Last night was kind of a late night. Allyson and I made a double batch of banana bread which didn't get done baking until almost 9 pm. Between the baking bread and the dishwasher running, the kitchen and living room became really hot! But it was a beautiful night out so we decided to go for a walk. Allyson rode in the stroller and talked a lot on the ride; about everything from the sticks on the sidewalk, to the birds in the trees to the bunny we saw hopping in the grass. As I pushed her up a hill she said. "Mom, I love going for walks!" Who wouldn't love getting pushed around in a stroller on a beautiful evening?
When we got home Allyson said we needed to watch one Wonder Pets episode and then it was bedtime. It was already past bedtime, but since it was Saturday I agreed. When it was time to go to bed she went and crawled in my bed as usual, but after a minute she said she would sleep in her bed and I should sleep in my bed. We discussed it a bit because this is one of her known stalling techniques. She said that she was a big girl now and she would stay in there all night. So I agreed and followed her into her room, tucked her in and hoped for the best. She stayed in there all night! Yea! Lets hope this continues.
In other news.... my niece is quite the trickster already. She fooled her mommy into thinking she was coming yesterday, but it turns out she was just playing a trick on her and she isn't quite ready to make her appearance yet. I think she's waiting until the 8th. Then she will have a cute birthday, 6/8/10. All even numbers in a row. I can't wait to meet her.
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
A Nice Day
Today was a nice day. Nothing particularly exciting happened but that's OK some times. Allyson and I slept in till about 8:15, which is pretty good for the weekend. After awhile I started sorting the laundry into piles, it was $10 worth this week. I don't really count the number of loads of laundry I do as much as how much it will cost me. $10 of laundry is five loads, pretty typical for us. I probably do laundry 3 times a month and let it pile up an extra week once a month which just means more the next week. So about $40 a month on laundry, plus the cost of soap and stain remover, I think it's ridiculous. But I don't want to be smelly, so I do it, haha! So anyway... I did laundry this morning and this by this evening it was all folded AND put away. Usually I put off putting it away for awhile.
Allyson played with her dollhouse and dolly's a lot today. It is so funny to listen to her talk for them. Especially when she says the kinds of things I say to her to them. For example, she tells them to listen, she asks them if they have to go potty and tells them to be patient.
I was ready for a nap around 1:30. Allyson decided to nap on the recliner, "like papa does". So I tucked her in and went to my room to lay down. She came in and checked on me, I sent her back to the living room. She came back and said she wanted to nap in her room, I said fine. She same in again and I ignored her. She poked me a couple of times but didn't say anything. She left and it got real quiet so I figured she went back to sleep in her room. When I got up I took a quick shower and went looking for her (it was 3:45). I foun her in the living room curled up in the recliner covered with a blanket and snuggled with about 6 of her stuffed animals. I sat on the couch to read a magazine and she poked her head up to tell me that she was not napping (even though she clearly was). Within 2 minutes she was out cold again, huffing and puffing in her sleep. Watching kids sleep is great, they are so peaceful and cute.
Eventually she got up and I started making supper. I grilled some sausage and we had baked beans, pasta salad, watermelon and an orange. Allyson pretty much just ate the fruit. She agreed to taste the pasta salad but declared it was "yucky". She refused to try the beans and kept saying "yyyuuuccckk, that looks like doggy poop!" So supper was not a hit!
We went to church this evening and Allyson was really well behaved. We had to take a trip to the potty mid-service. She did really well this weekend with the potty-training. She had a couple of accidents but ultiple success' with #2 which made me very happy. After church we came home and had popcorn and watched Dora. Bedtime went pretty well. I sat in bed with her and re-tied the parts of her tie blanket which had come undone. She kept scooting next to me and kissing me on the cheek and giving me hugs. Such a sweetheart.
Back to work tomorrow.
Allyson played with her dollhouse and dolly's a lot today. It is so funny to listen to her talk for them. Especially when she says the kinds of things I say to her to them. For example, she tells them to listen, she asks them if they have to go potty and tells them to be patient.
I was ready for a nap around 1:30. Allyson decided to nap on the recliner, "like papa does". So I tucked her in and went to my room to lay down. She came in and checked on me, I sent her back to the living room. She came back and said she wanted to nap in her room, I said fine. She same in again and I ignored her. She poked me a couple of times but didn't say anything. She left and it got real quiet so I figured she went back to sleep in her room. When I got up I took a quick shower and went looking for her (it was 3:45). I foun her in the living room curled up in the recliner covered with a blanket and snuggled with about 6 of her stuffed animals. I sat on the couch to read a magazine and she poked her head up to tell me that she was not napping (even though she clearly was). Within 2 minutes she was out cold again, huffing and puffing in her sleep. Watching kids sleep is great, they are so peaceful and cute.
Eventually she got up and I started making supper. I grilled some sausage and we had baked beans, pasta salad, watermelon and an orange. Allyson pretty much just ate the fruit. She agreed to taste the pasta salad but declared it was "yucky". She refused to try the beans and kept saying "yyyuuuccckk, that looks like doggy poop!" So supper was not a hit!
We went to church this evening and Allyson was really well behaved. We had to take a trip to the potty mid-service. She did really well this weekend with the potty-training. She had a couple of accidents but ultiple success' with #2 which made me very happy. After church we came home and had popcorn and watched Dora. Bedtime went pretty well. I sat in bed with her and re-tied the parts of her tie blanket which had come undone. She kept scooting next to me and kissing me on the cheek and giving me hugs. Such a sweetheart.
Back to work tomorrow.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Un-inspired
All evening I've been putting off sitting down to type. I'm just feeling a little uninspired I guess. But I haven't updated in awhile so I figure I should just do it. Here it goes....
Last Thursday could just be referred to as "Poop Day." There was good poop and bad poop. When I picked up Allyson from daycare J said that Allyson had gone poopy in the toilet! Yippie, good poop! I hugged her and told her how she was a big girl and I was so proud of her. J had given her a cookie and really hooted an hollered about her accomplishment. The other girls at daycare told her she could start wearing real panties soon and even showed her theirs so she knew what they were talking about. For the record she had pooped on the potty once before, but it has been a couple of months since then. We got home and had a nice evening, until the bad poopy. I put Allyson in the bath and she was having such a wonderful time in there that I snuck upstairs and put a load of laundry and then started packing my bag for my scrapbooking trip (more on that later). While I'm packing up my bag I hear her say something about poop. I thought at first she was talking about the little toy dog she had taken into the bath with her. She said something again so I went to the hall bathroom to check on her. Then I saw it. Poopy in the tub. It is a mother's worst nightmare. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck! Luckily she had gotten out of the offensive water. I made sure she was clean and set her down on the couch wrapped up in a towel. Then I had to go back in there. I'll spare the details other than to say it was gross. Everything has been sanitized and beached; the tub is back in business.
Now this is not the first time this has happened. A few months ago she pooped in the tub and I think I grabbed her out so quickly I traumatized her. She was deathly afraid of the tub for about 2 months. She had just gotten over that fear and now it happened again. I was worried she was be afraid again, but I gave her a bath tonight and it went fine. Before the incident a few months ago she had not done it since she was pretty much a baby. Must be the warm water. Anyway, we both survived.
Friday morning I took my sweet girl to daycare and then picked up my friend S. We picked up fresh bread and some gormet tea and hit the road! We were headed to a scrapbook weekend get-away with 26 other ladies. We had the best time! The facility we go to is perfect for scrapbooking and is affordable enough that I can afford to go for the weekend! Perfect! Friday we scrapbooked from about 10 am until around midnight, I think.... can't remember exactly when we stopped that evening. Saturday morning we started at 8:30 and I went until my head hit the pillow at 1:53am! Considering that we were in mountain time and I'm from central time, that was 2:53 "my time"! Granted, I did take a 45 minute nap on Saturday, but it was still a long day. Sunday we went from about 9:15 until 1:30pm when it was time to head home. Crazy, but so much fun. I know many people wonder how we can go and scrapbook all day and night but so much of it is the social aspect of it too. It is a whole weekend spent with friends. Trust me, we pretty much cover every topic of conversation you can think of... and then a couple more! I missed Allyson a lot. She is such a sweet girl. And just ask S how cute she is, everytime I looked at pictures I was putting on the page I'd say "oh, look at how cute she is here!" Well, it's the truth.
When I picked Allyson up from Grandma and Papa's house she wasn't overjoyed to see me, which made me a little sad. But I think she was tired after her nap and also she was crying when I got there because Grandma wouldn't let her put on her Easter dress. But after awhile we were best buds again. She had a great weekend there. She went on walks outside, swimming at the Y with Grandma and all sorts of other fun stuff. We both went to bed around 9:15 which was late for her but really early for me. She was in a good mood when she got up today which made my day much better. On the way to the garage this morning we could hear some birds chirping but it was still pretty dark outside so we could not see them. Allyson said in a very loud, authorative voice, "Birdies! Where are you? I can't see you! Come here!"
Work went pretty well today. I think I did a pretty good job of getting caught up on everything after having been out on Friday. After work I picked up Allyson and was pleased to hear that she had gone poopy on the toilet again! She had gone in her Pull-Up's over the weekend. I think that going poopy on the toilet will be a thing she does well at J's house for awhile before she starts doing it consistently at home. Just like when she gave up her nur-nur and started going #1 on the toilet. She seems to do things for J that she won't do for me at home, at least not for awhile. I'm just happy she is finially catching on and starting to go in the toilet.
Last Thursday could just be referred to as "Poop Day." There was good poop and bad poop. When I picked up Allyson from daycare J said that Allyson had gone poopy in the toilet! Yippie, good poop! I hugged her and told her how she was a big girl and I was so proud of her. J had given her a cookie and really hooted an hollered about her accomplishment. The other girls at daycare told her she could start wearing real panties soon and even showed her theirs so she knew what they were talking about. For the record she had pooped on the potty once before, but it has been a couple of months since then. We got home and had a nice evening, until the bad poopy. I put Allyson in the bath and she was having such a wonderful time in there that I snuck upstairs and put a load of laundry and then started packing my bag for my scrapbooking trip (more on that later). While I'm packing up my bag I hear her say something about poop. I thought at first she was talking about the little toy dog she had taken into the bath with her. She said something again so I went to the hall bathroom to check on her. Then I saw it. Poopy in the tub. It is a mother's worst nightmare. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck! Luckily she had gotten out of the offensive water. I made sure she was clean and set her down on the couch wrapped up in a towel. Then I had to go back in there. I'll spare the details other than to say it was gross. Everything has been sanitized and beached; the tub is back in business.
Now this is not the first time this has happened. A few months ago she pooped in the tub and I think I grabbed her out so quickly I traumatized her. She was deathly afraid of the tub for about 2 months. She had just gotten over that fear and now it happened again. I was worried she was be afraid again, but I gave her a bath tonight and it went fine. Before the incident a few months ago she had not done it since she was pretty much a baby. Must be the warm water. Anyway, we both survived.
Friday morning I took my sweet girl to daycare and then picked up my friend S. We picked up fresh bread and some gormet tea and hit the road! We were headed to a scrapbook weekend get-away with 26 other ladies. We had the best time! The facility we go to is perfect for scrapbooking and is affordable enough that I can afford to go for the weekend! Perfect! Friday we scrapbooked from about 10 am until around midnight, I think.... can't remember exactly when we stopped that evening. Saturday morning we started at 8:30 and I went until my head hit the pillow at 1:53am! Considering that we were in mountain time and I'm from central time, that was 2:53 "my time"! Granted, I did take a 45 minute nap on Saturday, but it was still a long day. Sunday we went from about 9:15 until 1:30pm when it was time to head home. Crazy, but so much fun. I know many people wonder how we can go and scrapbook all day and night but so much of it is the social aspect of it too. It is a whole weekend spent with friends. Trust me, we pretty much cover every topic of conversation you can think of... and then a couple more! I missed Allyson a lot. She is such a sweet girl. And just ask S how cute she is, everytime I looked at pictures I was putting on the page I'd say "oh, look at how cute she is here!" Well, it's the truth.
When I picked Allyson up from Grandma and Papa's house she wasn't overjoyed to see me, which made me a little sad. But I think she was tired after her nap and also she was crying when I got there because Grandma wouldn't let her put on her Easter dress. But after awhile we were best buds again. She had a great weekend there. She went on walks outside, swimming at the Y with Grandma and all sorts of other fun stuff. We both went to bed around 9:15 which was late for her but really early for me. She was in a good mood when she got up today which made my day much better. On the way to the garage this morning we could hear some birds chirping but it was still pretty dark outside so we could not see them. Allyson said in a very loud, authorative voice, "Birdies! Where are you? I can't see you! Come here!"
Work went pretty well today. I think I did a pretty good job of getting caught up on everything after having been out on Friday. After work I picked up Allyson and was pleased to hear that she had gone poopy on the toilet again! She had gone in her Pull-Up's over the weekend. I think that going poopy on the toilet will be a thing she does well at J's house for awhile before she starts doing it consistently at home. Just like when she gave up her nur-nur and started going #1 on the toilet. She seems to do things for J that she won't do for me at home, at least not for awhile. I'm just happy she is finially catching on and starting to go in the toilet.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Hopscotch
Today was a good day. Work went by super fast and aside from my right wrist hurting like crazy it was pretty uneventful. I'm pretty sure I'm developing carple tunnel syndrome from all of the 'mousing' that I do at work. I plan on checking with our IT guys to see if there is a mouse that is less physically demanding. I came home for lunch today to check on the crock pot meal I had started this morning. It was a really easy pork chop recipe that turned out pretty well. I just browned the chops in a skillet (coated them with flour and some ground mustard, season salt and pepper) last night and then this morning I dropped them in the crock pot with a can of chicken with rice soup. I added a little water to it this morning and more when I came homr for lunch, probably 3/4 of a soup can total. But it was only supposed to cook 4-6 hours on low and I cooked it for about 9 so extra moisture was needed. They were nice and tender and pretty good.... Allyson even ate a few bites!
This morning it was SUPER hard to get Allyson up, due to the time change. I don't think she woke up at all when I got her dressed, but when I carried her to the couch she woke up, started crying and ran back to the bedroom. Somehow I got her in her coat and carried her to the car. Once there she demanded I take off her coat. It wasn't freezing out and she has a big blanket in the backseat so I gave in. I tucked the blanket up under her chin and we were off. But before we got out of the driveway she had pulled the blanket (a fleece tie-blanket) up all the way over her head. She stayed that way the whole drive to daycare, about 15 minutes. She was not sleeping, just protesting being awake I guess. I carried her into daycare like that and she was excited to hear that her daycare lady's (I'll call her J) daughter was home for spring break.
I forgot to mention the other reasons for Allyson's sleepyness today, she was up WAY too late last night, it was around 11 (which before the time change was 10, but still late), then she fell out of bed. I had to rescue her from between the wall, bed and heat register. A couple of hours later she woke up whimpering, I reached over and felt that she was wet. Her pull-up was soaked, which is odd because she has been staying dry through the night lately, but luckily she was sleeping on top of one of her blankets so that was the only bedding that got wet (not all of my sheets/blankets). I changed her into a clean pull up and dry PJ pants and we both slept a little more. Morning came too quickly.
On the way home she was telling me about who she played with and what she did at J's house today. She said that we needed to play hopscotch when we got home. The way she said hopscotch was just adorable, I can't even think of a way to type it like she said it. So after supper, she set up the living room for hopscotch. She lined up all of her dollhouse furniture in a row by the couch cushins she had pulled off of the loveseat and was ready to go. Well almost... first she had to find her 'marker' which was a penny she threw before she jumped. She was having so much fun jumping all over and throwing that 'marker'. She even got me in on the action and I took a few turns. I got some cute video clips of her in action and some pictures too. But then it happened, as I was filming she took a tumble and fell into that row of dollhouse toys she had lined up. She immediately started screaming and crying, but after checking for blood and finding none I rocked her for awhile and got out her ice packs. She was better in no time but not without a mark or two. She has a big red spot that I think will turn into a bruise on her cheek and a mark on her butt/flank too. Poor girl. That was the end of our hopscotch game. Hopefully soon we can make a real hopscotch grid outside on the sidewalk. Spring... Are you coming soon?
Bedtime started tonight at 9 with me reading some books to Allyson followed by some crying that she wanted to watch TV and then silence. It was all over in 45 minutes! Yeah! I'll start moving it up to earlier in the evenings, but with the time change 9 seemed ok.
I'm noticing that my most frequently used blog label is "Sleep", poor me :(
This morning it was SUPER hard to get Allyson up, due to the time change. I don't think she woke up at all when I got her dressed, but when I carried her to the couch she woke up, started crying and ran back to the bedroom. Somehow I got her in her coat and carried her to the car. Once there she demanded I take off her coat. It wasn't freezing out and she has a big blanket in the backseat so I gave in. I tucked the blanket up under her chin and we were off. But before we got out of the driveway she had pulled the blanket (a fleece tie-blanket) up all the way over her head. She stayed that way the whole drive to daycare, about 15 minutes. She was not sleeping, just protesting being awake I guess. I carried her into daycare like that and she was excited to hear that her daycare lady's (I'll call her J) daughter was home for spring break.
I forgot to mention the other reasons for Allyson's sleepyness today, she was up WAY too late last night, it was around 11 (which before the time change was 10, but still late), then she fell out of bed. I had to rescue her from between the wall, bed and heat register. A couple of hours later she woke up whimpering, I reached over and felt that she was wet. Her pull-up was soaked, which is odd because she has been staying dry through the night lately, but luckily she was sleeping on top of one of her blankets so that was the only bedding that got wet (not all of my sheets/blankets). I changed her into a clean pull up and dry PJ pants and we both slept a little more. Morning came too quickly.
On the way home she was telling me about who she played with and what she did at J's house today. She said that we needed to play hopscotch when we got home. The way she said hopscotch was just adorable, I can't even think of a way to type it like she said it. So after supper, she set up the living room for hopscotch. She lined up all of her dollhouse furniture in a row by the couch cushins she had pulled off of the loveseat and was ready to go. Well almost... first she had to find her 'marker' which was a penny she threw before she jumped. She was having so much fun jumping all over and throwing that 'marker'. She even got me in on the action and I took a few turns. I got some cute video clips of her in action and some pictures too. But then it happened, as I was filming she took a tumble and fell into that row of dollhouse toys she had lined up. She immediately started screaming and crying, but after checking for blood and finding none I rocked her for awhile and got out her ice packs. She was better in no time but not without a mark or two. She has a big red spot that I think will turn into a bruise on her cheek and a mark on her butt/flank too. Poor girl. That was the end of our hopscotch game. Hopefully soon we can make a real hopscotch grid outside on the sidewalk. Spring... Are you coming soon?
Jumping on the love seat!
Getting ready to jump! Quite the line up, huh?
She made it... this time!
Bedtime started tonight at 9 with me reading some books to Allyson followed by some crying that she wanted to watch TV and then silence. It was all over in 45 minutes! Yeah! I'll start moving it up to earlier in the evenings, but with the time change 9 seemed ok.
I'm noticing that my most frequently used blog label is "Sleep", poor me :(
Friday, March 12, 2010
Mommy Time
Today after work Allyson and I stopped at our place to pack up her overnight bag. She picked out her PJ's and told me she needed to take her MegaBlocks with. I threw a few more things into her bag and we were off. Mom and Dad are watching Allyson so I could enjoy an evening with my friends and not have to worry about waking her up when I pick her up. They will watch her all day tomorrow too.
I met my scrapbook friends at a mexican restaurant for drinks and dinner. We recently decided to start getting together once a month to just get out and have fun. This time there were six of us able to attend; we were just missing one person. We had a lot of fun, talking about mommy stuff, scrapbooking, shopping and all kinds of other stuff. They are a great bunch of ladies and I have gotten some great advice from them. We finished up around 9:30 (we're so crazy!) and then I headed out to Walmart for some solo shopping. I think any mom of a two year old can appreciate how blissful a solo shopping trip can be. No kids running around grabbing stuff, crying, yelling or even on a good trip Allyson usually gets a little restless in the store. I browsed and browsed and looked at things I don't think I've looked at for years in a store.... Dishes, make-up, clothes, shoes, scrapbooking stuff, etc. Of couse I ended up buying stuff for Allyson too, this time it was a few items for her easter basket.
Now I'm home, watching TV in my room and thinking about how I get to sleep about 1/2 hour longer tomorrow since I don't have to get Allyson ready and drive her to daycare.
Mommy time is WONDERFUL!!
Thanks Mom and Dad for giving me a break!
I met my scrapbook friends at a mexican restaurant for drinks and dinner. We recently decided to start getting together once a month to just get out and have fun. This time there were six of us able to attend; we were just missing one person. We had a lot of fun, talking about mommy stuff, scrapbooking, shopping and all kinds of other stuff. They are a great bunch of ladies and I have gotten some great advice from them. We finished up around 9:30 (we're so crazy!) and then I headed out to Walmart for some solo shopping. I think any mom of a two year old can appreciate how blissful a solo shopping trip can be. No kids running around grabbing stuff, crying, yelling or even on a good trip Allyson usually gets a little restless in the store. I browsed and browsed and looked at things I don't think I've looked at for years in a store.... Dishes, make-up, clothes, shoes, scrapbooking stuff, etc. Of couse I ended up buying stuff for Allyson too, this time it was a few items for her easter basket.
Now I'm home, watching TV in my room and thinking about how I get to sleep about 1/2 hour longer tomorrow since I don't have to get Allyson ready and drive her to daycare.
Mommy time is WONDERFUL!!
Thanks Mom and Dad for giving me a break!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
"I am the princess"
Ahhh, Wednesday evening, it feels nice to know that over half of the work week is done! I am finally getting caught up on my worklists at work from taking time off for me being sick, Allyson being sick and going all the way back to my trip to Las Vegas & the Grand Canyon last November. Missing a day makes a big difference at this job, I may have been gone but the work keeps coming!
Before leaving for work this morning I grabbed my grocery list since I planned on going to the store after work. I planned on looking at the ads and adding more to the list while at work. Well, I couldn't find the list while I was at work so I ended up just making a new one. Sadly, I forgot that one on my desk!! So instead I just went to the store with the bits I remembered from my list. I think I bought twice as much as I planned and missed a couple of key items I wanted to get. Allyson was not in the greatest mood at the store, but didn't really throw a fit until we left the store. She refused to hold my hand so I carried her and pushed the cart through the slush caused by over 24 hours of rain/snow mix. She screamed, it was lovley! But when we got home we took our fusteration out on the slush and had fun stomping in it and kicking it all through the parking lot with our boots.
After that she was better and we had a nice dinner together. Just a simple meal tonight. We split a cheese quesadilla, had pickles, strawberries, cottage cheese and grahm crackers. Odd combination, but tasty. After dinner we sorted laundry and managed to get 4 loads done... Well technically 2 loads are still in the dryer and nothing is folded, but they are clean.
As we were coming back downstairs to our apartment after changing out the loads Allyson was so silly. She was wearing a wide pink headband, purple beaded necklace and carrying a magic wand. As she walked down the stairs she could see her reflection in the glass doors on the landing between floors. She was walking with her head held high like a princess and her magic wand up in the air; all while saying in a sing-song voice, "I am the princess" over and over, it was so cute. She was so prim and proper. I wish I had the camera with, but I'm sure if I had it, she would have quit immediately, it seems that is how it works.
Bedtime was it's usual struggle. She got up and went potty, then requested to sleep in her bed. I was thinking, "GREAT, please do!" So I tucked her into her bed and read one story (making it clear it was going to be ONE story since it was already 9:20). She threw an asolute fit so I tried the Super Nanny tatic of putting her back in bed with out saying much to her, twice. The third time she yelled she wanted to sleep in my bed. I said OK and I haven't heard from her in 25 minutes. I know, I'm weak and I caved in. I just like to keep the peace.
Tomorrow night is Ladies Night Out (LNO) with my girlfriends, I can't wait!! We are meeting for a late supper and drinks at a Mexican restaurant. I can almost taste my margarita. Gives me something to look forward to tomorrow at work.
Before leaving for work this morning I grabbed my grocery list since I planned on going to the store after work. I planned on looking at the ads and adding more to the list while at work. Well, I couldn't find the list while I was at work so I ended up just making a new one. Sadly, I forgot that one on my desk!! So instead I just went to the store with the bits I remembered from my list. I think I bought twice as much as I planned and missed a couple of key items I wanted to get. Allyson was not in the greatest mood at the store, but didn't really throw a fit until we left the store. She refused to hold my hand so I carried her and pushed the cart through the slush caused by over 24 hours of rain/snow mix. She screamed, it was lovley! But when we got home we took our fusteration out on the slush and had fun stomping in it and kicking it all through the parking lot with our boots.
After that she was better and we had a nice dinner together. Just a simple meal tonight. We split a cheese quesadilla, had pickles, strawberries, cottage cheese and grahm crackers. Odd combination, but tasty. After dinner we sorted laundry and managed to get 4 loads done... Well technically 2 loads are still in the dryer and nothing is folded, but they are clean.
As we were coming back downstairs to our apartment after changing out the loads Allyson was so silly. She was wearing a wide pink headband, purple beaded necklace and carrying a magic wand. As she walked down the stairs she could see her reflection in the glass doors on the landing between floors. She was walking with her head held high like a princess and her magic wand up in the air; all while saying in a sing-song voice, "I am the princess" over and over, it was so cute. She was so prim and proper. I wish I had the camera with, but I'm sure if I had it, she would have quit immediately, it seems that is how it works.
Bedtime was it's usual struggle. She got up and went potty, then requested to sleep in her bed. I was thinking, "GREAT, please do!" So I tucked her into her bed and read one story (making it clear it was going to be ONE story since it was already 9:20). She threw an asolute fit so I tried the Super Nanny tatic of putting her back in bed with out saying much to her, twice. The third time she yelled she wanted to sleep in my bed. I said OK and I haven't heard from her in 25 minutes. I know, I'm weak and I caved in. I just like to keep the peace.
Tomorrow night is Ladies Night Out (LNO) with my girlfriends, I can't wait!! We are meeting for a late supper and drinks at a Mexican restaurant. I can almost taste my margarita. Gives me something to look forward to tomorrow at work.
Monday, March 1, 2010
"It's a Girl!"
The big news today was finding out that I am going to be an auntie to a little girl! After thinking for months that she was having a boy, my sister and her husband found out today that they will be having a girl! I am so excited! I would have been happy to have a nephew of course, but I just love baby girls. Plus I am much better at shopping for girls. I wander around the boys department thinking, where is all of the cute stuff? Allyson picked out a shirt at Old Navy for her soon-to-be cousin today. It is adorable.
In other news, this morning Allyson was quite sleepy. She sleeps in my bed sometimes (OK, pretty much always these days) and in the morning I can take a shower, talk to her, turn on the lights and TV, clap my hands, pretty much do anything and she will still sleep. Today I finialy got her to wake up by talking to her and asking her to show me her smile. She sat up and smiled, rubbed her eyes a bit and then said, "Mommy, my eyes are very tired." But I managed to get her out of bed and dressed.
Work was pretty uneventful and I felt like I actually got a few things accomplished. After work Allyson and I went to Old Navy, like I mentioned above, and then we went to Grizzly's for supper. Ashley was in Harvey for the weekend and was just in town to catch a flight back to Colorado. It had been a year since I had seen her, so it was nice to catch up a bit.
Allyson is fighting going to bed tonight so she is sitting next to me here on the couch. Hopefully by 9 I'll get her to sleep. Maybe I need Super Nanny to come and help me for a few days. Sometimes I know I'm 'being too nice' to her, but it is hard to be strict with someone so cute. Seriously, how can you resist this cute-ness?
In other news, this morning Allyson was quite sleepy. She sleeps in my bed sometimes (OK, pretty much always these days) and in the morning I can take a shower, talk to her, turn on the lights and TV, clap my hands, pretty much do anything and she will still sleep. Today I finialy got her to wake up by talking to her and asking her to show me her smile. She sat up and smiled, rubbed her eyes a bit and then said, "Mommy, my eyes are very tired." But I managed to get her out of bed and dressed.
Work was pretty uneventful and I felt like I actually got a few things accomplished. After work Allyson and I went to Old Navy, like I mentioned above, and then we went to Grizzly's for supper. Ashley was in Harvey for the weekend and was just in town to catch a flight back to Colorado. It had been a year since I had seen her, so it was nice to catch up a bit.
Allyson is fighting going to bed tonight so she is sitting next to me here on the couch. Hopefully by 9 I'll get her to sleep. Maybe I need Super Nanny to come and help me for a few days. Sometimes I know I'm 'being too nice' to her, but it is hard to be strict with someone so cute. Seriously, how can you resist this cute-ness?
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