Addie-isms

I live in fear of the moment I recognize I officially have 2 full blown honey badger babies in the house. Myles is still a little too young to realize his full potential. But I do know the day is coming that he may be just as sassy as his older sister. Here are some of my favorite Addie-isms while we wait for that day:

• Addie just went Jersey on Myles. He wandered over and took something she was using and she started screaming at him in Addish, ripped her shirt off and got in his face. I think she may have said 'Come at me bro' but I can't be sure.

• Me: I'm gonna need you to calm down.
  Addie: down? What's that?
  Me: its the direction of which I'd like you to calm yourself.
  Addie: umm... No.

• Addie ripped the top off her sippy cup and is blessing Myles like its holy water. I can't win

• The makings of a fun Tuesday night: a sneaky toddler, a full jar of mod podge and your phone.

• I just blocked Addie's access to the cat food. I don't understand her native tongue, but I'm almost certain she just threatened my life.

• Addie is devastated she doesn't fit into her bumbo anymore. I have the same reaction trying I fit into jeans right now, so I feel for her.

• So Addie has zero patience to wait for me to cook any of her meals or to do anything I ask her, but she has enough patience to sit quietly and unscrew every last knob on my dresser? That seems like a fair trade...

• Addie's new thing: She doesn't just say 'Yea' anymore. It's a very enthusiastic 'oh yea!' Kinda like living with a very adorable kool aid man.

• A thoughtful toddler who wants to help sweep the floor turns into me trying to do moves that I can only equate with some type of twisted prenatal yoga as I dodge a broom handle.

• I hope Addie realizes her tantrums are less effective when she goes to throw herself to the ground and takes the time to gingerly place her head down before continuing her rant.

• I thought to myself 'Addie must be pretty hungry bc she's eating so many mini pancakes'. Turns out she was just ripping them up and storing the pieces in the couch cushions.

• Sometimes when Addie gets mad at me I'm fairly certain she's swearing at me in her native tongue.

• Just caught Addie cuddling with my boots. You know I bought you some stuffed animals and a cat, right? You don't need to cuddle up to some Steve Madden knock offs.

• Addie's new favorite food is paper. Yummmm

• When I walked out of the room to make a bottle Addie and Abby were having a full conversation with each other. When I walk back in they both go quiet and give me a deer in the headlights look. Its so obvious they were talking about me. Now I feel like I'm at the nail salon...

Our mini getaway

We decided to take an overnight trip to an indoor waterpark for my birthday last week. We've been cooped up most of the new year with this terrible weather and needed to get out and do something fun. I'm really glad we did it because the kids had a blast and the pricing wasn't bad because it was a weekday. Here's some pics of the trip, of course mom is too busy taking pics to be in any.

Love is in the air!

One of my goals for the year was to decorate for each holiday. Valentine's Day gets bad mouthed a lot as a Hallmark holiday, but I personally like Valentine's Day. It might have a bit to do with the fact that my birthday falls on the 14th, but its always nice to celebrate love, whether its romantic or otherwise. As a couple, we don't really go all out for any holidays, birthdays or anniversaries, but we do like to celebrate each other in smaller ways. On Valentine's Day we make each other a card. Its so fun to see what my husband will come up with every year. He actually has fun doing it and tries to do it when I'm not home so he can surprise me with what he makes. I cheat a little and use my Cricut, but the thought is all the same. I'm so excited to be able to get the kids involved in this tradition as they get older.

I did a little decorating this year, and I love how it all turned out. I've been really obsessed with wreaths, so I knew I wanted to make a new one. I've done burlap and ribbon wrapped wreaths so I thought I'd try a yarn one this time. I used felt to make the flowers and scrap fabric for the banner. I have a ton of cream ribbon lying around to finish it off.

The burlap canvas is from Wal-Mart and I just placed the felt heart on so it would stay. Then I can reuse the canvas for another holiday. The twine wrapped bottle was a quick project and I had a bag of buttons to make the heart. I found the ribbon for the garland in the dollar spot at Target and used two spools.

The LOVE sign is one of my favorites because I made it by hand. I have a ton of those multi-colored frames laying around from a crazy sale at Michaels, I ended up paying between $5 and $6 for each. I wanted to use some of my fabric to make the sign and printed off a template online and then used that to trace it onto the fabric with a Sharpie. I love the way it turned out.

 

What Valentine's Day crafts are you working on this year?