White Horse, I Get a Dollar!

Growing up, whoever saw the first white horse of a long trip got a dollar (he always seemed to win).  Mike was gone all of last week interviewing for residencies and I needed a break, so Mike's Parents came over Saturday and took Allie and me to Millcreek Farm which is a retirement farm for horses.  They have 143 horses, 11 dogs and 1 cat according to their tally.  The horses are either retired race horses, abandoned or abused horses or old police horses.  We just had to bring a couple of carrots as our entrance fee and we spent the afternoon with the horses.  Allie loved being outside and seeing all of the animals.  It was nice to get out, and it was even better to get Mike back after being gone for 8 days!  

There were a couple of miniature horses at the very beginning.  We gave Allie some carrots to feed the horses, but she didn't understand why she should give it away instead of eating the carrot.

It was beautiful, very family friendly and very clean!

This horse wanted her carrot and kept trying to get it

She finally figured out to share with the horses, but she would then try and eat the carrot that she just fed to the horse.  Yuck!

This same horse REALLY wanted her carrot and she would not let go.  She kept a tight grip on it until we got to the pet store to go see the puppies afterwards.  Can you tell she is her father's daughter?  She LOVES kitties and puppies, and I have made leaps and bounds in my fear of animals.  

Oh how we love this little spunky girl!  She is quite the independent child, never wanting to hold our hands while walking or feeding her food, etc.   I can't believe she will be 1 year old this week... crazy!

Lunch with Allie

I thought that I would give an glimpse into the life of Allie by letting you eat some lunch with us!  Lucky you!  

Lunch: Pasta and Green Beans

"Oh, how does this work?"

"This is how Mommy does it..."

"Much easier!"

"Mmmm"

"Oh wait, look outside... a birdie!"

(We have 4 birds that come and eat Allie's leftovers outside our door)

"Did you see the birdie? "

"I think I'm done.... here, I'll take my bib off for you mom."

"Oh wait, impromptu hide and go seek!"

"Where is Allie?"

"Peak a Boo!"

"I got you!"

Please do join us again!  We always love visitors!

February Fun

Here are just a few pictures of our Saturday and what Allie is into lately.

1. Bubbles! I was the one blowing the bubbles so I could not get a picture of her playing with the bubbles, but she loves them.

2. Leaves, or anything that is on the ground including pine needles, rocks, dirt, plans, etc. We will be walking around outside and she will let go of our hand (which she rarely holds), stop, and pick up a leaf to carry around the rest of the time. She is such and explorer; she is always wandering off to go chase after a cat or to go find a cool leaf. I think we are going to have to keep on our toes in the near future.

3. Her newest desire is to climb under/through everything. Her most recent is to climb through the chairs. When we are sitting down on the couch, she will try and crawl under our legs or under our backs when we are sitting on the floor. She just has to see if she can fit.

4. Whenever I take pictures now, this is what happens. She is into attacking the camera and wants to see the pictures on the back after I take the picture.

5. Her first sucker. I found this sucker in the dollar section of Target so I thought it would be cute to take some pictures. She ended up biting our chunks so it didn't last long.

I just loved this one. She will be 1 year old in less than a month! Crazy! She is not my little baby anymore.