Tag: Heather

Three years ago I wouldn’t have thought the phrase “adorably frustrating” could be a thing.  But I learned the full extent of its meaning this evening while I was sitting with Heather as she was supposed to be falling asleep.

Normally this process involves just sitting within sight while she dozes off.  However, this evening she apparently didn’t feel like dozing off quite yet.  She laid down as usual and I started reading on my eReader.  After about 20 seconds she flipped over and hanged her head off the edge of the bed directly under my face and adorably told me, “Daddy, I like your brown hair.”  Which she then followed up with, “I like your smile.  I like your scruff, Daddy.  Did you shave your scruff today, Daddy?  [now singing] I like you, I like you, I like you just–the way–you are…”  Then she asked me questions about what I was doing, what is on my chin, and what is on my upper lip (“scruff” was apparently only on my cheeks in her mind).  While doing this she would alternate between hanging her head off the edge of the bed and hugging my face while giggling/chuckling to herself.

This process repeated in various combinations for 30 minutes before she finally agreed to lay down again and promptly fell asleep.

Absolutely adorable and frustrating at the same time.  What a goon.

Doing Daddy’s hair:

Heather really enjoys when we babysit Liam on Fridays. They’re becoming good friends.

The Elf Belt. We don’t know why it’s called that, but that’s what it is:

Heather and I made some decorations.

And it looks like she’s well above a 2-year-old reading level:

Saturday morning yard work (in pj’s, of course):

Wearing my shirt:

She picked a flower of our bush outside (nightshade–yes, very poisonous) and insisted on keeping it. Then she tore the sticker off the watermelon in three pieces and decorated herself with them. ‘Cuz that makes sense.

Just eating yogurt for breakfast. While wearing a crown.

I put her to work:

And two more pictures of her and Liam playing together:

Heather and I went to the Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose with some friends. It was a fabulous idea, and I’m so glad we went!

Chasing pigeons outside:

The first thing we did was stop at the face-painting station, and it was a big hit. Heather actually asked to “go to museum for paint facing” for the next several days.

You can see my friend Sarah behind Heather, and her kids Emma and Liam.

Heather said she was a tiger. See the stripes?

Emma was a kitty cat.

I kept having to wipe paint off Heather’s upper lip so she would stop licking it. Tasty!

The three hooligans driving a fire truck (Emma, Heather, and Liam):

There was an entire exhibit about archeology, and Heather did some excavating:

Another section was devoted to food and cooking. In particular, Heather is gathering a healthy rainbow of foods:

Driving an ambulance:

The water area was so cool! Heather found it very overwhelming at first, what with the big kids and loud water and balls flying overhead, but she really enjoyed the calmer little-kids area.

The reading area had fun mushrooms to sit on.

I think this sand table was another of Heather’s favorite activities. Scoop and pour, scoop and pour…

We finished up with painting:

And at the end of the day, we had three tired kiddos!

There was so much other fun stuff that I didn’t even get pictures of. We’ll definitely have to go back!

Playing with Mama’s tablet is a good way to start the day:

Heather and I made some decorations for Valentine’s Day. Most of her work got mailed to grandparents, but the top-right heart is hers. (In case you couldn’t tell.)

She really likes to do puzzles.

Eating cereal at the counter with Daddy. And if he’s going to be reading stuff on his tablet, she wants hers, too!

I went looking for her and found her reading to Penguin. I can’t remember why she had no clothes on.

I worked on this cross stitch for 4 years, and I finally got it framed! It was a project unto itself, but I think it came out well.

Heather in her new dress. Yay!