Fun in the Leaves

During Thanksgiving break, Audrey Claire and I enjoyed a girls morning while Seth caught up on school work. We (I) decided it was the perfect time to try the sponge rollers in her hair again. So we washed it and she patiently sat as I put them in her hair. I had all these ideas of getting her dressed up and taking pictures in the yard, etc... Then Seth took a break from studying and did this in the back yard-

FYI, a pile of leaves this size gets a 2 year old's attention pretty quickly. She immediately wanted to play in them. So, my photo shoot of my little girly-girl all dressed up turned into a photo shoot of her playing in the leaves. It's all about improvising with a 2 year old right?

Here she is running full speed straight for the leaves. Piper wanted to play too:)

She did help Daddy get the leaves in the garbage can after she was finished playing.

Helping Mommy For Real This Time!

I've blogged a few times about how Audrey Claire "helps" around the house but she is getting much better these days. A few days ago, I asked her to get her pajamas from the bathroom and take them to her room. She immediately says "K" and off she goes. A little while later I was in her room and realized I saw the pajamas no where. I looked all over the house and never could find them. Until I opened this drawer-

There they were! Right with her shoes. All I could do was laugh, because they did in fact go in that dresser. Just two drawers higher but I guess this was the highest she could reach. It really impresses me how much she comprehends these days! I see chores in her near future:)

Helping Daddy

Audrey Claire has always helped me around the house but this week, she decided it would be nice to help Daddy too. Our dishwasher was leaking so he pulled it out to fix it. This immediately got AC's attention and she just had to help.

After Seth got up, she got the screwdriver and "fixed" the problem herself. My memory card was full and I couldn't get a picture deleted quick enough to snap one of her doing that!

Helping Mommy (by Audrey Claire, vol. 2)

You may or may not remember from a few months ago, I REALLY enjoy helping Mommy clean up around the house. If you don't, you can go here to read about it. Anyway, just so you know, I still like to help Mommy with her cleaning. I have noticed that she has been really busy lately getting ready for Christmas and all so I have really stepped up my game. I do everything I can to help her. Here are some pictures for proof that I actually do some things around the house.

Mommy didn't know I could open this drawer. I emptied it before she even realized I was in it. Man, I am good.

When I am not "helping", I like to catch up on my reading.

Stay tuned for pictures of my first Christmas!

Helping Mommy (by Audrey Claire)

Boy have I been a HUGE help to my mommy this week. I have been all over our house trying as hard as I can to help her straighten things up. Here are some pictures of a few times I had to help her out this week-

Don't worry. I eventually went back and emptied that ENTIRE basket of socks.

And I eventually got ALL the books off the shelf and scattered across the office floor.

And yep, you guessed it, ALL the plastic containers were scattered throughout the kitchen.

Mommy wouldn't let me in the dishwasher. She said something about it not being safe. But just know I at least tried!

And I loved helping Mommy with laundry! All the pretty colors looked so good together.

You know, I am really not sure how Mommy would keep our house clean and in order if I wasn't around to help her! Good thing she has me!

Thanks for reading,

Audrey Claire