If you think this is bad, you should see the other guy....

Just kidding.

But Chloe had her first noticable accident this past week.

She was sitting in one of those booster seat/high chair things. Unfortunately it wasn't tied down, she leaned forward and fell on her head. Luckily she was ok, she just ended up with a knot on her forehead and a black eye.

Sidenote: Before anyone thinks about giving me a hard time about this, we did end up taking her to prompt care to make sure everything was ok. And we have taken steps to make sure this doesn't happen again.

These pictures really don't do it justice, but its the best that I could get :)

I've also been trying to teach Chloe animal sounds. She can do dog, cat, duck, tiger, owl, and elephant (which is totally cute, she does this little hand motion to imitate the trunk... :).

Anyway, the other day I tried to teach her to make a fish face. Her fish face kind of looks like she's about to kiss someone. Now she goes around doing it all the time, especially when I try to take her picture.

Finally...

So this past weekend was awesome. I kept meaning to get on here and post some more pictures, but the problem is that we took so many, it's so hard to try and choose what to choose. Seriously, we took over 300 pictures the whole weekend!

So Sunday we went to the zoo in the morning. By the end of the afternoon, the girls were SO worn out. But we had a good time. Here are some zoo pictures:

As always, the carousel has a huge hit with Chloe. Now Anna wasn't so convinced that one could have very much fun.

Apparently there was something not so fun about the getting measured....

Waiting in line for the train...enjoying some frozen lemonade!

Here they are at the fountain/water area at the end of our trip. Neither of them were so sure about the amount of people around, but Chloe had lots of fun. I think Anna just wanted out of there:)

These next few pictures should show you how exhausted they were. We left after playing in the water. This is Chloe trying to keep her eyes open on the way out to the car. And then of course both girls were out by the time we got them in their car seats!

After going home and taking naps (well, Anna napped at least) we blew up Chloe's pool and they played outside for awhile. Anna enjoyed the pool over the fountains.

And that brings us to the end of Saturday.

Oh I forgot! We got Chinese for dinner.

Turns out Anna is a master noodle slurper! It was the funniest thing. We didn't even have to show her what to do...it's like it came natural! I tried to see if Chloe would slurp, but turns out she's more of a fan of shoveling her whole hand in to her mouth.

Coming soon:

*Children's museum pictures and our last day of the visit.

*Living Simply Week 2

*Chloe's Accident

We're having a blast - Day 1

What are YOU doing???

I have the laziest child in the world...

Not really. She is actually a very active toddler, never stops.

But she does have one lazy tendancy that drives me crazy. Can't remember if I've mentioned it or not. But she refuses to walk over to a particular destination. If she knows where she wants to go, she wants you to take her. Usually it's the swingset. She'll take a few steps towards it and then turn and hold her arms out to me, expecting me to carry her the rest of the way. If I don't, she will throw herself down on the ground hysterically crying.

Today we went to the pool. I tried arm floaties on her...not a hit. We stayed in the pool for about an hour, then I went to my car to get some clothes to change into. I ask her if she wants to walk over to the "swings". (playground). She says yes. Again, takes a couple of steps across the parking lot and expects me to carry her.

Now if we are somewhere like the mall where it would be easier to carry her, no way, she has to walk. Go figure. :)


On to some cute pictures!!!!

Last week was kind of a stressful week for me. Well, really the past month has been somewhat stressful. Dealing with the A/C, the floors, the water, etc. Its been the kind of week/month that makes you start feeling really overwhelmed with life. You, or at least I, start thinking about everything that needs to be done, the errands, shopping, cleaning, laundry, etc, and thing start feeling to completely impossible that you, or rather I, just don't do anything. Not the way to get things accomplished.

I sort of had an experience this last week that was pivotal in my new line of thinking.

Let me first start by saying that I always have a TON on my mind. And while I'm doing one thing, chances are my mind is on a billion other tasks that need accomplished.

So Monday started off pretty uneventful. Chloe and I did some grocery shopping, went and got something to eat, then stopped off at Kmart. Then we went home. I pull into my driveway like normal, open the garage, pull the car in. I get out of the car and get ready to get Chloe out of the back, when something catches my eye. What, you ask? Well, laying on the back of my car, right underneath the spoiler, were my car keys. Now I have two sets of keys with me usually, which is how I was able to get home. So I think to myself now lucky I am that those keys stayed on my car the whole way home! Now it's only less than a mile from Kmart to my house (.7 miles to be exact), but still, pretty impressive!

How did this happen? Well, when I put Chloe in the car, normally I'll set my personal belongings on the car somewhere while I strap her in. Usually I don't have my purse with me, so if I don't grab my keys from off the car then I immediately know because I can't start my car. So usually what happens is that I'm sitting in my car, realize I don't have my keys, get back out and grab them, then go on my merry way. And every time the thought occurs to me that I should change that habit.

Back to the story. Fast forward to the next day or so when I take Chloe to the city market for lunch. Can't find my wallet. Hmmm. Maybe I left it in my car. Nope. Maybe I put it in one of the bags that I left Kmart with. Nope. Then it occurs to me. There is a very strong possibility that it was put on my car with my keys. And my keys were the only thing that made it back.

Now getting a new driver's license, that probably will be a little inconvenient for me. Credit cards--easily replaced. Olive Garden gift card--not replaceable, but hey, I don't really care for it anyway. Zoo membership-again, already got that replaced. Wallet size pictures of Chloe that I had been holding on to, deciding what to do with, that was the real killer. I can't tell you how upset I am over that.

And the worst part? Completely avoidable. If I could just slow down and think about what I'm doing as I'm doing it.

Which brings me to my new philosophy. Living Simply. Simplifying all the normal tasks in life. Giving my complete attention to everything I'm doing. And I bought a book. It's called Simply Living.

It's a 10 week system that gives you a list of 4 tasks to tackle each week in order to add order and alleviate stress. I figure it's worth a try. So each week I'll report back here on what my tasks are and how I did accomplishing them.

1)Drink 8 glasses of water a day

2)Walk 20 minutes every day

3)Save $2/day or an equivalent of 1% of your weekly take home pay

4)Organize one drawer or closet of your choosing

Wish me luck!

And really, what post would be complete without some pictures of Little Miss Chloe!?!?!