Today at MOPS we celebrated Mardi Gras and International Pancake Day. My darling daughter stole a mask off the table center pieces and wore it as we were cleaning up the rooms.
She wasn't a huge fan of having it on her face, but she did love the beads that Laina gave her!
Sadly we didn't have pancakes for dinner-- I was a bit pancaked out after making nearly 200 for the MOPS kids. Tomorrow we will try to make it to an Ash Wednesday service between Nana and Pops and Pioneer Club :)
Today we had MOPS set up and a Mom's Club Membership meeting-- it was a day full of M's!
The big feat for the day was Libi made it up the chain ladder for the first time. She carefully watched one of the other little girls do it and then she went up herself.
You can see the look of accomplishment on her face! Once she was up though she decided that she wanted to come back down. I convinced her to take the stairs as opposed to going back the way she came.
She and Maxton paired up today-- they were so cute both staring up at me with their blue eyes.
We ended our visit to Oak Springs Park with a ride on the swings. There is nothing as much fun as a swing and a little girl yelling "Higher Mommy, higher!!!"
Later in the evening it was tubby time! I decided it was high time to break out the tub paints that Aunt Andrea gave her for Christmas. They were messier than I was anticipating-- as evidenced by the red and blue splotches on my shirt-- but fun none the less.
Libs wanted to play with the containers more than finger paint, but eventually she caught on.
Notice how all of the other toys lay untouched while she explores this new way to make a mess!
Here is the artist in action. To get this shot I was hanging suspended over the tub-- I would like some credit for my flexibility :)
Before she got out she was able to try the smelly paint from Grammy and Grampy. When she went to smell the candy apple scent she got more than she bargained for-- notice her green nose. She greatly enjoyed rolling the ball over her feet-- I think we're going to have a girl who loved pedicures later in life!
I thought I would share with you what happens after we put Libi in bed at night. Ron sacks out on the sofa-- with his computer in his lap-- and Tobee curls up with Libi's toys. Mommy stays up to answer e-mail, catch up with folks on Facebook, and last night to watch TMZ.
It is one of those Tupperware like parties where someone sells you something and you feel obliged to buy. This particular product takes your handprint and turns it into a cute keepsake. My amazing hubby participated fully...
we even got Libi to do her handprint...
and her footprint that will be turned into a Tinkerbell fairy for her room.
You will notice that she was watching Grease-- my musical loving girl! During the dancing scene she asked Daddy to dance with her.
Such fun to have such a high spirited little girl!
Today at music class in honor of our song "Splish, Splash" Ms. Moira brought out the water tubs. Luckily the tub that Libi was at wasn't too much into splishing and splashing so she didn't get too wet!
There was an older boy in our class today-- their family was doing a make up. Libi walked up to him, said "Hi", and then proceeded to dance near or with him during every song. I don't think he liked all of the hand holding that Libi wanted to do with him, but the Moms all thought it was very sweet.
During the middle of class Ms. Moira had to leave to help some workers in the back and Libi did not like this turn of events. She stood at the gate leading to the back yelling, "Miss Moira come in!!" She stuck right by Moira for the rest of the class so that she wouldn't leave again.
This picture is so fun for me. Every week Libs selects what instrument I am going to play-- I know that when she's thirteen she won't care what I do, but for now she wants me to participate and I love it!!!
It was an early morning for us as I was in charge of another Mom's club field trip. I have to brag for a moment about my daughter being the best traveler. We have been all over in our car lately and stuck in traffic for most of our travels but little Missy never complains. She might ask for her favorite music-- Doodlebops or Mamma Mia are car favs-- but other than that she is a pleasant traveling companion!
We arrived early-- I don't know why I do, none of the other parents do-- so I let Libs try out the playground across from the museum. We stuck to the older kid area because it was closer to the parking lot and easier for me to see the gang arrive, but she bravely tried out some new apparatus.
The nice thing about going on these trips is that we hand our cameras around to other Mommy's and get into the pictures with our kids! Here Libs and I are near the vine climbing area-- we forgot how much fun we have a Kidspace! If anyone who is reading this wants to go with us-- we are game!
The kids had a great time together and they even posed for several pictures together-- not an easy task when you have 7 kids ranging from 1 year to 4 years old. I got some really fun shots of Libs and the other kids-- you can check those out at our family photo site.
Today I got my real first taste of the terrible two's. Miss Lou Lou is beginning to tantrum at the drop of a hat when she doesn't get her way. This is highly frustrating to her mother and probably quite funny to all who are observing the spectacle.
After a lovely lunch with Nana and Pop where Libs got some lovely Valentine's gift-- including a princess Hallmark card that sings a lovely princess song over and over and over and over-- we had a tantrum when it was time to go. She almost spent the night there as I couldn't get her out of the house. When we finally got out of the house she climbed into the passenger seat, across to the drivers seat and began to play with my buttons.
Immediately after this picture I forcibly removed her from the drivers seat and carried her kicking and yelping to the backseat. When she got to her seat she was squirming so much that I couldn't buckle her in. At this point it was either laugh or cry-- so I chose to laugh... which might encourage the behavior.