My little helper

I have been babysitting my granddaughter Penelope today.  She is my best helper!  And she's just plain fun to hang out with.

We started out the morning in my room.  I needed to charge my phone and wanted to stay close to it because I was expecting a call from my sister about Father's Day plans for tomorrow.  I'd finished paying the bills earlier and was on-line doing puzzles while Nelly sat on my bed watching Nickleodeon.  I turned around and caught her preparing to open the house payment envelope that had been sitting on my bedside table! Little varmint was being nosy (and helpful) again.  Luckily I looked at her when I did!

I figured it would be better if I paid more attention at that point so we had some snuggle time.  I noticed how small her legs seemed compared to mine so told her to snuggle up next to me so I could take a picture of her little legs compared to my giant legs.  I was setting up for the shot, waiting for the focus to set and suddenly, her little fingers were in the shot.  Then her hand.  It was pretty much blocking the shot at that point but she likes to look at her hands thru the camera.  It's a thing!

I did get this shot tho...not side by side but you get the gist...

Then we wrestled and I said "hold your feet up!"

I may be biased but I think this kid has totally adorable feet!

Right now she's snuggled in her "furs" on my bed, watching Puss in Boots and paging thru her airplane book so I have a quiet moment to blog.

Earlier I was folding laundry.  Penelope decided I needed help.  She took some folded items, unfolded them, carefully balled them up in a wad and stacked them in a pile on the bed.  Thank you Penelope.

Then my sister called so Penelope directed me to the living room so I could sit with her in the recliner (she's bossy like her Mommy) and then wanted to be part of the call for a while.  She even said "hi" to Auntie Stacey!  For those who may not know, Penelope is a special needs child with various delays.  She says only a few words at this point but she's starting to so those little times that she speaks are a big deal in this family!  When she says "hi" we cheer!

Then lunch time.  I made her mac & cheese and PB&J sandwiches.  She likes that.  She brought toys to share our lunch with us.  Turns out she has a Hulk Hogan doll.  I didn't know that until today.  He came to join us for lunch.

It's fun having lunch with little kids!  At least this one.  There are toys to play with.

Hulk Hogan says NOOOOOOOooooooooooo!

There are random butt dances when songs come on the TV in the next room.  

There is also an amazing amount of sticky stuff everywhere.  Like the jelly on top of Penelope's nose (I was in stealth mode - she didn't know I was taking pics)

see the little blob of jelly?

She shared the stickies by touching me on the arm and on the leg.  She sprinkled mac & cheese on the floor, on her chair, on her lap, on the table.  Luckily all of this is washable!

We're watching Puss in Boots.  I was typing this thinking how they sure talk in Spanish a lot in this movie before the lightbulb in my brain turned on and I realized I had the TV set for Spanish.  Sigh.

Now she's fake snoring in the bed.  Time to go get some more snuggles!