Little Lady Lauren

I love having a daughter! It would be great if Matt would let me have a few more but that is a (pointless) post for another day. Anyway, back to the sweet girl I do have.

She got an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas and ever since we've been enjoying Easy Bake desserts. While munching on a lollipop Lauren easily whipped up a batch of brownies for her brother and herself.

"Easy Peasy" (to quote Lauren)

"super yummy" (to quote Tyler)

Later on that night Lauren rocked out to my iPod Touch while she drew up a masterpiece. Maybe one of you lucky readers will receive a signed piece of Lauren's artwork.
(Send me your request and I'll see what I can do.)

After the bath, my favorite girl asked me to put curlers in her hair.
She loves her some curlers.

Tyler did not want to miss out on any photo opportunity. So although he didn't have curlers he still wanted a picture. Have I mentioned lately how much I love this boy?!

The next morning my favorite boy brought out his new remote control car to play with. (thanks Uncle Todd & Aunt Jennifer!) He prefers to stand on the kitchen chair so the car won't run into him.
Lauren also likes to take cover when Tyler's car is loose.
(also notice her flowing waves after sleeping in the curlers)
While Tyler and Daddy hung out at home, Lauren I went to the beauty parlor (aka USA Nails) to get a mani and pedi. I got a full on pedicure and manicure while Lauren simply had her finger and toenails painted. This was her first time at a nail salon and she was super excited. She was a tad bit nervous but she did great despite the fact that she didn't get to sit next to me during the beautification process.

She chose a purple polish and had a special request for a flower on each of her big toes.
My girl's got style!

That night we had dinner at Dave and Susan's house. Don't tell Lauren this but she mentioned she hoped Ian (Dave & Susan's almost 4-year-old son) would like her pretty nail polish. She tried to get him to notice it by wearing sandles despite the 40-something degree weather. Regardless if he noticed or not I thoroughly enjoyed Lauren's excitement at getting all dolled up. I look forward to many more girly girl moments to come.

Today we had a busy day. We went to playgroup in the morning where we played hard and in the afternoon Lauren's friend Kylie came over to play. Lauren and Kylie had not seen each other since Oktoberfest. Needless to say the three of them (Tyler, Kylie & Lauren) played hard.

So hard, in fact, that this is what happened about 30 minutes after Kylie went home.

Yes, he is again wearing his "punch guy" outfit. I will probably shed a tear when he outgrows this all-time favorite outfit.

Lauren was also very quiet during this time so I took my camera and went a-hunting. Turns out Daddy set her up on his work computer. She probably just finished up some work drawings for Matt but quickly turned it to the game when she heard me coming. ;)

I sure love my little lady Lauren and her little brother Tyler.
Tomorrow we have another big day planned:
lunch at Burger King with Kylie and family and then a mellow New Years Eve with Tera, Troy, Emma, Shep, possibly Ian & Eric and their corresponding families. I'm excited to have company for this holiday.

Happy New Year Y'All.