Mug Painting

Today Schuyler, Lincoln and I went up to the shopping center and had a wonderful time ... our main goal was to paint a coffee mug for mommy ... Caillou makes one for his mommy and Skye thought it was a wonderful idea ... she has been talking about it for ages and today was the day ...

It is the cutest little place and we had a great time ... and Lincoln totally cooperated ... he slept pretty much the whole time ... Schuyler wound up painting two mugs ... one for mommy for Mother's Day and one for her daddy's birthday that is coming up ... we had a great time ...

We also went to McDonald's for a snack and finally the play area was fixed ... we've been a couple of times after Lincoln's doctors appointments and it has been closed ... but today it was open and Skye played while Lincoln ate ... she had a blast with all the other kids ... then we hung out in the toy store ... it is our favorite one ... they have a train table and books to read and a doll house ...

We were gone all day long and had a blast ... it was super hot out but that didn't stop us from having a great time!!!

Love

Big Girl Underwear

Today, like I've done so many times before, I asked Skye, after she went pee pee in the potty, if she wanted to put on a pull-up or big girl underwear ... and for the very first time she said she wanted big girl underwear ... I was shocked ... that had never been the answer ... and to be honest I was a bit apprehensive that once we went into her room and got them that she would have a mini freak out and not want to wear them ...

I was totally wrong ... she got all excited and even ran to the top of the stairs screaming for daddy to come see her "Kitty kitty" (Hello Kitty) underwear ... she was just so proud ...

The first time when she peed wearing them there was a puddle on the chair but she did hustle upstairs when it happened ... and chose my favorite pair in her drawer ...

 

But with these and the next pair it was just a few drops and she held it and got upstairs ... with Strawberry Shortcake ones, her 4th pair of the day they stayed dry the rest of the day ... several hours ... any time she had to go she let me know ...

 

Now she does earn Dum Dum lollipops every time and got alot of them today but I am fine with that ... I am so very proud of her asking to do this all on her own today and sticking with it ... the idea of pooping on the potty still scares the shit ... well maybe doesn't scare her enough to let the shit come out ... but she isn't too keen on that yet ... but all in time ... today was a huge step and I couldn't be more proud of her ...

Stringing Beans

Skye has a new hobby that she loves ... she calls it "stringing beans" but as you can see it is cute colorful beads and she just loves it ... we started with some foam ones that were actually harder because they were bigger but the hole smaller ... today we got these plastic beads and she is awesome at it ...

Out kitchen table has been taken over by the project which is fine by me ... she gets so excited to show off her creations and there are many in progress ... I bought a kind of sample bag with lanyard plastic so she has all different color string and of course with so many choices you can't make just one ...

The first one we worked on together and she doesn't want to take it off ...

So Cute And Tiny

Alone Time

My entire family is upstairs asleep right now ... and I am all alone ... and I can't stop smiling ...

I had to go to the bank and let me tell you it was a treat driving with the windows down ... jamming to Styx super loud ... and all alone ...

It is truly amazing how much of a treat it is to have a little time all to myself ...

Now I unfortunately have to get back to work :)

Leading To The House

David took on a big bold project over the last couple of weeks ... I was so busy with Lincoln that I didn't take during photos like I should but did get these ...

He ripped up the front yard and put in a new beautiful walkway ... made the flower bed areas bigger which they totally needed (they were really pushed up against the house) and made an area where a new tree is going to be planted ...

It looks absolutely gorgeous ... I love the new walkway ... and once he puts in the plants and bulbs we have it is going to be fantastic ... sooooo much hard work but he is very proud of how it has turned out ...