I'm going to miss the pool when it closes at the end of summer. So fun going with dd and spending hours splashing and playing. It helps that she gets exhausted and it makes naptime very easy ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe my dd turned 2yo today. Time seriously just goes too fast. Lame as it is, I was tearing up this morning thinking my baby wasn't a real baby anymore. It's just not fair ( Read more... )

Turns out anti-tv girl has gotten sucked into the boob tube. I've been feeling really disconnected with the things I enjoy doing. Working and having a 2 yo eats away a lot more time than I imagined possible. Seems like I have the TV on every night recently. It started out so innocently: snuggly on the couch with dh after a long day at work and ( Read more... )

I know there are some serious cat lovers around here so does anyone know where I can get a nice panther shaped cookie cutter? I want to make black panther and pink panther cookies for dd's birthday party. I had some sites bookmarked but they got deleted. Any animal cookie experts out there?

I don't know what happened. I had this plan to get dd just a couple presents for Christmas and now I feel I have gone overboard. She's not even two and for some reason, I didn't think about the fact that other people are going to give her stuff too. I grew not getting many gifts and certainly didn't get gifts from other family members/friends so ( Read more... )

Two more weeks until I go down to working 4 days a week. So unbelievably excited. I'm going to have an entire day with dd and a chance to do some of the errands (grocery shopping, laundry, etc) so we don't always have to do it on the weekend. It often feels like there is so much to do because we don't all get home until 6:30 (when traffic isn't out ( Read more... )

I love my ride into work with dd*. We drop dh off at the metro and then we switch the music to our favorite morning playlist: Cricket Giggles (see below). We have such a great time in the car. She claps her hands and snaps her fingers (sorta) to the beat. We sing and laugh. It's one on the best parts of my day. "I'm Yours" is probably her favorite ( Read more... )

Our plan was to shampoo the carpets tonight. Who thinks we will actually do this? Oh, and the laundry needs to be put away ( Read more... )