Suckers and Dandelions

These were taken yesterday when it was pretty cold out still. (Today it was practically hot!) I had to bundle Evan up a bit (i just crocheted that scarf for him! :) so proud) so he could play in the back yard. Cora Grace and I decided to join him and mommy brought suckers. Why? Duh, for a photo op of course! lol. C.G. has never had a sucker before so I was really curious what she would do with it. She did suck on it as you can see but really looked at it a lot. Eventually she decided to garnish it with weeds, dirt and grass that her sticky little fingers grasped. Evan was very patient with my attention to her (he likes a lot of attention lately). I'm grateful I got a few pictures to make me happy. :)
Next... Evan went shopping in the grass with his shopping cart. I ran inside the house to put Cora in her exersaucer to play. I turned around to see Evan bending down to pick something up (please Lord, do not let it be dog poop!). My hand was on the door to yell to him not to pick it up when I realized he was only picking a dandelion flower. Whew! I more calmly went back outside to join him in the run when he saw me. He ran over to me and said, "FLOWER" and gave it to me. Awe... After that, he let me take some cute pictures of him. A true rare moment these days! ;)