Adventures in La La Land

I feel like I have a lot to write about today! Be forewarned, this is going to be long. 1. Let's start with Lucy's new words of the week: owie, bowl, and duck (it sounds identical to "dog") 2. Here's a mom of the year story. I buy deli turkey every week when we go grocery shopping. We always have to wait forever at the deli counter, so I try to entertain Lucy. I inevitably end up saying, "We're getting some turkey. What does the turkey say?" And then we gobble together. Well this week, I was eating a turkey sandwich and she really wanted it. I broke off a piece of bread to give her, but she shook her head and said, "Gobble gobble gobble!" Lol. She thinks turkey meat  is called "gobble gobble gobble." Oops! 3. Last Saturday, Justin and I went to Olive Garden with my long lost friend Carissa. We were best friends in high school, and roommates our first year of college, but we don't see each other very much anymore. Anyway,...

1. Lucy watches her Dora movie every time we're in the van, and in the past couple of weeks, she's actually started to respond to Dora's inane questions. It's so cute. Dora will say "Is this the sticky tape?" And Lucy will respond "Mo." (That means "no.") Dora will keep asking until they finally get to the sticky tape and then Lucy says "Yeah!" And when Backpack says "Yum yum yum. Delicioso!" Lucy says "yum yum yum" too. Haha. As I'm writing this, I'm realizing you probably have to have some knowledge of Dora to understand this at all. 2. Her new words of the week are: star and Grover. She doesn't say either particularly clearly, but I know what she means. Justin and I decided that she inherited our laziness because she only says the first part of words. Dog is "do," star is "sta," off is "o," and so on. 3. Enough about her. Let's talk about me. :-) I worked at ...

Lyla, Lucy and I made this cute craft today: I got it from Family Fun magazine, but don't have time to search for the link right now. Here's what you need: - A plain t-shirt in a Valentine-y color - A couple heart-shaped paper doilies - A glue stick - White fabric paint - Thin foam paint brushes (not sure that's totally necessary, but it's what the magazine recommended and I found them right by the fabric paint at Michael's so picked them up) - Old newspaper Directions 1. Lay the t-shirt out flat and stick some newspaper inside it in case the paint bleeds. 2. Lightly glue the doily onto the shirt. 3. Paint over the holes on the doily (like a stencil). 4. Peel the doily off the shirt and let the paint dry. Voila: I love this picture. Haha. I told Lucy to stand next to Lyla, and she walked right up and grabbed her hand. So sweet. Excuse her mouthful of goldfish! Lol.

1. This week was crazy for me. I worked at my nanny job Monday, Tuesday, and half day Wednesday. The kids had pink eye on Tuesday, so they didn't go to school. We went to story time on Wednesday. There were at least 30 kids under the age of 3 in there - plus all their parents! It was madness. Wednesday I was supposed to have my follow up doctor's appt. The nurse called me 3 times to cancel, reschedule, then cancel again. Every time, I called my babysitters to change the plans for Lucy, then had to call them back. For some reason, I just felt like it was a stressful crazy week. So by the time Thursday rolled around, I was really looking forward to working in the nice, quiet church office. 2. I had probably only been at church for an hour or so when I got this phone call: A guy called in and said, "I just want to let you know that I was driving by your church on Sunday and someone pulling out of your parking lot flipped me off. If that is the kind of stuff you're tea...

1. Lucy went on a nap strike this week. Monday she cried on and off in her crib for an hour and a half. Tuesday she cried for a while, then did sleep, but only for an hour. Wednesday we were at work, and she played in the pack n play - talking and singing for 2 hours! She finally took some good naps Thursday and Friday. Hopefully that means we're back to normal. I'm not a fan of no-nap days!! 2. So my new pay rate went into effect this week. It's pretty depressing. Let me just say, it's a good thing I just read that book about the Holy Spirit, because we are really going to be relying on Him from now on! Actually, we already saw Him working this week. On Tuesday I babysat for a friend for a couple hours. I told her not to pay me, but of course she gave me a $10 Meijer gift card (and a 24 pack of Dr. Pepper!). Later that day, we got a big envelope in the mail from the Nielsen's. We just did their survey a couple months ago, but apparently, we were selected to do ...