All world's a stage...at least for Maya

Maya is VERY into anything princess, magical, pretend, and enchanted these days. I love it! It is so fun and funny to listen to the things she says. For example we were playing outside and a plane flew by. Her exact response was, "Mom, look a plane! I think it is flying to Neverland." I am loving her little imagination and cherishing all the imaginative moments.

The other day Maya asked me for a "big apple" (she didn't want me to cut it up like usual) which was odd because that is her least favorite way to eat them. I gave her one and this is what took place for the next hour...


"Oh look a poison apple from the evil queen" (I'm always chosen to be the evil queen!)


"I must take a bite!"


"Oh...now I will sleep forever!"

We had a great time "acting" this out! I guess I know how to get her to eat "big apples" now!

Diggin' in Dirt

Here is Cohen sitting in the sand at the playground, he loved it!

He couldn't wait to dig right in and get all dirty. Sand was a new texture/thing for him to feel and it was so fun to watch him enjoying it.

Of course he ultimately had to put some in his mouth! We love our little guy!

Pine Cone Bird Feeder

Maya made a bird feeder out of the pine cones we gathered from Great Grandma Bowles' house. She loved spreading peanut butter on it, rolling it in bird seed, and then tying to the tree in our front yard. We haven't seen any birds nibbling on it yet but we watch for them everyday!

Great Grandma Bowles

We spent a day at Great Grandma Bowles' house this week. Grandma planned so many fun activities for the little great grand kids. We planted pumpkin plants in Grandma's garden and are so excited to see how much they grow and pick our pumpkins in October. A little bird nest fell out of Grandma's pine tree and she saved it to show all the kids. Grandma talked about how birds make their nests out of twigs and feathers and then lay eggs in them. After that, we searched underneath the tree for broken egg shells and found a few. It was very fun! Maya loved searching for the shells and still talks about the bird nest. We also gathered big pine cones and plan to make bird feeders out of them sometime soon, I'm excited to do that! Grandma fixed us a delicious lunch and we ate it outside. We had so much fun making lasting memories and playing with Great Grandma Bowles!

Looking for broken bird eggshells under Grandma's HUGE pine tree...we found a few!

The Bird Nest

Maya next to her planted pumpkin