Daddy's Little Girl

Dean had tickets to the Largo Cultural Arts Center Gala last Saturday. I went last year and I had other things going on so Dean invited Ashley to go with him to the event. They always have a silent auction, dinner and a show of songs from all their different plays that they do. This years theme was "New York, New York".
Dean said he had a great time with his little girl. He said it had been a couple of years since he's gotten to spend that much alone time with his girl. So, I'm glad I couldn't go so that they could have some daddy/daughter time alone. I love the picture of the two of them together.

Family Time

Aaron and his girlfriend Kelly came over and played games, ate and enjoyed playing with the kids. Then later that night we went to our first night of our bowling league.

Eden playing soccer with Grandpa and her "Bubba" Jullian. She loves to kick a soccer ball. She raises her hands and says "Goal".
Of course she also likes to pick up the soccer ball and carry it around the uneven sand and weeds of the back yard.
Travis, Eden and Papa, playing soccer. Travis used to play in high school, and now Jullian plays on a team. I'm sure Eden will play eventually, but don't tell Ashley because she wants her to be a dancer. LOL
Jullian playing a game I bought him two years ago and hasn't played until today. He is a hoot. The fish bob up and you have to get them to grab your fishing pole so you can pull them out. Well, with everyone else having a pole, you can imagine the cheating that goes along with this game. We were all laughing so hard. And Jullian doesn't usually have people to play with so his social skills are a little one sided. God I love that kid. He's just really neat.

We BBQ'd burgers and hot dogs, played some games, played kid games, and watched Sunday NFL football. It was a great day. Nice to have the kids and grandkids around for some excitement.

Although I have to ask why is it that guys are so stinkin' competetive when playing games? They pout, get agressive and blame others. Girls just figure it's ok to lose as long as we're having fun. Guy's are bad sports.

Ring around the Rosie

Playing Ring Around the Rosie with Papa and Maam, but Maam is taking the picture.
" WE ALL FALL DOWN! "
And there they all down. LOL, she can play this for hours. She loves to play. We've been working on " If your happy and you know it", "This little light of mine", and "Behold, Behold". She claps, stomps her feet and raises her hands and says "Men", She points her finger for the light, and she knocks on the door for Behold. I love watching her learn.

Today she asked me "go outside" . Plain as day. She is speaking so well now. She still does the baby babble where she thinks she's saying something and you have no clue, but there are other times when you know exactly what she's saying.

She also is letting us know when she wants her diaper changed. She pats her bottom and says "cuck", and when she's wet, she pats her front and clearly says " peepee". Yeah, she'll be an easy potty trainer like her mama.

Eden's new Friends

Eden has made some new friends. We affectionately call them Fred and Ethel. The come and hang out at our front door so we game Eden some tortillas and her and Papa went out to feed them. She likes to run where you've thrown the tortilla's making the birds back up and sometimes flap their wings, but she thinks it's great. She was saying that they went ca, ca. Too funny. Bless her heart, she loves to be outside and make friends with the visitors.

Our little Dancer

I went to the Christian Book Store and bought a video with Sunday School Songs and Eden loves to listen and dance around the room. So Great Grandma bought her a ballerina skirt and she likes to wear it while watching her new video.

Does it start this early?

Ok, so Eden loves to stand on the scale when we're in the bathroom. But today when I wasn't looking Eden walked out with the scale and this is what I found. I'm sure she's not worrying about her weight at 14 months, but.... you know girls and scales just don't go together.

Eden playing outside

Eden was having so much fun playing outside in the backyard tonight. She had gotten her balls and was picking them up and rolling them down the slide. Well, papa decided he'd stand at the base of the slide and roll the ball back up it to Eden. She hit the ball down with her little hands and then giggle so hard she'd have to put her head down on the slide. They must have played that game for 15 minutes. I had to grab the camera and get some pics of her giggling.