wedding weekend fun

we had the most unbelievable wedding weekend every. our good friends amo and mel got hitched over the weekend at juniper hills farm . sibby's place is magical already, but when there is a wedding involved, it is almost a fairy tale. it was a perfect weekend of good food, friends and love. H was in a wonderful mood too. she did so awesome walking the aisle with another little boy. they held hands and had a shaker in the other one. there was not a dry in on sat as we witnessed the ceremony. jean, amy and i even had a little song surprise for the girls. it was fun performing for them and their friends and family.

we even let h stay up til 10:00pm. not a peep out of her. maybe because she was tricking everyone and getting spoonfuls of dessert everywhere she went. despite the sugar high she was probably on, she had fun. it was a western theme, so it was fun dressing up. harper's tiny boots are so so cute. she wore them with the white dress with lavender on it we got in a french market. she didn't want to take the boots off the entire night. who would have thought! everyone looked so awesome. it really was a fun weekend...so happy for our friends too.

words in to sentences

it is fascinating how children develop language skills going from grunting to sign language to words to sentences. everyday harper says or does something new. right now she likes to copy what you say, which is really cute. to hear her say certain words for the first time is amazing. here is a typical conversation with her right now.

h: where going mama?
me: we are going to school
h: oh!

h: what that mama?
me: it is an umbrella
h: oh!

she also learned the word "cause."

h: need dessert
me: why?
h: cause. i'm hungry

her first ACL festival

harper went to her first austin city limits festival. it was going to be a nice day, high temp was 80 degrees, how could we not bring her? we went from 11am to 6pm. started out by going to the austin kiddie limits area that had tons of kids stuff for them. listened to casper babypants (which is the lead singer of The presidents of the united states), colored and even got some free stuff. they even had a baby changing area. thank goodness because i accidentally left the wipes at home. it was a cool set up.
fortunately she likes the headphones. things are just "too loud" sometimes and she asks for them. which is fine by me. we then went to grab some lunch but on the way back, she fell asleep. she actually slept for about 1 hour while we had lunch and watched a band play. amazing how kids sleep through things like that. but if you are tired, you got to do what you got to do. after she woke up, we went back to see daddy and papa play in the drum circle and did more kid stuff. she was pretty happy. it is nice being able to take her with us. i love seeing her enjoy the outdoors and live music.

what did she say?

harper was playing quietly at her activity table the other day and she didn't realize i was watching her. she had a (washable) marker in her hand and began to draw on a block. intrigued, she then started to mark on the stained concrete floor. i immediately said, "harper, do not do that. we do not mark on the floor." she gave me an evil smile, put the marker behind her back. looked at me and said, "mama, walk away."

i tried so so hard not to laugh but wanted to so badly. they say that to the kids at school if they are fighting over a snack or toy. i told her that she needed to clean it up and she was happy to do so.

it's starting!