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This is the newest member of the Hardy household. Lamar is in NYC for Fleet Week, so Grace and I made a command decision and went out and got a dog. She is a pure bred cocker spaniel. Solid black with the exception of the white triangle on the forehead. She is six weeks old. We have not named her yet. We are going to live with her for a few days first. Grace will be her registered owner. We are accepting suggestions. So far, she is VERY lazy. She just lays around. Definitely going to be an inside lap dog.
This is the new fun thing to do at our house. When we get home from school, Grace gets into the front seat to "drive." She turns all of the switches and buttons in the car, while I sit in the passenger seat and read the mail. This was the only way that I could get the grass cut on Thursday. I left her in the car with the window down to play while I cut the front yard. Don't alert CPS:)
Daddy is teaching himself to play the piano. Grace has in turn taken an interest.
Paw Paw and Grandma Moody came to visit for Memorial Day weekend. They came armed with all of the favorites....cashews...granola bars...animal cookies. The first thing I did was turn the five gallon box of cookies over onto the floor.
Another dress from G-G. This one has an ice cream cone on it. We LOVE it. The hat...Mom and Dad love it. It is almost impossible to get Grace to wear one. We had to snap the picture in a hurry. The hat will probably never sit on her head again.
This is Grace's Easter dress. G-G gave it to her. She wore it for most of Sunday. She had a great time playing out in the front yard with the azaleas.
We did something today that we have not done since Grace was born...we got her haircut. Mommy had a REALLY hard time. Daddy has been saying that we needed to get it done since his return from Bahrain, but I think that the kicker was when a complete stranger walked up to him last night and said that she needed one. We went to the Cartoon Cuts place, which "specializes" in cutting children's hair. Grace sucked on a blue raspberry sucker the entire time. In the end, we got her bangs cut and the back evened out. Mommy still had a really difficult time. We have a certificate with a lock of her cut hair on it for keeping:)
Grace has a very difficult time sitting still. There is just too much to see in this great big world. I am always trying to get her to sit still long enough to do her hair. Usually it involves bribery with suckers or goldfish crackers. She usually will leave it up for about a half hour and then pulls it out. I try, but it looks like I am raising a tomboy.
Grace is a little over 18 months and has really started to come into her own. She has started talking up a storm, has developed definite likes and dislikes and strong opinions. The minute we get home in the afternoons or when she wakes up in the morning, her first word is "outside." I think that the child would sleep out on the back deck if we would let her. She loves the outdoors. The last owners of our house were elderly, so whe have a ramp on our deck to get up to the back door. She loves to run up and down. Her two new favorite statements are "no" and "dada's hot." The "no" I definitely understand is a normal word and transition into developing her independence. The "dada's hot," well, I am not really sure where that came from exactly. She will repeat it over and over again. It is really pretty cute.She has also started giving real kisses, as in puckering up to give them. She has gotten so sweet, yet, so independent and argumentative.
This is my hat that I made at school for St. Patrick's Day, because my really slack Mommy forgot to dress me in green for the real day. My teachers were really upset with her, but they allowed me to make my hat to wear at school. Of course, this was the first day that I would actually put the hat on my head and keep it there.
Coming in after a long tricycle ride, waiting for a banana...what else.
This is my new tricycle. I am the coolest on it. It has a seatbelt to keep me on the seat, because I am kind of a wiggler. There is a handle for Mommy and Daddy to steer me, just in case I am too busy looking at the other things in the neighborhood. It is also a little helpful, considering that I cannot quite reach the peddles. I also have a bell. The bell is my favorite part. I usually try to bring it inside with me when I am finished.
Still among our most favorites! Thanks for the spagetti G-G!!!
Grace really enjoyed rocking on the front porch with G-G.
Grace loved the lake. It was beautiful that Saturday. The temperature was almost 80. The water was not NEARLY that warm. Grace did not care. She walked down to the edge of the beach to watch the ducks with Daddy. She walked out about ankle deep and sat right down. Then, she realized that it was COLD.
Daddy's birthday was April 3rd. Granny Hardy made a cake for Daddy, and she let me eat the batter from the beaters. I did share a little bit with Pop...a LITTLE bit:)
Grace and Mommy finished at the museum. Boy, we had a GREAT day!
Ringing up groceries with Daddy.
Grace enjoyed shopping at the Piggly Wiggly at the museum. She did not enjoy having things in the shopping cart. She just wanted to race down the aisles and run into walls of the store.
She really enjoyed picking the vegetables at the farm:) Carrots were her favorite!
While we were at home during our week long trip to South Carolina, we took Grace to EdVenture. If you have never heard of this place, you should go. It is located across the parking lot from the SC Museum in Columbia. This is an all kids hands-on museum for children of all ages. It starts for ages one and goes up through school age. We definitely recommend it! Grace really enjoyed the Little Piggly Wiggly shopping center, the farm and the fire truck.
