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.

Storytime and new car seat tray

Tuesday afternoon getting Miss A up from her nap.  I often bring her sippy cup with me when I get her up as she likes hanging in her bed and I can pick up her room.

 Tuesday I found that she had taken Nick Cave Soundsuit magnet to bed with her.

 She is so compliant in posing with Nick Cave.

Her love for his art is still somewhat a mystery to us.

 In the picture above she is signing and saying "I'm fine."

 Playing and singing her piano.

  Then getting out Yahtzee.

  Which we played for a little while until we decided to paint our nails.  Miss A was so patient about getting her nails done and waiting for the polish to dry.

Ta-da!

 Wednesday at Miss Kelly's Movers and Shakers library class.  Audrey rarely gets off my lap during this class but she did about 3 times this day.

 We also met an interesting family (right hand corner).  The little girl in the pink shirt was born in South Korea 2 days before Audrey.  These are not her parents (who are both doctors working full time) rather her care takers.  She just came to the US 6 months ago and not speaking English yet.

 Miss A drawing on her new car seat tray.

  Her art (on top of some ABC's I wrote earlier).  I included this because as she was drawing she mentioned foster mama and baba.  Aaah.

Music Class, toddler urban hiking and trip to Bloomington

This past Monday was Audrey's last music class for this session.  In the picture below she is waiting her turn to tap out the beat on some cymbals.  It impresses me what Miss Amanda (the teacher) asks and gets from 18 month - 2 1/2 year old. The child chooses to sing about a puppy or kitty.  Miss A always chooses a kitty.  Probably due to the fact she knows one is in her future some day. 

  Still funny that she brought her favorite stuffed animal, "Bailey" to class.  The picnic blanket was set up for the party at the end of class.

 Yogurt pretzels, chocolate chip cookies and apple juice.

 That afternoon we took a really long (for her) walk all over our neighborhood.  Including a trip to the bank and the playground.  Below was when we hung out in front of the playhouse watching the dogs play and making "clover crowns and necklaces".

  Below Miss is enjoying a flavored water on the bench in front of our neighborhood chiropractor's office.

 Which looks out on our main street, St Gregory.  Such an improvement since the power lines were buried a couple of years ago. 

The Indian restaurant next door that is supposed to open at the end of this month!  The chef was the original oe from Cumin which is so promising. 

Last Saturday on the way out of town, heading to Bloomington, we stopped by Wooden Nickel to check out this bookcase.  We were pretty interested until we came home to find out our roof has to be replaced now.

We went to Bloomington to celebrate Uncle Ted's graduation from Nursing school.  The only 2 pictures I took this weekend were of Miss A at Hobbies Saturday night.

Buttering her crackers like a "big girl".