she's a natural!

i'm glad someone in the family enjoys changing diapers. this would be great if she could master this skill in time for the arrival of her little sister or brother.

Here is the blurb from her school's blog today describing the pictures:

Mary Ryan worked really hard to figure out how the diaper worked. She aligned the diaper on the baby doll and then looked for the tabs on the side of the diaper.

Nothing like home-ec class in pre-school!

when the cat's away

MaryRyan and Brian spent the day together today. Brian sent me this picutre. Let's see..everything that wouldn't be going on if I was there:

1. Up on the counter eating..
2. THREE bowls of popcorn and playing with..
3. Wipes?? while wearing..
4. I don't even know where those socks came from

I will admit that she looks like she is having fun. He can do no wrong in her eyes!

halloween 2010.

after some serious bribing and coaxing we finally got MaryRyan to get into her piggy costume. after she got it on she loved it..well kind of.

making play dough

MaryRyan and her friends made play dough today at school. MR is really into helping us cook these days. Or I should say helping Brian cook. She loves to sit on the counter and watch, stir and do whatever she can to get her hands in it. Hopefully she'll take after Brian in that regard. I tried to cook dinner the other night and we almost had the fire department at our house. Oops. I can make a mean peanut butter and jelly though!

new 'do

some shots of her fancy new haircut.

first haircut

finally she gets her first haircut! thank GOD for dora and cookies. she was not into haircut deal at all. but as soon as she saw that she could watch dora while getting her hair done she relaxed and could care less that her hair was getting snipped. they had these cute little stools for them to sit in but she wanted nothing to do with them. maybe she'll be more into it the next time. i wish they had these kids salons when i was a kid!

cows and goats

we went to a petting zoo on saturday. the cows were maryryan's favorite by far. the smile and excitement on her face when she got to see them up close was priceless.