I'm sorry that I'm being less entertaining than usual this week... heck maybe I wasn't entertaining to begin with. Did you know that Baker's Farm Cotton Pickin' Celebration is in three days? Yikes! Just like in college, I'm burning the midnight oil. I got lots done today, so I can't complain. I just need to learn to work a little faster and get started a little sooner. All in all, the merch is coming together quite nicely and I hope you buy it all. Today, I planned on being home by 4:30 and crafting by 4:35. Ella had other plans. She & Beemer wanted to play outside. So, what do you think we did? Here are a few cute pics of our hour in the sun. Then, we came in and got to work! Ella dancing in the fort Ella & Beemer enjoying the sunshine Looking for ...
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Yes!
I feel awful because I've been meaning to do this for days. If you have (or have had) a two-year old maybe you'll understand why I never seem to be on schedule! At any rate, this is VERY important! Ella got a card in the mail a few days ago from my sweet cousin Adrienne. You can see the picture of the card below. Ella wanted to respond with a card, too, but we're so late that I don't want her to wait any longer for our answer. Adrienne, Ella would love to be your flower girl :). The card says "Will you be my flower girl?" (sorry for the bad photo, Ella wouldn't stand still) Ella insisted on getting a photo in with this ribbon?! She's been helping me craft today, lol. Here we are getting ready... Yes! ...
Kids Say the Darndest Things
Our child loves to "play with you hair?" these days, so here are some funny pictures from the weekend. Please forgive our pajamas and general look of dishevelment. We have pretty much laughed at her the past week for saying and doing the funniest things. Here are a few of our favorites... Thursday night I was painting and she was playing hard and dangerously close to my paint/water. I kept reminding her not to dump the water over or she was getting a spanking. She replied, "I'm not botherin' your water, I'm just touchin' my juice. Don't worry 'bout me." I overheard her 'talking on the phone' this weekend and she said to the phone, "I prob'ly can." Nana is right... Saturday at the zoo she told everybody to "Sssshhh, the animals are sleepin'. When they wake up we can ride 'em." I'm ...
Ella-boo at the Zoo
Ella has been so excited all week because she knew on Saturday we were going to the zoo! Nana & Cookie bought tickets for us and we loaded up for Boo at the Zoo. Despite the price, it was well worth the fun. We rode the Haunted Carousel, decorated with scary lights and moving backwards. The only animals we saw were at the barn, but we said hello to geese, mice, snakes, sheep, goats, pigs and llamas. We got to sit on a tractor and pretend to drive. We trick-or-treated and got LOTS of candy (most of which didn't make it home... Ella really likes chocolate). We took a hayride through the woods and she was confused about why she wasn't riding shotgun on the tractor... she even called the man driving "Farmer Joe" (her name for the farmer in her play set, lol). Finally, we took a scary train ...
Fun Family Friday
Fridays are our favorite day - the day daddy comes home. Tonight we all got to do something we loved. We ate Mexican food. We went to Books-A-Million for Ella, Academy Sports for Daddy, and Hobby Lobby for mommy. Fun Family Friday! Ella picking out a new Fancy Nancy book and God knows all about Me! Nancy says, "Exquisite is an even fancier word for beautiful!" Eating cheese with our fingers... and lots of yummy rice! Unfortunately, Josh banned me from taking any more pictures (he's embarrassed by his blogging, camera-toting wife). It would have been great to get a picture of her clinging to the ride-along bus in Walmart as she screamed in horror that we would dare drag her away! ...
My, My, Minnie!
Okay, I should probably wait until closer to Halloween for this picture, but it is too cute to pass up. We decided to try our costume on tonight with the ears and make sure everything was perfect. How adorable is this? ...
Baby Blogger
We've discovered that Ella likes to type. She'd like to say a few words: fsjug;irjtg;ekjg;dlfkgjeg gmkvmr kgj;kgj ;rlkt s;dlkfj l ...
Indestructible?
Remember that dog bed that was virtually indestructible? Well, I came home to this today. The mattress has a five year warranty... wonder if this qualifies? Being destroyed by a 75 pound dog probably doesn't qualify as normal wear and tear. Not to mention it came from a yard sale. Does anybody want a dog? Seriously. If she can tear this up, she can do anything. She also ate my pine cones (that I planning on decorating with awfully soon) and a box that I needed to ship some invitations this week. Some of my favorite shoes were also strewn around, luckily she wasn't that dumb. I'm hoping the new chew toys I bought tonight are enough to distract her tomorrow. I cleaned it up and mended it the best I could. Replaced it with another crib sheet. Said a small prayer. Oh, and while I was ...