Forward Facing

Hooray! I'm forward facing now. After a week of fighting against the car seat, mom and dad finally turned me around. Now, I can see out the front window and have a chance at getting some AC on me. I'm enjoying our car rides much, much more now.

Easter Sunday

Spring was definitely not in the air here in Missouri. It was very cold, a bitter 30 degrees, so we did our best to look springy in pink. We had a wonderful morning at church and then spent the afternoon with Nana and the rest of the gang. No easter egg hunts this year, partially due to the weather. I'll be ready for them next year though!

 

Getting an Easter picture was no easy task this year. With Ainsley running around the house and never sitting still, this was the best that we could do. But the picture isn't nearly as important as seeing how happy she is. We are so thankful that she is happy, healthy, and hilarious. She brings joy to us every day in increasing measure.


Ainsley loved her Eatser bucket. Full of good things like spring clothes, bubbles, and best of all yellow paper grass. Who needs toys when you can make a mess with this. Thanks Nana for everything, including the homemade rolls!

Mommy's Cleaning Assistant

Start your engine's and get out the swiffers. Now that I'm on the move, mom expects me to pull my weight around here. So, she's shortened the swiffer and put me to task. I actually don't clean, I just drag the swiffer around and pound it on the floor. It makes a really cool noise.


I also help out by keeping my fort clean. I have to you know, now that it has furniture!



My new elmo chair travels with me from fort to family room. It works equally well in both places and sure beats sitting on the hard floor. I'm still not too sure about the fact that it giggles and shakes when I move it. So for now, dad's turned off that feature.

Welcome to Fort Ainsley

The weather here went from beautiful with lots of sunshine to cold and gray. Mom got a cold, dad got a cold, and then of course, I got a cold. So, since we have to stay inside to keep from getting a chill from the blustery wind, mom and I made a fort.

Here's Fort Ainsley in the afternoon after we got the car seat box out. As you can see, I'm loving it. I brought lambie through the peep hole and I added a phone.















Because I enjoyed it so much, mom and I went hunting for a bigger box in order to expand the fort. We went to the furniture warehouse in the underground storage caves by our house, it was spooky. But they had a BIG box for us. We couldn't even get it in our trunk! They had to tie it in, good thing there was a break in the rain. So, here's my new fort! Dad even added a door handle last night, thanks dad!


The fort has windows and everything. Mom was going to add curtains and a sign that it was Fort Ainsley but she's moved on to making my grocery book. She said we needed to leave room for improvement as I got older. I agree. This fort may take up the whole dining room but wait until the forts are made in the basement!

My Mom's not Funky

My mom's not funky, but funky mama sure is. Today, mom and I went to see Funky Mama, a local and very popular kids singer. We met up with my friend Henry and had a blast. We giggled and we jiggled. We stomped and clapped. And by the end, I was totally worn out! Mom said we could maybe get the CDs next time I saw her or at the wonderscope museum when we go there. In the meantime, I can check out her music online if I need a good laugh.

Check out the pout. I'm waiting patiently Funky Mama!


And here's Funky Mama. She's expecting a funky baby!

The Bathroom

A new discovery. As of late a favorite of mine has been to shut doors and then knock to get out. Dad and I were playing this in the downstairs bathroom the other day when I failed to knock to get out. Dad started hearing some sort of sound and came calling himself to see what I was doing in the pitch black. Toilet paper anyone?


I carried my stash around the house for awhile that day. I also ripped to pieces as I imitated mom tearing spinach. The house looked like a mummy had run through.

I'm an AquaTot

 

Today, I had my first swimming lesson and boy was it fun. It was a workout too! We went to the Liberty Community Center for my lesson and met some other kids there. Mom's hoping that over the next few weeks, we'll get to know them better. For my first lesson I kicked, blew bubbles, got thrown high in the sky and then dunked, swam on my back and on my tummy, and put my face in all the way. Overall it was a success.

Here I am getting ready to splash, splash, splash!


Here's mom and me getting ready to blow bubbles!


Here's me in my post swimming lesson coverup. The coverup unlike my suit will only make it one summer, it fits me just right. Oh well, Mom thought I sure did look cute though with my matching water sandals.


I was thirsty afterwards and drank almost my whole juice box. When we got home I ate like a horse and then went to bed. Sound asleep for the whole night (over 12 hours). Maybe I'll have swimming lessons every month!

Overall Ainsley

Here I am in my new overall shorts. Thanks Nonni and PaPa. Mom has discovered the joys of overalls. For a little girl with a tiny waist they work perfectly and save mom some sewing time on my new clothes, well at least for the moment. She's gotten to be a pro (along with Nana and Nonni) at inserting darts into the waistline. What a joy to be able to wear something right off the hanger!