37 inches & the Renaissance Festival

Every 3 months I measure Summer to see how much she has grown. Tomorrow is the official 3 month but I couldn't wait so I measured her today. I use the door frame in her room by the closet as my chart and mark it on the frame. From 3 months ago Summer has grown 2 inches, for a grand total of 37 inches tall, that is 3 feet and 1 inch! I can't believe how fast she is growing but I guess that is what little ones do, they grow!

Yesterday Kris and I took Summer to the Renaissance Festival at Sunset Park. We had never been but wanted to check it out. It was hot, we should have brought the stroller but we still had fun walking around looking at all the people dressed up in costumes. I was tempted to buy Summer fairy wings, a skirt, and a bracelet for $35 but really, why do I need those things? I did end up buying her a leather hair thing that easily allows me to put her hair back in what looks like a cute french braid. I will have to fix it and take pictures later.

There were a ton of people at the festival, most were neat and happy looking but this one set really scared Summer, when they walked by she tried to hide between and under Kris's legs. We saw them later and asked Summer to go stand by them and take a picture. I have no clue why my child allowed herself to stand near people she was obviously terrified of but I think it was because they told her to come here haha and then they told her to wave, to which she did. Later she saw them again and said "their not mean" so I guess she got over her fear. It was really cute.



And since it is Monday again I need to think of some things to tell on myself, why not, it makes the blog interesting. Oh well I can't think of anything though .. figures.

Little Pastry Chef

On Tuesday Casey and I took the girls to a bakery so they could decorate their own cupcake and cookies. I wasn't exactly sure if they were ready, mentally and physically, but as it happens most of the time, I was wrong and the girls had a blast. We started with the cupcake, a bowl of white frosting and a mixing utensil. I was surprised Summer even had the coordination to dip the utensil into the frosting and spread it on the cupcake, but she did just fine. I could tell she wanted to eat it and it didn't take long for her hands to find her mouth!


After the frosting was mostly spread on the cupcake the girls were given some sprinkles to decorate.


After the sprinkles were eaten, I mean applied to the cupcake we moved to the cookie and added in some colored frosting in a bag, pink and purple. I was again surprised to see the girls squeeze the frosting bags and apply the frosting on their cookies.

The frosted cookies looked amazing (not really to us adults but I guess it did to the girls) and the temptation to eat the cookies and the frosting was just too much.





We didn't mind, messes make the pictures so much more interesting, and the girls enjoyed every single second.




We will be back again soon.

Shopping for warm clothes

It is sad to change clothes from summer to winter because it means Summer will never wear the clothes again. Once spring returns to our area she will probably not fit in those clothes, so while I am packing them up I realize it will be the last time we will ever use them (and probably see them). We had a brief cold spell and since we are going on a trip in 6 days I needed to buy some pants and long sleeve shirts. We are headed to Pennsylvania and I have a feeling the weather will be much cooler than it is in Las Vegas. At least I found some cute little pant and shirt sets and for a very reasonable price. Of course as soon as I buy new clothes it warms back up. That's ok, I am ready.

I got this outfit the other day, it is a 3T and so cute and purple.


Look at her hair too, I put it back in pigtails and she was so darling. We took advantage of the warmer weather and headed to the park. We have to enjoy the weather while we still can.

Bad Mommy: I didn't wash that outfit before she wore it, I was so excited to get it on her that I just tore the tags off and off she went. I hate to admit that wasn't the first time we have worn an outfit before washing, nor the second or third.

She was happy regardless, she is such a happy little thing.

Summer & Ana

Summer and Ana ... BFF forever. These girls love each other. They play together so nice. I love that Summer has a little friend of her very own, someone she can make laugh, run with, hold hands and sing ring around the rosie, and fall down with. I love to watch them communicate, they get it, we may not quite understand. They are funny together, two different people yet they are still our babies. Quite amazing really.




I have learned one important thing about the two of them and it was a hard lesson to grasp, I am never going to get a perfect picture with the two of them. One will look, one will not, one will be still, one will move, it will never work but I will never stop trying.

Monday so soon?

How did it become Monday so soon? It seems like it was just the weekend then BAM it is Monday again. Monday use to be significant but now it is just another day like every other day. Well, we do have dance class on Monday's and THAT is different but otherwise it is just another day. I am rambling ... so let me tell on myself, since it IS Monday.

I didn't put a helmet on Summer's head even tho it was way to small just to see her cute squished face, I would never do that.



She sure is cute, even with her face squished into a helmet!

And what about our make-up fiasco, Kris said I should put make-up on Summer and take pictures but I know better, I would never put mascara and blush and lipstick on my child, she is only 2 !



She didn't need it because she is already so beautiful, look at those eyes, but it was fun putting on and she had fun letting me put it on.

I also didn't tell Summer that the fish we had for dinner was shrimp so she would eat it, nope. And I didn't drink too much champagne tonight to celebrate someone else's birthday, I wouldn't do that :o)

Stop for just a minute!

Stop for just a minute and think about how blessed life is, your life, my life, others ... life is wonderful, even when things aren't always as you think they should be. Take a moment to think about how blessed you are and how wonderful life is. I already said that didn't I?

Anyway life is great, even tho I don't have a job and Kris and I are trying not to drive each other crazy, so far so good! I am starting to learn how to be a stay at home (impatient always on the go) mom and I think I might like it eventually. Of course I am still looking for that perfect job but if I don't find it then I might find I already have it.

Summer has been wonderful and it seems she grows closer to me more every single day, if that is even possible. I love taking her everywhere I go to show her new things and she gets it. She is amazing, as is life.

So stop for just a moment, take a deep breath, let it out, and if you have roses, or a rose petal, you can smell it too!

Easy as flying a kite

Have you heard the saying before - "as easy as flying a kite?" I am not really sure if that IS a saying but seems I have heard it and I can say with confidence that flying a kite is not really that easy, I mean sure my 2 year old can do it but the wind is so unpredictable!

As happens every year we experienced a temperature drop on Wednesday, just a 20 degree one, enough to make me get out my sweat pants. The cool air also brought some wind with it and it was just warm enough to go outside (ok maybe it wasn't THAT cold) - so we decided we would set loose a kite on the front lawn.


Summer wanted to do it between not wanting to do it when the bird kept swooping down at the ground and wanting to do it when daddy was doing it, and she did it just fine, fine when the bird stayed up for almost a minute, which wasn't very often stupid wind. But she still had fun and I had to take pictures so you would believe me.


Not that you wouldn't believe me, probably just another excuse I can use to take more pictures.

Anyway she looked like a pro, wind and all.



We all had fun, the end.