Snowy days.....

We have had a lot of snow lately so I have been looking for new inside activities while Milan and I are at home. Today she found her own fun playing in the tupperware cabinet and was occupied for at least an hour.....putting lids on tupperware, filling her containers with fish, etc. Why didn't I think of that?

Family Time

Dave has been working at his new job for almost two months and so far so good. We thought it would be a short term sacrifice to meet our goals and it really hasn't been too bad. Most recently, he worked seven really long days, but he just had four days off and we had a great time hanging out as a family! Milan was able to coerce her dad outside a couple of times in the blizzard-like conditions, but we mostly hung out in our jammies, relaxed, and played with friends.

Dave took a lot of pictures, but I am trying to learn all the different settings on my camera so a lot of them didn't turn out...

Milan was a big "help" in the kitchen. Here she is stirring the chili (aka getting chili on the big spoon and accidentally flicking it everywhere.)

We made crepes for lunch and Milan wanted to help so she got her very own bowl with some of the ingredients.....she gave up on the mixing and started eating flour. What a wierdo!

A naptime story

Once there was a little girl who refused to take naps....she would undress herself, jump up and down in her crib, take off the bedding and throw it onto the floor, etc. After 2 hours, her mom would let her out of her crib. The little girl was very tired (and sometimes grumpy) for the rest of the day. Sometimes she would just rest her head here and there.
Sometimes it was more obvious.


Then a wonderful thing happened, the little girl decided that if she was going to be in the crib for 2 hours she might as well take a nap. The little girl was very happy all day long (even though she has bedhead in these pictures).


Plus, the little girl was able to stay up until 9:30 so that she could see her daddy after work. The little girl and her family lived happily every after!



*I'm sure I'm jinxing myself by telling this story, but Milan has been taking naps for 2 weeks and it has been bliss!*

Activity Days

On every other Tuesday of every other month I host activity days at my house. It's fun and usually pretty crazy with 8-11 year old girls that like to sing Taylor Swift songs, make-up cheerleading routines, play with Milan's toys and just be really loud. This week we finished a little early and the girls let Milan be the leader and they chased her around the house. Milan absolutely loved playing with the big girls and was laughing the whole time!

While I was in the shower.....

During my shower, I poked my head out to check on Milan and she had learned to climb into the second drawer of the vanity! Now, nothing is safe. While I was watching her, she used q-tips to "remove her eye make-up", hung hair ties on her pigtails, and put my watch on and said "cute." She is growing up so dang fast!

She started jumping in the drawer and I said, "no, no, no" and she replied, "yes, yes, yes." What a little punk! I will have to talk to Dave about that one.....I'm sure she did not learn backtalk from me :)

First Time

Today was almost 40 degrees and not too windy so I decided to take advantage of the weather and try out my new camera. I took Milan and a full bag of milk chocolate chips to downtown Rock Springs and snapped a couple of pictures. Milan was tolerant for about 15 minutes so I think I will try to go out for a couple of minutes every morning that it's decent. That's the great thing about digital.....I can practice without spending money developing a bunch of pictures.


As a side note, Milan got a hold of Dave's face shaver tonight and tried to use the rotating blades on her hair. It got caught. Milan was shocked and sad. As I tried to rush a hysterical Milan to the kitchen so I could cut out the blades, she yanked on it as hard as possible and pulled out a pretty good chunk of hair. One side of her head has some pretty short pieces and she kept pointing to her head and saying "ouch." She's a pretty happy camper now and I think we can use hair product to disguise the short pieces for a little while. I'll post a picture soon :)

*Before you think we are terrible parents, Dave was in the shower and she can climb in the bathroom drawers and pretty much reach everything.....I am going to install a vanity on the wall above the toilet and hopefully prevent future bathroom mishaps.

It's been a while......

So, I haven't blogged for a while, but I have been taking cute pictures of a certain little girl :). Here they are in no particular order....

Milan playing in bubble wrap from my new camera. Dave bought me a sweet new camera (Nikon D-60)....I am working on learning the features so I can hopefully take some awesome pictures.

Milan's babies are now protected from leaks. She is a little obsessed with diapers....she loves to diaper her babies and my personal favorite is that she likes to remove her clothes and diaper while she is in the crib. Last night, I went to check on her before I went to bed and of course she was sleeping naked in her crib. You might think this would mean she was ready for potty training, but nope. What a nut!

Playing with stickers.

The finished product. Dave is such a good sport!!

Seasoning her fake food....what a great little cook!

We took a family drive last weekend (Dave loves to go for drives and since we love to hang out with dad, we go with him.) We took a break and let Milan "drive" and mostly play with all the buttons/knobs in the truck.
Milan and dad!

Milan and mom (kinda)!

Family shot.....Milan wouldn't cooperate with the smiley pictures so this was our solution :)