Chloe's first picnic in the park

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We went to Blanton Woods for a picnic this afternoon. Afterward we took a little hike in the woods, we must have lost poor little Chloe's legs somewhere along the way :)

(The first four photos were taken at Mamaw and Paw's house)

Chloe's first boo-boo

This walking buisness can be dangerous.  Chloe is cruising around everywhere.  She has gotten more confident in the last two or three days and now is trying to walk a lot faster.  She gets ahead of herself and face plants quite often.  Well, unfortunately she took a dive right into the corner of the wall and has a little battle scar on her cheek to prove it.  She gave a good silent cry (you know when they are crying so hard, and the mouth is wide open, but there is no noise coming out) for a short time until I distracted her with a blackberry (they are her favorite right now).  

For dinner tonite we had a spinach salad with strawberries, blackberries, walnuts, and poppy  seed vinnagrette.  I had some leftover thyme from the pancakes I had made over the weekend, so I made sweet potatoes with thyme, roasted red pepper, and garlic.  The combination of cool and sweet salad with the warm and spicy sweet potatoes was el-yummy-o-so.

"I am cornholio" (only you Beavis and Butthead fans will appreciate this)

Hmmmmm........I guess I found this a LOT more amusing than Chloe did. 

Can't get enough of this girl!!!!

  

          

Working in the garden on Sunday evening

Little Miss is a great help in the yard.  She is especially good at picking flowers.  We have been spending quite a bit of time working in the yard. I feel so much better when I am outside breathing in the fresh air and I literally crave getting my hands in the dirt this time of year.  Not to mention, the weather has been absolutely awesome this spring.

Sunday morn' fare

Ricotta Pecan Pancakes with Thyme infused Maple Syrup

I really enjoyed this recipe.  I am not much for pancakes, mainly because I don't like eating sweets for breakfast, but these were not sweet at all.  They were very light and the hint of lemon zest in the pancakes mingled well with thyme syrup and had a very nice flavor.  

"She's got the whole world in her hands"

 

Poppa got this earth ball for Chloe.  He teaches her everything.  He points at the countries and tells her the names.   Chloe can walk all the away across the living room holding her earth ball!!! 

Purely Peaceful

Chloe's first set of wheels

The best ten bucks I have ever spent was on this car for Chloe.  She LOVES it.  She climbs in and out of it, shuts and opens the door over and over, and and pushes it all around.  She also likes to put her baby doll in the car with her.  We had to bring it in the house on the first night, she was standing at the door pointing and squealing for her little red car.