Having fun with Elmo and Friends

Auntie Di took me (and my mom and Mom~M0m) to see Elmo's Green Thumb. It was so much fun. Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, and Zoe are my favorite Sesame Street friends.

I had to practice wearing Elmo and Grover the night before in Mom's "Joie Carrier" so I wouldn't lose them during the show.

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They are such good babies.
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Hi, Joie and Elmo fans!

This is my Mom~Mom and Auntie Di, and me in the middle.
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Let's get ready for FUN!
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I love Elmo, and Grover.

And I love the Cotton Candy Man!

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And I love Cotton Candy!
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YEA!!!!!
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Prairie Dawn and Joie
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Abby Cadabby!!!
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Grover, my BFF!!!
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I love Popcorn (an cotton candy!).
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Show's over, and I'm tired.

It was a lot of dancing, and clapping, and pure fun.

This was a super duper fun day.

Thank you, Auntie Di. I LOVE YOU!!!

Easter Fun

Joie, Mommy, and Auntie Di took a plane ride to visit Joie's cousins in Albuquerque. Our mission was to dye Easter Eggs, and play with Jakob, Jesse, and Justin.

Justin and Joie hugged each other tons.

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The Four Js - Jakob, Jesse, Justin, Joie

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Dying Easter Eggs with Auntie Dye

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Everyone hold up your favorite egg!
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A quiet moment before egg hunting.
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The CUTEST kids in the universe!

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We dyed Easter eggs at home. Cousin Tessa, Cousin Steve, Auntie Franny and Uncle Don, and Auntie Di and Uncle Mike came to help.

Easter Egg dying at home with CousinTessa.

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Auntie Franny, Auntie Di, Cousin Tessa, and Joie.

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Easter is finally here.

Easter Sunday opening presents from The Easter Bunny;

An Elmo doll, a Grover doll, Abby Cadabby outfit, yada, yada, yada...

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Easter Brunch at Mom~Mom's -

Cousins Joey, Tessa, Steve, Frisco, and Joie.

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Mommy, Daddy, and Joie

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Playing piano at Grandma Evelyn's and Grandpa Joe's

just before Easter dinner.

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Who is that pretty girl in the mirror?

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This was a terrific First Easter at home. We came home from a busy day exhausted, went to bed early and slept through the whole night. What a fun experience.

Li'l Miss Houdini

We now have a little Ms. Houdini on our hands. Yesterday while she was home with mom she learned how to climb out of her crib. I watched her climb out a second time, and she has a nice little escape routine set up. Little did we suspect she'd use it to her advantage to climb out of her crib at 2:00 am, YES 2:00 AM. So, here's her story....

She started crying just before 2:00 this morning. My usual routine is to turn off her sound monitor for about 10-15 minutes when she first starts crying and she usually puts herself back to sleep. Not this morning. Ten minutes after she let out her first cry I hear her, but the sound monitor is turned off. I quickly jump out of the bed, realizing what she has done. I didn't want her to fall down the stairs from her room to ours.

As I round the corner of our bed heading to the bedroom door, it all of a sudden slams open. All I see is the orange glow of the wood burning stove, and a little silhouette of Li'l Ms. Houdini; arms spread out far; yelling "HI!!!" at the top of her lungs, all smiles and happy. (She must have felt like such a big girl coming down the stair all by herself.)

She quickly climbed into bed with us, proceeded to thrash about till she got comfortable (feet poking in dad's back, head plopped on mom's rib cage), then finally fell back to sleep sometime after 3:00. I guess this means we have to buy a new toddler bed and figure out how to keep her in her room so she won't wonder the house in the dark. Goodness!!!!

Hanging With My Bugs

Cousin Tessa and her boyfriend, Tim, took Joie for an enjoyable play date to the Butterfly Pavilions on Saturday (3/21). These are the pictures from their fun outing:

Tessa and Tim pick up Joie at home at 3:00 in the afteroon. Joie has to look cool in her fancy shades.
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This is a really huge bug.

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Joie actually touched this starfish - ugh, gross (or as Joie says, Dross!)

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I see yoooouuuuu.....
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Hi, Bugs!
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Pretty butterflies.

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Bye, bugs.

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Look at the bird.

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Look at the rock.

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Say cheese.
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What an exhausting day examining all the bug life.

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Tim is Joie's new BFF

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Uh oh, we wiggled