I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Stage 1 - Ice Cream Excitement... 

Stage 2, Not sure how to tackle the cone. hmmm, this is getting messy

Stage 3,  Give the cone all you got and go for it :)  

That's our girl,  not going to miss a lick on this strawberry ice cream cone. Just wait until she goes to the State Fair coming up here soon..... she just might be able to beat Grandpa Dice with the fried candy bar on a  stick :) 

Lake Independence

Today we went to Lake Independence and Baker's Regional Park by our house. Just a few miles down the road, we found our new favorite getaway. Surrounded by a beautiful lake, we enjoyed playing in the sand, climbing on jungle gyms ( fully equipped with a zip line), hiking along trails, and a watching the campers enjoy "camping life" .   Hannah loved the water and wanted to jump right in... we didn't bring swim suits since we didn't know what the expect, but next time we will. It is a beautiful huge park with 7 miles or running paths, and a gorgeous lake. There were a ton of families on the camp ground which looked like a lot of fun, and something I am sure we will be doing on day when Hannah gets a little older.  I am sure we will be back there quite a few times before the snow hits. And even though, I think I spotted a few good sledding hills :) 

Picky Girl.. with Opinions.

Until recently, it was pretty fun to get Hannah dressed in the mornings. I have to say, it is fun to pick out clothes for a 19 month old, everything is just so cute, and I always tell myself, they are only little once.. gotta make sure she looks good (at the expense of my own wardrobe.) And then it happened, this week all of the sudden Hannah got an opinion each morning of what she was going to put on. Crying, screaming and tantrums over any shirt with a floral print. I don't get it?  At least I like to think she has a sense of style picking out of the above. Her "H" shirt was her favorite of the week, as she wanted to wear it every day.  I am not sure if it is because it is bright, or she gets lots of attention when she wears it at school because the teachers call her "H"? At any rate, you might be seeing this shirt in lots of upcoming pictures :) 

Sleeping Beauty

At the end of each day, as Dad and I go to sleep, I always do the last  "check in" of the night to make sure Hannah is ok, before we ourselves tiredly retire for the night.  Pictures don't always capture the sweetness, but I thought it was just too cute looking at Hannah all cuddled up with her "baby".   Aunt Nikki and Uncle Jeff got her this baby doll for Christmas, and it has recently become Hannah's favorite toy. She sleeps with it, carries it with her every where she goes, and even feeds it with a bottle. If she hears a lullabye, she rocks the baby. Very sweet.   This weekend, Hannah got her first very own purse. We are learning she is all girl. Yesterday she carried her purse with her every place she went, hair brush and cell phone in tote. She was pretty proud of her very own Hello Kitty purse Dad bought for her when they were out running errands. Dad is a bit of a sucker for Hannah these days :) 

Splash Pad, oh so fun.

Yesterday we went to the Splash Pad in St Louis Park. It is a great place for kids to splash around in the water, and there is a great park with slides and climbing walls to kids to burn off all the extra energy they have left after running around in the water. The best part is it is free!  Makes for a great afternoon. Hannah enjoyed filling up her bucket and dumping the water out. She was a little scared of the older kids that got the water guns and started spraying everyone, but I assume in a few years she will be doing the same thing.   It has been a gorgeous weekend, we are savoring the last few weekends of summer and making the most out of the weather before winter hits... !! 

Pop go the Wiggles

The pictures are a series of events of a post wiggles reaction to cotton candy and mini donuts. Hannah enjoyed the Wiggles... her first rock concert. We went with Bella and her parents and sang along to some of the Wiggles all time favorites. Shortly after the cotton candy took effect, we knew it was time to exit the building before Hannah broke lose. First she was running around the wiggles sign as you leave Target Center, next was a series of zerbers as we call them in the car. You had to take cover from all the spit flying from Hannah's mouth, but she had fun, and that is what counts.  Pop goes the Wiggles, and Pop goes Hannah :) !! 

Hannah & Bella's first slumber party

Oh what fun we had!  Bella parents had a wedding to go to on Sat night, so Bella came to our house around 3pm and stayed the night. We had so much fun. We went to the pool, played in the sand, ate pizza and ice cream, took a fun bath filled with balls  ( that was the highlight of the day) andin the morning Hannah's Dad made them special pancakes that spelled out an H for Hannah and a B for Bella. Dad also thought it was fun to make a few "tootles" mickey mouse pancakes as well that went over pretty well.   The girls laughed and played, and really enjoyed eachother. They are very cute together and Hannah likes to do whatever Bella does. If Bella starts running, so does Hannah, and if Bella laughs, so does Hannah. It is pretty funny to watch. 

In a few weeks Hannah is spending the night at Bella's house while we got to a wedding, I am sure they will have a blast. It is actually a little sad, every time we get into the car and Hannah sees the empty carseat that Bella sat in she looks at us and says "where bubba"?? Bubba.. being how she says the word Bella. I think Hannah misses her!