Pretty!

A couple weekends ago Matthew went out of town for the night. This was the first time where it felt like Greta and I could really have some "girl time" together--now that she's a bit older. So, we went to the pool, we had frozen pizza and sweets for dinner, and I even gave her toenails a coat of paint! She knows how to say "pretty" now and she thought her toenails were very "pretty" :-)

We're pretty well moved into our new place now. We just need to put some more things away (WHERE, we don't know...not much space left!!!) and hang things on the walls. Here is Greta in her new bedroom. She shares the space with Papa's office--we used the room divider Matthew made a year ago to section off about 1/3 of Greta's room for office space. Even when she's sleeping someone can quietly use the office (as I am doing right now...), and when she's awake we have it gated off so she can't get into the office area.
Greta still has plenty of room for all her necessities such as her tent and her many books, among other things. Most of the time when Greta plays on her own lately it involves looking at books, carrying her baby around (and saying "Baby"), or coloring with crayons. Greta is very interested in babies lately. She says "baby" often and points out babies at the park and in books and other pictures. When she saw a younger picture of herself recently she said "Baby!"
Greta made this picture during nursery time at church a couple weeks ago. It's hard to tell but she DID color it :-) We hung it on our fridge and she often takes it down to admire it and add more color to it with her sturdy crayons.
At the park with her little baby doll.
My mom made Greta this adorable hat (and she usually tolerates wearing it, which is unusual for her...)
Riding the horse at another park in our neighborhood.

Greta has been accumulating animal sounds and can now say baa, meow, woof woof, neigh, hop (ok, that's not really a sound but it IS associated with an animal!) and she does a squished-up-nose face combined with funny breathing to make a pig "sound"!
Having a picnic dinner. The weather has been so beautiful lately!
Every Friday evening in the summer the park near the outdoor pool has live music--so we took a picnic there a couple weeks ago to listen to it. Here is Greta dancing!
Sometimes Greta takes her time to duck before entering or leaving her tent...
Family tent time!
Matthew bought Greta some markers a few days ago...he left her to explore them while he made her lunch...and this is what happened!!! Greta was fascinated with looking at herself after she had mouthed the green marker for awhile. (Don't worry, they are kids markers, non-toxic and washable!)
Our new place came with a HUGE mirror on one of the walls in Greta's room--it's really fun for her! Such a pretty, sweet girl :-)

Greta has been a little sick the past few days, and she is teething. We hope she feels better soon! She has been a bit of a basketcase off and on recently--poor thing.