First Day of School and Work

Today is Little Bit's first day of preschool! She'll be going two mornings a week and those same mornings I am going to be teaching. It's been 6 years since I've taught and that was high school science. I am teaching two years olds this time around. I'm very excited to be back in a classroom! Little Bit is very excited to have her own lunch box.

LATE! Birthday Pictures

For each birthday we have the girls pose in my wedding dress. It's our traditional birthday picture and my wedding dress gets used three times a year! Bonus! These two had birthdays in June and July so we aren't really THAT far behind :)

Mimi turns 5.
Little Bit turns 2.

Hippo and Turtle Cake :)

Little Bit turned TWO!

I was going to make a giant hot dog with a turtle sitting on top but sometime this summer she stopped loving hot dogs. Instead, she fell in love with a stuffed Hippo named Tallulah.

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Wordless Wednesday - Beach!

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Wordless Wednesday - Channeling Cindy Lou Hoo

I couldn't help it....her hair is getting long enough for these teeny tiny pigtails.

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Kids in the Kitchen - Little Bit

I've been making a lot of cakes lately and end up baking a good deal of our mornings. Little Bit is a mess maker so I've had to store our learning tower in the hallway, otherwise we couldn't leave anything unguarded on any surface. When she hears the mixer going she uses all her strength to drag the tower into the kitchen and watches me bake. So cute.

We know she can drag the tower around but it's loud enough that we have warning that she is about to get into something.
Dragging. Climbing.

Much better view.

Can you see her little "wow" face?

Priceless.

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Wordless Wednesday - Static

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Thousand Word Thursday - I Want to Clean

To clarify, I never want to clean.....but Little Bit really wants to clean. Good luck with getting that to stick! While I am on the phone she sees the opportunity to grab the spray bottle and rag (and taunts me a bit).....

and runs out the door.

I find her at her Little People table pretending to clean. She must have watched me (and is obviously a very quick learner because she doesn't see me do this often).

Getting her cleaning groove on.

And a bad hair day.

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Wordless Wednesday - I Used the Potty

Let me clarify, I always use the potty.....but out of nowhere, Little Bit used the potty for the first time (she really wanted on the big potty so luckily this little one was just under the bathroom sink). We couldn't get her out of the bathroom after that. She just wanted to keep sitting. SO different than the other two!

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Wordless Wednesday - Go Vikings!

Hooray for a first round bye!

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Wordless/Wordful Wednesday - Nap

This is the child that does not nap, so when I came in to find this, I was overjoyed. I guess that board book was a real snoozer!

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This Can't Be A Wordless Wednesday - Frog Tales

Little Bit LOVES frogs. We have a family of them inside the eves by the front door and a few that camp out on the lights by the back door. When we are lucky, one is on the sliding glass door and we get to see the frog's belly and cool suction cup toes. Little Bit gets so excited and shrieks "Fffffrr! Ffffffrr!"! She'll get around to the "og" soon enough.


This morning I was holding her on my hip while trying to put a note in the door warning the technician that I would be right back (don't you hate the 9 to noon window they give you?), when this frog jumped directly onto Little Bit's forehead. Picture me screaming, jumping up and down, trying to get this big frog to release his grasp on this little head. The frog jumps to the door frame. I feel like an idiot. Little Bit has had the ride of her life and cannot get enough of the frog that was once on her head.


If you ask her "where was the frog"? She'll put her hands on her knoggin and giggle with glee. Do you know how many times we sang the Laurie Burkner tune "Little Bit has a frog on her head....and she keeps it there all day"? Can't get it out of your head now. Good. Now I'm not alone :)

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When Things Turn Quiet

You know when you are doing a task and time gets away from you? That happened to me today. When I snapped out of it I had an eerie feeling. The house was too quiet. Upon further investigation I found a wet little girl.....who found a new place for water play. Great.

Wordless Wednesday - Three Beauties

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Wordless Wednesday - Little Bit Birthday

Our traditional birthday picture in Mommy's wedding dress (this means that it gets used three times every year!)

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Thousand Word - Beach Fun

We spent the week at the beach; one more last hurrah before school starts up. We had a wonderful time. Hope you get some R&R before your year starts.

Despite having watched "Shark Week" the previous week, Bigs was not afraid to play in the water. She loves getting beat up by the waves and throwing jelly fish back into the water (yes, real jelly fish, no they were not poisonous).

Mimi enjoying the sand and water. She has a fantastic imagination and can play for hours.

Can you believe I forgot to bring Little Bit's bathing suits to the beach?? Luckily, Mimi had one that was slightly too small for her....but still a bit big on Little Bit. She had the most wonderful time digging in the sand and chasing sea birds.

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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - Lizard Watching

She loves the water but we can't keep her in the pool for long. She wants to explore. I wish I could capture the excitement she has when first spotting a lizard (picture a lot of bouncing, screaming, and finger pointing). Then she just squats and observes.

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Happy 1st Birthday Little Bit!!

Wordless Wednesday -

Pants on the head.....tons of fun!

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