Grandma's House is More Fun!

Ok so these are a bunch of pictures taken at random times while Keira has been at my mom's house. I just got them yesterday with the Christmas picks so I thought I would put up a few of my favorites. Most of them are from this summer and they highlight some of Keira's favorite toys at her grandma's house. I also really like the ones with her in the garden. What a little poser! Keira also loves the "I Spy" quilt that her grandma made for her. She plays with it all the time and has quite a lot to say about each picture. This picture was actually taken yesterday. Rick and I went out for our 4th (!) Anniversary and Grandma was nice enough to take Keira for the day. Way too much fun!

Christmas in January

Ok so these pictures are in a very random order but it is all Christmas with one Christmas Eve. I will just tell you what is happening in them all and you will play the fun game of guess which picture I am talking about!
Keira got a Mr. Potato Head for Christmas from her Aunt Andrea and she thought it was quite funny but I think that Andrea also was having a little too much fun with it.
The picture with my dad and the money is a very common happening when he and Keira get together. He likes to bribe (?) Keira although I don't think she gets it although she probably has more money in her savings account now then I ever have.
Keira kept trying to get to Aunt Andrea's stocking goodies and though no one had caught her, I think the picture may prove otherwise.
Of course we have the self portrait.
Keira and cousin Audrey (yes, we are lucky enough to have a cousin Audrey on both sides of the family) were such good friends on Christmas Eve. They chit chatted and "shared" toys but not very willingly sometimes.
I thought that I should add a picture of Rick and myself just to prove that we do get our pictures taken however rarely, which is fine by me. We got booster packs of Magic cards and if you don't know what that is, don't worry, it just means you aren't a nerd. ;)

A Guitar Hero Amoung Us

Keira loves the Guitar Hero guitar. She puts it on and pretends to play all of the time. She also likes to dance and head bang (we didn't teach her that, it just comes natural I guess) while someone is playing the game. Her hair is such a mess from putting on the guitar herself and then dancing to the music in her head. Crazy girl. I am still waiting on getting Christmas pictures from my mom's camera since I am such a good parent and forgot my camera both days of Christmas. So hopefully we will have some cute pictures of that soon.

A Little Basket of Fun

Keira has found a basket that I have that usually has books in it and has decided that the books no longer need to be in it (they have been thrown all over the living room, how nice). She has decided that it makes either a nice seat, which she BARELY fits in or just a nice place to stand and watch some TV or make silly faces or whatever fancies her at the moment. I tried to put it away and get the books back in it during her nap yesterday and it lasted about 5 minutes before it was out again. Why do we even buy her real toys?

Keira was wanting something fun to do this morning before church so Rick gave her his Guitar Hero 3 stickers that he wasn't using and she thought they would be fun to put on the couch. But the couch wasn't quite as fun as she thought it would be so she started to decorate her face. I kind of helped her with the skull but she put the star on all by herself. We wish that Rick would use the flash but he has been against it lately so sorry for the dark pictures.

My Middle Name is Trouble

What happens when you have a toddler, a tree and a piano? Lots and lots of trouble! Keira thinks it is fun to climb up on the chair in front of the piano and take down ornaments. She does take a break every once and a while and plays the piano too. She is quite the multi tasker. We just hope that we can survive Christmas without her killing herself. I am thinking that the corral gates are going to be coming out soon.

Keira and the Snowman

I got a snowman that plays the piano for Christmas a couple years ago. Keira thinks it is the funnest Christmas decoration that we have. She makes it play over and over again as she honks it's nose and "helps" it play the piano. She gets a little frustrated though when the keys don't play what she is playing. She knows how this piano thing is suppose to work!

Just as a side note, we have not floated away in this lovely flooding that we have been having. If you have seen anything on national news (for those of you who do not live around here) I am sure that you have seen the news that I-5 is closed and all of the places they show covered in water are Centralia and the surrounding areas where Rick works. Since he works for their newspaper he has been quite busy and has lots of fun trying to get to work everyday. Let's hope for a quick recovery!