Why?

Yesterday I put on a skirt and when Summer saw me she told me I was a princess. I felt special all day because of that simple comment. I guess you could say that I am in love with this little girl, I can't imagine life without her. I know most people must feel the same way about their children because having such a wonderful little person who looks sorta like you and acts kinda like you - a little person that you created and grew inside you - is simply amazing. I can't stop telling her how beautiful she is, I can't stop looking into her eyes and wondering how it was possible that she exist. I look at those plump little lips and wonder just how this could have happened, how did we make her to be so perfect in every single way? I never imagined having a little child would be so much fun and change my life in such a way that still, after two years, blows my mind. Sometimes while she is playing and thinking I watch her and wonder what she is going to be like, she is already so amazing and says some of the craziest things! We went to a consignment store on Monday and they had a big wooden giraffe, daddy lifted Summer up to see the eye a bit closer and she asked him her very first why question, "Why is its eye so big"? Who would have thought that I would be ready and looking forward to the whys! Daddy replied, so he can see far away and she was happy with that answer for now.

So Much Trouble

From the moment I started school I knew there was something about me that was special. I was not like the other kids, I needed to entertain and make people laugh. This ability came out of the blue and ended up getting me into lots of trouble. Making kids laugh during class while they were suppose to be doing work was not really what the teachers wanted. I couldn't help it if I finished all my work before everyone else, I was in a race after all, I had to be the first one done!

It was a normal day in Kindergarten, I had finished whatever it was we were all suppose to be doing and dropped my crayon box full of crayons on the floor, the teacher told me to have them all picked up before she got back with our milk ... while picking up the crayons a classmate said they had a crayon near their desk I needed to pick up, so I crawled over and picked it up, yet another classmate saw a crayon, off I crawled, and yet another, and another, and when the teacher walked back into the classroom with the milk crate I was somewhere on the floor crawling around, making the kids laugh. That was the first time I got paddled. I don't remember it hurting, and don't worry I think I only got paddled one other time, I don't remember why but I remember it hurt.

I have a point actually. Summer is going to be just like me, she is going to be the class clown and probably get paddled at school. In a way I am happy she is just like me but I hope she can control herself better than I. If she can resist the urge to race through her work and make people laugh at the inappropriate time she might have a chance. How do I know this? When Summer and Ana (her BFF) get together Summer likes to make Ana laugh. Summer will do something, not necessarily silly, but if Ana laughs, Summer will continue to do it.

First it was the dogs water, Summer splashed, Ana laughed, Summer proceeded to continually splash so Ana would laugh. Then it was the fire hats, Summer's hat fell off, Ana laughed, Summer purposely put the hat on and made it fall off so Ana would laugh. The latest was falling off the chair, Summer was getting off the chair and sorta fell, Ana laugh so Summer had to keep falling off her chair.

It is really cute to watch the girls play together, Sunday night I met up with Casey and Ana at USwirl, they have yummy frozen yogurt. It gave the girls time to play and time for Casey and I to chat. I suggested to Casey that we make it a nightly thing but we haven't committed just yet. I don't think Casey thought I was serious ha!





If you have ever seen the inside of a USwirl you noticed how bright and funky their furniture is, I figured it would be a neat place to take a few pictures. The green chairs are so fun, both girls enjoyed beating on the drums, err seats and bouncing around. Luckily the place had only a few people and neither of the girls seemed to be bothering anyone.

Labor Day Weekend

We have been so busy this weekend, Friday night we headed over Casey and Ana's house and spent a few hours hanging out while the girls played. We finished the night at Baskin Robbins mmmm it was so yummy. It was a full moon on Friday so I took the opportunity to take some cool moon photos - we had rain earlier so we had a few clouds and it made the moon look very scary and cool!


we started out Saturday morning with an early morning breakfast all the way across town with our friends Jessica, Chloe, JC and Bette Mae. After breakfast we headed across the street to the park and spent a good hour letting the kiddos play. This was the first time I took Summer out of the house without a diaper and I was a little scared but - we had 0 accidents. We went potty before we left the house, when we were done with breakfast and tried again before we left the park but she didn't have to go and made it all the way home dry. Summer napped for 2 hours and still stayed dry. I am amazed at how well she learned all this, who knew it would be so easy, but really, why am I surprised? After the nap we headed over the Springston house to go swimming! Summer has been ready to swim since the beach. Her and daddy jumped into the pool as soon as we arrived and spent over an hour splashing and playing, it was a great day, then we got out and ate hot dogs and hamburgers. I thought Summer was going to nap again after such an exciting day but she managed to stay up until bedtime. I didn't take any pictures while we were doing fun things, but I did snap a few in the yard.


On Sunday we headed out early and checked out the local swap meet and ended up buying a bag of roasted peanuts, a snow cone, chirrones (or something like that) and Summer gave $1 to the dancing street monkey and got a hand clap and a card. We went grocery shopping afterward so we can eat the rest of the week.

Right now I need to get off the computer, go make dinner or take pictures! I should take a few pictures, I am slacking ... and I do need to make dinner too, trying a Paula Dean Food Network recipe tonight, sweet sausage and I am adding some peppers for color, crispness and flavor. I guess we will eat it over rice, haven't thought that far yet, but I am sure it will be yummy, can't go wrong with three simple ingredients (I hope).

The ICE CREAM MAN!

Every once in a while a scary yellow looking truck with stickers plastered on the side and strange happy music playing makes its way down our street. To most people this would be a good thing but to me this is an annoyance because once you teach your child that this odd vehicle will stop at your house and will hand you a cold treat - they will come to expect it. So all summer long we have avoided this fact and just accepted the appearance of the ice cream truck as no more important or different than any other car or truck that goes down our street, that is until Wednesday night.

We all happened to be outside playing in the front yard when we first heard it. We all looked around wondering which direction the ice cream man would come from. Then we saw it next, and when I say it is a scary yellow truck - I mean it. What happened to the nice clean looking ice cream trucks from my childhood, or was that just my imagination and distortion from being a young child?


If you know anything about me you will know one thing - I do not carry cash. I rarely have change, so the idea of stopping the ice cream truck never crosses my mind. I am a debit card girl, and I really doubt they take debit cards. BUT Papa was outside, and if you know anything about Papa you know that all he ever has is cash, he does not have any plastic cards, so it was his decision to stop the scary yellow truck filled with horrid stickers and purchase ice cream.

Summer was of course interested in this music playing sticker infested yellow truck, she had no clue yet that ice cream was hiding somewhere inside, all she knew was that daddy and papa had approached this vehicle and something was about to happen.


Three popsicle things later and less than $4.00 spent, we were all happily sitting on the driveway with a cold fun messy treat. Papa got something with chocolate (I think - he ate it so fast), Summer got something with colors and daddy got something with gum and a lot of sourness. Summer actually ate some of all three because variety is so much fun.




It was a really nice evening doing something new and spending time together as a family. I would probably be happier if I didn't already know what is going to happen the next time Summer hears the music from the yellow ice cream truck going down our street. But if the end result is a happy baby with a little bit of ice cream in her belly (and probably some on her face) I just may have to start keeping some cash in my purse.

She's Mean!

Random update = Summer loves books and her new thing is to tell me that people are mean or nice based on their appearance in a book. Usually she is right on, oddly enough most villains look mean but it is SO funny how she says it, she scrunches up her nose when she says "mean" and makes this really mean face. We also had to put away a Sesame Street movie recently, it was too mature, Summer was getting upset because Elmo lost his blanket, she physically looked upset watching it so I told Papa to save it for a few years. Poor thing :o) Elmo eventually gets the blanket back but it is a long movie so not worth the pitiful look.

Random photo = Like most nights we have dinner and occasionally it can be messy. Last night we enjoyed a taco soup and afterwards we went outside to take pictures. I was so excited to take pictures that I didn't bother wiping the mess off Summer's face. Luckily Summer has a daddy who cares about her dignity and was willing to remove such mess.


Glasses = I am a member of a photo group on cafemom and we frequently have random photo contest (ironic isn't it?) and I had to take a photo of sunglasses, which is why Summer is wearing sun glasses in the photo above. Summer didn't keep those sunglasses on long enough to create anything spectacular so I had to think outside the box and inside a reflection. While I was busy ignoring Kris and Summer, they were playing in the yard with the hool-a-hoop. They weren't using the hool-a-hoop like you would except, you know circling around the waist, instead they were throwing it (whatever works) but I still got a cute picture of them playing in the yard in the sunglasses reflection.


Potty Training Update = We are still "trained" and down to one diaper at night, even tho last night she stayed dry (I think anyway, it felt dry but I didn't inspect it really good). Most naps are diaperless and she has been staying dry, which amazes me but really, should I be surprised? It still hasn't sunk it yet, I am not going to buy diapers anymore, and that is going to save me a lot of money, and I don't need to clip or carry diaper coupons either. Really?!? That is amazing!


I know you are out there looking at my blog but yet new name suggestions are not forthcoming, if you want you can send them to me in private and I promise not to tell anyone!

Friendly Visit

Ana came over last night, with her mom of course, and the girls played and played and played. I love to watch the two of them play together, they laugh and think each other is the funniest thing. They do so good sharing and taking turns and really enjoy each others company. In fact if it wasn't for silly little accidents, like when Summer bumped her head into Ana and hit her nose, and when Ana fell by the door, they would have had a perfect time.

Casey and Ana came over around dinnertime so we ordered pizza, pasta, wings and Pepsi from Pizza Hut. It was a fun Tuesday night hanging out with friends and eating yummy food. The girls started out playing upstairs, then they wanted to go downstairs and finally they needed to check out the back yard. By the time we went out back the temperature was nice and warm, but cool enough to sit and hang out. The girls played on the slide and in the sand box, well mostly Summer played in the sand box, I could see that Ana wasn't enjoying the messy sand as much as Summer, Ana is so girly!


I didn't get any good pictures because it was already too dark, I need to remember to play with the flash!

During this friendly visit Summer had 2 half potty accidents - half because she started to pee in her panties but stopped and finished in her potty. I think she was just so excited and it is still so new. She gets so upset when she has a potty accident but she will get the hang of it before long. When Ana left I think both girls were a little tired and they weren't in the best mood to hug and kiss yet later when I was giving Summer a bath she looked at me all sad and said "I didn't give Ana a hug" - it was SO sweet, poor baby, I told her it was ok and that she would see Ana again soon.

Help - Need a new Name

I was just reading through some other blogs and quickly realized that the name of this blog is rather boring. Can you help me find a new name, can you think of anything catchy? I am so picky ... but give it a shot - use the comment section and see what you can come up with. I am going to sleep on it.