My Little Helper

Lenora has always been such a great little helper, as you can see from the photos. She recently started helping unroll all the toilet paper but I have yet to catch that on camera. She likes to throw everything in the bathtub because when we are getting ready for a bath I let her throw in her ducky’s, her wash cloth, and her soap, but if I’m not paying attention she’ll also throw in the clothes she just took off, her diaper, the toilet paper and whatever else is in arms reach. Today she was supposed to be helping me with folding the laundry (bottom two pictures) but instead she was doing barrel rolls all over the piles and wiping her snotty nose on all the clothes, which was my fault because she watched me smell one of the towels so naturally she had to as well.  I love her lots, even though she makes a bigger mess for mommy to clean up. I know I could stop her before the mess gets to out of control, but she's generally having fun and I don't like to disturb her. How can you resist that sweet face staring at you while doing a hand stand!

  

Lenora's First Birthday

So FINALLY after almost a month I am sitting down to write about Lenora's first birthday. I've literally had no time to just sit here at the computer. Her party turned out better than I could have imagined. The chicken that I had been simmering all day in the crock pot for tacos was the best thing I've ever eaten, and the cake was too good to be true (especially her adorable little smash cake), the cake lady really out did herself.  It was a wonderful evening of good food, great company, and Lenora got to play with her friends! 

Here are some photos and a video from her party. Our camera was acting awful and it wouldn’t let us use the flash so all the pictures turned out grainy or blurry (very bad lighting). We did managed to get some good ones though, but it's so sad.

  

Sharing with Grandpa

Trying to wash the cake out of her hair.