30 months old! Great day to make Halloween cookies.
Rolling the dough
Hazel was a natural at cutting the shapes. The pumpkin was her favorite (but here she has the bat)
Laura and Peter helped us decorate the cookies: frosting and sprinkles galore!
Hazel loves sprinkles
Hazel started off strolling her white bear to the playground
But after a few blocks decided to carry him like this
I introduced Hazel to the berries I called glue berries as a kid.
Carefully approaching the flexible bridge
This playground has an upper deck steering wheel and a lower deck one
Reach those toes
Hazel’s new favorite outdoor activity: “Can you step on my shadow?”
“Aaaacorns, where are you?”
Leafy crunch crunch
We love Theodore’s play dough recipe!
“Can you say cheeeeeese and I take your picture?” Where’d she even learn the phrase “say cheese?”
Self portrait
Hazel seems to be making peace with the camera
But it definitely still helps to be distracted
Equipment malfunction! Waiting for a new memory card!
While you’re waiting…
About a year ago
Exactly two years ago
Cool space pod contraption to climb into
Beautiful day for the playground or what?
Watching a gaggle of other kids
Does she look a little dizzy? This toy’s only job is to spin
Saying good morning to some chickens
It was from under this tree that she saw a new path: “Let’s explore!”
Turns out the path led us over a bridge to Bee Line Trail. She asked “where’s the lion?”
Keeping her balance at the edge of Boyce Field
This toad surprised us by bouncing through the snack area. Its color was quite shocking until I saw it next to dried leaves
Hazel spent the rest of the time digging in this garden bed. I overheard the following (and wrote it down verbatim for posterity): “Dump it in, spread it out, and make it a flat surface.”
Here’s where a slow-speed chase ended for both kitty and girl
Hazel in profile while speaking
She’s beginning to feel better today
Nice height for looking out the window, too