Ellie has decided that she likes sleeping in mommy and daddy's bed. I don't know how she decided this as she is only allowed to sleep in our bed if she wakes up after 6 but before I'm ready to get out. Other than that we try really hard to make sure she is in her bed. This is a little tricky sometimes as she climbs out of her toddler bed and climbs into ours after we've laid her down. Most of the time we can hear her walking around upstairs as she changes locals. Some times we don't hear her and have to move her back to her bed when we go up to go to sleep.
Last night, an hour after we put her to bed, she comes to the top of the stairs and informs us she is going to sleep in mommy and daddy's bed but "don't move Ellie to Ellie's bed when mommy and daddy come go to sleep. I sleep in mommy and daddy's bed too."
Oh really! Is that how it works? I don't think so.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Potty Training funnies
I found this book at the library a few weeks ago and since Ellie is potty training, I thought it would be funny. Turns out, it is actually quite a fun and interesting book. Ellie really enjoyed reading it. She knew all the parts to the story and would often help read as we got to each page.
The book gives 10 steps to potty training your monster but gives funny warnings and hints through out. Ellie knew all of these by what was shown in the picture so as we would turn the pages, she would say things like "No monsters, no play with toilet paper. Only wipe a bum." "Yea, good job monster. Eat a cookie." "Monsters no like wearing tutus (remember this for the next story)." "Ah oh, no let monster play with soap. He make a messy with bubbles." And my favorite (from one of the last pages where it talks about the best thing about potty training is underpants and in the picture all the monster have underwear on their heads), Ellie would say, in a bossy tone, "No monsters. No put a panties on a head. Put 'em on a bum."
***Side note to add some context for the next story: In one of the T.V. shows Ellie watches, two of the characters (Duck and Sheep) wore tutus for a group picture.***
The other day, Ellie needed to go potty and when Jake took her into the bathroom, she informed him she needed to read a book too. She grabbed the Dilbert book off the back of the toilet and proceeded to "read." When I went to check on Ellie, I saw her turning the pages and heard what she was "reading" out loud. "Monster don't wear tutus. Monsters don't like tutus. Duck wears a tutu. Sheep wears a tutu."
What a silly girl!
The book gives 10 steps to potty training your monster but gives funny warnings and hints through out. Ellie knew all of these by what was shown in the picture so as we would turn the pages, she would say things like "No monsters, no play with toilet paper. Only wipe a bum." "Yea, good job monster. Eat a cookie." "Monsters no like wearing tutus (remember this for the next story)." "Ah oh, no let monster play with soap. He make a messy with bubbles." And my favorite (from one of the last pages where it talks about the best thing about potty training is underpants and in the picture all the monster have underwear on their heads), Ellie would say, in a bossy tone, "No monsters. No put a panties on a head. Put 'em on a bum."
***Side note to add some context for the next story: In one of the T.V. shows Ellie watches, two of the characters (Duck and Sheep) wore tutus for a group picture.***
The other day, Ellie needed to go potty and when Jake took her into the bathroom, she informed him she needed to read a book too. She grabbed the Dilbert book off the back of the toilet and proceeded to "read." When I went to check on Ellie, I saw her turning the pages and heard what she was "reading" out loud. "Monster don't wear tutus. Monsters don't like tutus. Duck wears a tutu. Sheep wears a tutu."
What a silly girl!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sports Dates
A couple of weeks ago, a co-worker of Jake's had some Denver Nuggets tickets that he couldn't use and gave them to Jake. So we went on a date; a quick dinner and then the Nuggets. Neither one of us is a big fan of professional basketball but a date night is a date night right? The night turned out a little more exciting than we would have ever thought.
I believe the game was against the Toronto Raptors. The seats were great seats, around row 20 in the lower bowl. Across the aisle and a couple rows below us sat a couple of ladies (black ladies) with jerseys supporting the away team. As the game progressed the really drunk frat like boys a couple rows in front of us started harassing the women pretty bad. The guys (also black) sitting next to us made some comments about how black women never show up to sporting events without husbands/boyfriends and started joking with Jake about how this would turn out. Turns out, they were right. Shortly one of the women's husbands showed up to have a polite conversation with the "frat boys".
To shorten this story, event staff showed up several times and eventually the other woman's man came over, with child in arms, and slapped one of the "frat boys". Turned out to be a decent fight, cops and everything. Shortly after that, there was a fight on the court also. Jake made the co-worker cookies to thank him for the tickets.
Well, this week, Jake received tickets to a DU hockey game. any bets on if there will be more fights there?
I believe the game was against the Toronto Raptors. The seats were great seats, around row 20 in the lower bowl. Across the aisle and a couple rows below us sat a couple of ladies (black ladies) with jerseys supporting the away team. As the game progressed the really drunk frat like boys a couple rows in front of us started harassing the women pretty bad. The guys (also black) sitting next to us made some comments about how black women never show up to sporting events without husbands/boyfriends and started joking with Jake about how this would turn out. Turns out, they were right. Shortly one of the women's husbands showed up to have a polite conversation with the "frat boys".
To shorten this story, event staff showed up several times and eventually the other woman's man came over, with child in arms, and slapped one of the "frat boys". Turned out to be a decent fight, cops and everything. Shortly after that, there was a fight on the court also. Jake made the co-worker cookies to thank him for the tickets.
Well, this week, Jake received tickets to a DU hockey game. any bets on if there will be more fights there?
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Denver Zoo Free day
Don't ask why. Maybe I was trying to be a good mom or I just wanted to get Ellie out of the house but we went to the zoo free day last week. It was an interesting experience. The day was sunny but a little chilly to start out. so we bundled up to walk around.
Ellie was so excited to see animals but she really wanted to see elephants. She forgot about all that for a bit when she made a new friend to run around with. The 2 of them would just run ahead and bypass all the animals. Sadly we had to go our separate ways but then Ellie focused on the animals again.
Although she was most excited to see elephants, she didn't get to see any. They are receiving a new habitat that opens later this year but since their place was finished, the elephants had moved there (behind construction lines) to become accustomed to the new home.
We did see lots of other animals, among them were snakes, lizards, fish and crocodiles which really seemed to make her excited. The one down side to the day was a small accident at the furthest corner of the zoo making it so we had to walk all the way back to the car to change Ellie's pants.
Spring was in the air and the animals were becoming twitterpated. We had to leave 2 exhibits before Ellie could see what was happening and yell or ask questions about what the animals were doing.
Peacocks and geese are so use to people that they walk right up to you to beg food. Ellie thought this was great until she decided to try a new game; sneak up on the peacock and blow on it's tail feathers then run away. What a silly girl.
Obviously I wasn't great at taking pictures this time around but we did have a good time.
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| Ellie's awesome outfit and of course her new Minnie doll. |
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| We thought the bear in the background was funny blocking the door like that. |
We did see lots of other animals, among them were snakes, lizards, fish and crocodiles which really seemed to make her excited. The one down side to the day was a small accident at the furthest corner of the zoo making it so we had to walk all the way back to the car to change Ellie's pants.
Spring was in the air and the animals were becoming twitterpated. We had to leave 2 exhibits before Ellie could see what was happening and yell or ask questions about what the animals were doing.
Peacocks and geese are so use to people that they walk right up to you to beg food. Ellie thought this was great until she decided to try a new game; sneak up on the peacock and blow on it's tail feathers then run away. What a silly girl.
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| Ellie stomping in puddles after blowing on some peacock feathers. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Feeling Crafty?
So I have been in a crafty mood lately. Some days I even act on it. Here are a few things I have worked on.
A friend and I threw a welcome baby shower at my place for another friend. Here is what the table looked like. I made the chocolate, lemon, and lime sandwich cookies, filled with white chocolate and cream cheese frosting). I threw together the flowers in the vase using dish rags in the bottom. Also, I food a recipe for baby boy shower punch, which is blue with floating rubber ducks on top. I am very proud of my creative moments.
Last year, I bought a red heart on clearance after Valentines day not really knowing what I would do with it. Luckily this year I found a matching one during a sale and decided I didn't want just plain red hearts hanging up. You don't get a close up of what these really look like and I hoping no one notices the crappy job of painting. I still like the way they turned out.
A while back, when I started teaching myself to crochet, I bought a bunch of yarn for projects. Sadly as this one wasn't turning out like I thought, it was pushed aside. Recently I decided to finish it. No, we are pretty sure the baby is a girl so I am not sure what to do with the blanket for now but I like the way this turned out in the end. Just don't examine it too close.
FYI; crocheting blankets, even smallish baby ones, takes quite a while.
A friend and I threw a welcome baby shower at my place for another friend. Here is what the table looked like. I made the chocolate, lemon, and lime sandwich cookies, filled with white chocolate and cream cheese frosting). I threw together the flowers in the vase using dish rags in the bottom. Also, I food a recipe for baby boy shower punch, which is blue with floating rubber ducks on top. I am very proud of my creative moments.
Last year, I bought a red heart on clearance after Valentines day not really knowing what I would do with it. Luckily this year I found a matching one during a sale and decided I didn't want just plain red hearts hanging up. You don't get a close up of what these really look like and I hoping no one notices the crappy job of painting. I still like the way they turned out.
A while back, when I started teaching myself to crochet, I bought a bunch of yarn for projects. Sadly as this one wasn't turning out like I thought, it was pushed aside. Recently I decided to finish it. No, we are pretty sure the baby is a girl so I am not sure what to do with the blanket for now but I like the way this turned out in the end. Just don't examine it too close.
FYI; crocheting blankets, even smallish baby ones, takes quite a while.
In addition to my crafts, I played mechanic and changed a burned out blinker on our car (which is quite tricky when you have to lay down on your back while 30 weeks pregnant to reach it). I have also worked as carpenter and handyman; changing Ellie's crib to a toddler bed, replacing weather strips around the front and garage doors to help keep the cold out, and replacing a missing screw in the rocker chair in Ellie's room.
I have felt fairly productive lately, can you tell?
Breckenridge Snow Sculptures
After going to this last year, we decided it was something that we wanted to do again. So we made the drive to Breckenridge. We went the day after the sculpting was finished so we didn't find out the winners. If you are curious, here's the website that shows the winners and more professional photos.
As you can see, the day looked nice even though it was roughly around 30 degrees. Most of the pictures we have were the ones we liked and coincidentally were sculpted by teams from the Americas (North and South, which includes Canada). They seemed to tell stories. European and other nations seem to be into abstract art which I don't understand.
Ellie loved this mommy and baby bear one.
After spending time looking at the sculptures and then braving the bathrooms (which involved some creative removal of clothing so it wouldn't take me 10 minutes to get everything back on), as Ellie is potty training, we went to the snow castle ruins built specifically for kids to play on. Someone at this festival was a genius or had kids to have this area. Do you know how hard it is for kids to see snow sculptures and not touch or climb on them?
Looking at Jake's outfit explains why I was climbing on snow castles pregnant instead of him. One of us dresses to play in the snow.
Ellie enjoyed herself by throwing snow at daddy's bum and putting it on mommy's legs. Ask her, see will tell you about it. She even let me buy and put on snow gloves (after our first snow adventure and frozen fingers). We didn't spend a lot of time up there but I almost wish we had. We had been on the freeway only about 10 minutes when everything came to a screeching halt. It was 5 and had anticipated making it home by 6:30ish to have dinner. Well an accident that completely shuts down the freeway over a weekend with the International snow sculpture championship in Breckenridge, some X-games/dew tour activities in Aspen, in addition to any day ski person traveling back to Denver turned a hour and 20 min drive into a 3 hour one. It was pretty bad. Luckily I had packed a few bottles of water, a bag full of snack foods, and the ipod with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on it. We survived to enjoy dinner at 8:15pm.
Still enjoyed Breckenridge, although now that we know about the Ice Castles in Silverthorne, I think we will try to hit both places the next time we make it out for the snow sculptures.
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| The size of the block of snow each sculpting team starts with. |
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| Front view (fyi, I love the walrus with his head through the hole) |
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| Back view |
Ellie loved this mommy and baby bear one.
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| Check out the claws on this bear. |
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| Back side showing baby bear. |
After spending time looking at the sculptures and then braving the bathrooms (which involved some creative removal of clothing so it wouldn't take me 10 minutes to get everything back on), as Ellie is potty training, we went to the snow castle ruins built specifically for kids to play on. Someone at this festival was a genius or had kids to have this area. Do you know how hard it is for kids to see snow sculptures and not touch or climb on them?
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| Ellie crawling through a tunnel. |
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| Ellie and mommy looking out of the castle tower. |
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| Ellie and daddy with the Budwiser horse carving. |
Looking at Jake's outfit explains why I was climbing on snow castles pregnant instead of him. One of us dresses to play in the snow.
Ellie enjoyed herself by throwing snow at daddy's bum and putting it on mommy's legs. Ask her, see will tell you about it. She even let me buy and put on snow gloves (after our first snow adventure and frozen fingers). We didn't spend a lot of time up there but I almost wish we had. We had been on the freeway only about 10 minutes when everything came to a screeching halt. It was 5 and had anticipated making it home by 6:30ish to have dinner. Well an accident that completely shuts down the freeway over a weekend with the International snow sculpture championship in Breckenridge, some X-games/dew tour activities in Aspen, in addition to any day ski person traveling back to Denver turned a hour and 20 min drive into a 3 hour one. It was pretty bad. Luckily I had packed a few bottles of water, a bag full of snack foods, and the ipod with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on it. We survived to enjoy dinner at 8:15pm.
Still enjoyed Breckenridge, although now that we know about the Ice Castles in Silverthorne, I think we will try to hit both places the next time we make it out for the snow sculptures.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Our favorite car seat
After our accident in October, a few people have asked what car seat Ellie was riding in. Here it is, the Safety 1st Comfort Air 65 convertible car seat. I know, when I first saw it (and the price), I thought Jake was crazy for wanting it so bad. It's definitely not the most expensive one out there but higher priced than others I had looked at. Everyone always jokes about the "side speakers" on the car seat too. After that accident, we replaced it with the exact same one, only slightly different in colors. Wouldn't you?
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| Ellie's life saver. |
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