birthday party at the Santa Ana zoo. The little kids had so much fun seeing all the animals and having lunch and cake. On Sunday we had a 'park day' thru church and it was sooooo geared for the kids....snow cones, cookies, arts & crafts and THE LIZARD WIZARD. The lizard wizard brought all kinds of reptiles and part of his show was show & tell while the other have was a demonstration. Grace held turtles and lizards, and even cleaned a tortoise's shell with a toothbrush and squirt bottle (who knew?). She wasn't into touching the snakes and spiders but who can blame her - I wouldn't hold a tarantula if you paid me!

Happy Birthday Kristyn

Kristyn and I celebrated her birthday on Thursday. We both found babysitters and snuck off to Huntington Beach for lunch and a bike ride. It was so nice to relax & enjoy the weather, and we were joking about how we felt like we were on vacation. We've been friends since 8th grade and she's an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G friend. Happy Birthday K!!!

Oh, and PS - Totally unrelated, but Grace pooped in her potty - sorry K for including this in the same post as your b-day but I know you understand since we're in the same boat :)

Potty News...

Proud mom moment: Grace took her first pee pee in the potty tonight. It was right after her bath and we were in her room getting ready to put on jammies when she marched right into the bathroom, sat on the potty, and viola! I tried to make a big deal about it and since I hadn't bought any M&M's yet, I told her she could have some fruit snacks and a Calliou episode as her "treat". Let's hope she does it again one of these days :)