New hats and garden pot paint project

 This week we received the 2 Etsy hats I recently ordered for Miss A. 

 I'm hoping she will wear this hat to Derby Day at Pilgrim next month.  She could win a prize and Miss A loves attention so that would be just great.  Oh and those are winter mittens she is sporting in this picture... her choice.

We also went to the Butterfly Show this week.  Although she was interested in the butterflies she did not care at all for them to land on her.

This shirt, from last summer and also her choice, is a size 12 month.  I'm surprised it still fits but don't think it will for long.

We bought these stencils in the Krohn gift shop to use for our garden pot paint project.

Miss A in the Fern House.

This week we stopped using the tray on the highchair and finally welcomed Miss A to the family table.

 We are shopping for placements in the near future but oh did it make her happy.

 And yeah for us we don't have to buy a booster seat as the high chair arms fit below our table.

Wednesday heading out to the Art Museum for Wee Wednesday "Born to Build" story time. 

 After hearing stories read by the docents (most of whom know Audrey) about construction we watched Nick Cave Soundsuit videos before lunch.  .

 The Art Museum offers a reasonably priced lunch ($3 for kids, $6 for adults) after these story time events so we always stay.



Thursday afternoon we decorated the garden pots we painted last week.  The picture below show Miss A during prep before painting begins.

 She was so patient while I taped the leaf stencils to the pots.

 Then I put 2 colors on the "easel" and she proceeded to mix which I did not predict she would do but in the end think made it more interesting.  We planted calla lillies and curcuma and placed them next to the coral bells on the first tier off the patio.

 She enjoyed this project more than I imagined she would.

 In fact after we finished the pots she entertained herself playing with the paint and "easel" for about 20 minutes which allowed me to ...

 tie down these spent daffodils so the currently growing black-eyes susans can get some sun.  AND she did NOT get paint all over herself and relatively small amount on her paint clothes.

 Below is Audrey rocking her tutu in the kitchen.  She also enjoys dressing the magnetic ballerinas  on the refridgerator behind her that she received in her Easter basket this year. 

This week we (A & I) started some serious tile searching for re-models for our residence!  Below is a picture of her next to the stone lion that made her very happy in the Mees showroom. 

The peonies in our front garden are making the entire family happy.  It appears they needed another another year to establish themselves and this year blooms show lots of potential.