Celebrating Three!

Just a few facts about Miss Ryleigh @ three...

• Loves to help out in the kitchen & with laundry
• Calls herself a "little Mommy" & loves to play with her two favorite dolls - Kylee & Dearie Bertha (She came up with those names all on her own. I have NO idea where the "Dearie Bertha" one came from!)
• Loves to color, play with her Polly Pockets, put together puzzles, "read" books, watch VeggieTales & play Candy Land
• Is in love with the color pink & all things Princess-ey
• Very good at expressing her opinion - strong likes/dislikes
• Loves to sing along with her Hide 'Em In Your Heart cd
• Really enjoys getting to "help" Mommy do just about anything except picking up toys! ;-)
• Insists that she is going to be getting a little sister soon (We don't know because we've decided to be surprised this time. Hopefully, she won't be too disappointed if it's a boy!
• Loves all of her "friends" (both kids & adults), but definitely has a shy streak if she doesn't know someone very well
• Enjoys accompanying Mommy to her OB appointments
• Likes to have devotions with Mommy or Daddy
• Loves listening to the Chipmunks when falling asleep, but is often heard singing along
• Is completely potty trained & rarely even has accidents at night (Yay - I thought it would never happen!)
• Fills our home with lots of singing, giggling, shouts of "No, Grant!", running, jumping, & lots of funny conversations!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you have a "sweet" day!

Finished Object Friday

I don't have a lot of excuses for not posting much in the last few weeks. It's probably more the blah-ness of winter that has set in. (I don't mind the cold/snow leading up to Christmas, but after that I want sunshine!)

Anyhow... the biggest news around here is that Ryleigh turned three on Monday. She is so proud of the fact that she's now "free"! I'll hopefully get a chance to post a little more about her within the next few days. In the meanwhile, I'll show you my finished objects.

The first one is Ryleigh's birthday cake. Cake decorating is definitely not one of my strongest points, but I do enjoy trying my hand at it every now & then. This year, Ryleigh wanted a "princess" cake. Well... she happened to see a picture of one really similar to this & so I agreed to do it (plus, it looked like it would be fairly easy to do). Well, it wasn't as easy as it looked & I did have some struggles with it, but the best part was that she was delighted with it!

Ryleigh really enjoys doing crafty things (hmmm... wonder where she gets that?), so I decided to help her make some thank you notes to send to people who gave her birthday presents this year. We both had a lot of fun making these really easy cards & I was shocked when she posed for a picture beside them!