Random Fun

So random fun things that have been taken place this month, nothing really deserves its own post but was fun and silly:

One weekend morning Becky and Ally made a gigantic fort.

Can you see Ally hiding from me - she is curled up in a ball - black pants and purple shirt.

learning to stand up on the swing

doing a very complicated 100 piece puzzle with mommy - of course it was a T-rex

Ally was so proud of her ability to focus on it for long periods of time.

we started working in our yard this month - above was the first installment of weeding and below was the planting a few weeks later:

 In school Ally planted pumpkin seeds and above is the seedlings that are now ready to be planted.

 Ally worked away in her very own raised garden bed to plant flowers and a tomato plant.

The pumpkin seedlings planted in a container.

This picture just cracks me up - one day after swim class we went out to eat with Stella and her family. Stella's little sister was grumpy and over tired and did not want to ride in her own stroller so she hopped on in Ally's and sat on Ally's lap. If you zoom in you can see that Violet is fast asleep collapsed on Ally! I think the picture is even more funny with Shannon pushing an empty stroller next to me!

Memorial Day Weekend Highlights:

Ally and I went to Target in the morning. Ally was sad trying to decide which baby doll to bring so I suggested she bring them both. She was worried they would fall in the crack on the shopping cart next to her, so I suggested we bring them in a carrier so they would be safe. You can tell by her silly look that she liked the idea. She looked super cuter wearing them on her back too.

Ally spent a long time looking at the kids computer games. She is definitely related to Becky!

Note the sparkly shoes for the trip to Target.

We went to a BBQ at Erik's house with a few other families from Ally's preschool. Ally and Stelle had fun eating a picnic dinner.

Ally, Baby and Dolly were all practicing their handstands on the couch.

Lots of time swinging on the monkey bars this weekend. And we came up with a new challenge - I use the stop watch feature on my phone to time her and see how fast she can get across the bars.

Becky brought Ally to a different park and said Ally loved hanging and moving all over those bars there too.

And in a silly move Ally said she was chilly and climbed up into my lap. So I put my T-shirt over her head to warm her up. Ally then stuck her arms out too. Can you tell she loved it?

Personally I felt like a mutant from the movie Total Recall.

May has seemed like a really long month. We had lots of travel, lots of play dates and lots of fun.