Funny Blurbs

Today I was asking Riley to do something and she said, "You're bugging my chops, mom." (sorta like busting my chops, I suppose.)

Riley loves grapes. Jason accidentally bought some that had seeds in them this last time. Today I went through the grapes to get the seeds out. I then, after about a half hour, gave a big bowl of grapes to Riley. At the end she found a seed in one of her grapes and said, Mom, I found a seed. You need to be more careful; I could've choked."

Handygirl

I'm not really sure why, but Riley loves hammers, drills, screwdrivers, et cetera. She is always asking me to let her use the hammer to "fix" something - yeah, sure!

Lil' Dancers!

The kids at the wedding were a wild bunch! Riley loved this little boy that was behind her - all the girls did!

Future Bride?

We went to a beautiful wedding of my cousins and had a great time. I wanted to show her wedding dress, as I thought it was so unusual with the blue that runs down the back. It was beautiful and very fitting for her. It was so cute because at the end of the ceremony, they put on sunglasses and danced their way down the isle! That's Shannah! Another great thing at the wedding were these little "Future Bride" bags. They were filled with the cutest toys and Riley loved it! We had a great time at the ceremony and Riley got in a little dancing, as did Jason and I - first time since our honeymoon!

Elephant in the Room!

Riley makes such cute things at daycare. Every day she brings home projects and is usually wearing some animal hat. In her preschool she is on the letter "F." Every two weeks they do a different letter of the alphabet. This is an elephant hat that she made for the letter-E week. Cracks me up!

More Leavenworth Pics

Riley's First Race

What a proud moment for Daddy - getting Riley ready to run the race!

Leavenworth Trip

Just like last year, we had another great trip in Leavenworth. This place is so much fun! Jason's parents always watch Riley for us so we can go have a nice dinner. Okay, that was the second nice dinner we've had together since Riley has been born! I was able to get a little Christmas shopping done for Riley while doing some shopping in Leavenworth. They have an amazing candy store where I was able to get some stocking stuffers. We were able to go to the farm where they have pumpkins, a maze, animals to feed, great food, and a store with crafts, food, et cetera. Riley took a ride on the little cow ride. She wanted to sit at the end because I told her that was the fastest one! On Sunday we went to the Salmon Festival at the Fish Hatchery. Check out the photo album on the side - those are all the pics from our trip. There is a section where they have tons of costumes, and the kids just try on different ones. How fun! Riley, Brayden, and Cheyenne did great paintings of fish, enjoyed music, and Grandpa Hoyt
bought Riley her first cup of hot coco.

Aauugh, She's so Sweet!

The other day Riley and I were grocery shopping. She had some money and dropped it on the floor. Riley says, "I'm sorry, Mom, I dropped my money. Please, could you pick it up?" A lady overheard this and stopped and was gushing at what a sweet girl she was to say sorry like that. As she was going on and on, I was picking up the money for Riley. As the lady was still there, I handed the money over to Riley. She wrinkled her face up in this awful little squishy face and said in a not-so-sweet voice, "Now, give me my money!!" Ugh, the lady looked a little uncomfortable at this point and just walked off!!! Oh, Riley, couldn't you have just kept it up for two minutes longer?