Cell Phone & Misc

Every so often I download pictures from my cell phone.  They are all jumbled memories but they are good ones:

Rebekah loves the library.  She wanted her own library card.

Notice also, she wanted a happy Reka and a sad Reka. 

Rebekah loves playing grandma's computer

Ready for church with a purse full of people

Lining all her people up in a row

Snuggling

She's a robot: beep boop boop 

Loves her daddy's hats

Yee-HAW!

Snuggling with daddy

Why play one recorder when you can play two

Shopping, shopping, shopping....!

Look what I made!

Picnic with daddy in the tent

Snuggling with mama after nap

Selfies

Loves her necklaces

Ready for snow

Rebekah has also honed her camera skills and took the following of me:

And.... 

in the "I love to take pictures of my foot" tradition

Valentine's Day

I wanted to do something for Don from Rebekah this Valentine's day. Since she was still a little sick and I didn't have time to do a lot, I bought some store made cookies - the kind you bake. Since they were from Reka I figured she could do all the work.  

She helped me space them

Watched them in the oven

And even tried them when they came out.  

Then we drew a picture and made a valentine and a plate of said cookies for daddy.

I bought Don's favorite treats and wrote a little sappy note for him.

Valentine's day, done and done.

Then, on actual Valentine's day, Don bought me flowers.

He also bought me a wonderful card.  But more importantly he spent much thought taking each letter of  Valentine to list words, complete with paragraph explanations of his love for me.  But then work got busy and he didn't quite get to finish.  I'm expecting the rest sometime after April 16th....

Eating

I have been working with Rebekah to perfect the eating process

She is learning to take little bites - one M & M at a time....

Nice and slow

and clean

Ponder over the enjoyment of every bite

But some things she's learned from her father:

Got to get that last drop

And... 

I'll let you guess who taught her that one.

Rice Crispy Treats

I have dreams of being a very domestic, apron wearing mom who makes little treats with her daughter. For some reason I thought I'd start with Rice Krispy Treats. What kid doesn't like marshmallow and Rice Krispies? So we got all the stuff and I started to make them. It was fun. Rebekah helped me throw in the marshmallows and poor the Rice Krispies. Then we put it in the pan. Rebekah chewed on the spoon. She loved it! And I had fun too. Even got a sweet little picture to document the occasion!

Maybe it was the lack of apron but the treats did NOT turn out. Hard as a rock! Don wouldn't even look at them. I was down. I mean who messes up three ingredients? I ended up calling my mom and my sis-in-law for help.

The next day I got my courage up to try again. It was personal: me VS Rice Krispy Treats. This time I won. The said treats were perfect. Turns out Reka doesn't like Rice Krispy Treats anyway. Ah the irony. But good news, Don and mom ate them. And at least I know I can prevail over three ingredients.

Cold

Recently Rebekah was pretty sick. It was a long process to get her better. One day she woke up from her nap, sat on my lap and snuggled in, then said in the saddest voice ever: 

"I have a cold"

But no worries.  After a week of being sick and a quick trip to the doctor to cure an eye infection that resulted, she is all better.

My Helper

The other day I was busy cleaning in the kitchen when I turned around to see Rebekah helping herself to the Rice Krispies. Guess she was hungry and couldn't wait for the mama. I love how she got herself a little bowl and everything.  

Since she made a little mess I asked her to help me clean it up. She did. Sweep sweep sweep, snack (spill), sweep sweep sweep....

To Cute Not To Post

Trampoline Park

Winter's been rather cold and snowy this year - all things not conducive to an active toddler and a happy mama.  In my desire to keep her busy my dearest Don found a trampoline park that included "toddler time."  I told Rebekah about it and she was so exited to jump with Abby and Sam again.  I had to explain that Abby and Sam's trampoline is in Utah and we weren't going THAT far....

A day before said "toddler time" I expressed my concerns to Don about getting there (I'm generally awful with finding things).  Don said if I wanted to wait 'till next week he could drive me out there so I could see where it was.  But, I said to myself, I'm a big girl!  I can do this! So I studied the map, I discussed with mom in law, and I entered it in GPS. I was prepared.

Little did I know.... the 10 minute drive took 45 minutes.  I went the way the map suggested.  Once I got off the exit, the way was unclear.  No worries, that's what GPS is for!  GPS sent me back almost to home base, then sent me the same way and then sent me back AGAIN!  On the trip back I was able to see the building from the freeway and pointed it out to mom (who came with me to help).  Now that mom knew approximately where it was, we went another way and listened to GPS once it was done "recalculating" - even when it sent me off the road, into a community complex just to make a turn BACK on the main road.  We finally got there - 40 minutes late.  

Rebekah loved it!  She didn't quite know what to do at first, but she got there.

Belly flop

Jumping with mama hands

Resting

They had a ball room

Run jump run jump run!

Yay! 

On the way back I decided to do exactly what GPS asked me to do.  Except when it had me turn the opposite way of where I came from.  Eventually it recalculated and I followed it again.  It sent me WAY off the beaten path into neighborhoods and other such.  It was some beautiful country but a long and unneeded drive.

So, to sum up:  Trampoline park - GOOD.  GPS - BAD.....