Tag: Heather

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!

Heather got up at her usual time this morning (about 7:30am) after going to sleep at her usual time last night (around 7:30pm).  She had breakfast, watched some Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and we played outside a little bit; a fairly normal morning.

Jess and I were just hanging about when Heather wandered off.  The quiet was suspicious and eventually Jess went looking for her.  She was lying in bed cuddled up with her blanket and pacifier trying to fall asleep.  So we asked her if she wanted us to close the blinds (she said, “Yes”).

We left her alone and about 20 minutes later she fell asleep (about noon).

Apparently she decided she was tired and so she went to take a nap.

What a goon.

Edit @ 4:10pm:
She just did it again! She was playing in the living room and just went back to her bedroom and closed the door. After about 10 minutes we went to check on her and she was in bed again, with her projector on, cuddled up with blankets.

We asked her if she wanted to go to the store and she said, “No, I’m still sleeping.”

Heather seems to have received the same Dickerson genes that provoked Erin into putting gloves on her feet and dancing like a chicken.  Heather’s footwear of choice, however, is oven mitts. Enjoy.

Direct Video Link: Heather Chicken Dance