[caption id="attachment_1919" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Last week I saw a hot air balloon come towards our house from a far away mountain!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1920" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="It flew right over our house and the people inside waved hello to me!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1921" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="It headed around the corner - where is it going?!?"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1922" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="It landed in a future park site just down the road. I told Grandma I wanted to go and get my butterfly net to catch it!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1923" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Lily got all muddy in the back yard that day and Mommy tried to get all fancy and make the picture black and white."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1924" align="alignnone" width="199" caption="Daddy was watching a program about The Beatles and Lily fell in love with Paul McCartney. "]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1925" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="My Godmother Gina and Godsister Rachel sent a Thanksgiving treat to Lily and me, pudding cups and mixes galore, and creature paper plates! Thank you Gina and Rachel! We love you!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1927" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Lily had fun stacking the pudding cups she ripped out of my hand."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1928" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Lily is proud of her accomplishment!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1929" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="The tiger plate was one of my favorites. That and the beaver plate!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1930" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Daddy pretended he was a tiger. I think he fooled Lily. Brian thought it was funny."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1931" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="I just wanted to put another picture of me in here with my fancy necklace."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1932" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Lily thought it was fun to crawl into Godmother Gina's UPS box."]
[/caption]Then the other day I woke up really early and found Mom's camera again. I can't believe she keeps forgetting to put it away at night.
[caption id="attachment_1933" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="I like this chest."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1934" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="I like the way my foot looks on the rug."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1935" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="I like the way my foot looks on the inexcusably dirty tile floor in the kitchen."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1936" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="I like my Elmo chair and my huge, messy stack of toys that Mom's always organizing only to discover that I've messed up her piles yet again."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1937" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="I like my leg, too."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1938" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="This picture scares Mom. She thinks it looks like a butt."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1939" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="I am first and foremost an artist. I kind of like this one."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1940" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="My big brother Dennis turned 18 on Saturday!!! We took him to Red Robin and I crawled on his and everybody else's heads for an entire hour!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1941" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Dad, Brian, Dennie and me at Red Robin. Mom put down her huge glass of beer long enough to take the photo."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1943" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Then she picked it back up again."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1944" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="My big brother Brian held me while I looked for dropped food under the table."]
[/caption]That's it for now. :D
What better time than now to count my blessings? I am grateful for...