Easter pictures, Reds Opening Day and spring bloom

 Miss A on her way into music class Monday morning this week.  2 days later in Miss Kelly's Movers and Shakers class she walked into the class room announcing "I am a rock star".

 Tuesday I took her to the mall to get Easter pictures.  The wool beret was her choice. Based on the mall posters (kid with live bunnies) I was expecting a different kind of setting than last year (see picture below). Sadly it was the same creepy bunny and since I didn't want that picture I walked down to....

Glamour Shots where they have live bunnies.  They also asked me to stop taking pictures right after I shot this one.  Anyhow they don't expect you to take photos without an appointment or need them in 3 days but they also were able to accommodate.    The pictures are much nicer however I wasn't given a disc to upload for this blog.

 Playing with Pottery Barn's kitchen.  We still have not purchased a play kitchen, nor will we be buying the $350 one.

 Or this half off $125 red sink.

 Even though they are pretty cute.

 That afternoon we watched Baba mow the lawn.

 It is a city lawn so it doesn't take that long.

 Miss A decided to play with her Easter basket once I pulled it off her bookcase for Sunday's hunt.

 At Rahn's Nursery this week.

 Thursday afternoon Audrey napped too late for us to attend the Reds Opening Day parade.  So we walked up to Immaculata to watch for the flyover plane before the game started.

 In this picture John is explaining the map sculpture to Miss A.  You can also see the purple flags on the fence in the background set up for the Good Friday "praying the steps" for the following day.

 The flyover plane which we thought was not nearly as exciting as the fighter planes.  Our friend Tom said it was the plane bringing in Joey Votto's money.  Votto just signed a 10 year $225 M contract.  He also lives in our neighborhood.

 

 Afterwards we went to Crowleys to watch a couple of innings.

 Miss A cheering when the crowd did.

 She also scored some caramel corn from one of the patrons.

 We met up with Paula Maureen and went to Bow Tie where we watched the rest of the game. Interestingly this was the first time we opened the doors on this piano which allows you to see how the piano sound is made.  So cool.  Audrey kept mentioning it was like a harp.

 Friday afternoon we took a walk around the neighborhood.  This is a picture of Good Friday Catholics praying the steps at Immaculata.

 We also walked up to Celestial to see their Easter display.

 Afterwards we hung out in our garden.  We saw "Mao Mao" (neighbors cat) on their deck and both of us kept saying his name that he finally climbed the fence and came over to be petted.  This reminded me of Lucy.

Water Girl, Miss Independent and the Mall

Due to the excessive heat still going on in Cincinnati  Miss A and I went to the Museum Center Wednesday afternoon.  Not an original idea by any means.  The place was packed.

I think she is still too young to fully appreciate the Water Works area but she certainly likes it a lot.  And does not mind getting wet but she is not about to wear one of their rainproof aprons like the yellow one on the floor.  BTW someone else left it on the floor.

We also visited the toddler area.

Thursday morning we went to her Musikgarten Class and it was clear that Miss A is bored with the baby class and needs to move on. 

Thursday afternoon waking from her nap.  Not a great picture but I think it is funny that she is cautious not to jump too close to the rail any more after hitting her chin.  This cautious girl seems to learn quickly how not to get hurt. Audrey can put on her own shoes!

So after the nap we headed to the mall.  This is a picture of Audrey at the food court.  I have an issue with my ipod which I want to check out before the warranty expires.  I love my ipod for so many reasons but basically because it is my contact with news/ etc and even more so since becoming a mother.   

The highlight of this trip to the mall for Audrey was the family bathroom.  Particularly the kid height sink.

The darn delay on my camera did not catch how much she loved washing her own hands.

But it was great.  Unfortunately she had walked so much and was exhausted but not wanting to be carried she crashed into a tantrum of frustration like neither of us has experienced and we had to head home immediately. 

So from this picture you can see she is wearing different clothes because Friday morning we headed back to the mall.  Yes, this mama is determined to get the sound issue corrected on her ipod.  Which I did without spending a dime thank you very much.

And Miss A got to wash her hands at the little kid sink so it was all good.

Plus she had her first lunch at the food court.  That would be tomato, meat, apple, veggie sticks and juice from Subway.  And I made it back home in time for my noon conference call with our accountant which was quite the roller coaster.