Catch up post!! (Warning Very Long Post)

Sorry I didn't get to post midweek again.  It was another crazy busy week.  Things should be more organized in a few weeks and I should have more time to post.  Well last time I told you I would post about what we did last weekend so I will.  We had a very busy weekend.  We went to our first German wedding on Saturday the 7th.  It was our neighbors and landlords who got married. Very nice couple.  It was Ivy's first wedding and honestly, we had no idea how she would do.  So we sat in the very last row close to the door.  I have to boast for a minute about Ivy.  She was such a good girl.  I brought snacks/toys etc.  She was fairly quiet and she behaved the entire 1 and a half hours of the wedding. The funniest thing, which I did not get on video, was when the orchestra finished.  Now our Landlord is a Conductor and his now wife is a musician as well.  Its not customary for German wedding to have so many songs played, but under the circumstance they had a lot of music with an orchestra. Now back to the story.  At the end of each song Ivy would put both hands up ( as if it were a touch down at a football game) and yell " OOhh!!"  We would try to shoosh her but every one around us was laughing so that didn't help us much.  They all thought it was cute.  Here is a cute pic of her and I at the end of the wedding.

She didn't nap very well that day but we were at the wedding until 5 pm and left.  It was very nice and we enjoyed watching the different customs they celebrate that we do not.  It ended up being a rainy night and we had a nice dinner at home.  Sunday was very rainy , so we took a walk to the closest bakery and the only one open on Sundays, and got a pretzel.  Ivy loves soft pretzels.  Then we just hung around the house and had some fun.  We made forts, wore silly hats, read books, played etc.  Here are some fun pictures from our day at home.  

Fun was had by all.  We had a nice dinner to end the evening. Even Shorty had fun!!  It looks like he is posing in the last pic!!!  The Giraffe is so loved by such a big heart!!!   I get jealous as he gets more hugs and kisses then I do some days.  Any way, the week before last we learned the color yellow.

 We made 2 projects since one of them was a birthday card.  I hope Granddaddy has his card by now or this is going to be a spoiler!!!!  We made some binoculars out of toilet paper rolls and we decorated them by having Ivy paint them, then I traced her hands and made some yellow tang fish to go on the sides.

After teaching Ivy what they are for she had fun playing with them.  Here are some cute pics of her in action!!

 Then we made a really cute Birthday card for Granddad.  I really liked how it turned out to be honest and she had fun making it.  

 This past week we learned the color green.  

Out project was kind of a bust but its still cute.  The plan was to make a butterfly.  I traced Ivy's feet and then she decorated the wings with these little foam shape things that I bought from the hobby shop.  She put them on and I glued them down.  We used pipe cleaners for the body etc.  The butterfly does not have a head since the project didn't turn out or didn't glue properly.  So this what we made. 

Since last post I bought Ivy her own broom.  Since she fusses at me when she sweeps and I am apparently not sharing the broom as often as she would like. So I got one for her size. 

Po even got in on the action.  We got some great news last week.  Ivy got into the daycare we wanted her to get in. It was the only one that has part time. She will go 3 full days.  It will giver her time to learn German and play with other children. I love her but I really think she needs to be around more kids.  Also, I am hoping to take some German language courses that start mid Oct. So this will allow me to do so and not have to worry about a baby sitter.  The first week or two they require I go with her until they are sure she is comfortable with them. So I will be pretty busy the beginning of October.  Ok,  this was a long post and I still have lots to tell you but Ivy is waking up and I promised to read her some books and look at some pictures when she woke up so I will end here.