Day 273 of 365

Holy trantrum Batman! Yes...I'm "That" mom that takes pics of her kid while they're tantruming. She's never had one like this before...so I had to document. Hope we don't have another one like that anytime soon!!

Day 272 of 365

Bath time! Well...imagination style bath. Today was our yoga workout, and I left my mat out, and Ellie said it was her bathtub. Heehee...so she was busy "taking a bath "....so glad this kid thinks of fun things like this :)

Day 271 of 365

Clothes! Here's the pile of clothes we got yesterday. Like I said...lots of good stuff. A nice coat for church...some great skirts...a few dresses...2 pairs of shoes...some tights...and some t-shirts. I wasn't impressed with my usual go to store Carter's. Maybe they sold out of stuff earlier...but they didn't have anything I liked. I went a little nuts at H&M...so maybe that will be my go to store from now on. Now that she's older...other stores just don't have cute stuff for size 3T. Well...Gymboree does...but I can't afford that place for all her clothes!!

Day 270 of 365

Honk Honk! Hot Dog Truck coming through! Ellie & I hit the mall yesterday for some much needed fall clothes shopping for her. Not much fits from last year...so we needed to load up on some good stuff. Funny little story to share too. We hit a couple stores first...didn't find too much and then went to H&M. I'd never been in one before...but knew people said they had good clothes for kids. So we ventured in. Found some GREAT stuff...and Ellie was running around the store..burning off some energy...and busy showing me things she liked. Well we pay and go to head out...and we set off the alarm. Great! So the security guy came over and we checked our bags and no tags left on...so he said it was probably my cell phone. Weird. That's never happened before. So we left...and went into the next store...and we set it off going in..and coming back out. By now I'm just warning the store clerks ahead of time that I'm going to set it off and that it's just my cell phone. Fast forward to later...running errands at Kmart. We set that thing off AGAIN. So weird...and by now I'm embarrassed as ever. I could not figure out why my phone was doing that again. Well we got what we needed and headed toward the checkout. I looked in my purse to find my wallet...and what did I find in there??? One of those sill sensor thingies! I saw Ellie playing with it and thought she put it back when we were at H&M...but nope...she put that sucker in my purse!! Aghhh...funny kid! I left it at Kmart..and happily went out the door...alarm free :)

Day 269 of 365

Dolls! I love that Ellie has started playing with her dolls and using voices with them. It's so fun to listen to the conversations she has with them. Most of the time it's sharing names...and saying how much they like the other's dress, hair, or shoes. And sometimes it's about what they're going to do that day. Could there be any more pink in this picture? :)

Day 268 of 265

Pumpkins from Poppie! Ellie's grandpa came up for a visit this weekend...and brought a nice surprise! Some pumpkins!! And it's been Ellie's favorite book lately too...Dora's pumpkin book. Cute little story about Dora's grandma making a pumpkin pie...and how Dora and Boots go to a pumpkin patch to find just the right pumpkin for her pie. Makes me SO ready for cooler weather...come on fall!!

Day 267 of 365

Cookie face! We helped out at LLS's Light the Night Walk tonight. Great cause...and it's also where Mommy used to work. It had been a couple years since we were around to help..and so glad we did. I always get inspired by hearing other's stories...and Ellie had a good time dancing...moon bouncing with Daddy...and eating cookies :)