She's all grown up!

Well, she's not quite all grown up yet, but she sure thinks she is. Tonight there was a youth game night at the church. Allison came along with me since Chris had to work tonight and needed some sleep before he went. Allison had so much fun, but it was a bit difficult to keep her from being trampled by all the big kids. She just wanted to be with them so bad! At least they did let her play a little bit of Apples to Apples - she thought she was soooo cool!

Zoo

We decided to take the girls to the zoo and had a crazy day! We took the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle thinking that we would go to the Woodland Park Zoo - only to find lines FOREVER long. So, we thought maybe Point Defiance would be better and headed down to Tacoma. It was still busy, but much better.

The ferry ride was so much fun. Kendall was too cool for school - listening to her music.

Allison - wanting to be just like her older cousin already!

Taylor and Allison

Just another cute one of Allison...

The zoo was a blast, but I forgot to take pictures after about 20 minutes. So, at the beginning there's a little kids play area that I did remember to take pictures of. Allison is so much fun!
What cute little birdies!I'm so glad we got to take advantage of the nice weather! I love going to the zoo and hope to do it a lot more as Allison gets older. She really enjoyed it, but was definitely ready for her nap after 30 minutes or so. Maybe I'll have to plan nap time a little better next time....

Picnic!

Last Saturday was such a beautiful day that we decided to go for a picnic at Potlatch State Park with Tim and Julie.

Allison was so cute pretending to be sleeping before we left... Tim, Allison, and Chris had fun skipping rocks on the water.

Chris sure loves his baby girl...

Then, the monster came and ALMOST got me!

It was so nice to get out of the house on a nice day. Hopefully we will get more nice days soon!

Makeup Time!

Allison loves anything "adult". She wants to be grown up so badly and she's only 2 1/2. Once in a great while, I'll give her a little makeover. We did pretty good this time - a little bit of an issue with the mascara, but I thought she looked pretty cute (her dad does NOT enjoy this - I think he's already stressing about having a teenager). Doesn't she look pretty? Well, I was feeling a little crazy, and decided to let her put on her own makeup. She was SO excited!

But I think she may have gotten a little bit out of control!

Yikes!

Nothing a quick trip to the bath and a few wet wipes can't fix. It's worth it to see her having so much fun. We just need to work on getting her NOT to throw a fit when it's time to stop playing with makeup!

Fun times!

Last Friday I got to stay home and hang out with Allison all day - just the two of us. It was awesome! We cleaned up her room and she decided she needed to spend some good quality time with her toys.On Saturday we got to spend a lot of the day with my niece Crystal. We had a great time. Allison got to put up some Easter clings she got from her Grandma Nielsen. She was very particular about how they needed to go on the window - but they had to go all together. I tried to get her to spread them out, but she wanted to do it her way (I guess that's why I let her put them up in her room).

I think little Crystal wanted to help, but I don't think her mom would have been too happy with her standing up there with Allison!

Our Pretty Little Princess...

Sometimes I have no idea where Allison comes up with things. I swear I did not teach her this one. My friend Heather was taking pictures of Allison, and she would not look at the camera. In stead, she turned her back to the camera, put her hand on her hip and stuck her butt out! It was the funniest thing and she did it for like five minutes.She was so serious about it, too.FINALLY - we got her to look at the camera.

Allison is such a little ham she is awesome to have around. She brings so much life and laughter to the house - we love our little girl!

Seriously!?!

I think I may have one of the most accident prone children ever! I'm starting to think I need to get her eyes checked. Today she decided to run into the corner of something - and I came home to a gashed open eyebrow. We debated whether or not to take her to the doctor, but decided she would be okay...hopefully we made the right choice! The worst part about the whole thing is that I had scheduled to get her pictures taken on Friday when I'm off - guess I need to cancel that!