Well, a couple of weeks ago she started insisting that she ONLY wear skirts or dresses that flare out when she twirls.  And you better believe she knows exactly which skirts and dresses those are.  Multiple times I have brought out super cute outfits–dresses, nonetheless–and she has outright refused them and gone to pick out her own outfit saying “no, that one doesn’t spin properly”.  I should be happy that she’s getting herself dressed and expressing her individualism but she’s missing out on some super cute spring dresses! When I think about it, she hasn’t worn jeans for about a month now and will only wear leggings if she has a skirt or dress over the top.  I’m sure it’s just a phase and I’m hoping the novelty will wear off soon and she’ll be back to wearing whatever I pick out.

Sorry for the blurriness

I LOVE Peppa Pig.  Here’s a little look.  My fav line in this episode is “naughty messy Daddy”.  If we lived in England we would definitely be visiting Peppa Pig world http://www.peppapigworld.co.uk/  Today Poppy watched Mummy Pig’s Birthday, it was so cute.  They even do episodes in French!!

Anyways, back to the baking.  Poppy really enjoys little tasks so baking is just perfect for her.

She meticulously placed the cake cases into the pan and loved using her utensils for the stirring.

Most of the time her fingers and mouth were somewhere near the ingredients!

15 minutes must feel like eternity to a little girl waiting on her fairy cakes.

But then it came time to make the icing.  Unfortunately I didn’t have the heart to share these cakes with the neighbours, not after she started eating the icing right out of the bowl.

It took alot of concentration to do the icing, I didn’t think she had it in her.

She was very pleased with the outcome.  She spotted we were missing a Peppa pig. She probably ate it earlier.

The best bit of all, liking the icing off and leaving the cake altogether.

We really couldn’t have asked for nicer weather for our walk around the (free!) Botanic Garden over in Ft. Worth. There was no blazing, blinding Texan sun or sky full of clouds, only a pleasantly breezy autumnal afternoon. Truly a photographer’s dream!

When we arrived, not one but two latina gals were having Quinceañera pictures taken (see the first photo below). We told Poppy they were princesses. As they were walking towards us, Poppy was walking down the steps and subsequently tripped and feel on her side. Right in front of the princesses! Don’t worry, Piggy, even princesses fall down sometimes.

After reviewing the pictures, I realize that I didn’t really get any of Henry. It’s difficult when he’s usually attached to Mummy in one way or another. It’s a shame, too, because you don’t just want to wait until your baby grows up to take pictures, but at the same time, it can be tricky to snap photos of an infant. Remember my post about passport pictures?

On a sidenote: I’m not sure why a garden should need to specify itself as botanic. Aren’t all gardens botanical?!  These are the sorts of questions that keep a linguist up at night–that and a 2 month old!

Here is Poppy singing a little bit of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Henry enjoying the entertainment.  Henry is exactly 2 months old in this video and Poppy is 2 years and 3 months.

So, once a day Poppy jumps in her stroller and goes on a walk to see the “goks” as she called them for a while.  Most of the time she goes with Granny and Grandad, sometimes Daddy goes too but this occasion Mummy tagged along with Henry.

Now one day Granny spoke to the owners of this backyard farm and they told her that the goats pretty much eat anything and she was welcome to feed them.  So now, she saves up all the peelings from the vegetables and the old stale bread and takes them along to feed the animals.

Poppy got upset at the beginning of the video because the goats were being sloppy and dropping their food on her.  But  my favorite part of the movie is when Poppy says “Llama come on”, miss bossy boots.  And 5:21 is my favourite moment of the movie.

Oh and I just want to make a note that this was the first time Poppy fed the goats herself. Up until this point she was too scared to get her hands near them.