Stalling...

Samantha has become quite the expert at stalling when it is time for bed.
Me: Samantha, it's time for bed.
Samantha: (running to the refrigerator) Eat!
Me: No, all done eating. It's time for bed.
Samantha: (grabbing her bubbles) I blowing bubbles!
Me: Say good night to the bubbles. It's time for bed.
Samantha: (taking books off her bookshelf) book!
Me: Okay, one book. (I read to her, then put the book back on the shelf.) All done! Time for bed.
Samantha: (starts to cry) More book!

She is so cute. Love her.

Too much fun!

Hanging with this little 19-month old is just too much fun!
She is so funny! She says "hi" to everything she sees, followed by a "what are you doing?"
She "feeds" her stuffed animals and gives them hugs and kisses.
She likes her stuffed animals to "read" to her.
She sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," "The Alphabet Song," "Frere Jacques," "Row, Row, Row your boat," and many others I can't think of right now.
She can count to 10.
She wakes up every morning with a smile and keeps us laughing until she goes to bed at night.
We love you, little one.

Riding the carousel (hanging on for dear life, but also wanted to wave to Mama):
Splashing at the splash park:

Parachute fun at a local children's play space.

We are loving summer!

We have already gone to the zoo,

the amusement park,

and explored a new playground.

And there's so much more to do!

Merry Go Around!

Her favorite part of the park...she stayed here for an hour and a half! She rode on each character several times, but her favorite was the "turtle chair" (5th picture). I'm planning to take her to some real merry-go-arounds this summer. I think she'll love them!

Trip to the ER

We were at the ER last night. Samantha was running around in music class and tripped on her own feet. For the next two hours, she couldn't put weight down on her left foot and cried so much from the pain that she threw up. Poor girl! We took her to the ER where the doctor said that nothing was broken and to just give her Motrin for pain. They gave her a dose at the hospital. She loved it! Kept sucking on the dropper and saying, "mmmm!" And it helped her feel better. We didn't get to bed until midnight. She's doing better today. Still has a funny walk...hopefully she will be back to normal by Saturday.

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18 months!

Wow, I can't believe that my little baby is one and a half! She is such an amazing, funny little girl that keeps us laughing all day long.

She loves to hide. When she hears dada coming (home from work, out of the bathroom, in from outside, etc) she excitedly whispers, "hide!" and runs to me. We usually hide under a blanket with her giggling the whole time. She doesn't understand that she's supposed to be quiet when she hides! Dada pretends not to see her and will ask, "Is Samantha in the. . . closet?" And she'll innocently answer, "Noooo." Haha.

She has a little rocking chair that she loves to ride in. She climbs in all by herself and rocks back and forth singing "Row, row, row your boat." She just got a hand-me-down little dog rocker from her friend and she thinks it's the best thing! She goes wild in it! She even stands up and rides it like a surf board!

She's very good at puzzles. She knows the correct places for all the pieces, but sometimes she has a hard time getting the pieces to go exactly in the cut-out space.

Her Cookie Monster Play-doh is one of her favorite toys. She plays with it every single day. She'll either ask for "Cookie" or "play-doh." Sometimes she doesn't even ask, she'll get it off the shelf by herself and start playing with it! So independent!

First she presses the Play-doh into the mold.

Then she looks at it.

Then she feeds her creation to Cookie Monster.

Our favorite activity is to go to the park.

She rides in the swing and sings, "Row, row, row your boat."

Going through the tunnel.

Guess what she sings when she rides on this?

She LOVES these musical instruments.

Wheeee! Going down the slide.

Fingerpainting!

She loves it. She loves it so much that she almost went through the whole tube of fingerpaint in one sitting. She loves it so much that she'll ask for it everyday. As soon as we walk in the door she'll grab her paints and say, "painting!" I love that she loves it so much. She's not afraid to get her hands dirty. She relishes in the feel and the sight of the fingerpaints (thankfully not the taste!). I just ordered her some more paints and paper. I even got some brushes and sponge stampers. I can't wait to see her get creative with it!