Glue

Mia wanted to paint...went and tried to get the box of paints down from the art shelves...found glue, tissue and scissors instead. "Mama, I wanna cut and glue" No prob. She never did get to the tissue and scissors, but the glue...that's what she got stuck on.

LOVE this shot of her tootsies!

not much happened on paper...her medium of choice was more her own skin

Mia's super fun attempt at rinsing herself off...she ended up needing a bath.

Indian Blankets

On Tuesdays, Mia gets out of school at 3:30, but doesn't have swim class until 5...in the same area. So, every Tuesday when I pick her up from school she asks what kind of 'adbenture' we're gonna have. This day, we drove around until we happened upon some wildflowers. An hour was easily lost by exploring all the different types, shapes, colors.... When we got home after swimming, we sat together and Googled Central Texas Wildflowers and found the names to several. Mia's favorite one was the most prolific...they looked like daisies but were bright yellow and orangish-red....we discovered they're called Indian Blankets. She didn't pick any of those b/c they were also the faves of several bees.

Happy Birthday Lulu!

Lulu, one of Mia's classmates and good friends, recently celebrated her third birthday! We all got together at Texas Jumpling Bean...a super fab inflatable jumping place. It was soooo much fun. Mia and her friends were just running around...in and out of inflatables. Mia was so brave and independent. Which worked out nicely for me...super pregnant mama got to sit in a chair and watch her have a ball. Lulu's mama made an awesome Ariel cake that I had a hard time keeping Mia from. The kids waited so patiently for their turn at the Ariel piñata, but were soooo ready for all its loot! As we were leaving, Mia noticed a face painter had set up a table...a few minutes later, Mia was a kitty...covered in glitter! :) She loved it and looking at herself so much. I felt bad that it was time for nap when we got home...the kitty face was all over her pillowcase when she woke up.

Building Lily's Swing

When Mia was a baby, she LOVED her swing. When she wouldn't sleep anywhere else, she'd always be able to sleep there. We ended up selling her swing when she got too big for it, so now that we're expecting a Lily, we knew we needed to get another swing. We found a super fab one that actually plugs into the wall..no more running out for D batteries in the middle of the night!

The other night Daryl,with some help from his assistant, assembled Lily's swing. Mia, who pulled out her tool box, was in charge of taking all the pieces out of the plastic, but the part she loved the best was attaching the hanging butterflies :) Daryl read the manual, and all was ready in two shakes of a lambs tail...all ready for the arrival of our Lily.

Here's a shot of Mia when she was about 4 months old...in her swing, wiggling her toes

Rock Climber

We hit the Pecan Street Festival this weekend, and I did not take my camera...I needed a break. Mia hit the petting zoo and pony ride...rode 'all by myself' for the first time :) She had lemonade, we shared a Texas size corndog (HUGE!) and a red velvet mini-bundt cake...and topped it off with a large frozen lemonade. We walked around and checked out all the crafts, cool clothes and jewelry...well, from the shaded sidewalk. Daryl asked me if I liked anything....you know it's a hot day, when I'd choose the cool shade over shopping! On the way out, Mia spied the rock climbing wall...and wanted to try her hand at it. She's about 35 lbs...all you have to be is 30...SCORE! She was harnessed up, given a quick lesson and up she went...just a little bit, then she repelled...THAT was her favorite part. So, she'd climb, repel, climb repel.....I'm sooooooo glad Daryl had his phone...photos!!! Mia and her adventures make it hard to remember she isn't even 3 1/2 yet!

Flash!

Last summer, Mia and I started weekly mommy & me gymnastics classes at Acrotex. At first, her focus was on running around and not really into what Coach Misty was trying to teach these 2 yr old tots with the help of their moms...but she LOVED Thursday afternoons..'nastics' time :) Over the months, she really got into the warm ups and stuff they did on the balance beams, bars, mats...she can almost do a cartwheel and is a star on the trampoline! She even asked for her 3rd birthday to be at nastics class. In January, she had about 30 of her friends over to Acrotex for a nastics party. She was in heaven!

Since becoming pregnant, our mommy and me class has been a challenge for me at times. Whenever he could, Daryl would meet us there to take over. Watching them from the sidelines always warmed my heart. The point was always to have fun...learning all the other stuff was just gravy. This month, we had to give notice that we'd be taking a little break. I'm soooo not up to picking up a 35 lb girls so she can swing on a bar, and she's not quite up to the level where she could take a class on her own...in a couple of months she may be.

Almost everyday, she'll 'flash' for me or show me her cartwheel, teeter toter, forward roll.... I'm glad she still loves it, but feel so sad that I can't take her for a while.

She will be back, but until then....here's a little FLASH!

Q&A

Q: When will my Christmas cactus ever bloom?

A: May 1st

Q: Mia? What's taking you so long?

A: 'nothing'

Q: How big will my belly be 5 days before due date?

A: Thiiiiiiis Big!

Q: When will Lily be born?

A: Not soon enough for me :)