It's a good thing there are a lot of parks around here...

Because I'm finding it's an excellent way to get some of Violet's TODDLER ENERGY out! Plus I've been carting her around in the car a lot lately (we're kinda-sorta on the house hunt here in Denver so we've been doing some drive-bys) and I feel like I better reward her for nicely sitting in her carseat for a while, kicking her monkey mirror and talking jibberish while she reads "Once Upon A Potty" to herself (p.s. don't think because she reads the book, she has ANY IDEA what the moral of the story is! She is still pretty sure her potty is where you store the plastic french fries from your play kitchen.)

There is a really great toddler-sized park not far from our house that is at a school that they closed down. Sad that they closed the school, but happy that we can hang out at the park during a school day. Plus it's all fenced in so there is no fear of a Wild Toddler escaping.
Violet attempts the "Mesh Barrel of Death" to make her way to the slide. It looks like it would HURT to crawl though, but it must not. I didn't try it myself.
Dude! Look at that hair!
And some VIDEOS!! Here she is being a silly goose at the above playground. I like how "ghetto" we are - the playground equipment has graffitti on it and there are sirens in the background (flashes toddler gang sign)


Even though I like to equate living with a toddler much like living with a 25 lb wild ape (so cute, but also prone to throw food, scream and hit you in the face for no apparent reason), it's moments like these that give me warm fuzzies:


If only we could all bottle a bit of that toddler energy and giggles.

When her Aunt Leah was here to visit last week, she got her a much needed baby stroller which has QUICKLY become her most prized possession. She wheels it around the house. She wheels it around the neighborhood. Jon, me and anyone who happens to stop by (Uncle Trent & Mike have also been victims) must now spend countless hours swaddling all three of her favorite babies in the same blanket so she can carry them around for two seconds, unfurl them on the floor and come back with the blanket and 3 babies for re-packaging. It's pretty funny (for a while).
She has also picked up a LOT of words lately (finally!). She says "Babies" all the time, but this morning we were watching the neighborhood fox do his morning rounds in our backyard (so cool!) and she said "foxie". She also attempts to say "Anna" (alalala) and "Leah" (lalala) after we talk to them on the webcam. She seems to FINALLY be repeating stuff we say, which is both good and bad as we really need to start cleaning up our language around the house.... quick! :)

Well, that's about it for us this week! We had the first snow of the season this morning, which, in true Denver fashion (I've heard!) melted by the afternoon and the sun was out the rest of the day.

I also had my second craft show with my Hip Violet things. If you get a second, check out my Hip Violet blog and see how it went!