Sunday, May 31, 2009

Almost spoiled

V is walking a thin line between being loved and being spoiled some weeks...as an only child, and a girl, she gets a lot of special attention.

Just because she's been using napkins as placemats for months I ordered V some cute toddler sized placemats from etsy.com...here she is opening "something" on an ordinary Tuesday afternoon.


I especially enjoy how excited she is despite having no idea what she is looking at!

Here they are in "action"

My mother claims that V's love of placemats comes from her, with her whole shelf of 27 sets of placemats for all occasions. So that's her Shackelford side.

As an only child, she also gets all her toys to herself. Like her pool. Which she uses for things like this:

Creating ways to jump into water like a mini-daredevil? Yep, that's her Bruce side.

And because she's the only granddaughter on either side, she also gets to have great moments like this...T returns from a Saturday trip to the mailbox with an envelope. Inside is:

THANKS GRANDMA! She actually needed a new bathing suit, so I can't really categorize this as spoiling...she's just lucky! (And so are T & I to have such great family members!)

Walk the line V, walk the line!


Thursday, May 28, 2009

So You Think You Can Act?

Well watch out because here comes Miss V, Ginny B, Gin Gin, Bin Bin, Virginia Cute...whatever you choose to call her! Here is a sampling of her latest, greatest hits. We'll call this her spring/summer showcase...

A family favorite....shiver me timbers


Utilizing method acting...embracing her feelings

Seriously...why would she say "what about me?" I have no idea where she got that from.

And finally- the sunny side of V.


I keep suggesting NCT start acting classes for 2 year olds, but somehow they think I'm overstating V's abilities. What more can I do to prove how advanced she is?

This one is just for extra credit...and to show you this head bobbing thing she is doing all the time. Again, I have no idea where she came up with this. And I can't remember for the life of me why she was shushing me, but it was funny.

Monday, May 25, 2009

One more thing...

Just had to show you how much V has grown since October...thanks to all that fruit I am sure.

October 2008

May 2009


P.S. Their measurements are off right? She looks HUGE now compared to October to me...but then again, I am her mama, and thus, biased.