A Potty & A Party

Well we've had quite an exciting week around here this week. We've been gearing up for Lo's third birthday party and had an unexpected surprise from the Potty Training Fairy. Yes that's right! Just in time for her 3rd birthday he showed up!

The other morning Lo woke me up as usual and told me she had to go potty. I was like OK, I jumped out of bed and ran her to the bathroom to find she just went in her pull up. She just missed it. First time she's told me that. Anyways we are getting dressed and she tells me she doesn't want a pull up or a diaper but wants to run around in her birthday suit, her original birthday suit. Butt naked! I told her she would have to use the potty (we put it in the living room) if she was naked and she said OK. I was a bit leery at first thinking of all the wet puddles I'd be stepping in all day unexpectedly but she surprised me. I being the multi-tasker that I am was downstairs in the studio wiring a painting when all of a sudden I heard from upstairs the wonderful music coming from her potty chair!! I ran up and she was jumping up and down saying "I did it Mommy!!!" I have never been more proud to see a cute little bucket with pee in it! She amazed me!! She didn't have any accidents the rest of the day and used the potty on her own without any assistance from me. She even knew to wipe, thanks to her older friends Audrie and Victoria my girlfriend's daughters who both live in different states! LOL Figure that one out! The next big hurdle was #2, I thought this would be bad, I was once again surprised. She told me to get out of the bathroom (by this time she had upgraded to the big potty) so I did and closed the door. I hear her in there talking to herself saying she could do it (so cute!) . PLOP! Little feet running out the door, "Mommy I did it!!" We did a celebration dance and she got the lollipop that was promised to her!! We're officially done with diapers and are now in pull ups, we'll try underwear next week! I'm soo proud of my girl!!!! I guess when you're ready, you're ready. She initiated the whole thing! Just in time for her third birthday too!

Monday is her 3rd birthday. WOW how the time flies!! Today we had her birthday party with family and her little buddies. She was soooo excited to be able to party with them! We had her dressed in her new duds and she looks so big now. Can't believe it. She helped us blow up the balloons with the party in the box deal with a disposable helium tank, so much fun and cheaper than going to the party store! She had her Yo Gabba Gabba themed party as planned and it was great! Here are some photos from the day. Enjoy! We'll be taking her out to dinner for her birthday where they sing you a birthday song. She'll love that!!!

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Hi there!

Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas season. I did but I'm glad it's over. I'm ready for Spring! LOL too bad I have to wait awhile, especially up here in the tundra!

Well Lo and I haven't had many adventures lately. We've been trying to get back into routines and also attempted potty training. That still scares me! Gotta try again. Her third birthday is in 2 weeks! YIKES! We're gearing up for her party now. She wants a "Yo Gabba Gabba" themed party. Jason hates the show he thinks it's too trippy but I think it's creative and she loves it. She'll be helping me make favor bags and other things for the party. I'll be sure to post and take photos when we start the prep work.


This morning's adventure was to take off all the Christmas ornaments on the tree so Daddy could put the tree out for garbage pick up tomorrow. We did that and I have little stab marks to prove it. We won't be getting another Blue Spruce for that reason, the horrible needles!! After that she requested tea time with her buddy Buzz Lightyear er... "Mrs. Nesbit" and of course me. We had a little tea party at her tiny little Dora table. I think this will be a daily occurrence while it's in the teens outside. I started feeling sick today, got a little dizzy and really needed her to nap. Did she? No of course not, not the day I needed it. She did make me laugh though when I saw her come down in just a skirt and carrying a dress on a hanger wanting me to put it on her. She then got into my purse and put on 3 different types of lip gloss. Here's the proof. LOL Kids!!!

Our 3 mugs.

"Cheers!"

Buzz or "Mrs. Nesbit"

Look at those lips! See my purse in the background?

We're very excited about the end of the week because some of our best friends are visiting from Cape Cod!! I haven't seen them since the Spring and J for over a year. Lorelei will have 2 playmates for the weekend!! Audrie and Adrian!! We're super happy! Can't wait to kick back and just hang out and play cards with them. Good friends are hard to come by!! Keep the ones you have close! I'm sure I'll take a ton of photos! Till then! Have a great week if I don't blog again!

Lo & Mama

Tsatziki & A Rocking Chair

So I've missed a few days on here and I've missed blogging. The last few days have been pretty busy with babysitting, shopping and a surprise birthday party for a friend. Can't say we've had many adventures over the last few days but I'm noticing more and more how much Lo needs us. She's been wanting to do lots of things together with J and I and it's so cute. We ask her what she wants to do and who she wants to do it with and her response is always, "Daddy, Mama & LOLO!" she always exclaims her name at the end. We're a threesome and she knows it!

Lo with her sweet cousins Caden & Corlin

(gotta get rid of that binkie!)

We don't get much adult time and get to go out much but I was very appreciative to my brother and his wife for watching Lorelei. She had quality cousin time last night with her cousin Corlin. They had a blast together. We went to a surprise 50th birthday party for a friend and it was nice to get out for a bit. So we're there enjoying the band, enjoying the food and quality conversation but almost every conversation either started or ended with Lo. Many people remembered her broken leg and were asking how she was doing. I'm amazed at how many people remember our little star. We went to our favorite Greek restaurant tonight and that is where Lorelei took her first steps after her cast was off, it's her favorite too. Anyways I forgot we had the same server tonight until she mentioned how well our girl was doing. She's quite dynamic our little one! Lorelei has been asking for Tsatziki so we took her out for Greek food, our family favorite and we have a great restaurant in town! In Lo's words, "UMMM I LOVE Tsatziki!"

Still haven't painted her rocking chair yet! Hoping to do that tomorrow. Here's a photo of her when I first bought it. Look how small she looks!!

Anyways hope you're all having a wonderful weekend! Will post more adventures during the week. Told ya not much has been going on! :)

Lo & Mama

A little off but still great!

I woke up this morning with a start. Not sure why I woke up so fast and jumped out of bed but when I did I realized it was 10:30 am and I hadn't heard a peep from Lo. I went downstairs and noticed that my hubby was on the couch and then I was really confused. Normally he's at work by 7:30. I thought I lost a few days and we were already on Saturday or something. Five minutes later I heard little hands trying to open her door, Lo was up! Jason was home sick with his eye, he has a blocked tear duct at the moment and was in pain. Poor guy. Anyhow I knew that the day would be somewhat off with him home. I'm pretty much chopped liver when Daddy is home. She is a Daddy's girl! BIG TIME!

We ate brunch since it was so late in the day and J and Lo had some quality time together. We woke up to a ton of snow outside which looked gorgeous! Lorelei was soooooo very excited about that and wanted to go play in it. She went sledding down our hill in the back with J for a little bit and came inside when she couldn't feel her fingers. She had mittens on but I can't find the nice, waterproof and extra comfy, warm ones for toddlers. She loved it and was braver than ever going down on her belly at times all by herself. Sledding by herself which she didn't even want to try last year. I took a video and it's here if you'd like to see. So cute! After that I colored my hair!

I promised her we'd make a gingerbread house today and we did. The hardest part was getting her to stop licking the "glue" icing and eating the candy. It's not the best gingerbread house but it is cute and was made with love. Here are some photos.

After that and while I was cooking dinner, Lo and Daddy went back outside and made a little snowman in the back. They came to the door asking for a carrot and something for his eyes. He wasn't a traditional snowman so I gave them black olives for his eyes! LOL He's kind of funky looking so they named him Shrek! LOL So now that she has Shrek outside tomorrow's promise was to watch Shrek with Mama since it's one of my faves. She wanted to tonight but it was too late.

All in all a good day, she was tired, I think from all the snow stuff but she managed to stay crank free most of the day!

Tomorrow's agenda, besides Shrek is to paint her little rocking chair together. :)

Lo & Mama

Day one of a new start!

Well my theory of Lorelei being bratty, defiant and horrible because of all my time on the computer was right on the money. Today every time she asked me to play or do something I didn't make an excuse or make her wait a little bit before responding and it paid off in lots of giggles, laughs, hugs and kisses. We had a great day!!

We wrapped presents together, she was my "bow girl" and stuck one on each present for me. We played "Beach" first thing this morning. Daddy brought her beach toys in when he cleaned out the garage the other day. We were making sand castles, playing drums on her buckets, jumping into the water which was my dining room and getting out when it was cold. Lots of giggling from both of us ensued. You can tell she was thrilled to have Mama play these new games with her. We browsed Flickr and searched for the perfect ginger bread house and found it (see above)! I promised her we'd make our own tomorrow! I bought a kit tonight and she's thrilled! The weather is supposed to be nasty but we'll be all set!

Another new thing I did today was tell her about the "Toy Monster". Our neighbor gave us this idea and it really worked!! I told her that she needed to pick up all of her toys because if she didn't the "Toy Monster" would come and take them and think they were his. She jumped right up and picked up everything in site!! LOL She then asked questions as to what he would take. I've never seen her clean up her stuff so fast. LOL She got worried about the vacuum or something and I said he was only interested in her toys. The other part to this is that if she refuses to pick them up, leave them there and put them away (when she's in bed because he only grabs toys at night) and give them a mini holiday from her playing with it. Bring it out a few months later and it will be like a new toy and a nice surprise!

She hasn't been napping since she broke her femur this Summer and got out of the habit so I'm trying to enforce quiet time. Today she complied and watched a movie in our bed while I compiled our grocery list. Setting boundaries is key and she needs them. All in all it was a fabulous day with no attitudes which confirms that I made the right choice last night. That makes me proud!

Thank you all for your wonderful comments and supportive words, they really mean a lot and I've taken everything to heart that has been said.

Lo & Mama