Mobile Uploads!

Here are some pictures I have taken with my iPhone in the last few days.

This past weekend, we were waiting on John to get done at the bike store, and Violet got restless in the car, so I brought her into the front seat with me and tried to find ways to entertain her. I saw a ponytail holder and thought I'd see if I could give her a ponytail yet...I CAN!

So here is Violet's first ponytail, as she's trying to crawl out of the car to get her daddy!


Monday evening, as we were preparing to all get our haircuts, John and V arrived first and he too was trying to keep her entertained in the car. Here is my first picture of Violet driving (a parked car).


And last night, John was getting everything ready for his big race (Ironman Kentucky this coming Sunday!) and we look down, and Violet has figured out that the valve stem on the tire tube goes into the air-pump thingy! There she is, our future bike mechanic!


Sorry for the quality of these pics but they were taken with my phone so, meh! I'm thinking mobile uploads will be a new feature every so often...

Enjoy your weekend, John will be out torturing himself!

Carseat Fun!

So, the other day, Violet was in her big-girl carseat and decided she'd had enough of running errands and wanted out. Trying to keep her entertained, I gave her my sunglasses.

It worked!


"Thanks, mom, for sharing your specs with me! I'm all good now!"


This makes me kinda glad V & I aren't driving to John's race with him and are flying instead, because her carseat tolerance lately has been about 30 minutes to an hour, and a ten hour car ride could be no fun for everyone involved!

Funtastic Island

On Sunday, we took Violet to the park for the first time.

At first, she wasn't so sure about the swings...


But then she decided they were pretty fun! Just like her swing at Grandma's (and the one at home we haven't hung yet...)


Then while exploring the maze of funness, we found this little steering wheel. At first, she didn't know what to do, but she figured it out pretty quick!


Then daddy took her down her first slide! Woo-hoo!


And finally, she showed how big of a girl she is while riding this dinosaur thingy. Her feet almost touch the little footholds!


Next summer, I have a feeling I'll be chasing her through this park like a mad-mom!

I <3 My Chair!

A few weeks back, we bought a new game chair because our old one was officially toast. It had a good life, but it was time for a new & improved one. So, we got a black disk-ish chair that collapses so it stores nicely. Well, Violet just loves this chair.

Here she is sitting in it, just for an example.


"This is my favorite chair EVER!"


Okay, so now that you know she likes the chair, let's get on with the story. While cleaning up the living room one fine evening, I collapsed the chair and stored it by some boxes near the fireplace. It didn't quite stand up as I intended, but I didn't think anything of it. So, a little while later, I hear Violet just a-giggling away, so I look to see what's going on. Well, she has climbed up into the chair and is just playing and drumming on the boxes and laughing like it's the funnest thing ever.


She played like that for like, 15 minutes! As soon as I found her, I moved an arm's length away in case she toppled out of the chair, but she was having so much fun I just let her play away!


I did, however, move the chair after she was done to a safer storage location where she couldn't climb into it and risk falling out onto the fireplace.

Some nights I just set the chair in the middle of the floor collapsed and she crawls onto it like it's her throne! I don't have any picture of that yet, but I'm sure I will soon!

Peace!

Time to Toddler-Proof

So, if you've been reading this for awhile, you may have noticed that I'm more of a reactive mom than a proactive mom. For example, I didn't lower Violet's crib until she pulled up in it.

Anywho, a while back, John went to the store and bought outlet plugs and cabinet locks so we could baby-proof the house. I immediately installed the outlet plugs, because V was crawling and I didn't want her to electrocute herself or anything, but didn't really do anything with the cabinet/drawer locks but put them in a drawer to be installed later.

Well, it's later. How do I know, you ask?

3 reasons.

1. Violet can open our cabinets and drawers.


2. Her favorite cabinet to play in is the one full of my Pyrex, and her favorite drawer has all our barbeque utensils (including a steak knife and fork).


3. She walks, and will be over playing in the cabinet in the blink of an eye.


At this point, I had to put the camera down because she was about to start pulling the Pyrex out of the cabinet and REALLY play with it. I gave her a strainer instead!

Monster Attack!

Warning: Little monster spotted at our residence...be on the lookout!













Found her! You wouldn't guess it's her, she looks so normal!


"Rawr, I'm gonna get you!"


"Whoa mom, did I scare you?! I was only playing!"


"That was fun, can we do it again?!"


Seriously though, she has sooooo many expressions! Just the cutest thing ever (although I may be a teeny bit partial)! =)

Color Wonder

Last Saturday, we were out in Tulsa looking for a new TV stand. After having no luck at Rooms Today or Mathis Brothers, we went to Office Depot (I know, right?!) upon the recommendation of the guy at Mathis. So, as we suspected, they do not carry TV stands. However, they are located right by FFO and Furniture Row, so was no big deal.

On with the point of this story, while at Office Depot, we spotted a Color Wonder Sleeping Beauty packet. I've been wanting to buy Violet a Color Wonder set for awhile, because she loves coloring with her crayons, but I have to watch her like a hawk! So, we decided to buy it for her, and let her carry it through the rest of the store. When I went buy it, I had to un-clench her fingers from the package! She was worried I wasn't going to give it back!

So, a few furniture stores later, we went home and I opened it for her.

Here she is in her cute little dress (borrowed from Kate) playing away!


So, it turns out, while she likes to scribble every so often, what she REALLY likes to do is just play with the markers. She likes to try to put them together, and put the lids back on, and stuff like that. She's always trying to figure stuff like that out! Such a smart little girl!

So Close!

So, Violet is sooooo close to just taking off walking by herself. She now stands up in the middle of the room and takes a few steps all by herself!

Here's a few pics of her walking between me and John last weekend (July 25th-ish).

John's making sure she has her balance before letting go (otherwise she just takes off and her body goes faster than her feet!).


"I'm coming to you mom, get ready!"

Oh, and isn't that dress just adorable?! I love little girl clothes!

So, she was being an ornery little booger, as usual, and not wanting to walk any more, so John picked her up and turned her upside down!

Seriously, she is such a little monkey. She loves being upside down!

"Please daddy, don't put me down, I was having fun!"


Oh, and this one's from a little while later, while she was playing with her puzzle we got her for her birthday. She loves this thing! She sits there and pulls all the pieces out and just plays! So cute.


That's all for today! =)