Last one for the night..

We changed Bessie's room around for her third birthday in March. Grandma took her out for the day, and when she came home she was so surprised! It is great, and the room feels so much bigger!

Later that day, Bess decided that she had to take every single thing out of her new shelf with bins. She definitely learned where all her toys go!

We babysat Cousin Eli at his house one day in early March. This is him and Bess on the way to the playground. So cute!

Bess "helps" me wash the dishes in late February.

Birthday Madness!

Uncle Evan came to town a couple days after her third birthday, so we had him and Grandpa over for dinner. Bess and I made a birthday crown for her to wear.

Cousin Eli's birthday is the day after Bessie's! This is in Eli's room during his party; I think Bess is trying to lead a "circle time" for Eli. "Here we are together...."

Bess got to have her birthday party at Grandma's house this year. One of her big presents was a wagon from Nanny and Gramps. She wanted everyone to ride in it with her. Little cousins Willow and Eli were willing!

This is the first year that Bess has been really aware of her birthday. I think she liked it!

More pics!

Easter day at our house... Bess was very excited about hunting for eggs and presents. She staged little hunts in her bedroom for weeks after this!

Concentrating hard on dying Easter eggs. She loved eating them later, and asked for eggs all day long.

Mid-March... Bess drew a bird and a cloud with rain with bathtub crayons.

On Pajama Day at Bess' school. There was an Art Fair after school that day, and we got to have ice-cream in one of the classrooms... before dinner! (No, she did not eat all of that ice cream.)

Catching up!

I have been trying to decide how to go about catching up on our posts; so much has happened in the last five months! For now I am just going to post some highlights. Enjoy!

This was taken last weekend on Mother's Day... Daddy, Bess, Uncle Kevin and Cousin Eli enjoying brunch at Nanny and Gramps Purkey's house. (The moms were there, we were just busy relaxing!)

Bess refused to pose for a Mother's Day picture with me. The only shot we could get all day was while she was asleep!

A hot day in mid-April... Daddy took Bess to the park by our house. She loves swinging high!

This was at the First Sunday Potluck we go to every month at my cousin Tina's house... Me reading to Bess and little cousin Delia.