Category: Mallory

I’ve found Mallory practicing her ballet positions a lot lately. She hardly ever will do them when I ask her to, so imagine my surprise when she actually let me photograph her.

How cute are her little pointed toes ?

Our sweet little girl is growing up way too fast.
Mallory has always loved swim class – I think she mostly liked the 30 minutes of one-on-one play time with Rick (and sometimes me) during our parent-tot class. But at the end of the last session, the teacher said Mallory should move up to the preschool class. “But she’s just barely THREE!” I told the teacher. She assured me she’d do fine.
Tonight was the first night of Mallory being in the pool without us. I was pretty sure it wouldn’t go so well and we’d end up with both …

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So, our house is on the market as a rental right now. We had someone come check it out today but as of yet they haven’t called to say they love it and want to rent it. But we are still out checking out other houses to try to have an idea of what we like in case we are able to move.
I drove past one of the houses this afternoon and told Mallory that we were going to check it out on Sunday, because it’s for sale.
Mallory’s response: “Yeah! We can go look at that house because …

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My smart three-yr-old and her 100-pc Fancy Nancy Glitter puzzle that said it was for ages 5+.

Rick helped her with the edges and I gave a few hints on the inside (just because I didn’t have all day), but other than that, she did it all by herself. I loved watching her troubleshoot the puzzle, especially when she’d plug the piece in place before I could even process in my head if it was the right piece for that spot.

Unfortunately these pictures don’t show the light-up features on the fancy Princess boots.