a new friend

This monster was sitting on our front porch this morning waiting to greet us when we left the house. I should have held something up next to him to show his size, but he was roughly the size of my fist. Gah! And that streak running below him is a nice trail of moth poop (who knew?).

mornings

Mornings are different now. Although we could do without the 7am screaming wake-up call, I would have to say that nothing beats waking up to this sweetness.

more-man

Have you guys been seeing tons of commercials for the Morman church in your area? We really don't want that much tv right now - just the Today show while we get ready in the morning, and maybe Jeopardy in the evening if Piper is down in time - but there have been these really hip, crisp, intriguing commericals for the Morman church that keep catching my attention. Now before you get scared, I should say that I am only intrigued by these commercials because the people in them seem so, what is the word I'm looking for...ah yes, normal.

It's a great marketing campaign by the Morman church because they are highlighting attractive, interesting, young hip people.

www.morman.org/people

I'm still scared of them though.

tradition?!

We just had an impromtu family movie night and it was so cute I could have just kissed myself. We cuddled up on the couch - Piper wearing only her alligator head towel (that she wears as a cape every.single.night after bathtime while stating "I a tiger!") with her own bowl of popcorn and Patrick and I eating these ribs - MAKE THEM NOW! We watched the latest Curious George, and by latest I mean it was out about 4 years ago. It was, ehm, cough cough, just okay (read: adorable! I cried!).
Sideways Shout Out note to Mark Malloy (yes i know you are reading), you are always so hip to the new, fun music! I loved the soundtrack to Curious George and Patrick commented that you brought that CD last time you were visiting and we have it burned on the computer.
Anyways, it was a super cute little night being all cuddled up on the couch as a family watching a movie. After kissing Piper goodnight I had a rare feeling of motherly accomplishment, a feeling like wow, that seemed easy, maybe I do know what I'm doing after all.

TOMS

I have been wanting a pair of TOMS for awhile now.

Yes I know they are trendy, but they are really comfy (have you tried a pair on before? you'd be shocked!).

I just saw that they have "Tiny TOMS" for kids. Piper and I could wear matching TOMS shoes! Hello hipster Mommy!

let's try this again

We sent our little wup off to school today in panties. This time it is for good (again). She has been doing excellent with the potty for the last month. I'm not sure what it was - maybe she is just ready now, maybe it was the pull-ups*, maybe it was seeing the other kids on the potty at school, or maybe it is the massive amount of M&Ms she gets for going potty. But homegirl is doing great and holds her pee-pee for the potty like a champ. We didn't make a big deal out of the panties this morning, we just put them on her and sent her off. Poopie's are still proving to be a big hassel; she'll go on the potty but it takes a lot of coaxing on our part and whining/crying/dancing on her part.

Is there anything more adorable then a toddler hiney with elmo panties on it?

*We did not want to do the pull-up thing as we both feel like pull-ups are just glorified/expensive diapers. But her teacher suggested them and so we tried it out and right around the time that we put her in them she started really doing well.