Warm spring days

It’s been getting so hot lately here. But that means the fun of summer is starting. Parker has been enjoying playing outside a LOT. She colors with her chalk, plays with bubbles, goes to the park, etc.
These past couple weeks have been kind of packed. I finished up my semester which meant I had a lot of tests. We got a new camera and have been having fun taking pictures with it and learning all about it. We planted a bunch of trees and are in the process of starting a vegetable garden.
Our friends’ son, Cooper, turned 3 and we went to his birthday party the other day. It was at a place called Bounce U and was filled with blown up slides and obstacle courses. Parker was terrified until about 5 minutes before we had to leave when she suddenly loved it.
Parker and I both had last Friday off so we got to spend the day together like old times. She has changed a LOT since I used to spend every day alone with her and is now a handful. She gets into EVERYTHING. And now she’s constantly testing us which means if she finds out we don’t want her to do something….that’s exactly what she is going to do over and over. She does it with the sweetest smile, though, so it’s hard to say no to her:)
She says and signs a lot more words now (learning more everyday). She makes all sorts of animal noises. She still hasn’t learned the word “no” (knock on wood), but I’m sure that one is coming soon. She is really into putting shoes on. It started with her obsession with going outside and she would bring us our shoes and her shoes and try to put them all on. Now she really tries hard to put her own shoes and socks on and uses the little tricks we’ve taught her. She’s getting better! Not quite there yet, but it’s awesome to see her try so hard and never give up.
So here are the pictures and videos from the past 2 weeks. The ones from the new camera wouldn’t work at all last night so I got rid of a bunch and uploaded the rest in 2 parts. It seems to be working now…. So first are the old camera pictures, then 2 sets from the new camera, then videos from the old camera, then a few from the new.

4-19-10 to 5-2-10