Our Little Cookie Monster.....

As I posted yesterday, here is what you get when an (almost!!) 12 year old hangs out in his room with a friend and forgets to clean up after himself. Bell crawled out of her room and was roaming the house. This is all good, as long as the dog dishes are up on the table. But she was to quiet, so I went in search of her. And I saw just a foot sticking out as I looked into Austins room. And there she was, cookie in both hands, discarded ones already on the floor, having the time of her life!!! Mind you this was only about a half hour after her bath. Needless to say, she LOVES oreos.





Grandma T. has gotten Bell a whole bunch of books, and we read all the time. As space is tight in Bell's room (with her sharing it with our office at the moment), we have gotten creative as to storage. The bottom of Bell's changing table used to hold clothes, then she learned to stand and would pull them all out every day. Now the clothes are all in the closet and dresser, and the changing table holds books and toys. This works great as she can reach everything, and they are easy to see and put away!! We take out the toy basket on the bottom shelf and she empties out all of the toys and then climbs from the basket to the shelf and back again, over and over. She is just to cute, and really is good at solo play. Oh, and she climbed from her car onto the coffee table today - YIKES!!




Tomorrow Austin turns 12!!!