I walked in to Sariah's room to get her from her nap.
Lo and behold, she had taken off her pants...
And her DIAPER...
She LOVED it! She was giggling and squealing all over the place. She was so proud of herself!
Later that day, I allowed her to run around in the sprinklers in her diaper.
We came in the kitchen, dried off, put a shirt on, and this is what I found her doing...
This little girl figures out something new every day!
I know, I know...I'm a little slow in posting this.
A couple weeks ago, my brother and his wife trusted us enough to leave their 2 children with us while they escaped to Las Vegas for a weekend getaway for their anniversary. We had SO MUCH FUN! Their kids are well-behaved, eat all their food (as Carter proudly told his mom), play well, and are so enjoyable.
The first adventure is with Carter. Well...most of the adventures were with Carter.
Funniest adventure.
Carter found this little screw that he just fell in love with. It's a funny-looking screw, so I can understand its attraction. Apparently, he even felt it was necessary to take it with him to the bathroom so "the babies didn't get it." As he was peeing, he dropped it in the toilet. When I heard his high-pitched girly shriek, I immediately knew what happened. In to the bathroom I went to investigate! I laughed and explained to him that he would have to reach in and get it. The look of horror on his face as he exclaimed, "But it has PEEPEE on it!!!" After I composed myself from laughing so hard, I went and got him a kitchen spoon (that was thoroughly disinfected after it was used) to scoop out the screw.
Here's the screw with peepee on it. I know, it looks like a little piece of poop, but it's not!
Carter trying to fish out the screw.
And finally, the screw was recovered!
Later that night as his reward for being so brave about getting the screw, he got to squirt whipped cream in his mouth.
And on the right side of the blog, we have a new sidebar! My weight loss tracker.
Yup.
I went to go see my Ob/Gyn two weeks ago and noticed the word "obese" on the top of her chart.
Ouch. I'm officially in that all-too-often-mentioned category.
One of my favorite shows is "The Biggest Loser" because it's very inspiring. On last season's, there was a couple with young children. When the mom was asked why she wanted to be on the show, her response was:
"I need to lose weight before my kids realize I'm fat."
I love it! So I'm taking on the challenge. I've had several attempts to lose weight in the past...I'm not sure why they didn't work. Maybe I wasn't ready? Maybe I was cheating too much?
No more excuses. I'm FINALLY going to do it. Watch me!
Tonight, I re-joined Weight Watchers, renewed my membership to Curves and I'm off and running (well...how about we start with walking??).
I'm going to update my blog every Monday with my weight loss. That's when I will be attending my Weight Watchers meetings...after FHE.
Stay tuned!!
Who has the patience to scrapbook?
Buying all the paper, embellishments, etc.
Printing out the photos.
Plus using all that brainpower for creativity?
Not for me.
Digital Scrapbooking, on the other hand...
Now that's my idea of FUN!
Like the new header? (Thanks Erin for the help with Photoshop)
This is my new adventure in life.
I can create scrapbook pages digitally. Print them out. Wallaa!
I'd LOVE to create a header for you, too...if you want...if you trust me...let me know. :)
Yesterday, my sister in law Erin took some 1 year old pictures of Sariah.
We went to a beautiful park and just followed her around.
She is getting so big.
She is so beautiful.
She is so loved.
Sariah's birthday was SO MUCH FUN!!!
We had family over for cake and ice cream.
With 10 children, 10 adults, and 1 dog...we were a little cramped.
The kids wandered their way outside...
I decided to get a little adventurous and try to bake a cute cake.
CREATIVE and ME do NOT belong in the same SENTENCE.
I had NO idea what I was doing.
I bought this cute lady bug pan and filled it with cake batter.
I then let it cool for a couple hours and tried my hand at decorating.
I had all the tools: icing, bags, tips, colors, etc.
Using the star tip, I did the black and red and it looked SO cute!
An hour later, it looked like it had melted...I have no idea why. Everything ran together and it looked like a lady bug blob.
My sister in law Erin, the cake decorating expert, gave me some advice: refrigerate the icing and the cake next time so the shape holds.
I don't know that I'll be brave enough to do it again! :)
Regardless, the cake was great and Sariah LOVED it! Here's a play-by-play of her cake-eating experience:
Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.
Every year, my side of the family does a "Grandkids" picture. All things considered, the picture turned out great! Trying to corral 10 kids, all 11 years old and younger, is no easy thing. It was quite chaotic at times, but we ended up with one pretty cute picture. My sister in law, Erin, took the pictures. She did a GREAT job!!
