Butterfly Show, Pendleton Art Show and Mt Adams Farmers Market

Miss A helping baba put his work table together.

Below is a picture of hanging on the bars at the park this past week.

So focused.

And happy!

Having breakfast at her little black table this week.  Anything to encourage her to eat in the morning which is becoming them ost difficult meal of the day.  Thank goodness for smoothies.

Thursday afternoon we walked to the conservatory to see the Butterfly Show.  Baba was able to come with us too!

Below Miss A is checking out the butterflies emerging from their chrysalis in the nursery.

Outside the craft room.

Baba has an owl butterfly on his hand.  Audrey likes the butterflies as long as they don't touch her.

Friday morning coloring in her sketch pad. She is consistently holding a pen correctly.

She received this sketch pad gift from our travel mates Sandra's brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Kelly (trip to Texas in February).

Although she writes right-handed apparently she can stir with her left hand.  Below she is stirring the brownies we were making for a dessert party we were having that afternoon with some of my former co-workers.

Friday evening we went to Final Friday's at Pendleton Studios.  It is 8 floors of local artist's works.

Audrey really enjoyed talking to people and generally hamming it up.  She told the artists in this studio that the brochure she was holding was Monet.

Based on the fact i believe she references Monet's  "fresh foggy morning" (below left) I can see why she thought the brochure on the right was Monet's art.

Some random boy hugging her.  She did not hug back but she didn't fuss either.

Paula Maureen met us down there after a dinner party she was attending.

This morning contentedly playing upstairs before we walked up to the monastery for our neighborhood's first ever Farmers Market.

She asked to be pulled in her cart.

A farmer giving a talk.

Miss A putting on her "lipstick" at the market.

The band, Triage, is fun to listen to however they started playing at noon and Miss A was running out of steam.

But it was fun to listen to for a little bit.

Snow White Ballet @ storytime, Asian Food Festival and visit from the Mangis family

 Joseph Beth Booksellers story time last Friday was a special one.  They had a quest performance by the Children's Ballet theatre of Snow White.

Miss A has read and heard about ballet but this was her first live experience.

 And as everyone knows she is not a shy gal.

 So she stepped front and center for the group participation.

 Although she is a little young to perform with the group level it peaked her interest.

Saturday we walked down to the Banks for the first festival to be held there which was the Asian Food Festival.  We arrived just in time to see the youngest girls dance.  Unfortunately I did not get any good pictures.

 But she was mesmerized and this could also be a possibility next year.

 Sunday afternoon the Mangis family arrived. They are in route to a competition in Iowa that sounds really interesting. 

 We went to dinner at the Grill that night followed by a walk around the neighborhood which included pinball bowling at Crowley's House.

We had so much fun with their family and were really sad to see them leave.

A week of 1st's: magnetic dress up dolls, clay art project, Art Walk, bank account, face painting and karaoke!

 First magnetic dress up ballerinas and Nick Cave sound suit on the side of the refrigerator.  Easter basket presents.

 This past Tuesday we went to our Zoo Color Quest class.  The first part of the class includes the highlight of 3 animal encounters.  

 This is  "Caramel" the coral snake.  Not the first time Audrey has touch Coral as their first encounter was during Textures class.

 Audrey has known colors for a while so in some respects the color conversation might have been old hat to her.

 However playground/ physical play has a lot for her to learn and observe.

 The manatees are still one of her favorite animals at our zoo.

 She also still really adores the Nick Cave Sound Suit exhibit at our art museum.  In the above picture she is watching the video of dancing sound suits.

 This past Wednesday Audrey opened a savings account at our neighborhood bank.  Here she is in the branch manager's office, Sandy Z's office, acting all cool.

 Later she had to perform across the street at Longworth's.  In above picture she is warming up for her performance of

 Snuggle Puppy Your the One. ,,, which I can only imagine is the first time this has been performed on this stage.

 Later that evening we met friends and their kids at Twin Lakes playground.   Above picture include Charlotte & Elizabeth J., Katie and Robby S and Miss A.

 Friday morning "piano" (A described) breakfast before our art class.

 snack time at art class.

  art clay project.

 Saturday afternoon we went on our neighborhood Art Walk with Paula Maureen and Juliette.  In above and below picture Miss A is in  Rookwood Pottery Restaurant room that used to be a pottery kiln.

 I like this picture but in my defense my camera is not great, mostly because I have dropped it so much.  So that is my excuse for focus not being great.

 Saturday afternoon we went to a library event which Paula Maureen's daughter Jen was working.  Jen, a high school Spanish teacher who works part time for the circus, was blowing animal balloons for this event.

 In the above picture Jen is making a blue giraffe for Miss A.

 This is the mascot, Whirl,  for the World Choir which starts July 4th in Cincinnati. 1st time for the World Choir games to be held in the USA.

 Audrey told me she wanted to hug the mascot but when we got close she decided otherwise.

 Here she is holding a shaker in a foreshadowing way for events later that day.

 Auntie Paula Maureen is really the best.

 Audrey had her face painted for the 1st time at this library event.  The best picture I have ... it is a princess paint (crown, eyelashes and pink cheek dots). So after this library event Audrey and I had just enough time to change  clothes (we dressed too warmly for today), do a walk-thru for an apartment turnover and then attend our  Pilgrim Chapel karaoke event at Celestial Towers in our neighborhood.

 I love this picture of Audrey and Paula Maureen singing "itsy bitsy spider".

 and sharing the mic with mama (who is not a fan of karaoke participation, ok with observation though)

 P. Maureen signing a duet.

 A "one eye wink" picture of Miss A.  You can see downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio river from the windows behind Audrey.

 On Stage with Auntie Paula Maureen.

 P. Maureen and Rob C. were signing a duet but A just could not resist getting the attention.