OOPS!

Yesterday could have been bad. I told Wayne he worked Mon and Tues and he was off on Wed. WRONG! He got up and went to work yesterday only to be told he wasn't suppose to be there until Wed. He says this is not my fault, but I am the one who wrote it down on my day planner wrong. I am the one who told him we should make plans for Wed. Anyway he called me at 7:10 and said so do you want me to stay at work or come home. "Come home", I felt so guilty, I was prepared to give him the whole day to play video games, but no, no my Wayne. His suggestion, "we are up early anyway, let's take Millie to the zoo". He woke Millie up when he got home and told her the good news. She was sooooo excited. The day was perfect. The temp never got above 83. She played in the splash park and enjoyed every single animal!! I am so grateful to have a husband who drove home from BG turned around and drove us to and from Louisville, spent his whole day off walking behind his 2 year old and then got up to go to work this morning. He could have blamed me and been ugly about it, but instead he turned my oops into wonderful family time.

TIMEOUT

Starting Thursday we have been a very busy family. Thursday I worked and Wayne had Millie. She had ballet class sign ups at 6 so they met me in BG at my office to go to the dance studio, followed by dinner, Target and Toys R Us. We didn't get home til after 8. The Friday I worked and Wayne had Millie agian and he had class at the hospital. He took Mil with him, interesting, and then they met me for lunch. After work I went to the grocery, and once agian got home late around 7. Saturday I had to work agian and once agian Wayne had Mil. When I got home at lunch we all laid down for a nap. Then we woke up in time to have 30 min to get to a birthday party. A "pool/ sprinkler" party. We had a nice time and got home around 7 agian. I know 7 and 8 don't seem late to most but we usually make it a point not to be out so late because Millie goes to bed at 9 and we try to let her wind down. So last night when we all got in we were not at our best. We were all yelling at each other. Millie wanted us to "Be Quiet", I wanted her to "Quit Banging", Wayne wanted us to "Listen". Next thing you know Millie and I are crying and Wayne just looked defeated. That is when Wayne said "Enough". We all set on Millie's bed and prayed for patience with each other, then we all hugged and loved on each other. Then the decision was made to just say no today. No grocery, no trips, no eating out, no visiting, no alarms. Millie woke us up at 9:30, we layed around and made brownies, then we all took a nap and Millie woke us up at 3:15, we played alphabet bingo and strawberry shortcake memory match. We are all outside now, Millie is riding her bike, Wayne is snapping pictures and you know what I am doing. I guess the moral of the story is sometimes you just have to say "TIMEOUT", it's too much. I am just glad that Wayne is wise enough to know when. I think we all feel better, not as stressed. It has also given us time to prepare for next week. Tomorrow Wayne goes back to work and Millie and I are at it agian. We have plans to borrow a new book and movie from the library and maybe visit all the grandparents. But I know it will be more pleasant because today we had a day off from the rest of the world.

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY DORA!!!!

The new Dora birthday movie premiered Sunday, but Wayne had to work, so we did our birthday activities yesterday. Yesterday morning while Wayne was at class Millie and I made the cupcakes. When Wayne got home we made the hair for the cupcakes, and then after nap we finished them up. Millie finally got to watch the movie and eat her cupcakes, she was so excited!

She Is My Finest Masterpiece

I Love My Family More Everyday

Our New Cleaning Lady

So recently we implemented a new rule in our house. When we changed Mil to the big girl bed a little over a week ago we decided the change should also incorporate a new "chore". Everynight before she goes to bed she has to clean her room and all the toys out of the living room. The key is she has to do it by herself. I will be honest I thought when we decided to do this I thought it would never work, or maybe half work. BUT once agian Mil surprises me (will I ever learn). Everynight she has cleaned her room and the living room by herself without complaint and has done an excellent job. She even has her own methods. For example I usually shove her little chairs and table agianst the wall (side by side) just to move them out of the way. Mil however doesn't consider that to be adequate she has to push the table agianst the wall and push both chairs underneath. She gets upset if you mess with her method (I don't know where she gets that from). I appreciate that Wayne really encourages this, and when I try to help her he holds me back. We make a huge deal out of her accomplishment, because really for a 2 yr old, it is awesome.

A Glimpse Into The Future

Our beautiful baby girl has quite an imagination. Last night before bed she came into the living room so very excited. She announced she was going to put on an art show. I guess her concept on an art show was to dress up in different outfits from her costume collection and model them for us. Of course we oood and aaahd. She was pleased as punch and then she came to me and asked if she could have the pretty flowers. In our living room there is a cabinet that contains all our wedding souvenirs. Including my veil and bouquet. She has always been amazed by these white shiny things. She can be found staring at them at anytime of the day. Recently I allowed her to put on my veil and she paraded around the house like a peacock. So last night her request for pretty flowers meant she wanted to hold my wedding bouquet. Normally I am very protective of these objects, especially my bouquet. My Nana made my flowers with her own two hands. It was one of the last projects she was able to complete. But the combination of delight and wonder I saw in Millie's eyes weakened me. Ok but if we were going to do this we were going to do it right. So I took her to her room and put her in a beautiful white dress that I purchased sometime ago but no one saw because I was saving it for a special occasion, I guess this occasion. Millie thought it was beautiful. Then we placed the veil on her head and the flowers in her tiny hands. I ran back to the living room, with the video camera in my hand and the camera in her Daddy's, I announced her. She glided into the room on a cloud of joy. The results, some wonderful pictures (Wayne is an excellent photographer) and a moment I hope my daughter carries with her always. I could see that she felt beautiful, and special. She was so careful with her treasures. It broke her heart to pull the dress off, but I promised she could were it Sunday to church. Today I was reading and I noticed it was very quiet, I looked over and caught her staring and smiling at the wedding cabinet.