Seriously?!!!

So, here's the scenario:

We're in Louisville, for John's Ironman race, and since she and I flew there (benefits of the spoose (rhymes with moose, and yes, I just did a set of parentheses inside a set of parentheses) working for AA), we only brought the umbrella stroller (which happens to be obnoxiously pink!) instead of the Ironman jogging stroller.

It's Friday, we head down to the river so the gang can do a practice swim in the Ohio River. (I'll be doing more race posts (soon) on my other blog, I'll try to keep this one mainly about V.)

Ahh! Double parentheses again! What's happened to my grammar?! Moving on...

So, here she is having some fun in her stroller (see, pink!) while they swim.


"Oh, this is soooo much fun!"


"Alright, I'm ready to get out and run around!"


So, after their swim we go back to the hotel. We're in the elevator, and there's another lady in there with us. She makes a comment along the lines of, "What a cute little boy, is that a boy?" and I say, "No, she's a girl" and she responds, and I quote, "Oh, I see the pink shirt now."

Seriously?!!!

You missed the obnoxiously pink stroller?!!! I mean, it's not like that's gender neutral or anything!

I was going to pretend she was colorblind or something, but she blew that excuse right out the window!

And, let's just talk this out real quick...even if I did have an older daughter who the stroller was originally purchased for, what kind of mom makes her son sit in a bright pink stroller?! Especially an umbrella stroller! It's not like those cost very much!

People these days...sometimes, you just gotta wonder.

Good Morning!

I'm back (well, hopefully...I have to start posting at a different time so it's taking some adjusting)!!!

So, in Violet's new daycare class, we have to feed her breakfast before we drop her off. This means we had to change hers (and mine) schedules to get up earlier (boo!).

Anyway, one morning, she was looking particularly tired while eating her waffle, so I couldn't resist the photo op.

There she is, drinking her milk from her sippy cup like a big girl with all her waffle bites.


Seriously, look at that hair! What a mess!


Don't you wish you were greeted by such a cutie-pie every morning?!

Of course, now that she's been in her class for two months, her schedule is adjusted and she pretty much keeps it on the weekends. That means she wakes up about 6:30...so much for sleeping in!

Ironman!

We're home! And John is an Ironman!!!

Pics to come soon...

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!