Brushing My Teeth

Helen loves to brush her teeth. Any time she hears "Do you want to brush your teeth?" She stops what she is doing and crawls straight to the bathroom or if she sees someone else brushing there teeth she feels the need to brush hers as well. She sits down right by the sink and waits patiently for her toothbrush. She does a great job of letting me brush them first and then she takes the brush and does it herself. From time to time she tries to crawl away with her toothbrush (she used to do this more) but I always remind her that I'll put it away if she crawls with it. She used to try to brush the bathroom floor but luckily she has stopped that. And when she is finished she always hands her toothbrush to me.


Though you can't tell it from these pictures I am the one who usually brushes Helen's teeth. Carson just isn't as good at taking pictures as I am:)

Petting Zoo

Today we went to a petting zoo. We were very excited! When I read about it online it said there was going to be a zebra, 2 kangaroo joeys, a snake, a wallaby, a camel, and goats. It was true they were all there however the fact that you could not pet the zebra, joeys, or wallaby was not state AND there was no snake. I was a bit disappointed about that but I do not think Helen minded. It was pretty fun.

Even though we couldn't pet the zebra I felt I should take a picture of him.

Attack of the camel!

Playing with the Balls

Today I walked into Helen's play area and saw her sitting in the basket that we keep her balls in.


Judging for this picture I think she was unsure of whether or not she was going to get in trouble. Obviously she did not get in trouble but had a wonderful time in the basket. She would through the balls out and want me to throw them back in at her. She sat in there for about 10 minutes.

Three Birthday's

You know your a lucky girl when you get three birthday cakes.This is the cake I made for Helen for her birthday party here in New York. For my first attempted at a cake I was rather pleased. Helen had never had processed sugar before this cake and I assumed she would love it. I was sadly mistaken. She wanted nothing to do with it.

She loved the candle. well the flame anyway. I had worked with her on blowing so she could blow it out but she had no success.

This is the cake she had from her Grandma and Grandpa Webb. Her cousin Brooks was nice enough to let her have it at his birthday party. She ate a bit more of this cake but still wasn't crazy about it. She did better with the candle. She pretended to blow it out after it was taken off the cake.

This was her last cake at Grandma and Grandaddy Rushers. She loved it and couldn't get enough of it. I had to cut her off because we had it after supper and I was afraid she would get hyper and not go to sleep but she did not. She did much better with this candle. She tried to blow it out but just didn't have enough air.

Naughty Monkey

Today I was picking up the toys in the living room when I saw this. I don't know what this monkey did but it was obviously bad enough to warrant time in the corner.

My Two Front Teeth

Good news! My camera has been fixed! Now I can take pictures and resume blogging. I know everyone has missed my intriguing posts.

So, Helen has been teething for what seems like forever. First she cut her bottom front tooth. Usually both bottom teeth come in together but for some reason Helen only has the one. Then she cut her two upper teeth. I must say that she looks pretty cute with her two teeth. Notice that she has the infamous "Rusher gap". I am hoping that the teeth get closer together with time. However, these are just the baby teeth so hopefully the permeate ones will be gap free!

Bless You

Helen has a new game she likes to play. She fake sneezes and then looks at you and waits for you to say "Bless You." Today after her afternoon nap (which wasn't a nap at all but 30 minutes of her crying off and on) I was reading her a book. About half way through the book she had a real sneeze and I said "bless you" Well, that started it. I would read about 5 words and she would fake sneeze and I would say "bless you" then she would want me to continue reading and I'd read 5 words and there was a fake sneeze. This when on until the end of the book. She thought it was hilarious. She was cracking up the whole time. And I have to admit it was pretty funny.

By the way, her fake sneeze doesn't sound like a sneeze at all but more like she's clearing her throat.