Pigtails and more

Gabriella has offically left fuzzy hairdom. The huge bows that she wore each day have been set aside until her hair grows longer and she can wear them over her pigtails. For now her look is pigtails with tiny bows. It's adorable but she looks like she is two!

Free stuff!

So in addition to the Little People sets I scored Ellie this easel with paper, a white board, and a white board! Yay!

Freecycle

Decorating for Christmas

Decorating for Christmas

Today we decorated for Christmas. Ellie (as usual) was right in the middle of the action. i.e. exactly in the way. Thankfully much of decorating took place during her nap. I'm also really really glad last year I invested in shatterproof bulbs (how cool is that?)

How to know you are married to a sociologist (who has a toddler)

when:
your spouse starts commenting on the societal implications of the teletubbies...
He has decided the purple one is gay or transgendered, or that they shows writen intentionally made it so people would think she/he/it? ( i dunno) had a male voice yet carried a very obvious red purse.
He also noted they made the "darker" faced tubby (the green one) mildly retarded on purpose. He is wondering what societal implications they were making. OMG seriously. Too much teletubbies. and way too much sociology. can you imagine the dinner table at my house? At least we don't ban them based on this (I can think of someone who does...)

Playing with Daddy

Gobble Gobble

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Todays Outfit

Little People

LIttle people fun

I'm a member of this online group called freecycle. It's basically where people recyle things they are finished with. Today I hit the toddler jackpot and scored a little people castle, ark, 3 cars, and a train. The sets would've been around $60 new. I cleaned them up and they look brand new. Ellie spent the afternoon happily playing with her new toys. : )

The beginning of I don't want to wear that...

This morning I took out two sweaters and asked Ellie which one she wanted to wear. She responded with "neither" as clear as day. My mistake, not taking out the skirt to go with them. She must have thought I was going to put her in pants. We compromised with this outfit. (and neither sweater : )

Up, not down.

Gabriella's latest accomplishment is to climb the stairs and open doors. We figured this out today. The attic door was closed and I was in the bathroom. 2 minutes later I couldn't find her, I hear laughing and running above me. I ran upstairs and guess who was trying to turn on the TV for Teletubbies? Yep, climbed the stairs and opened the door. Oh boy! She will not climb down though. She has learned though that mean Mom won't carry her down. That makes it less fun to repeatedly climb the stairs. She hates trying to get down. I figure either way I win: she learns to climb down (and I can stop carrying 1/3 of my body weight up and down the stairs 6 times a day) or she will stop climbing for fun!

yay for new toys....

Yep, you heard right 5 weeks before Christmas and new toys. No I didn't go shopping! Tracy gave them to Gabriella because Lilly has outgrown them. : ) I would've loved some of these things. A mini baby swing, a shopping cart! I played house until I was like 8, I can't imagine how much I would have loved them!

They didn't make this stuff when I was a kid

bebe

"bebe" is what Gabriella calls her Taggie blanket. (which is a small blanket with tags on the sides, its pink with hearts). She cannot sleep without it. She rubs and rubs the tags until she falls asleep. Thank goodness I thought to buy a backup, which was $21! Ugh whoever thought of those things is a marketing genius, $21 for a small square of material with tags. And we have 2.........

It's party time!

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Running not walking....

Gabriella is in to everything. She loves to run not walk. And as for crawling that faze is long gone now. She is still very good about leaving the bookshelves alone and not getting into the China or breakables. I did my best to leave things as they were (except for the toxic chemicals) to teach her no. For the most part, its gone well. She hasn't broken or climbed up anything yet. However, shes discovered the automatic trash can in the kitchen!

Yay for Teletubbies. Ella loves them. If I let her she would watch ALL day. We've decided one in the morning and in the afternoon. : ) It really does help pass the time between 4:15 and 5 when Daddy gets home. Otherwise she is screaming and pounding on the door, "daddy" until he gets home. That's not to stop her from saying, "Tubby" and walking to the television throughout the day in the hopes that I will cave in!

A toddlers creed

I came across the funniest (and true) thing today

The Toddlers Creed
If I want it, it's mine.
If I give it to you an dchange my mind later, it's mine.
If I can take it away from you, it's mine.
If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
If it's mine, it will never belong to anyone else, no matter what.
If we are building something together, all the pieces are mine.
If it looks like mine, its mine.

Ahh, reading Ella's mind.

On another note, Ella Gram just left today. She left while Ella was sleeping the carseat. Of course the first thing she said was "GRAMMMMMM" "GRAMMMMMMMMMMMMM" followed by a huge fit when she realized Gram had gone home.