daddy's trash is hannah-bear's treasure

this morning, hannah has been raiding the shred box behind the couch and coloring on all the junk mail she's pulled out. she wants to share her artwork with her grandparents. i think we'll find something else for her to color for them.

random

• When we come home, Hannah tries to hang her jacket on the door knob to the closet, and gets mad if she can't get it to stay.

• She is learning to put her shoes by the front door after she takes them off. She tells me she's doing it (so I don't remind her, perhaps).
• She does not like mommy to have extra facial hair. When my lip hair gets too noticeable, she pats it and tells me to get a haircut. (Sorry if that's tmi for some of you.) She did that tonight as I tucked her in.
• Apaprently she wants to be like a basset hound/ beagle mix and sniff the dirt. We were looking at a motorcycle for Daddy today, and she leaned over and started sniffing the dirt with her nose. Or kissing the ground. Or eating it. I'm not sure which, though I suspect the latter because there was dirt around her mouth. Tonight I figured out that she may have been copying their dog. It was kind of embarrassing.
• Her favorite shape seems to be the octagon. She noticed the attic vent above the garage at preciously mentioned house was shaped like an octagon, and proudly exclaimed "it's like an octagon!"
• She likes to help me make iced tea. She pulls a chair from the table to the counter, puts the teabags in the pitcher, dumps 2 scoops of sugar in (with my help), and then watches as I pour the boiling water in a safe distance away.
• She likes putting the special soap bar into the dishwasher before Mommy turns it on.
  
• She spilled her goldfish crackers and pieces on her granola bar on the carpet upstairs tonight. I asked her to pick them up, and she asked for a bowl to put them in.
  
• She wants to go to the doctor to hear the baby's heartbeat again. I asked her if she would like to go with us to see them take pictures of the baby next week. "With Daddy?" she asked. Doctor's visits are always better with Daddy. :)
• When we vacuum, she finds her toy vacuum and tries to help. Or she just pulls the wand extension for our hose out of its holder and tries to use that.
• She likes putting dirty clothes into the washer and pushing wet clothes into the dryer.
• She likes "helping" in the garden... picking flowers and watering rocks are among her favorite tasks.