The little laugher

Edith saw the funniest thing in her life last week--the neighbor's dog Oscar barking.  We were sitting in the grass and Oscar wanted to see Edith because apparently he loves babies.  He licked her toes and barked.  She starting laughing a big belly laugh.  It was very cute!  Every time he barked she would laugh.  When he stopped barking she would stop laughing.  Oscar barked at her today but the joke was over and she wasn't amused.  You never know what is going to make this kid happy from day to day.  One thing that has been pretty consistent in pleasing her is watching the big girls jump on the trampoline.  She sits in her bouncer seat in the basement and squeals at the girls.  Ben and I even got to play a little ping pong while that was going on.  The other thing that usually works is if I am constantly holding her and looking at her.

Nora's big day

Nora was feeling sad because Alena and Daddy were spending the night at Camp Wapsi.  We decided to find some fun things to do with Edith, Nora, and me.  We went to the Eco Fest in NewBo and did a couple of crafts and listened to music.  Then we went to Washington High School and Playtime Poppy's "Harold and the Purple Crayon."  Edith slept through the beginning of the play but woke up halfway through it.  She was squealing with excitement.  There were a lot of special effects and Nora and I both agreed it was really good.  We then went to Dairy Queen and got ice cream.  One of her preschool friends was there and we went across the street with him to play at the playground after eating. Nora had Edith sit on her lap and they went down the slide together many times. After supper she went for a scooter ride and then we watched Full House before bed.  She said it was the most fun day ever.

Nora turns 5

Nora's birthday was on Wednesday.  She had the day off of preschool so she spent the day with me.  Aunt Kristina came over and helped her frost pink cupcakes to bring to preschool the next day.  We roasted hotdogs over the fire pit.  She ate 3 cupcakes before we realized it.  Nora celebrated her fifth birthday again on Saturday.  It was also Grandma Diane's birthday!  Nora had a butterfly funfetti cake and Grandma had a lemon meringue pie.  The weather has been so beautiful all month so the cousins all ate in the playhouse that we set up this week.  A couple of the big gifts were a scooter from Grandma and Grandpa Ossman, a stomp rocket from us, and a wubble from the Cahalans.