Fun Toys

Papa got lots of fun freebies at his conference, and of course B had to test them out. Here she is trying on all the various armbands and wristbands that he got.

B and "Kazoo"

We spent some time with the grandparents over in Seattle while we were there, and Bella fell in love with their little dog, who she affectionately calls "Kazoo". She still asks for him, a week later.

Yearly Sunglasses

Every year we have to take advantage of the 2 for $5 deal on sunglasses at the Children's Place. This year resulted in some fun ones. Here are some pics, with the last one demonstrating what sunglasses are apparently really for. Oh, and we know that they're upside down in the second pic. She put them on that way.

Fun at the Zoo

While we were in Seattle this last weekend, Bella and I hit the zoo for a few hours while we were waiting for Andrew to get done with his day of conferencing. As could be expected for a March day in Seattle, it rained. But we came prepared with hats and jackets. As it turns out, I've spent too much time on this side of the mountains and I've managed to forget that hats and jackets don't quite cut it in a Pacific Coast rain. But, we managed to enjoy ourselves all the same and had a great time running from one sheltered exhibit to another. It was actually quite fantastic because there was hardly anyone else there (all the natives were smart and stayed home), so it was easy to get front row seats for everything. One drawback though was that I didn't get a whole lot of pictures because I didn't want to get my camera wet. But here's a few of the ones that I did get...

Here's the giant spider that they had in the bug exhibit, sans glass. Yes, there was no glass separating this large flesh-eating monster from my child. Creepy creepy creepy. (Okay, so it wasn't really flesh eating, but any spider that's that size should be behind at least 2 feet of glass.)


Here is Bella, cheerfully dipping her fingers in the rain water on her tray and sucking it off of her fingers. Notice how her jacket and the stroller canopy are both soaked. I should mention that Bella was incredibly tolerant of the wet and didn't fuss at all while we were at the zoo (I think she was actually too tired to).


And here's the tiger who roared at Bella. The sun came out here (15 minutes before the zoo closed and we had to leave, of course), so I was able to get a few shots of the big guy.


Last but not least, here's Bella konked out in her car seat after a long afternoon at the zoo.

Dancing with Papa

The second picture is my favorite. I love that look on her face - pure joy.

Dresses

You may have noticed that for the past 10 posts or so Bella has been wearing dresses. Let me assure you that this is not because we only take pictures of her when she is wearing dresses. It is because she is always wearing dresses. The first thing she says to me in the morning is "Dress?". Not "Mom" or "Hi", but "Dress". When I change her out of her dresses so that we can go out (it's still a bit chilly for dresses outside right now), she cries and wants to put the dresses back on. She does not like her jammies anymore because they are not dresses. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with all the "Sissabella" (Cinderella) she's been watching lately (though I try to limit that to three times a week). Huh.

Yappin'

HONEY!

Bella likes to call us 'Honey'. I will be changing her diaper and she will turn to her bedroom door and yell, "Honey!" until Andrew comes in or I tell her that he's at work. Yesterday, we were playing on the bed and Papa was in the other room. Bella crawled to the edge of the bed, leaned over, looked out our bedroom door, and began hollering. See for yourself.

A Few Shots