Who Needs A Mop

Sometimes I think pregnancy effects one’s brain.  This week I felt like my cheap little Swiffer mop wasn’t cleaning my floors good enough.  I decided that they needed to be cleaned the old fashion way – hands, knees, bucket of water and wash cloth!

I have to do these sort of things while Mallory is still awake because during nap time is when I have to work.  I thought it wouldn’t be a problem – it was just a little water.

Sure enough as soon as a I plopped my bucket of water on the floor little munchkin came running and plopped on the floor and started saying “help.  help.  help.”  So I gave her a wash cloth and let her go to town.

Do you see the water all over the floor.  She was watching me dip my wash cloth in the bucket… but she must of missed the step where I ringed my wash cloth of excess water.

Lately, when I ask Mallory to smile – she gives me this look.

Then she decided that she need to take a bath.  She started washing her face.

And her legs.

If I would get too close to her she would slap her soaking wet wash cloth against my leg.  Which was naughty… so then she would take her wet chubby little hand and try to wipe all the water off my leg that she just splashed on. 

It was worth it in the end even if we were both wet and Mally needed a wardrobe change.

Mismatch of Stuff

My sister and I have started the tradition back up of having craft day around Thanksgiving.  As kids we did this with our mom and aunts and cousin – then we all grew up and got big and must of complained about craft day because it stopped.  : ) 

This year Shannon and the kids came to my house and made it an overnight celebration.  I wasn’t going to show you what we made because they are gifts… but what the heck… here is what we made.

Dangly Earring Holders!  Now if you get one from us – act surprised.  ; )  We even had to make one to give to each other because they were so cool.  It took us forever to make them - we worked until about 10pm that night! 

When all the kids were here they wanted a snack before bed.  I don’t usually give snacks before bed – but when the cousins are over all rules go out the window.  Except… you had to still eat your snack sitting on a flower.

My color is so off in this picture it makes me want to hurl.  Anyway, when Mallory gets a snack she gets a little dish from the cupboard and gives it to me and then goes and sits on a flower.  (which is painted on my kitchen floor)  I don’t know what I am going to do when I finally get my kitchen makeover and there are no flowers to sit on.  I use that all the time – if I am opening up the oven and she is in there she has to go sit on a flower.

This weekend someone decided that she could crawl up on the kitchen chair and sit at the table like a big girl!  Here she is eating her first lunch at the table like a big girl. 

More horrible lighting pictures – I’m sorry.  That sunshine was coming in and I wasn’t going to block it!  : )

Drinks from a real cup and is practicing her fork skills.  Where does the time go?  I’m not liking this!

Now you can see what kind of hair I have to deal with on a regular basis!  Its super fine!  Its super wild!

After she did so well eating her lunch here – I packed up her highchair and took it to the basement.  She loves sitting at the table with us and feeling like a big kid.

I did some Black Friday shopping.  I didn’t go crazy early – I went when I woke up which was about 6:30.  I just wanted to go to this home improvement store and get Mallory (and cousin Garrett) a big wheel bike which was on sale for $15!  I went to the store – and see massive amounts of cars parked on the street and in the parking lot.  Had a minor panic attack because I was afraid of finding a spot where I could park the truck and get back out of safely.  But I found one and it was the 3rd spot from the door!!  I was so excited because it was –2 with the wind chill and I wasn’t in the mood for a long walk!

I find my big wheel bikes and wonder around for a bit to see if there was anything else on my list.  Found .79$ twisty crayons and some .99$ coloring books.  Grabbed those and headed for the checkout.  I wanted to get to Target before I had to get back home.

I stood in that checkout line for an hour and half!!!!  I stood in line way longer then I shopped!  Now this store I am in is just a home improvement store that happened to have a few toys and other accessories for this special shopping day.  I can see if I was at Kohls or Target… but I wasn’t.  I was so bored!  I was all by myself watching people with their kids and babies in this massive crowd of chaos.  I started texting people and calling people.  I ran out of people to text and call so I literally opened up the box of crayons and started coloring in the coloring book!  Mallory won’t mind!  I had to see how well these twisty crayons colored! 

I stood in line so long it ate up the rest of my time I had so I never made it to Target and had to go home.

I did go back out on Saturday with my mom, sister, and aunts.  I got a pretty amazing deal that I just have to tell you about.  We are at Kohls and my aunts are telling us about Bobby Flay’s line of dishes that they are in love with.  We are checking them out and pretty soon we are all falling in love them.  We are oowing and aahing and giggling and drooling.  Bobby’s line of dishes was 50% off.  I found a chili pot with 4 bowls that I flipped over to check the price and it was already marked down 60% off.  I wondered if I would get another 50% off since all his stuff was on sale.  I found a Kohls girl and asked her – she told me YES!  But that is not all – I had a 15% coupon on everything.  So I was going to get another 15% off on top of that!  I did a little jig and screamed and got very stern looks from my aunts, my mom, and sister because this was the only chili set and I had my hands on it first.  : ) 

I paid about $10 for this…

Now I just need to prefect my chili recipe.

Being Creative in the Winter

It is just the beginning of winter and I’m already starting to feel a bit stir crazy because we can no longer go outside.  Once our garage is finished it will be heated and we can go out there and she can ride her toys around, which she will love and so will I.

In the meantime I have been trying to think up things to keep us entertained.  I remember being kids and loving it when my mom would make us homemade play dough.  I’m not sure how she did it because she would make it on the stove top… my recipe I just mixed flour, water, oil, salt, food coloring together and wa-la play dough!

Mally thinks she can eat it!  I repeatedly tell her it is yucky and you can’t eat it… however she still insists on trying it.  She will get a chunk of it and eat it and then shiver as she swallows it because it is so salty and then ask for her cup.  And then take another bite!  LOL.

We also have to get creative with her hair!  My goodness this girl has a mess of super fine unruly hair.  The hair on top of her head only grows in the middle (think mohawk) and then in the back of her head.  Well the hair on the top falls into her eyes and I’m not ready to give her bangs – I don’t think I want her to have bangs… too much maintenance having to keep them trimmed and out of their eyes.  (Maybe it is because I have bangs right now and I have been cursing them and want them to grow out.)  The hair in the back gives her a look of mullet-esk.  LOL.  So one day I had enough and put a pony on top of her head and one in the back. 

Jesse came home on lunch and sees it and started laughing at her hair.  He asks me “Lynn, would you wear your hair like that?”  Oh Gosh No!  However, if I had hair like her’s - then I might have to!

We colored a picture for the coloring contest at the local grocery store.  However, we never submitted it – but she had a blast coloring it one afternoon!

Books.  Books.  Books.  She loves Books.  Books of any size, shape, color.  It doesn’t even have to be a book – it can be one of my magazines.  She’ll grab my magazine, sit on the floor, and turn the pages and just look and look.  She also likes little manual.  We got a manual with our new TV remote and she spotted it and sat on the floor with that owners manual and jabbered away “reading” it. 

We also run around with daddy’s glasses!

This weekend I bought water colors and paint brushes and paper.  Hopefully it will keep us entertained for a couple weeks until I think of something else fun to do!  : )