Spidey to the rescue!

I hope this blog is not premature. We've been working on potty training L for almost three months and it's all been hit or miss (literally and figuratively). This weekend when we were cleaning out L's room, we found some old boy pull ups the Loving's had given us. She was so excited to wear Spiderman pull ups and she doesn't want to mess them up, so she's been going in the potty every time for the past 3 days! Thank you Loving's and thank you Spidey!!!

Blog overload

I know, there are many, many posts today. Sorry. I've been in town, but busy. After turkey day, I got up at 4:20 am to experience Black Friday again. I went with Kurt and Kasey and their moms. As usual, we had a great time and shared lots of laughs. I got lots of good stuff (and have almost all my presents bought and wrapped). Then we started on L's room (and the spare room). Three lawn and garden bags of donations (I'm not a garage sale girl) and a bag of trash, we wittled through all of L's stuff. Her room is almost complete (I'll share pictures when it's done).

Last night, we went to Kay and Peter's after Thanksgiving party in their new home. Fondly nicknamed "the villa", this house is beautiful. They've only been there a few weeks and have transformed it into a french theme in the basement. We had a great time.

Kay and L dance a little at the end of the party. L loves to play with her!

Mom, this one's for you

Mom, remember when we used to talk about how Kay's cats never had any toys. Well, you would be proud. A whole basket full of toys and a fish wand for JoJo to play with. She looks very happy tonight (Packer, of course, was hiding)

More Thanksgiving pics

L loves to pose for pictures. She's hanging out with the snowman (my grandma's all about getting the Christmas stuff out early)
Goofing around with uncle Ken. Who says you need expensive toys. Rubber bands work great!


Oh and the door to the kitchen. Another great toy. And amazingly enough, not once did she pinch her finger in the door. She also used about half a roll of paper on great grandpa's calculator.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

This year (as always) we went to C-ville to spend the day with family. We had great food and had fun visiting with everyone and of course, L stole the show. But even she got tired at some point and fell asleep on the couch!

Christmas Shopping

Hello all! Tonight, we went to the Simon Mall "Night of Giving" event. Jeff got tickets at school and we three went to enjoy the evening. We didn't have much in mind to buy, and that's the best kind of shopping. I found several gifts for people and got all my secret santa things, which is good, because I hate trying to figure out what to do at the last minute. The mall was busy, but not too bad. My kind of shopping.

I bought this canvas sign at Hallmark for our house. Thought I'd share it with you since it was cool.

In this home...
We do second chances.
We do Grace.
We do Real.
We do mistakes.
We do I'm sorrys.
We do loud really well.
We do Hugs.
We do Family.
We do Love.

L was worn out. One book and she was begging for music and me to leave her to sleep.

Gingerbread Village

We joined Maria and the boys to the gingerbread village show at a local church today. We got to make our own gingerbread house. It was lots of fun and L had a great time making the house and eating the fixin's too. She was very proud of herself to be able to help.


Her afternoon snack was a sweet and sticky one!!!

Beowulf

Friday night, we went to the Warren to see Beowulf in 3D. It was awesome!! The glasses were so cool and comfortable. And I love 3D....the images are so neat. I love digital technology!
Jeff poses with the glasses. You get your ticket marked to say you have a pair, then the ushers guard the doors to make sure you hand the glasses back.

Thank You, Grams!

Grandma sent L this beautiful Christmas dress, coat and hat. She LOVED it!!! She thinks the hat is her "purse". She was excited to dress up and take pictures. Thanks again grams!

My "Me" Day

Today was a wonderful day. As I mentioned yesterday, we were all off. Today, Jeff went to work and L went to daycare. I had a me day. I got a massage, went scrapbook shopping (found both papers you wanted, mom), ate a healthy lunch at Doc Green's and spent the afternoon watching tv and scrapbooking. For supper, I picked up Little Caesar's and then we headed out to watch WSU play their season opener game. Just what a girl needed...a little R&R.

Happy Veteran's Day!

Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged. I had bronchitis last week and between that and the side effects of the antibiotics, I haven't felt like doing much.

I do appreciate the veteran's. One, my grandfather fought in WW II in the Navy. Two, they work really hard for us. Three, USD 259 was out of school today, so Jeff and I and L hung out all day. We went shopping, played outside, played with playdoh. While L was asleep for a nap we got some wii time in. And we watched tv this am, making comments about the Y&R (we haven't watched that show in years, yet we could still follow the plot just fine.)

Last weekend, Craig, Mandy, Will and Mary Kate came to Wichita for a couple days. Their first night here, we ate at Playa Azul (yummy). I could never get L to either smile or look at the camera with Mary Kate. But these girls are so cute together!



Saturday we went to the zoo. Let me tell ya, this is an excellent time to go. First, it wasn't too hot, second there weren't very many people. We had a great time. My favorite memory? Mandy went to get food for the sheep at the petting zoo, and one of the sheep shoved her out of the way to eat the food as it came out of the machine!
The best part of the whole day? We got to feed the giraffes. They were so cool!! And very hungry. It was awesome to feed them and figure out the trick. Their tongues are so long (Gene Simmons has nothing on these guys) and you have to feed them a certain way or you lose the food. What a good day!

Ribbon Addiction

So I love to scrapbook as you all know, but I'm really addicted to ribbon. I love to buy a yard of a new ribbon even though I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. Lately, I've been trying to reorganize my scrap room and a new idea I got was to put my ribbon in a clear container with holes. I made two of these using Target makeup containers and an exacto knife. While I am really happy to have my ribbon this way....it's easier to see and takes less room, I was shamed about how much ribbon I actually own. It's a little disgraceful!

Forward rolls and bouncing

Tonight, L spent the evening working on her forward rolls. I must say she does a good job. She practiced a few times and then accomplished the roll. She is proud of herself and kept asking me to "take one more picture".


Ta da!


L loves our couch. She thinks that it's made for bouncing. This event went bouncy, bouncy, kaboom!
In a rare moment in this picture, she actually resembles me.

Another WSU basketball season

WSU had their first exhibition game tonight. And overall they played well (and they won). We love to watch basketball, but there are many other fun things to do. One of them is WU sightings. L is in love with WU and shouts out every time she sees him. I think she asked me twenty times, "when can we go see WU?". So in the second half, we went to the concourse and there he was. She was happy to give him five and pose for a picture.
Pre-game...we got there early to make sure we got a decent parking spot. L spends time dancing, singing and goofing off with daddy.


Everywhere we go L makes friends. This is Jadyn. She loves to play with L and they have a great time together.