The 2 Year Old Diva War Cry

"You're being mean. You're not my friend. You're not invited to my tea party!"

Did You Know?

Have I mentioned how much I love this girl?! (And not just when she's sleeping!)

Or how much she loves that bear?

Or how much she moves around at night?

(All of these pictures were taken at the same angle, on the same day. She managed to flip herself all the way around in that last picture.)

Come Together

My grandparents were in town for a couple of days. They live in Florida and North Carolina (about 6 months in each place.) Every two years they take a trip across the country. Just the two of them in a van for days and days visiting relatives as they work their way across the country and back home again. I said to my Grandmother, "You must really like each other to spend so much time together." Her reply, "Well, there's always sleep, and libraries."

Since we have the biggest place of the local family here, we got to play host. Hubby was working, but the rest of us had a great time. It was so nice to not have to keep the kids out of other people's stuff...too much. My cousin, Logan, used the locks on his cello case for the very first time.

They have this game they made up called Wellingo. (Their last name is Welling.) It is bingo but with Welling relative names. My grandpa will read off a blessing, acheivement and goal for each person and we all guess who it is and get to mark off that box on our card. Thumbelina got the first Wellingo. Then she got her prize of a chocolate bar and was done with the game.

Logan let the kids play his cello and was very patient with them. (Not that I think Logan is an impatient person, I just know my kids.) ET did great:

Thumbelina does not enjoy the spotlight so if anyone was looking at her, she would clam up and hide. But ET got the camera (again) while the adults were talking and got her real personality on video:

Sneaky

The kids keep stealing the camera. At least this time they brought it back with real pictures instead of 30 shot of the carpet under the desk.

Not too bad.

Another Project DONE!

We have a boppy. We actually had two but now we have one. We got it from my great-aunt's daughter when we had ET. ET used it. Thumbelina used it. Munchkin used it. It got a little tear in the middle curve part. Then Munchkin threw up on it. So I washed it. Anything that cannot be washed does not last long in our house. I was pulling it out of the washer, forgetting all about the small tear and I did this:

Munchkin was done using it. So I just put it away figuring I would fix it later. Enter Squirt. I pull out the boppy and realize I never got around to fixing it. Not that she seems to mind or anything.

But with hubby working a ton and everyone in bed by 8, I find myself with some time on my hands. And, seriously, if I am sewing, I am not eating. (That's right. My freezer is half full of bags of milk for the baby and the time to lose this weight is here!) So about an hour and 12 not-so-straight-anymore pins later, we have the new and improved boppy:

It's bigger...

It's softer...

And it's my very first zipper!

Sunday Fun

I woke up early this morning (5:45 am) with a massive sneezing fit. I probably sneezed 20 times. After that I couldn't go back to sleep. So I figured I would get a jump start on getting ready for Church. I hopped in the shower, and said good morning to hubby, ET and Thumbelina who all came in to go potty. **Note to self--get a less see-thru shower curtain.

Thumbelina tried three different outfits this morning because the first two were too small. So we took them off of her, threw them at Munchkin and said, "Here you go!" But Munchkin, instead of putting on one of Thumbelina's hand-me-downs, went a different direction:

She almost had it. Then when I went to put it on Squirt, Munchkin had totally stretched out the elastic in the sleeves. So that went into the sewing pile.

Squirt used to wake up at 6. We were always ready on time. Then she started sleeping until 7. So I did too. This morning, it was 7:25 and I went in to wake her up. This is what I found:

I guess we will adjust her schedule again. Right now she eats at 7, 11, 3 and 7 and then goes to bed. Tomorrow maybe we will try 8, 12, 4 and 8. The crazy thing is the bathroom is right by her room and the door was open and she slept through everything.

It still amazes me all the things you can find in Blogland. I found this tutorial a while back and was determined to try it. We made them today and they are yummy! I need to find smaller molds--Wal*Mart didn't have any.

1 ice-cube-size gummy is the equivalent to a whole pack of fruit snacks.

My kids ate 2 each and asked for more.

Five

Well, almost anyway. Thumbelina had her 'pretend sleepover' birthday party last night. I had gotten everything ready beforehand so it went really smoothly (thanks to the trampoline breaks in between everything!) I didn't get pictures of dinner. We had pizza (are my kids the only kids who go to town on a pizza?!) and fruit kabobs. Munchkin ignored her pizza while she loaded her skewer full cantaloupe and strawberries, ate them and repeated until the fruit was gone. It was so funny getting a glimpse into my future. Three girls sitting around the table, talking non-stop.

I also missed the shoe relay because I was inside pumping. I bought dress up shoes for all the girls and they had to run and find the match to their shoe. Apparently, the shoes only fit Munchkin and then only barely. So instead of wearing the shoes, they just had to carry them. And instead of getting to take a pair of dress-up shoes home with them, Munchkin got 5 new pairs!

Then they colored sleep masks. When they were done, they got on the trampoline and were jumping with the masks on. I ran to get the camera when they started playing catch with the masks on. It was hilarious! (There were other children at the party-but I don't have permission to put their pictures on the internet, so you will see my children and random arms, legs and backs of heads.)

Thumbelina under the table waiting for her turn to 'pin the pillow on the sleeping bag.'

Munchkin after her turn.

ET still eating.

Hubby decided to mix things up (because they were all cheating by looking out from under the masks) and make them spin around with their heads on a bat and then run and time them. It didn't work very well because they spun so slow. No one really got very dizzy.

Munchkin making bracelets.

Thumbelina and ET making bracelets.

Then we decorated cupcakes.

Munchkin kept licking off the frosting and telling hubby she needed more.

Opening presents:

And finally, the magic show. We invited the families for this. A girl in my Visiting Teaching Group offered her husband's magic skills for the party. It was amazing!

After the show, the kids went back to the trampoline, while the adults puzzled over the magic tricks.

Then, ET concluded the evening by dropping trou and 'watering' the tree. In front of everyone.

Awesome!