Toddler Fun

For those of you waiting for a baby update... you'll have to keep waiting, just like we are!  But our toddler has been keeping us plenty busy in the meantime.  Our sweet little hunkin (her word for pumpkin!) has been expanding her vocabulary like it's going out of style!  She has words for many of our common objects (cars, cats, spoon, fork, milk) and is also picking up words and phrases from listening to mom and dad talk (all clean, fall down, gross).  Nothing seems to get past her keen eyes and ears these days!

We spent last weekend with two big activities for her.  We made homemade popcorn and she loved watching the corn pop up and out of the machine!  We also built her a playhouse for the basement this winter.  We happened to have a large box (due to a chair incident from several weeks ago when Aaron went to urgent care!) that we repurposed into her new favorite toy!  As usual, we had a blast hanging out and watching her learn something new.  Here's a few pictures of it all.

Watching the corn pop with daddy.  I can't get enough of that surprised expression!

Sampling some of the tasty treats.

Here's the new playhouse.  Not too shabby for only using a box cutter, some packing tape, and an engineer!

Peeking out through the windows.  It makes saying, "I see you!" so much more fun!!

Trying out the door.  Amita (and the cats) seem to love the new hideout!