For Mother's Day, Joel took me to a teacher supply store

that I have been dying (well - really wanting) to check out, and let me go on a shopping spree for fun toys for Marie and I to play with (don't worry, I didn't max out the credit card). I bought these lacing beads and we made matching necklaces. The rest are just a hodge podge of pictures we've taken since our camera now works again. We got a new battery, and now we can take more than two pictures without having to recharge the dumb thing. I'm going to be a picture-taking lunatic at Heidi's wedding this weekend!

This was taken after we ate hot dogs and french fries. We let Marie dip her own into the ketchup, which she thoroughly enjoyed. Her face and clothes were looking pretty rough, though.

Marie's daddy gave her a yummy breakfast of Crunch Berries on Mother's Day morning. Mommy slept until 10:00am!

She just graduated to the booster seat from the high chair.

Marie getting jammified.

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All of the pictures below this point are taken on "Marie's Stump", which is just outside our front door. She has the whole yard area to play with, but she prefers to be Queen of the Stump.

Look, Ma! I got some stuff!

Leaves are fascinating.

Beginning the arduous ascension of the stump.

Almost there!

The queen on her throne.
"I have raised the gold scepter (er...leaf).
Your life shall be spared."

"Listen, Lady. If you even try to remove me
from my stump for naptime, things are gonna get ugly."

Things getting ugly.