Random pictures and funny Megan quotes!

Lately Megan has been all about PlayDoh. She know she has to be at her desk and she can only use certain tools with the PlayDoh, but she could play for hours. One day she came running into the kitchen and tells me to go she what she made. She was so proud of her creation complete with a spoon, knife, Popsicle stick and a toothpick (poky thing)

The other day Mark and Megan we driving in the car. There was a man walking a

dog and the conversation went like this.

Megan: "Look Daddy, he is walking a weimaraner like Buddy Bear"

Mark: "No sweetie, that dog is a boxer."

Megan: "Oh, like your shorts!"

Megan painting while I painted the wall in the toy room.

After yet another trip to Lowe's we bought some Girl Scout Cookies from the troop selling them at the exits. Megan asked what they were doing so I told her the Girl Scouts sell the cookies to raise money so they can learn how to do all sorts of fun things. Megan thought for a second and said, with a glimmer in her eye "Someday when I'm bigger, I come her and sell MY cookies."

Washing her hands with "little tiny Megan soap" aka the orange water color paint tablet. Maybe painting while she painted wasn't the best idea, but that is why I put her in paint clothes!

Here is just a little sense on how fun Megan's imagination is. She always has something fun, creative to say.

I'm still here...

" Hi everyone, I am supposed to tell you that my mom promises to start posting more often. But we have been so busy playing in the sunshine and with friends that she hasn't taken any pictures of me! Can you believe it!?! Then Mommy and Daddy wanted to work on the house so 'life' just kind of took over. But I will make Mommy take pictures of me so you guys can enjoy all of the fun things we do."

Gymnastics, Tu-tus and cousins

Megan saw the tu-tu in the pile of clothes handed down from her cousins, so of course she wanted to wear it. Homework was done so Caila, Kelsey and Crystal had some time to show Megan their gymnastic skills. But first Megan had to show them her somersault.

First lesson: Splits! Megan mastered this one.

The girls were trying to teach her how to go some kick thing and Megan didn't quite get the hang of it. But she did love jumping up and down with her cousins.

Pretty ballerina or gymnast, take your pick. Shortly after this Kelsey was standing on her head and Megan tried her hardest to do the same. It was very cute to watch.

Hello! Sorry this picture was just cute so I had to put it on here, no real story, just cuteness. Can't wait for the summer when all the cousins can be together again and Megan can have her second lesson, but this time outside in the sun!

Snowman Time!!!

Well we had to wait until February to have enough snow to build snowmen, but it came and we had to build. Megan's very first snowman was very labor intensive. We had lots of snow but it was not "packing" snow. So I (the loving Mommy) piled snow, sprayed it with a water bottle and then packed on more snow. It took forever to build a snowman as tall as Megan. But since he was coated in ice, he lasted a long time and Megan liked to say "hi" to the snowman every time we saw him i.e. through the windows, leaving our house, coming home etc. She really liked him.

Or she liked that we have started a tradition, that when you play in the snow, once you go inside you get to have hot chocolate!

Our second snowman...woman...hula dancer. We got a ton of wet snow, perfect for building a snowman. Megan was excited to build another snowman. I went out early to start building the base of the snowman, Mark bundled Megan up and she came out to help me. She lasted about 10 mins then decided she played enough in the snow to drink hot chocolate. She left me, so I had fun and made a fancy snowman. This is what happens when you haven't had a pig roast in a few years (our goal is to get it started again this summer) Bad news for this snowman though, he was taller then me, but he only lasted 2 days until his head fell off. But I guess I won't complain too much, because he sacrificed himself so we could enjoy some sunshine and warm weather. The weather has been great, I just hope Spring is on it's way.

"Chocopalooza"

Dressed in her peanut butter cup t-shirt, Megan and I went to "Chocopalooza" at Adrian High School. A fundraiser that is based around chocolate...awesome! It didn't take us long before Megan found the games. First stop, to play a little golf.

Then Cookie Monster was hungry, so Megan had to feed him some cookies. AKA beanbag toss.

Here is Megan's idea of ring toss. She walked down the row and placed each ring very carefully on the cupcake. Then she went back and picked all of the rings back up. It was very sweet.

Now this is my kind of fishing! Megan, with help from Grandma, caught a Hershey Kiss! It took Megan about 10 seconds to eat her catch.

As you can see, Megan had a lot of fun and was too busy to look at the camera. Each year Chocopalooza gets bigger and better so I'm sure Megan will enjoy this for years to come. She is still talking about it and remembers that she got brown balloons at the end of it. She is cute and she loves her chocolate!

Making Applesauce

Megan was able to stop peeling her apples long enough for me to get a picture, cheesy grin and all. While we were grocery shopping I asked Megan if she wanted to help me make applesauce. Of course because it was kitchen related she said yes! She was an apple peeling machine! I couldn't get the apples on the peeler fast enough. I think she peeled a bag of apples in about 5 minutes!
Do they have professional apple peelers? Watch out Uncle Jason, at the rate Megan's skills are progressing, you might be out of a job come September!

"Wow, that really big." She liked unraveling the peels to see how long they were.

While she was peeling the apples she noticed the squirrels outside and she thought the squirrels would like some apples. I told her we could take the peels and cores out to them. She went and found a bowl in her toy room to put the apple cores in. Then we took the peels and apple cores outside and put them on a tree stump that just happened to be in a perfect positions to watch the squirrels eat. It took about 5 minutes for them to find the apples. Megan had fun watching the squirrels guard the apples from each other. Plus I think she like seeing how many windows she could watch out of, upstairs, downstairs, dining room, kitchen etc.

Back to the applesauce. Here is Megan sprinkling in some cinnamon. She did an excellent job making sure to get the cinnamon on all the apples.

Next a little liquid, some apple cider, to help the apples cook. Megan got a little too excited and spilled some cider, but I guess that is what happens when 2 year old cook. Notice Baron behind her, he did the clean up for me. Oddly, he is never to far when Megan is cooking!?!

Jungle Java

Since we are in the middle of winter, Megan was starting to miss playing outside. Our friends, the Harringtons, mentioned a fabulous place called Jungle Java. Basically it is a indoor playground on steroids and a coffee place! Yes the perfect combination. So off to Jungle Java we went to watch Megan and Alex play.

Megan wanted daddy to go in with her first. They are in the middle of the picture, Megan wouldn't stand still long enough for me to try and get a good picture.

They finally got to a spot where I could stand under them to get a picture. Megan still wouldn't look at me, but I can't really blame her.

My turn to go in with Megan. I was told to take advantage of any space high enough to stand up. Good advice! Lots of crawling, squeezing and awkward positions. The "jungle" was designed for small children and they can move very fast in some portions. However for full grown adults, you can easily fit, but you can't move quite as fast. At one point Megan was moving so fast I had to yell at her to have her stop because she easily could have gotten lost in the maze.

I made it!!!

Megan and Alex going down the slide. It took Megan forever to let go. Too many things to look at and lots of kids made her a little nervous.

I think Alex LOVED the slide! So cute. It was the perfect end to our day at Jungle Java.