And she’s sporting freshly painted nails and a new purse!
Year: 2015
Gargoyle Owen
Owen: Mom, come here and see what I am!
Me: A GARGOYLE! I LOVE IT!
The kids’ pumpkins!
We went the dollar store route this year—plastic face pieces!
Katie gives daddy a purse hat.
The victor!
She loves the dolphin!
Katie’s first at-bat…and T-ball practice!
We got to the field quite early, so we had plenty of time to use the field ourselves. We gave Katie her first try at batting and she did very well! She missed three right-handed attempts…and then got the first left-handed attempt! Maybe she’ll be like mama! (I also tried and hit 2 out of 3—left-handed of course!)
And then what I think all the kids think is the best part of every practice or game…snack time!
Geese up close!
Another nice day, another trip to the playground. But we also went down to the water today because she heard another kid talking about the pond and she wanted to go, too! 🙂
Throwing rocks and twigs in—a favorite activity.
And then as we were standing there, a bunch of Canadian geese flew in and landed in front of us!
Be sure to listen for this in the last section:
Mom, they’re so cute! Maybe I could be a mermaid and go in the water with them!
And then a few artsy pictures of the boats. 🙂
Kids in a car at the mall
Katie desperately wanted to ride in one of the cars at the mall. Since she was a good girl while we were shopping, we let her (them).
Of course, as soon as it started, she couldn’t have cared less. 🙂
Women’s clothes sizing drives me insane.
I’m trying to figure out what I’m wearing to the birthday ball this year. I figured since we haven’t gone in a few years and I’ll have lost almost 75#, I deserve a new dress.
So, let me recap today:
- I tried on a beautiful size 16 fancy dress at Nordstrom Rack. It almost fit. I couldn’t get it zipped but it was damn close. (I was kind of glad because it was $140…but I loved it and would probably have bought it if it had fit.)
- I tried on a size 18 bridesmaid dress at David’s Bridal. It was a hair loose (and not really my style).
- I tried a size 16 bridesmaid dress at David’s Bridal. It was too tight; I couldn’t even begin to get it zipped.
- I came home, tried on an old bridesmaid dress, size 22, which I wore in a wedding 12 years ago when I weighed 10# more than I do now (!) and can’t get it zipped across my back!
- I tried an old size 18 nice (fancy, but not ball fancy) dress and it’s loose.
- I tried two size 22 ball gowns (new with tags in my closet!) and they are both passable without alteration (though they’d be better with alterations).
GAH!!!! What the hell? The one that amazes me the most is the dress that I wore for the wedding 12 years ago. It was for my best friend Angi’s wedding and I had just lost 60#. The dress fit perfectly. So when I was thinking about ball gowns, it was in the back of my head that worst case, I’d just wear that one because it would obviously fit. Ha. WTF body? What’s going on?
If you need me I’ll be on the couch.
There’s nothing like tripping on nothing? a small rock? in your driveway, falling and scraping both feet, smashing a knee, and scraping and smacking your wrist to make you appreciate how good you HAD been feeling.
Within 10 minutes my back was hurting along with everything else and I had to take some painkillers.
I knew I should have left the garbage and recycling bins for Tom to bring in. 🙂
Dolphin Riding, Day 2
Back to the park again since it was so much fun yesterday!
And I love the look on her face. She loves the curvy slide but it’s obviously a bit crazy on the way down. 🙂
The stare down
I didn’t get the best picture, but these two were having a stare down at lunch.
My shoe fiend.
I was in the shoe aisle just checking if there might be any clearance shoes for her when I turned around to see this. She had already taken her shoes off, grabbed some shoes, and was trying them on!
It was so cute—and the shoes she picked were really cute!—but they were too expensive.
Ballerina at the bus stop
Dolphin Riding
Once she learned how to climb up on her own…
Swimmers!
Katie’s new hat
I don’t think she could get any closer.
Happy eating waffles
I decided it was time.
We had the A/C on earlier this week, but with the Hurricane Joaquin cold and rainy weather coming through…
And then this happened.
It’s time to freeze the pesto!
I’m finally getting around to harvesting my basil to make pesto for the winter. I picked less than half…so I’ll get to do this again!
Puddle stomping at the bus stop
Katie: Mom, can I stick my tongue out to catch rain?
Me: Sure.
Katie sticks her tongue out: I GOT TWO!
Throwback Thursday—in Owen’s clothes!
Apple-sliced sangria almost as big as my head!
Otherwise known as my birthday drink. 🙂
Backseat dance party
Potty training update!
It’s been mostly good… She’s always dry in the morning and pees first thing (she even takes off her own diaper to do so). She very good about getting to the potty at home or asking when we’re out (though we haven’t been out that much). She did have a few issues with poop—it seems if we’re at home it’s better than if we’re out (which means we’ve had poopy undies twice). And today she pooped in the potty all by herself (without me prompting her) so this was her reward:
And then justlikethat she peed on the leather chair! After she had just sat down (so it’s not like she was engrossed in anything). What?! So that was her first pee accident since the first day. Frustrating.
But overall she’s doing very well.
Katie’s learning to swim!
Her first attempt had wild kicking that got parents on the sidelines wet. 🙂 Her second attempt, here, is calmer…but we have a long ways to go.
I hope it’s worth the money. 🙂
Two princesses
We went to a friend’s house today for a few hours. Katie loved the dress up princess dresses.
Rapunzel
Elsa
To the bus stop!
This outfit was too tight for him at the end of last year. It’s perfect now!
