Laura's hair do

Laura was visiting and wanted me to curl her hair, after I'd curled mine. I don't think her mother EVER asked to have her hair curled! She likes to put on make-up, too. After I was done with my hair and make-up, she told me I looked "terrific!"

No matter how many toys and play things...

. . . . every once in awhile, a girl just has to run, and run; back and forth.

Note how bare the tree is. This was taken April 10. We've had about 4" more snow since then.

Guggie's Playhouse

About 6 weeks ago in Costco, there was a most fabulous playhouse. Laura must've played in it for 20 minutes, at least. I knew I had to have one for my back yard.

Here, Laura is cooking hot dogs, just like she did at Costco. I think she has a future in being a "sample lady." She calls the tongs "grab-nabbers." (must hear to appreciate)

Here she is pointing (with chalk) to the front porch of the house. She had just rung the doorbell - you can't quite see it, but it's above the painted flower. The door is missing because we hadn't latched it the week before when we went inside. We had a big windstorm, and the door blew off. Papa has it in the garage while he repairs it. These are plastic insets - similar to window boxes. The yellow one is for digging for bones - I do believe I posted pictures of the ones I've been collecting all winter for such a purpose. The blue one is for "swimming." Maybe we can get some plastic fish to make it a koi pond. I will be adding a plastic wading pool to the area. That is, if it ever gets warm.

This is the other side window. It has the metal grill, including a cover, for cooking hot dogs. Too bad it doesn't make churros like Costco.

The red curtains are dual purpose: it is also a puppet theater! On the far side, there's a chalkboard marquee to advertise your production. Two puppets came with the house. Also note the basketball hoop above the window.

This is the most frequent visitor to Guggie's playhouse. Note the "Big Sister" shirt. Since Sarah is now obviously pregnant, I thought she could have it for Easter. We sit next to each other in our lawn chairs and blow bubbles while wearing our sunglasses. Hers are Dora, from Target. Mine are not. We mention this everytime we wear them.

Take the Keys and Lock Her Up!

We were tending Laura a couple of days ago. She reached into the drawer and fished out all the plastic and some baby utensils. (She isn't actually tall enough to see into the drawer) She then proceeded to make "locks" for our cupboards. We have never had to use this method for her, as we have locks installed inside the cabinets. This was her idea -- locking doors is her favorite thing to do. Just ask Sarah about the garage!
Anyway, after she had done this, she announced that the locks were to keep the Guggies, Dans, and Jenns out of the cupboards! (Pretty much all those who were home) What a character!

THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT

A couple of weeks ago, Yaya and her family were having dinner with us. After dinner, Sarah and I bathed and freshified the Divine Miss Laura so that she would be ready to get in bed as soon as they got home. We were all within 10 -15 feet of her, getting dessert on the table, and she was running around the kitchen/play area. All of a sudden, she slipped/tripped/fell into the corner of the little kids' table! There was that 2-3 second silence, before the horrendous shrieking - and blood. Quite a bit of it. We were all rushing too her (no doubt adding to her panic), and trying to get towels, cold cloths or anything to help. Poor thing cried so hard, she began throwing up as well as bleeding!

A trip to InstaCare with Mom and Dad resulted in 10-12 stitches on that perfect little forehead. There were seven on the outside, and at least that on the inside. By the next morning, she was no worse for the wear.

It took Guggie a little longer to get over it.