Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Precious

I know I'm biased, but Greta has been absolutely precious lately.  There's just something so sweet, imaginative, caring, and sensitive about little girls, that I just didn't get until having Greta.
This weekend (between the wind, cold, and rain) we were able to plant the garden.  Greta followed me along, carefully placing each seed next to mine, and then helped to cover the seeds after they were all delicately placed in the ground.
One of Greta's favorite things to play with is my "Littlest Petshop" that I had as a little girl (when I was about eight).  She can spend hours playing with the puppies.  She always calls the St. Bernard the daddy puppy and the Dalmatian is the mommy puppy.  Tonight, before it was time to get ready for bed, this is how she set up the mommy and daddy puppies.  When I asked her what the puppies were doing, while she was hopping off into her room, she replied, "kiss."  And off to bed she went.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Happy Mommy's Day!

We had a wonderful Mother's Day celebrated in Ham Lake/Blaine.  Greta spoiled her Mommy with homemade artwork and a gift certificate for a massage or pedicure!
Opa took Henry and Greta for a wagon ride while the boys (Uncle Phil, Uncle Matthias, and Daddy) worked on a delicous Mother's Day brunch.

Mommy and her little princess.

Oma and her girls.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Swing Set

Greta received her early birthday present from Daddy and Mommy.  Luckily, Greta has such a wonderful Daddy who spent two cold, often rainy, weekends putting together her new SWING SET!
Checking to make sure the ladder was in good working condition.
Where's the slide, Daddy?
She was so anxious to try out her new slide, she didn't even care that is wasn't attached yet.
Swinging at last!
The finished product!  Good work, Daddy!  We've already had many fun nights outside swinging and sliding.