As I sit here typing this, we are watching Wall-E for the millionth time. My child’s day isn’t complete without watching it at least two times. This is exactly how I feel… I could sing the opening song in Wall-E from Hello Dolly by heart now. “Out there, there’s a world outside of Yonkers…” But…
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*This post contains affiliate links. The arrival of summer means that a lot of you will be traveling with your little ones (or moving!) and of course that poses the question: Where is my toddler going to sleep? As I’ve mentioned a bazillion times already, we are having to stay with my dad for a…
Friday morning… I’m standing in our family room doing a triceps exercise with my 5 pound weights. I know I look ridiculous but whatever, who’s watching other than Mabel? This momma has to get these arms in shape before she tries to wear a tank top this summer… Anyway, I looked over and Mabel had…
First off…a major thanks to the ladies who left me comments/suggestions on how to solve the problem in my post about Mabel’s new trick. Now, this is going to look like borderline child abuse but I promise Mabel wasn’t as miserable as she looked in this pic last night: We decided to go the route…
Yesterday was Mother’s Day and it keeps getting better and better each year (I know, that sounded like super cheesy mom-speak). But for real…we had a great day! Last year I posted a belated Mother’s Day post where I had spent my day making Mabel’s 1st year growth photo. This year, I spent it focused…
This past weekend was spent fixing a few things up around the house. And Mabel made sure to oversee it all. She’s a little taskmaster… Nothing means business like a big hair-bow and some Toms shoes, lol! Honestly, I think she was puzzled as to why Grandpa and Daddy were messing with lights on the…
My short story for the day: You know that proud parenting moment when you see your little one brushing their teeth all by themselves? Well, I felt it! “What a big girl”, I thought! But then I realized I’d never seen that toothbrush before. And why did it have two ends? That’s when it hit…