Is She Training For The Olympics?

After seeing and hearing about the Olympics, I guess a little of it has sunk into her thoughts. So this afternoon while jumping on the trampoline she exclaims, "Poppy I'm training to do the Olympics.



So she wanted to show me how that when she jumps she could kick herself with her feet.



So she ask for a drink of her "Sweet Tea" something a "Southern Girl" is very fond of and raises up her glass with a smile.



And after having a little tea she is ready to jump a little more.



Poppy, "That "ice tea" is so cool and refreshing it just "hit the spot."

Here Is Me Looking At You, While Your Looking At Me!!

Chloe gets in the linen closet and finds a mirror and she is walking around the room with it. She notices that while looking in the mirror she can see things that are behind her.

Look!! Poppy, "I can see you while I am looking at me in the mirror."

So...,



I take a picture of her hairdo and she is looking in the mirror..,



This is so cool Poppy, "While I'm looking at me in the mirror, I can see you taking a picture of me and I am turned the other way.

Waiting On Daddy To Pick Me Up

Chloe talked with her dad on Friday evening and he said that the had a couple of jobs on Saturday. He said that he would come after work and see her.

Well on Saturday morning after waking up and getting ready she comes and asks us. When is my daddy coming to get me. As we were unsure of the time she gets herself a dining room chair and sets by the window looking out to the walkway.



and she waited,,.



She would leave her spot and go and play for awhile and then she would come back to watch..,



and w-a-i-t...,



and w-a-i-t...,





Finally she got tired of waiting and decided that he wasn't going to make it because he got held over at work.

So today he called and said that he was on the way to get her and we decided not to tell her so if he didn't come she wouldn't be disappointed.



Her wait is finally over and she is so excited to have some time with her dad.



Now we can have a perfect day.

I Can Do It..,

The other day we went to the Dollar Tree Store and Chloe wanted to buy herself a Hula-Hoop. She exclaimed that, "I can do it and get me some exercise." So she picked her out a yellow one since they didn't have either pink or purple. She couldn't wait until we got home to try it out. Just as soon as we got home she wanted to put it to the test.



Her instructions to us were: First you put it on your waist and then give it a twirl..,



And when it stops, you do it again..,



Pick it up and do it again..,



and again..,



This is a lot of fun and it sure gives you a workout.

Playing In Pop's Back Yard

Chloe love to go to Pop's house and play in the back yard. It is over an acre and she calls it her big world. She can run, jump and play with complete freedom. There are horses to pet and feed, and Penny her favorite doggie. She can jump on the trampoline or she can as she says, "Help her Pop in the yard."



She said, "When you jump you can feel the wind as it blows thru your hair."



When you jump it lets you feel as if you could fly..,



Poppy, "Come and jump with me..,



And jump some more.



While playing in the yard I see that the wind has blown down some sticks from the trees. I think I will get the handy-cart and pick them up and put them in a pile for Pop to burn so he doesn't run over them with the lawnmower.



Look at my pile of sticks Poppy..,



Poppy, "Do you think that Pop is going to be proud of me helping him?"



I wish I could be here when he burns these sticks, but it would probably be to dangerous. Maybe we can save them for a Marshmallow roasting.



Poppy, "When you stand by these trees doesn't make you feel real small since they are so big." "They look like big umbrellas with all their leaves on them.



"Are these the holes that the woodpecker makes in the tree trunk?"

Pop's Little Helper

Chloe calls Pop's backyard and the back forty her big world. She loves to feed the horses and calves. This weekend she was busy with a little cart picking up small branches for Pop so that he wouldn't hit them with the lawnmower. (This was her idea, I'm going to help Pop out) Two of the horses were out in the yard eating grass and as she picked up the sticks she had one eye out for the horses so they didn't get to close without her knowing it. When they got close to her she would take a wide sweep of the yard picking up sticks along the way and then back to the cart.



Pop, took Chloe down to the barn to see the cows that were going to have calves. She is always ready to go to Pop's to enjoy the wide open spaces and to "Listen and Learn" whatever she can. She loves to carry on a conversation with him and Great Grandmother.



I'm sure that if I was closer to them, I could hear her firing questions at him about what she saw in the barn.



She loves all of Pop's cows and horses and especially Penny (the dog).



She told Pop that the cows needed some hay or bread to eat and that she could do it herself. So Pop showed here where the hay was and she got it to feed the cows with.
She saw some hay beside the fence on the ground and was going to pick it up as well and Pop said that, that hay was dirty. He explained that he had taken it out of the barn and it had some barnyard in it and that they couldn't eat that. To this she said, "Well I guess I'll just have to move it then.



Throwing hay thru the gate for the cows to eat.



On the way back to the house she noticed several chunks of wood close to the gate and exclaimed to Pop that she needed to put them in a stack for him out of the eay of the gate so he wouldn't fall on them.....so,



Hey Pop, Now we have a job, "Well Done."

"The Frosting Smile"

We went grocery shopping and Chloe loves to push the cart (buggy) and the now have smaller carts for when you shop for just a few items. The cart is just the right size for a child to push without being obnoxious. As we were shopping she found the area in the Bakery where the cakes and cookies are located. On the rack there were several cakes and cookies and on the top shelf there was a package of cupcakes with bright pink icing and Bumble Bees on them. She told Grandmother that she wanted them, so with a little persuasion we got the cupcakes.

As soon as we got home what do you think was the first thing that she wanted to eat!! Grandmother explained that after she had eaten her supper she could have a cupcake. This was one meal we didn't have to make her eat because she knew that she could have the cupcake when she finished.



Normally she will just eat the "icing" but today she ate the whole cupcake.



After wiping the icing from her face she still had pink teeth and a ...



pink tongue.



After she was finished eating she said, "Thank You for letting me get those cupcakes, it sure was delicious."