Pics of the Birthday Girl

Here are pictures of the little lady from her special day. I showed her the birthday cake when she woke up this morning and the first thing she said was "2!" (There was a two on the cake). Then she helped me make chocolate chip pancakes. While I cooked the pancakes she kept swiping chocolate chips off the counter and on one of her trips, as she walked away she said, "Thank you Mama!". How sweet is that??

I sang Happy Birthday to her and she blew out her candle. I would randomly catch her singing Happy Birthday to herself the rest of the day. The rest of the day was pretty so-so but it was a bit hot. We've yet to turn our air on this year which is fantastic, but it's getting harder each day to keep from flipping the switch.

When Demand got up from her nap I let her have a popsicle as a snack while she watched "Tommy!!!!!" (Thomas the Train). Dinner was just left overs made in a rush as the last minute. We ate fast so we would have time for Demand to have cake before Demand and I left for a baseball game. She actually traded in her cake for a crossaint. Good choice Demand! I'm ready for bed myself.

Helen's Birthday

Sniff, Sniff

Two years and five hours ago my water broke. Demand is two today!!! Our plans for the day are pretty laid back since her party is on Sunday. It was convienient however that my cake decorating class was last night. (My class went horrible but it was just a bad day for me) It's 7:30am and she's still sleeping, guess she wanted to sleep in on her birthday, who doesn't? I was going to let her have cake for breakfast but Mr. Sloth had to go into the office this morning. I think I'll make her chocolate chip pancakes and sing to her myself.

Yesterday we asked her how old she was going to be and she said, "3!!....No!!!" Quite funny that one.

At two Demand not only counts to 14, know all the letters of the alphabet and their sounds, and knows at least 8 of her colors, we accidently learned that she knows how to count in Spanish. (Stupid Dora!!) I was walking with her and thought I would try teaching her to count in Spanish I said "Uno" and much to my surpise she said "Dos" then, surprised I said, "tres" and she said "cuatro". I was completely shocked. If she's not learning it from Dora she's learning it from her friend who has the most amazing language skills at age two.

The past two days Demand has been walking around the house saying "doctor" (again, don't know where she picked up the word) She was using a USB cord for a stethescope so we thought we'd find the play one in the Halloween box. She loved it! Now she puts the disk on us and asks "here?" if she puts it on our heart we make the heartbeat sound otherwise we say "nope, not there". She laughs so hard. It's hilarious.

She's also been enjoying her dress up corner (even though the playroom isn't quite finished yet.) She's been loving the pool or for what it's worth, the hose. We find she enjoys the pool more if she's in her clothes are diaper so I don't bother with her swim suit much anymore. Although I may need one as she's already hosed me once.

I'm going to go start the pancakes before she wakes up. I'll post pictures of her later.

Happy Birthday Demand!!!!

Busy week ahead

Hello good and faithful readers. Miss Demand has been quite entertaining the past week or so and I have found myself preferring her presence over telling you about it. ;)

I'll catch up on some photos though. Two weekends ago I was having Demand fill up her pool around noon so that it would be a good temperature after her nap later that day (3:30pm). I was standing in the pool while it filled and she wanted to do the same. I turned away for one second and she was sitting in the pool....while wearing her jean jumper dress. Strangely, she didn't seem to mind, and she's usually the type that does. So the pictures you see of her in just a shirt are from that day.

One day Demand decided to wear winter clothes. It was a chillier day, but not that cold. There are pictures of what looks like a mini cat burglar in our kitchen, but what is actually Demand in my vest and stocking cap. (Don't be fooled!)

Then there are photos of German Fest. Little about the pictures tells you that we're at a German Fest, but there was a miniature train and tons of kids games set up so you can Demand exploring those.

Next we have Demand napping. She had taken clothes off the top of her dresser prior to falling asleep and felt it necessary to put her pajama pants on her arm. I felt it necessary to document the scene.

In the next pictures Demand and I had walked to the coffee shop and back and I had treated Demand to a "Snow Drift", a coffeeless drink for kids which is basically an expensive cookies and cream milkshake. Demand loved it as you will see.

Then we have one picture of a cake I made at my first decorating class. Then a few more pool pictures of Demand and a couple of her sitting on a ball drinking her milk first thing Saturday morning.

Finally the last pictures are from this past Sunday. We decided to take advantage of one of the many lakes around here and take Demand to the beach. We were quite wrong in thinking she was over her fear of sand. Although it was nice to put her on the blanket and know for certain she wasn't going to go anywhere. Luckily there were swings on the beach so Mr. Sloth and I took turns pushing Demand in the swing and wadding on the shore. Hopefully she'll conquer her fears soon as the beach experience was rather enjoyable otherwise.

This week we're getting ready to have family in town and celebrate Demand's second birthday. She turns two on Wednesday and my family starts to arrive on Friday. Sunday is her "Ice Cream Bar" Birthday blowout. We can't wait. We're praying the weather stays as gorgeous as it has been the last week or so. We're also trying to put the finishing touches on the playroom. It's going to be a busy week.

Enjoy the pictures!

mix of june photos

2008-06-22 a mix of june pictures

Rearranging

Sorry, I've been a bit busy over the last week or so. This past weekend we had a Baptism to go to , a German festival to go to,and we're in the middle of turning the loft into a playroom.

Mr. Sloth is on a different schedule these days which is also contributing to my absence here. He's ready to leave his downtown office so he's been working out of Sidekicks house some days and in the office other days. So I have the car on different days now and Mr. Sloth is around more, which always changes my way of life. Hopefully by the end of the week Mr. Sloth will have his desk and such in his new office and out of my house. We've already started to rearrange furniture for the playroom and there is just no room for everything. I painted the wall in the playroom while Demand was sleeping today; I'll do the second part tonight after she goes to bed. We bought all of the stuff for the playroom except the shelf that doesn't fit in our car so we're waiting on a volunteer to help us get the shelf home from Ikea. After lunch today Mr. Sloth finally moved the painted dresser from the garage up to Demands room so now all I have to do is put the new handles on the dresser. Our dresser has been moved back into our room for the first time in about a year which is nice. It was in loft before but didn't scream "playroom" so we moved it. My desk is a bit of a misfit. It doesn't fit in any room either size wise or color wise and I'm starting to get fed up with it. I can't even really use it anymore. We might just shift a few things around and put it next to our bed, mismatched or not.

Over all the changes are looking good. Demand is constantly confused, but we like it that way. Keeps her on her toes.

Quirky

Demand is a bit quirky these days. Sometimes she insists that we either call her "baby" or "honey". And if you bump into her or see her bump into something, she says "oh, sorry".

Yesterday we finally got the rain that had been looming all week. We spent all morning in the car and most of the afternoon napping so Demand was ready to play when she woke up. It was pouring rain but she kept inisting on going outside. So finally I let her put her dress shoes on (with her sweat pants) and sent her outside while I stood in the dry doorway. She loved it!!! She wouldn't venture past the sidewalk and kept running back for cover but she thought it was funny.

I some cute pictures. I also got some cute pictures of Mr. Sloth reading to her while she had some milk. Nothing gets past her though since she stopped reading to say "cheese!"

As always click on the picture to view all the pictures.

rainy day june 08

A Blur

I can't believe it's Wednesday and I haven't posted yet. Yikes! Don't worry I'll make up for it in pictures.

Saturday morning was my morning off. I got up at the usual 6:30am and was out the door by 7:45am to be at Walk for Life fund raiser for the local pregnancy crisis centers. I spent most of my time filling balloons. I was the one to tie the balloons and after about an hour I had a claw for a hand and had to switch to ribbon tieing. After that the party got started. They kicked off the walk with an opening prayer from our new ArchBishop (who looks way too young to be an ArchBishop). Not knowing anyone at the walk this year I joined my parish. It was a long four miles that I couldn't believe I had done 9 days before Demand was due. Crazy!!!

Since my morning was coming to a close I stopped to pick up lunch for Mr. Sloth and myself. We ate quickly and the whole family took a crazy long nap. Every inch of me hurt from that walk. After three hours we all woke up happily. Demand and I went to get groceries and then had dinner. (Taco Pizza Burgers made with ground chicken) Then after Demand went to bed we went next door for a Wine and Cheese Party. I braved a nibble of blue cheese and although it didn't make me vomit like usual, I still thought it tasted like a basement floor.

Sunday morning I was up again at 6:30am. Mr. Sloth and Demand slept in a bit though. However, I wanted to leave the house by 9:30am for 10am Mass and Mr. Sloth came down the stairs, belt half on, on 9:37am. Not bad. So we were early for Mass for once.

After Mass we dashed home and scurried around the house changing clothes and gathering up everything we would need for our next adventure. We even put Sidekick to work. We had him load the stroller in the car and put sunblock on Demand. We figured he'd need the experience for when he nannys his two nieces next week in Hawaii.

Finally, we were off. The festival closes of a road for a few miles and then it's lined with food vendor and such. You always see an interesting face there. (To say the least) To eat I had cheese curds, lime snow cone, cookies and cream dots, cream cheese wontons, and pizza. I think that was it. It was a gorgeous day. Warm but not too hot. Demand did great. We got her a Dora balloon as we left which she went crazy over.

When we got home she told us she wanted to nap, but she didn't. I let her play in the hose for a while. I managed to sneak in a short nap before we started grilling. Mr. Sloth made grilled pizza and lemon and garlic chicken wings. By the end of they day we were beyond exhausted. In fact, Monday morning was the first in a while that I had trouble getting up at 6:30am, and I was still sore.

Monday evening. Demand woke up at 12:30am and didn't fall back asleep until 5:40am. Not sick, just awake. Needless to say. Yesterday was a blur, which is why there was no blogging.

I have two links for pictures. One is the wine and cheese party, the other is of the festival.

grand ol day

2008-06-01 wine and cheese party