Ms A and her Butterfly

We did a little yard work this evening, ie: trimming the Butterfly Bush, when Ms A discovered some butterflies/moths eating. (I think their moths, but she insists their butterflies) We watched for awhile and then one started eating from the branches I had trimmed. Ms. A quickly and carefully picked up the branch while the butterfly continued to eat. We were fascinated watching its long tongue check out the flower for nectar, if there was some the head would disappear inside. We watched it eat for at least fifteen minutes. I grabbed a few other branches so it could have more of a selection. The butterfly could not get enough and neither could Ms. A, she was enthralled. We finally said good night to her butterfly and went in to tuck Ms A in to bed. Hopefully she'll have dreams with peaceful butterflies tonight!

Here's my favorite picture, Ms. A's favorite pictureand a Slideshow.
Somehow I narrowed 25 pictures down to 7.

When Mom Is Away....

...Ms A will play!

I was upstairs for a few moments and didn't hear much noise coming from our little one. I thought she was playing, so I stayed up a bit longer, when it continued to be quiet, I went downstairs and discovered, Ms A had pulled the chair over to the counter, climbed up and proceeded to do THIS:

I guess I need to find a new place to keep those "mom supervised" toys. Fortunately it was face paints instead of markers or pens. ;)

*** When washing her face last night, we discovered Ms. A used blue and pink markers along with the face paints. Scrub, scrub, scrub! :) ***

Faith

I had a good friend post a talk given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in a BYU Devotional this past January. I finally read it and it was just what I needed.

Isn't amazing how you feel hope slipping away and then something reminds you to hold on a little longer. I love how my Heavenly Father knows me and gives me just what I need.

Raspberries and Cards

I LOVE our raspberry bushes. Somehow we lucked out with them and the bushes produce berries in June and August. I went out yesterday to check on the garden and discovered these {beauties}.









Ms A had to make sure she ate the biggest ones, after the picture taking was completed. :)

In other news, I needed a few cards for various reason and here they are.









The birthday card is for my dearest friend, Shanna who I've known since we were three. I miss her so much, especially our late night talks. She is also one day older to me. Ms A. was fascinated by the fact that I thought it was cool especially since her friend is one week older than her. Ms A. wishes her birthday was first though. :)

This is for Reed's parents. We had a few pictures to send and needed a card. ;)









A quick Thank you card {minus the sentiment}

Swimming Lessons {revisited}

Here are a few pictures from Ms. A's last swimming lesson. She's doing an excellent job and even put her face in the water!! We are so {PLEASED}!

Swimming Lessons

Ms A loves the water, she'd love to be in a tub playing or have some container full of water to play with. The only thing she doesn't like is water in her face (which I have to agree - no fun!). So when we decided to enroll her in her first swimming lessons, she was ECSTATIC, until they started splashing. Today was Life Jacket Day! She was thrilled to go into the deeper portion of the pool. Not too excited to jump in, but she had a GREAT time! Here are a couple of videos. The first one she had to jump in twice! (He promised Ms A only two jumps to get her in the pool.) Then the instructor had them practice floating and kicking while spinning them around. Ms A is much better at kicking than I am.

This video is what they do at the end of their lesson. The children pretend they are a seed and they have to ask for water to help them grow into a tree. Then the instructor asks them to pat out the butterflies in their tummies and on their heads. Next, they get to be silly. The last thing is *ONE MORE JUMP* in the pool.