My first roasted chicken!

Ralphs had whole chicken on sale for 65 cents a pound....what?! So naturally I bought 4. (Three immediately went to the freezer.) Today was my first attempt.
How does she look?? Delicious!? stuffed with celery, butter and seasonings, and topped with the same. Tossed some potatoes and carrots with olive oil and parsley, salt and pepper, and let them roast on the sides.
So good. Why didn't I cook before? :-)

Park

Faye loves the park. She gets so happy when we go there.
Sometimes I think she is a tiny baby still, and then, like today, I watched her walk up the stairs on the playground and go down the slide all by herself, and I remember she is huuuge! She is a toddler. A little girl. Big and strong and independent. My little baby is now a big girl!

(this picture is a good as it gets-I pull out my phone and she instantly stops smiling or looks away, little booger. If you look at the PC, she IS smiling.)

Tiny girl shoes

Faye is definitely becoming a GIRL. Her new thing is she knows when she looks cute.  Bows, dresses, necklaces, shoes...the girl knows her accessories! Lately, she will bring me a bow and hold it to her head, and she smiles so cute when I put it in..then she rips it off! Haha When I get her dressed up all cute,I swear she knows.
Last night, we put on her boots (see them in the pic? Gpa Jeff got them for her bday...pink glitter leopard print!) and she cried when we took them off for her bath!
Today, it was her flip flops. They are finally to small for her feet but she can wear them and walk still. She was wearing them and when it was time to put her feet into pjs, (it's like 50 degrees outside, rainy, and we have no heat, so her feet were freezing) she freaked! Crying, carrying around the shoes like we had taken away her flair!
It's awesome. I love how independent she is and how her personality is coming out.
I have a feeling she will need bows and dresses and shoes a lot more in these next few years! Wish me luck! Ha

P.s. She plays in her shoe box for fun,usually they are strewn about a lot more afterwards!

First knee scuffs

My little pookie is growing up, and got some scuffs on her little knees the other day. It kinda makes me sad. I want her to stay little! :-)

Oooo bread

Sourdough. straight.from.the.oven. Heaven!

hiding

she likes to sit between the wall & the speaker or in the corners, under things, anywhere that is small and cramped and "secret." today it was the speaker. she kept bringing toys back there with her, too. she kept poking her head out smiling all big like her hiding was some great trick. she cracks me up!