Painting the House

Sarah's playhouse is almost finished, and with cooler weather quickly approaching, I needed to get it stained and sealed!  That job, it should be noted, is much easier to do without the help of an 18-month-old assistant.  To keep her busy, I let her have some water and her very own paintbrush!  It was lots of fun, and she only "painted" my clothes about 4 times...

 

 

 

All that painting is hard work, though, so Sarah took a little break to check out the inside of the playhouse. 

 

 

These pictures are a little blurry, but you can totally see how much fun she was having!

 

 

 

Once we had gotten bored with painting, we went to check out the last rose of the season.  I thought Sarah would be interested since she loves to "smell" flowers, but I guess a rose is no match for a utility-marker flag!

We played on the deck for a long time before Daddy got home tonight. This is supposed to be our last warm day for the season, so we did our best to take advantage of it!

 

 

Indian Summer

This week is one of those typical midwest weeks.  Sunny and 80 on Monday, rainy and 55 on Friday.  We're trying to make the most of these last warm days before fall truly takes hold, and Sarah has been lounging on the deck in the warm afternoon sun when we get home from school.

 

Sometimes it's hard to decide what you want to play with...



 

...but it's usually a ball! 

 

 

Of course, the Cozy Coupe is awful fun, too.

 

 

The best part of having no windows is being able to hang your feet out the side of the car!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Misc September

Here are some September shots that didn't get used in a blog post but are too cute not to share!

Sarah LOVES playing on my computer.  She turns the volume all the way up on my speakers, leaves my mouse in weird places, hits "CapsLock," and tries to break my password by entering as many letters as the Microsoft program allows her to fit inside that little "enter password" box on the home screen...

She also loves to push things around in her stroller!  And she loves to wear hats.  Maybe those pants are still a little too big in the waist, though...

Did I mention that she loves to wear hats???

Sarah also loves to watch The Fresh Beat Band on Nick Jr.  It's apparently best viewed while laying on Bear and chewing on Lella's trunk.

Another thing Sarah loves to do right now is to help me put away laundry.  And by "put away," I mean "empty the closet and then shove everything back inside all willy-nilly as soon as Mom walks in." 

And if she's told "no" to emptying her closet, she's not above stealing things from my closet to carry around for a while!

Sarah is also becoming a big K-State fan.  She loves to wear her purple and one of her favorite books at the moment is "Hello, Willie!"  She loves to point to the Powercat on each page and will pump her fist in the air when Willie says, "K-S-U Wildcats!" in the book.  She also loves to hear me sing the K-State fight song, which is amazing considering what a bad singer I am!