St. Patty's Day

In Washington, DC

Our only family shot of the day. 

{CHEESE!}

Ham Samich...yum!

I {LOVE} this one!

Air and Space Museum

Abby enjoying herself.

Carousel Ride

Of course, she wanted to go again 

(even though she didn't really enjoy the first ride)

Sarah: "Look, LOOK!!! A rocket ship!"

Bright sunny day!

Hitching a ride. 

PS - I made the matching shirts the girls are sporting

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Finally!

I found my coveted fabric and finally made a car seat tent. 

AND a matching blanket!

I love, Love, LOVE this fabric. 

I am sure that in 20 years I am going to wonder, "what I was thinking?" 

But for now, I'll LOVE it!

Abby loves it too!

Close your *Eye

and go to sleep.

Good Night Mike. 

Sleep good. 

*Sarah is beginning to understand singular vs. plural better

We're following the leader, where ever she may go.

So in my church nursery we try to take a reverence walk to let the kids get a bit of a scenery change before music time and a lesson. The first week we tried it I only had some rope... which didn't work because the kids couldn't figure out why they needed to hold on to the rope, or where on the rope. I saw these follow the leader, line keeper ropes on the Oriental Trading Companies website that were adorable. 

                                           I LOVE the jungle animals one. 

Only they were $16.99 (+ shipping) for one 12 ring rope (and I would need AT LEAST two!).

Not really budget friendly.

So I decided (at 10:30pm the night before) to make my own. 

Not as cute as the little jungle animals, but at least the kids won't fight about who gets to hold the elephant or whatever. 

Through the wonderful freecycle I got quite the little stash of fabric, and in it was this retro knit fabric. I actually like it, and you may see a matching pair of jammies for the girls in the future. 

I had the blue gingham ties left from my baby baskets that I redid (HERE its at the bottom of the post). 

I only made 18, because I knew that was a safe number for Sunday, but I'll make more as needed. 

It was a simple project and worked out great!

I spoke too soon...

Remember how back in November I was so happy about Sarah's potty training success?

See here, Here, and oh yeah HERE!!!

Well, it didn't stick... nope, we visited Utah and Sarah absolutely refused to go on the potty, it was partially my part for putting her in a diaper for the plane ride (she had an upset stomach and I wasn't about to deal with that on an airplane). And, I bought a crummy collapsible potty chair... should have know it was too good to work! 

So, I let is slide while we were visiting. We were after all on vacation. I figured we would just jump back into the groove when we got back... WRONG! I have one stubborn little chica. 

Frustrated and exhausted I just decided it would happen when it happens. Then I got an e-mail that had a link to potty training blurbs on some blogs. It talked about a lot of simple things to do to encourage potty training and I tried them ALL!!! Nothing. 

So I bought a cute little book about it.

The Princess and the Potty... but still no progress. 

So, I kept reading blogs and another mommy recommended Potty Power... silly as it sounds, I was desperate, and Sarah loves her shows. 

This silly little show with its over animated host and get-stuck-in-your-head songs is magic. 

The first day she watched it she pulled out her potty seat 

(which she had been using as a step stool to reach our mantle and hang off the edge) 

and sat on it ALL BY HERSELF!! I was amazed. 

The next couple of days she would just sit on the potty while watching the show. 

NOW...

She's in BIG GIRL PANTIES! (again)

We have had 3-4 accidents in the past week and a half and three mornings where she woke up dry. I am super excited. She even stayed accident free while we were out running errands (which I was way nervous to do). 

I am so proud of my BIG KID!!! 

Brown or Blue?

I see you!

Oh, I love these chocolate, melt your heart, brown eyes! 

And these baby blues just light up my life, especially when they are complimented with a smile like this.