Diaper Cream

I was on the phone today with my mom, and then turned around and called my sister-in-law. While I was leaving a message for my sister-in-law, Addison came into the room and had white all over her face and legs. With her cute little voice saying "look Mommy", I couldn't help but pause during the message that I was leaving, and stare shockingly at her. At first I couldn't figure out why she was white all over, but when I realized that it was some sort of cream I couln't help but chuckle. As soon as I finished leaving the message, Addison took off back down the hall and into her room. I followed her and found her sitting in the middle of her room, on a changing pad (the one that she pulled off the changing table), along with a tube of diaper cream and a few other items that she got from the changing table. She just sat there with this proud look on her face. She aparently had taken her potty chair from the bathroom and carried it to her room to use as a stepstool to get to the top of the changing table. As I scaned the room to see what other items she painted with the diaper cream, I didn't see any. So, I asked her what else she had painted and she replied with once again, "look Mommy" as she pointed to the front of the dresser and her potty chair. Sure enough they too were painted with diaper cream. I couldn't help but laugh as I cleaned everything up. She was very proud of what she did, and I am not sure if she thought that she was using lotion or make-up, but she looked cute with a white face!

"Say Cheese"

I was browsing through the pictures on my camera today, and I come across this picture. According to Brad, Addison wanted to take a picture of him, but she insisted on doing it herself. Well, needless to say, she held the camera up to her face pointing the wrong way and took a picture of herself instead. Now I understand why she has been pretending that everything she gets a hold of is a camera and has been pretending to take pictures all week. Looks like we need to find her a toy camera!

Baking at Grandma's house

This past weekend we went to my mom and dad's house to visit. While we were there, my mom was brave enough to let Addison help her make cookies. Some of you may know that I can be quiet obsessive compulsive about things. Well one of things that I am obsessive about is the way I cook and bake. When I cook or bake, I have to measure things out exactly. I have to clean up as I go. I have to follow the directions to the T, and have certain ways I do things in my kitchen. Needless to say when Addison wants to help me, I have a hard time letting her, without taking over. Well, my mom is very care free in her kitchen. She had no problem letting Addison do whatever she wanted, down to measuring and stiring and cracking the eggs. In the end there was flour all over, the ingredients left out on the counter and too much baking soda in the cookie dough, but all in all Addison had a great time. I guess thats what Grandmas are there for, to let their grandkids do things that they don't get to do at home VERY often.