Wish Me Luck...

...and send good thoughts, and pray for me. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock I will be escorting Sophie to Dr. C's office for her 2 year old well visit. Yeah, the SAME place where we had that lovely experience last week. I have a few new cheap-o toys in her backpack and I plan on taking some animal crackers and juice. And maybe I should try to locate a stun-gun between now and tomorrow afternoon. 

Here's Little Bit yesterday afternoon before I stripped her down and we gave Oscar the Boxer a bath. Last year I bought this cute pillowcase dress off Ebay but it was always too big. Looks like it will fit this year! 

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Making Al Gore Smile

It's probably no surprise but Steven and I are undoubtedly two of the most wasteful humans on the planet. We leave every light in our house on, run our air conditioner constantly, throw EVERYTHING away, leave the water running while doing dishes, shaving, or cleaning. I could go on and on. But I won't because we are literally turning over a new leaf around here, a green leaf that is and all of the cool kids are doing it. Maybe it's the arm and leg cost of gas. Or maybe it's because I don't want Sophie to grow up in some crap-0 trashy world. And the PENGUINS! Dear god, the penguins, their ice cap is melting right under their little webbed feet! 

So I signed us up for recycling, which in the past i saw as a HUGE pain in the you know what.  Actually we are the first people in our hood (over 150 houses) that have the yellow recycling can (but ok in their defense our trash company just started a recycling program in February). I now have canvas bags to take to Walmart (those crappy plastic bags rip when you put in 2 cans anyway). Oh and here's a little fun fact for you,  did you know that thepetroleum used to make 14 plastic bags could drive a car one mile.  And lets see, we are slowing switching out all of our light bulbs to those ubber expensive long lasting suckers. AND, AND I'm currently looking for some kind of clothes line to use this summer. When I was little my mom ALWAYS hung clothes out on a line and I LOVED the way they smelled. 

So no promises that I'm going to be 100% environmentally correct. I'll still be driving my SUV. But at least we'll be doing something and that's gotta count for something right?! 

And here's my little nature lover being a little grumpy over me asking her to put a Coke can in the recycle can. Actually, this is the same expression that Steven gave me too! Looks like she's gonna hurl it at me! 

Week 2

Boy, you can really see the enthusiasm on Little Bit's face in this pic. In her defense she had just about had it at this point. We had her pictures taken at five, then we went out to eat, and then we came home to do some stuff outside. And THEN I remembered that I hadn't taken a weekly photo of us. Oops. So this is as good as it gets for this week. Her two year old pics turned out great! She was definitely in a picture taking mood, and performed her take on the Cha Cha Slide for everyone. I'll figure out a way to post some of them.  

Busy Boppers

Yesterday we helped to celebrate Miss Hailey's 3rd birthday at a really cool place called "Busy Boppers." It's sort of like a kiddie gym. Tons of stuff to climb on, swing on, jump on, and ride on.  Basically, a kid's dream. AND a mommy's dream too becayse you can just let your kid run wild and when they are finished they are good and tired! Little Bit was a little shy at first but it didn't take her long to start bouncing around the place like a escapee from an insane asylum! 

Little Shoes all lined up.

 

The Birthday Girl

A little "monkey see" 

 "monkey do" action

Emma was there...

And so was Ethan! 

Thanks Heather for inviting us! 

All Girl

Are boys obsessed with the phone too? Little Bit could talk on the phone 24/7. We have to call GiGi every single day. Of course somedays she'll call and talk up a storm. Other days, she wants to call just so she can push the button and hang up. Regardless, I have a feeling that she's gonna want a cell phone by the time she's 5! 

I ♥ Etsy

I absolutely, positively, without a doubt love Etsy. And if you haven't heard of Etsy then you are missing out on one of the greatest e-shops in the history of the Internet. It's ALL handmade, awesome stuff. One of a kind stuff that you just can't get at your local Walmart or even, yes even, Tar-jay. So the other day I was using the new "pounce" feature on Etsy and came across something that I just had to have (btw, the pounce feature will show you items that have just sold, so you can check out different shops). And here it is:

Get it? I hope so. Ok some of you may be a little slow, just kidding, I love you all, but it's "Sophie" and a "Bee", "Sophie B." And I think it's ADORABLE! An super nice lady named Lea who runs the shop called "Ohana By Lea" custom made it for me. And the best part, it was only $28 including shipping! She can customize any type of mother's necklace (or regular old necklace) your little heart desires. So if you haven't, by ALL means kill some time at work and check out Etsy. Just WAIT until I show you what I ordered for my nephew and the Twinkies' 3rd birthdays. It totally ROCKS. 

So who wears the pants...

in your family? It seems as though we are having a little power struggle around here. And seeing as I'm the queen bee that causes a problem. A little 26 pound person who also lives here has been throwing fits lately when she doesn't get her way. I told you that I took her to the doctor yesterday but what I didn't tell you is that she was a complete a-hole while we were waiting to be seen. Yep, I think a-hole pretty much describes it. 

We walk into the waiting room, full of sick quiet kids and infants and IMMEDIATELY Sophie starts telling everyone "I POOP!" followed by "I PEE!" As we are potty training, it's hard to ignore that little comment. But I am quickly learning that she uses it as an excuse because she knows that she gets to go somewhere (i.e. down the hall to the bathroom). So we go to the bathroom, not once, not twice but THREE times. Each time her behavior getting worse and worse. Running down the hall, not wanting to go back in the waiting room.  Even pulled my hair (visisons of CPS taking her away stopped me from totally flipping out when she pulled that stunt). Finally, the forth time she screamed "I PEE," I lost it and said "too bad, I guess you'll pee in your pant." I mean seriously, it's like the "Little Boy Who Cried Wolf!" She completely emptied a box of tissues. And she laid in the floor kicking and screaming when I tried to make her sit in a chair. It didn't help that some people were laughing. Which makes it worse because she thinks she's putting on a show! As she writhed in the floor, all I could do was look at an older woman (probably a grandma) and say "Lord help me." I don't know what in the heck to do with her! I've thought about going to the dollar store and buying a bunch of crappy toys to pull out in situations like this. It's like she's bored. But who knows if that would work. Maybe I'm just doomed to deal with an a-hole until she's 25!