Bumping up and down in my little red wagon

 Well, actually its a blue-ish green-ish color, not red. My sister babysits a couple times a week and the lady she works for was kind enough to give Liyah this wagon. I have been wanting to get her one so its really cool that she has one that i didn't have to pay for.

 The youngest kid is about 8, so the wagon is kind of old. Not too bad though. My step dad had to fix one of the wheels. You can't fix something with out having an assistant, luckily for him Liyah was kind of enough to lend a hand.

After grandpa fixed the wagon we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. I don't know why i thought this would be fun. Well, Liyah liked it. I on the other hand have a really buff arm from this trip. Good exercise if you want to look at the positives.

 No trip is complete for this little girl with out making stops to pick flowers or point out everything we pass. Trees, plants, flowers,cars,house.. you name it, liyah will tell you about it. It was nice to get her out the house even though the weather was sort of gloomy. She loves this wagon. I can tell she has a lot of plans for it for this coming summer.

Look at the happy baby

Loves picking flowers

Can't drive with open doors

Showing me the "leaves". That is what she was saying

 Side note. My parents just bought her a multi purpose table that she can color on and also use to eat dinner and pretty much anything else you can think of. Very nice table from Ikea. Erase most of the crayon marks and is very sturdy. Liyah Loves it.

My best friend The Cat... and other things

Jaliyah has a love for animals that is very hard to describe. For example when we are walking through the neighborhood, she will try to sing and talk to all the animals she sees. Even if the dog is parking it's little heart out, none of that bothers her. She just loves animals. 

There is a cat that has no home that walks around the neighborhood and some how my daughter and the cat have become best friends. The cat comes to the dog meowing for her and scratching at the door for her. Its cool and creepy all at once. Creepy because we have never fed the cat, so it really is just coming over to play with Liayh.

Wanting some love

Follow me please, child

Liyah named the cat Kitty, pretty simple right? I decided to Liyah take on a walk since it wasn't raining today. When we started walking around the neighborhood though, we had a follower. Liyah found it funny and kept saying "coming".

It was a fun walk. The cat didn't stay the whole trip. We passed by a house with five dogs behind the fence and it scared it off. We had a nice walk around the neighborhood though, we picked flowers, we went to the park, ate lunch in the front yard and kicked the ball in the front yard. It was a nice relaxing Sunday.

She wanted to wear a flower in her hair today

Playing kick the ball

Aunty is helping her pick flowers

Pretty Flower

She loves cheese

This is her protesting because I said "Time to go"

Stinky face because we have to leave

 

Jaliyah the painter

Children love to be creative. My daughter is no exception. Everyday she ask if she can either paint or color. Just because she ask, doesn't mean i necessarily give in to the everyday request. Especially to the painting. We have washable paint so it isn't very hard to clean up but to be honest, some times i just don't feel like doing it. Because of that, Liyah decided to take matters into her own hands. I gave her yogurt and while she was eating I went to take care of a couple things. Well, i start hearing my step dad say something to her and when i come out i see her using a spoon as a "brush" and her body is the "paper"

Me: Liyah, what are you doing?
Liyah: Paint

I'm glad she was honest. Lesson of the day: My daughter is very creative.

The spoon as the brush

she was so kind to say cheese while i took the photo

close up on her art work

Project: Potty Train

In about two months( which will be August) Liyah will be two years old. She has been showing signs that indicate she might be ready to potty train. So i think a goal for summer is to get her potty trained. We will see how well that works out.

The signs she displays are not wanting a diaper on anymore. She can tell me when she does #1 or #2, Granted sometime she gets them confused. She still knows something happening down there, and that is what counts, right?

The only problem i am having for this project is how i can't get her to sit on the actual toilet. Not for two seconds. She wont even hover over it and humor me. She will however use it as a step stool, so i guess my money hasn't gone completely to waste. I'll keep you guys updated on how this goes. Hopefully I can get her trained by September by the time I head back to school but i think I am just wishful thinking.

If you have any tips or tricks that worked for you, you should leave them in the comments below. I would love some advice.

Exploring

Something that i struggle with a lot is realizing how quickly my daughter grows. She can stand, attempts to walk and is just, all over the place.It just makes me a tad bit sad when i take a step back. Everyday my daughter needs me less and less. I'm so proud of her and excited to see on what is yet to come. Down below are some example of her attempting to be independent. Shes standing all on her own with out mommies help. I love documenting the little and big things she accomplishes, because its so cool to go back and look back on it. I encourage every mommy to do the same thing.

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Play time

AUNTY BLOWING BUBBLE

Aunty teaching her how to blow

Smile if you love bubbles :-)

So today was a decent day out, so i thought i would introduce Liyah to bubbles. I have to say it went well. It was cute because they brought her this amazing happiness that was so dang cute to witness. We also went to my little sisters elementary school and played on the big toys and all the good stuff. Over all, today was super fun and I'm glad i have some pictures to look back to remember the memory.

SMILE

BUBBLES IN THE FACE

I felt the need to sing rocky in my head

Didn't slide as fast as i thought

But it was still fun yay

again again

Yay for big toys

I was telling her to say hi. Didn't work

Monkey bars are fun

reach girl reach

I have to admit, living in washington the weather always looks like its going to rain but im happy that i decided to go anywho(thanks for the pep talk madre) She loves being outside. I think she got that from her mom.