Ball Pit

Reese has been in perpetual motion since arriving at the gym this
morning. Can you looong nap!

Stay and Play

Reese and I finished with gymnastics class and then we stayed to play
on the indoor jungle gym.

TGIF

Today is the first time in a long time that Reese was able to go to
school in something other than long pants and long sleeves.

We're in the process of familiarizing Reese with all the Disney
characters prior to her maiden voyage to the world of Mickey Mouse.
She's still a bit vague when it comes to Donald Duck, but Mickey's
playhouse (the cartoon) is helping to rectify that. Reese's shirt is
adorned with her favorite of the Disney characters, Minnie Mouse, even
though she calls her Mickey.

Happy Friday!

St. Patty's Day

I forgot to post this pic of Reese on the way to school on St.
Patrick's Day.

She was rocking the green stretch pants and shamrock shirt that
Grandma brought her. She also decided that she wanted to wear her camo/pink Gator hat because it also had green in it.

In her lap is one of 6 plates of green cookies that we baked the night before. When I say "we", I mean that Reese mushed in some green food color into the cookie dough for 5 minutes, then I stayed up baking the
cookies after she went to bed.

Erin Go Bragh!

Reese makes me laugh

Last night, Reese and I were moving right along with our nightly routine of dinner, playtime, clean-up, bath, stories, bedtime when she said something that made me laugh (once again).

During bath time, I needed Reese to stand up so I could more efficiently wash her legs and backside. After nicely asking 3 times with no response I resorted to the classic "I'll count to three".

Without even having to utter "ONE", Reese shoots up to the standing position and exclaims, "You didn't even get to 'one' because I'm fast, BUDDY".

She placed a great emphasis on the second syllable of the word 'Buddy', it came across in such a way like she was mocking me for being slow or maybe like I forgot how to count to 3.

Last year at this time...

...Reese was on the verge of becoming a 2-year old and growing both mentally and physically faster than we could keep up with. Here we are on the precipice of her turning three and the rate of growth hasn't slowed down.

I've just gone back and reviewed my postings from the month of March in 2009...wow, my little baby has quickly turned into a little girl! I know that it's so cliché to once again make note of the fact that my child is growing up so fast, but it's the most apparent thing when looking back at pictures like this, taken exactly one year ago today.

No matter how fast I pour copious amounts of downloaded photos and videos into my iPhoto software, I can't help but lament all of the moments that I've not captured. The little looks, the hilarious curiosities, the cute little daily outfits that are all giving way to this ever-maturing child.

I know that the feelings will be the same as I review this post on March 9th, 2011...I just hope that between now and then I'm able to cut through the daily routine in order to take time to appreciate Reese as she is at that moment...and snap a few million photos while I'm at it.

Tea time

Reese and cousin Hayley enjoy a poolside snack.

Super Nugget

A super hero mask mistakingly made it's way to our house from daycare.
I'm unsure of it's origins but Reese got a kick out of it.

Gymnastics Meet

Reese is loving the front row. Warm-ups might be better than the meet.

Reese-ism

So we're sitting here enjoying our dinner (roasted chicken, cranberry
and mandarin orange salad sandwiches served on 5-grain wheat bread
with a side of edamame...in case you're wondering). Reese sees me stab
a cherry tomato from my salad (that has ranch dressing on it), and says:

Reese: Daddy, what's that?
Daddy: it's a cherry tomato, would you like one?
Reese: is it sweet?
Daddy: No.
Reese: is it spicy?
Daddy: Nope.
Reese: Is it ranch-y?

Gator hat

Reese just grabbed this Gator hat while we were doing some shopping.
She looks so cool in it and I'm a sucker for all Gator apparel...SOLD.