this was the outfit of choice in the morning:


then we quickly moved to this, before taking doc for a walk:


lunch HAD to be outside, chair on top of blanket, boots on & hood up:


post-lunch quickly turned into this:


then ended w/tackling mommy like this:




as you can see, living with riley is a daily decision as to which battles you are going to pick. i suppose that is how it goes with most toddlers. but oh dear, this one keeps me working from the moment i wake up until we convince her to fall asleep at night! i did not know somebody so small could have an idea and opinion about absolutely everything that happens during the day. but what pure joy she is!