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I feel like my blog is so far behind I dont know where to start! AHHH... My days are so full that I have at least one thing to blog about everyday...guess I should get started! Hmm gonna do my 'scrap blog' first I think....wait for it!

Today Was a Busy Day!

While still in her ice cream pjs Kayla went out and played on Matthew's tractor. She has sat on it lots of times out in the yard but this was the first time the battery had been charged so it was a whole new experience for her.

After playing outside she got dressed-in her cute new purple Gap outfit (more recent shopping yay!) :)

Kayla wanted peanut butter for a snack after nap, I was surprised that she asked for that. I wasnt sure how she planned to eat it but I put it on a spoon (small amount) and gave it too her. She loved it...

Later on she even had time to color before it was time to go home...exactly how do we pack so much into one day?

Oh...and look how I managed to do her hair. It took 3 tries to get both sides done but smart Nina turned Barney on for her to watch while I worked on it. Im sure it didnt stay too long after I dropped her off at home but it was cute anyway.

I love french braided hair, I even where mine like that sometimes, even though it takes forever to do it.

"Thank You Ice Ceem Jammies" (Nina's Day 23)

This morning when I woke up Kayla was still sleeping. I laid there next to her and just enjoyed her being with me while it was quiet. She must have been having happy dreams because she kept smiling really big in her sleep and once even let out a little laugh.

When she woke up she was so happy (as always). I told told her that I liked her new ice cream jammies and she reached out and put her arm around my neck and said 'thank you ice ceem jammies'. How sweet is that?





From way before Kayla could talk her mom would tell her to 'tell Nina thank you' and always tell me she would learn to say it. For a while now she has said thank you when prompted but now Maria can relax with a job well done, she knows how to do it on her own which is so sweet. I almost cried. Here are the ice cream jammies.

While I have been sitting here blogging Matthew and Kayla have been playing Ring Around the Rosies or as Kayla calls it "pocket posies" Here is Kayla singing.

Here is Matthew singing.

I saw Alayna's bubbles blog and I thought Kayla would love it so I decided to pick up a bubble blower for the kids too play with. Too bad it wasnt exactly what I thought it was-but they still liked it.

On CafeMom I have pretty rediculously addicted to the "Beach Hunt" game all to Kim. she asked me what it was and to show her I added to to my page and I have been playing it ever since. I have been playing it so much that Matthew took a turn! Here is him playing...

While Matthew and I played on the computer Kayla played cards with Corrina

Kayla sat on Matthew's back to watch him play Leapster

Mary playing with Matthew and Kayla

Swimming Lessons

Today all we did was swimming lessons....Mondays are exhausting!

Here is her cute 'after nap' clothes for the day

Nina's Day 20...Swimming Lessons

I am working very hard to distinguish the difference between 'swimming' and 'swimming lessons' for Kayla. So that she can understand that we play while we are 'swimming' and we have to listen while we are at 'swimming lessons'. I think she is working on getting them straight. She love both anyway.

Today instead of sleeping in until 930 to make her lessons go smoothly she was awake at 8am anyway. So I got less sleep :(. Because of that swimming lessons didnt go quite as smoothly. She didnt really want to participate in anything but we were able to do it. We also learned if we cant get her to kick her feet that if we 'get' Corrina or race her we can make her kick and have fun. So we did that a few times.

We also make her 'swim' by laying her flat on her belly and pushing her through the water one to the other (are hands are off less than a second). We make her put her face down just for a second too, she handles it all amazingly well. Im so proud of her!

Failure!

Today I took my History CLEP test. I totally didnt think it was going to be hard at all. I studied a little bit and went in to take it. Too bad it was HORRIBLY hard!! Yep I didnt pass it...thank goodness I wasnt really upset. Now I just gotta take an online History class sometime before May 2009. Not hard, just frustrating cause seriously what does history have to do with Nursing? Plus I already took all the history I needed for the school in CA...I feel like its such a waste of time.

Life goes on right?

Today Kayla & Nina We Did....

...abosolutely NOTHING!!

This is what Kayla's day consisted of



I picked her up from Maria's work at 930 and she was asleep. She slept all the way to Brandons house and through me putting her on the couch. She stayed there until noon sleeping away. First thing out of her mouth was "hungry" lol.

After I fed her I took her to Kohls and bought her a few new outfits cause I couldnt deal with the clothes she had played outside in, lol Im such a freak! I even found a cute pair of shoes for her, too bad they didnt have them in half sizes :(.

and that was our whole day...

Nina's Day 18 (Swimming Lessons)

Today was our second day of swimming lessons. Maria and I agreed that the best way for Kayla to survive lessons that are right at her nap time is for me to pick her up at 5am so she can sleep in until 930 rather than the 8am she has to get up when I pick her up then. So far its worked pretty well.

Today's lesson was a repeat of the 1st, repetition is important obviously.


(doing the kick board)

(itsy bitsy spider)

After we got home from lessons I fed Kayla, bathed her and sent her off for a nap. She slept more than 2 hours today which is a good nap. About the time she wakes up we have time for a snack and then we are off to go see "Mommy DeeDee". Busy busy days! What am I going to do when she is old enough to be involved in sports and artsy stuff??

Nina's Day 17

We spent the day at Brandon's today so that means we basically did nothing. On days I pick her up from Maria at work I take her to Denny's for breakfast and then we usually run one errand and by the time we get back to his house its time for nap. Directly after nap its time to go to see her dad and that's it. Im a glorified chauffeur, lol.

Today our errand was going to the library. She didnt seem to know much about a library yet (duh, she's little). But she enjoyed looking at their fish tank and all the animals on the children's wall. There is some beautiful artwork in that room. I let her wander around for awhile and then we read a book or two before we went to Brandon's for a nap.

A short day for both of us.