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!