"You can stay with me now"

check out the outfit... she has Annabelle's tank
under her shirt

got to love the pose

seriously?  

too cute!

She refers to this piece of  tupperware as "the baby-sitter"
b/c she can sit in it

Belle was climbing over her to get into her seat,
but she wouldn't let go of "Anna-B" as she calls
her... much ot Belle's dismay

Playground fun

she climbed up on her dresser

She walked around like this for at least an hour!

This child kills me!!!  We stopped by McDonald's for ice cream after watching Gretchen's soccer game.  Of course the closest one had the playground, so MA was off to play!  We ate while she played, and of course at three, we've been working on coming when called.  We've spent a lot of time at various playgrounds and we've progressed from full on losing it to short protest.  We're improving albeit slowly and no where near perfect.  We actually did the whole call for her last week and head to the car.  When she spotted us ready to pull away she came running.  We "high-fived" our excellent parenting knowing we had to celebrate our successes to get us through all the humiliations :)  We thought our walk away approach would stick, but boy were we wrong!

You will not believe this one!!!  We walked away and left her in the playroom while a host of McDonald's guests waiting in astonishment at the brilliance of our parental skills... We stopped outside the door expectant that she'd come running, but saw a man and his family burst out laughing hysterically.  Without skipping a beat, she turned to that family and said, "Now you can stay with me,"  and headed back up the slide!!!

We are amazing parents!  Nothing like a good dose of humility to finish the evening!