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.

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.

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.

The Backyard

Greta didn't have daycare on Friday, so we had a mommy/daughter day!  We checked out the Backyard (a three-story-high indoor playground), did some fun shopping downtown (no Walmart or Menards), checked out the pet shop, and had lunch at Pizza Hut.  She was the best date!  We'll have to plan another mommy/daughter day soon!

Cruising down the slide.

Posing for a picture before she climbs up to go down the slide again.

The rock wall.

Pedicure

Greta, who hates having her toe nails trimmed, finally let me paint her little piggies.  She did a great job sitting still, as they were painted her favorite color...PINK!

Day at the Museum

Hi Everybody, it's Greta's Tante, Kathryn. I am writing this guest post because my beautiful Sister is one busy Mama.

A few weeks ago Greta, Sarah and I headed to the Minnesota Children's Museum for a fun-filled day. It was a first for all of us, and we certainly had a wonderful day. Greta was a little trooper and as sweet as can be. The three of us always have so much fun when we get together.

Greta kickin' it in gear.

Not the most flattering photo of our little one, but Greta LOVED pressing her face against the smudged up plexiglass in the Habitot room.

Sarah and I are convinced that this was the highlight of Greta's trip to the museum...sliding down the carpet slide. Hold on to your pigtails, Greta, that carpet looks awfully slick. :)

"Hey Dada, can you help me reel this baby in?"

We headed to the Grossology exhibit, where I think Sarah and I enjoyed ourselves more than Greta. It was basically an exhibit dedicated to bodily functions.

Greta making toot toots at the toot toot exhibit.

Greta's first time painting on an easel. Check out those fine motor skills. Great job, Girl! Unfortunately, her painting wasn't dry by the time we had to leave, which means there is a very valuable piece of artwork lying somewhere in a Minnesota landfill.

Grocery shopping at the local market in the Our World exhibit.

First Haircut

After much consideration, I finally decided it was time for Miss Greta to have a little trim. These luscious locks had not been cut, snipped, or chopped until a couple weeks ago.

The before. I was very nervous Greta would be scared of the whole idea, but much to my surprise she sat like a little angel and didn't move a muscle except when she was told to look down at her tummy.

The precious curls :(


Holding on tight to her dinosaur.

Her beautiful braid.

And finally a smile with her hairstylist, Melanie :) Thanks Oma and Tante for your moral support. The hair looks great!