Memorial Day Weekend
What a great day. Irelynn, Travis and I went strawberry picking. Irelynn ate so many strawberries! I'll have to admit that they were pretty tasty. She is so much fun! She is really starting to exert some independence. She has started pulling her hand out of ours when she walks. She wants to do it all by herself. Taking her grocery shopping alone is out of the question this month. Last weeks trip was an absolute disaster. People were actually asking me if I needed help. I probably looked like a neglectful mother, but i just had to carry her screaming most of the way. She wasn't even distracted by her cookies. She just wanted to be down on the ground, walking the direction of her choice. Travis helped me grocery shop this week. We also went to Home Depot with little Miss Independent. She carried around paint rollers. I let her get a small American Flag, which she waved all through the store.
Sunday, we went to Loco Pops. Irelynn sure loved the cookies and cream pop! My favorite too! She also liked her dad's brownie pop! Monday, we went to the Puff's for Memorial Day cookout. Irelynn kissed little Preston on his head. It was really cute. We had a great dinner with the whole family.
Some really cute things that Irelynn has started doing...
She loves carrying shoes around by their shoe laces, taking things out and putting things back in containters, walking down the sidewalk beside our house, holding the dog leash, picking flower petals off of flowers. She knows how to pick dandelions and blow off the little fuzzy seads. She loves to pick the mint that is growing near the front porch and smell it. We taught her to put it up to her nose and smell. She knows the word nose and will point to hers when you ask her where it is. When I say, "noses," she will rub her crinkled nose up against mine. She definitely knows the word shoes and if her love for shoes doesn't fade, we are in deep trouble. When she gets mad, she screams ...Apple, Apple. I have no idea where she got that, but it is hilarious! She claps and plays patty cake. She is just doing so many fun things now. I can't believe how she changes each day.
