Sunday Social

Sunday Social is a cute link up that I found on a cute blog I stumbled upon. Please link up and answer the questions. This should be fun!

1. What is your favorite Fall activity?

Hmmmm.....I love going on picnics and taking my daughter to the park, because it is not too hot and not too cold. My daughter loves picnics and will often suggest that we go on one. It is a perfect chance to have family time and enjoy each other and ourselves for free! You can't beat that!

 

2.  Do you have a football team you support.  If yes, which one and?

As you can tell by all the pictures posted below, my husband is a true Texans fan!  It doesn't matter what kind of season they are having, he is supporting them.  I found this really cute cheerleader uniform at the local JBF sale and just had to get it for Ladybug's Halloween costume.  Daddy was proud!!!

 

3.  What is something fun about Fall in your area?

Something we  love doing in our area is going to the Fair.  The state fair here & the one in my home town of the big D!  We like the Texas State Fair much better, but....you take what you can get.  Either way, we have fun eating, tasting wine & people watching!  I added a people watching pic for you guys!

 

4.  What are your favorite Fall outfit staples?

I absolutely love a fall wardrobe!  I love to crochet, so I usually start at the end of summer making a trendy scarf that will go w/a lot of outfits or something cute I can wear with my coat.  I love a top that won't show my extra weight that I am putting on for the summer as well.  A dark purse is a must and I usually prefer to have some heels on my boots, but I do that a lot less since I've had my daughter.   This outfit is really cute!  I also like sweaters that tie or are large.  You can go large during the fall and there is not need to fill like that gut has to be sucked in!  I love a fall wardrobe!!!

5.  What are you looking forward to most about this coming Fall season?

What I love best about this coming Fall is the HOPE that I will be expecting by then.  My husband and I have decided to start trying next month.  I also love the fact that I will try to fix another Thanksgiving dinner for the family.  FYI.....salted butter makes your turkey SALTY.  Confessions of a spaghetti cook, I know.  :-/  This Fall we are also going to start looking SERIOUSLY for a home.  I am ready for that!  Apartments are for the birds!

6.  What is your favorite Fall holiday? Traditions?

My favorite two Holidays are Christmas and Halloween.  But, since we are talking about Fall, Halloween is my favorite!  I love decorating, my daughter's daycare party and making her costume.  It is so much fun to get ready for Halloween!  It never gets old.  For Thanksgiving we usually go to my sister's for dessert.  Hopefully the dinner I'm cooking will work out & we will not  have to join her for dinner also!

This was a lot of fun!  Don't for to go by Neely's blog and link up!

 

Saturday Top Five Laughs

It's Saturday and it's back!  The Saturday Top Five Laughs from The Mommyhood Chronicles.  I love this link up b/c the posts from other moms are so funny!  Who knew kids could be so funny w/o trying!?!?  Ladybug is really getting a personality of her own, which means she has decided to start talking back.  At 2, she is any early talker & her vocabulary is pretty advanced.  So, if you can't believe this is coming from a 2 year old.....you are not the only one.

1.  Monday morning she was talking back to me while brushing her teeth.  I said to her, "Hey, you better watch your mouth, young lady".  To which she replied, "'Hey' is for horses, Mommy".  WTH?  She got me on that one, but I was almost floored.  Not only did I sound like my mother.....she sounded like me!!!

2.  We were at the library picking up Ladybug's gift card that she won b/c of reading during the library's summer reading program.  There is a handicap computer that is low enough for her to use, so she walked over to it and started pressing buttons and making the computer 'beep'.  "Let's not do that, sweetie, we don't want to break it."  She replied, "I can't right now, Mommy, I'm too busy....I'm working on my computer".  :-/

3.  While still at the library, she decided it would be a good idea to ignore her mother even further by rolling on the round cushions they have in the children's area.  We have started the counting to 3 routine & for the most part it is working for us.  Before I make this statement, let me be very clear that she does not get spankings.  If she goes to timeout, the next step is usually a pop on the hand, that we refer to as a "pop pop".  Well, she isn't listening and I start counting.  Me:  1......2   Ladybug:  "No, Mommy, No!!!!  Don't get me!!!"  Um....she is screaming this in the library and holding her bottom.  What the heck?  So, I look like the angry mother that beats her child regularly.  We went home soon after that......

4.  We were at the after hours doctor's office because she was having some allergy issues and her doctor was closed for the day.  I was filling out the paperwork because I had never been there before and she was walking around the office being friendly and exploring.  Well,  there was a little girl that wasn't listening to her mother.  So, Ladybug walks over to her and her mother and says, "you need to be nice!"  Um.....get over here little girl before you start a fight.  SMH!  My daughter is too much.  I guess she is the obedience patrol for others.....not so much herself.

5.  We pull into the parking lot of McDonald's today after I pick her up from daycare.  She is excited and asks, "are we getting french fries"?  I tell her we are because we have all had a long week.  She replies, "Yay, Mommy!  That's a great idea"!

I always say this, but she really is the funniest baby I know!!!  But, she is starting to turn into a smart mouth, but she is hilarious.  Lucky for me I have a lot of experience with holding back smiles, due to my job.  She definitely makes me work hard at holding in those smiles!!!!

Friday Phone Dump!

The painting crew doing a GNO of painting and fabulous pizza!

My sister took this picture of me.  It looks like I am a serious painter.  I was really concentrating.....trying to get my money's worth!

This orange is so the wrong shade....but sometimes you do crazy things when it's 110 degrees!

"Mommy, I want some too"!

This lightly flavored chocolate lip gloss from Victoria Secret is a hit with her.

Today was over 110 degrees.  I'm not sure what this is a picture of, but it looks like a melted cup from 7-11.  Just how hot is it??????

Wordless Wednesday

She was so excited about winning her gift card for doing all her reading in the Summer reading program at our local library.  She listen to over 70 hours of reading this summer!  Sometimes she would read to herself or read to Mommy & Daddy!  Great job Ladybug!!!

Funday Monday GNO!

Tonight I had a great time with my sister & some other great ladies. We went to a local pizza parlor to paint. I know that sounds very odd, but it was a lot of fun. We bought some discounted painting vouchers on line through Living Social. I was a little reluctant at first because I didn't know any of the women that were going, except for my sister, and I definitely didn't like the picture we had to paint. I love painting...though I am not good, but I wanted something I could hang up. But, I went anyway and decided to step out of my box. I just turned everything into a positive. I could meet new people, eat pizza while I paint and have a good portrait to hang up for Halloween. Halloween is one of my favorite months & I was happy to paint something that I could use to hang up for that holiday. Now, let me first say that I am not a great artist and this sort of looks like a big cotton ball. But, like I said, I had a wonderful time and the pizza was great also!

Saturday Top Five Laughs!

I linked up with The Mommyhood Chronicles to participate in the Saturday Top Five Laughs. I was trying to link it up, but I was not sure how to. So...if you want to join the link, please click above and visit her blog. Well, the purpose is to capture the funnies that our children say! Think of the top five funnies your little ones have said in the last week and put them on your blog. After that, go to the Mommyhood Chronicles and link up to share and read other funnies!

1. Ladybug and I were sitting in the bed watching tv. I was on my phone, which gives her full control of the remote control. She turns to me and says...."Shh....Okay.....Mommy, it's starting....it's starting!!" So, I look at the television and she has it on the Spanish channel, just in time to watch: Abismo de pasion.

2. While driving in the car, my husband and I had a little disagreement. We were not yelling, but definitely talking passionately. Ladybug says, "Stop, stop....be nice! Stop being an attitude"!

3. We went to eat icecream one day & we all got different flavors. Ladybug isn't big on sharing her food, so she was a little upset when her daddy wanted to try her flavor. She got very irritated. "No, Daddy...this is mine"! She points at his, "and this is yours" then points at mine, "and this is yours", she points back at her ice cream and says sternly...."this is mine! Okay?"

4. Her new saying, "Stop, stop means, stop"! Well.....she's got a point there!

5. We are currently in the ending stages of potty training. (we are working on mastering overnight) She is doing so well, by the way. Well, whenever I take my little one to the potty she goes & sings....then when it is my turn she claps and says,"Good job, Mommy. I'm proud of you". LOL! She is the funniest 2 year old I know!

Don't forget to link up!!!

Saturday Top Five Laughs.

Saturday Fun!

Today we had a wonderful time at the Zoo. Lucky for us it opens at 8am during the summer, so we were able to get out before it got to terribly hot. But, it was 100 degrees when we left at 11:30am. Ugh! I don't know how we made it, but it was a lot of fun and I am glad that Ladybug came up with the idea. We saw the Sea Lion Show & it was really good. I had never been before, but I was very pleased with the show and so was Ladybug!