she cracks us up!

I have been loving EVERY single moment of time I spend with Nora and this summer has been a wonderful treat. I get to wake up and know the whole day I will be with my little girl.
She has recently discovered that she likes the garden and grass in the front of our house. I was weeding the other day (which I do NOT do often), and she was having a ball hitting the plants and playing in the dirt as though it was sand. I actually was impressed with myself that I let her do it. Then, she just decided to sit like a lady in the grass so I snapped a picture.
Friends of our stopped by for dinner last week. The girls had fun playing and reading. I think Nora believes that as long as a female is sitting down, she has the right to plop herself in the person's lap if she feels like it. Which, is exactly what happened in the picture above.
This picture was taken because I couldn't get over how funny she was being. I was cleaning some things up in TJ's office and Nora dumped a pencil holder. She found this rosary in the bottom. I looked over at her and she was trying to put it over her head. I put it on her wrist instead and she was SO proud. She was walking around ever so carefully with her arm up as to not drop it. She did this for a good 45min. Then, I put a real necklace on her and she wore that the whole afternoon.
She thought it was quite funny that I put her truck on the couch today. Now that she could climb onto our couches, there was no way she was going to let that truck stay up there alone.
Little stinker. She knows she is being mischeivious.

Nora also surprised me today when I was cleaning the bathroom. Her room is right down the hall and she was playing in there while I was cleaning. All of the sudden, she is standing at her door whining for my attention. She then points to her rocking chair. She put two of her favorite books on the stool and wanted me to sit down and read to her. How awesome is that?

To add to my shock, I also quizzed her last night. I bought her these cards with sesame street characters on them. I thought she would like to look at them. She doesn't even watch the show often, maybe once a week. Anyway, I put Grover, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird on the floor. I asked her to find each one. NO KIDDING- she got them all right on the first try. I knew she knew Cookie and Grover because she loves her stuffed animals of them, but I didn't think she would make the connection to little cards and know the other puppets as well.
I seriously love watching her grow. It is amazing!