As many of you know, Chloee lives in her own imaginary world...she is a princess, a ballerina, a chef, a mommy, variety of animals, a fairy...basically whatever she sees fit. It is very normal to hear her carrying on a complete dialogue with different characters all by herself. Being an only child, she has it down to a science!
Which brings me to the above picture...this evening we were coming home from her dance lessons when I hear her saying "No, no you bad bad wolf, stay away from my Grandma...she is SO SO SO old...all she can do is sleep & bake cookies! If you don't, I'll give you my karate punch!" (followed by an enthusiastic hi-ya!) I had just taken the exit off the freeway & turned to see this! Very industrious, I know...yes, that is her ballet skirt tied on her head. I busted up laughing & had to capture it on my phone...looking at it, I smile again....she sorta has a little Amish thing going on!
For the record, as soon as I had taken the picture I then got after her for not wearing her seat belt correctly...so PLEASE don't call CPS!
My brother, Chace and his family came down from Phoenix for Conference weekend. One of the BEST things about living in beautiful Arizona isthat they also live here!
Of course, the weather was perfect...(salt to the wounds for my loved-ones in Idaho!) and Chloee & Jensyn basically LIVED outside. Chloee's favorite part was when the "parents" as she so graciously put it went out on a date and left the cousins to party with the babysitter! She then proceded to tell me that we should do that EVERY night!
For some reason, I always feel like when people come to my home I need to rush around Tucson and seek out all the sites and that if we don't do something extraordinary then the time is somehow a wash. I have realized how far from the truth that is, sometimes it's just the good company of the people we love most that makes for the best of days. I'm so happy that they came and look forward to MANY more weekends just like this one!
We have been in Marana, Arizona (outside of Tucson) since May 2007. Jared is NOW an owner of the Big O Tire Store in Oro Valley and doing great! Chloee is now 5 years old and just started Kindergarten August 4th! She is the center of our universe and we are reminded every day, every hour, every minute that she is our greatest blessing! We are settling into the Arizona sun and looking forward to our lives here!