Pretty Piggies

My mind has been very full lately. I've wanted to blog, but haven't been able to sort through the jumble of thoughts that currently occupy my brain. Then tonight, as I went for an evening stroll with Kalianna and the dogs, I looked down at my toes. They made me smile.
I've had kind of a blah week. Nothing wrong, no sadness, just many happenings that I have no control over.
I hadn't painted my toes since the 4th of July, when they were red, white, and blue with little fireworks. Very cute! But this week, they had gotten to the point where you couldn't tell what color they were supposed to be painted. My big toes were the only ones that still had any paint on them, and they were a sorry sight indeed. So last night, once Kalianna was in bed, I turned on an episode of Friends and gave myself a pedicure.
As the pink glittery polish caught my eye again tonight, I suddenly had no more difficult thoughts. My toes are pretty and that makes me happy!

Pinkalicious

This is Kalianna's new favorite book. We read it probably fifty times a day. And every time we read it, she has the same big grin on her face.

Terrified!

Kalianna will play outside all day long, if I let her! She happily wanders around the patio (avoiding all that icky, poky grass) and loves to pick grass, throw the dog dishes outside and scoot around on the cement with her little bum inside them, or bounce her ball. But as soon as one of these fly overhead she screams and scrambles up the steps and into the house as fast as those little legs will carry her! She's not happy until she sits safely on mommy's lap. Then we will usually walk outside together, I'll point to the jets in the sky and say, "Wow! Look at the plane!" She seems to be okay with them as long as she sits safely on mom's hip, but boy those things really terrify her!

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I'm doing some research on self-publishing and figuring out costs. Will you please take a second and answer the poll on the right, pretty please with cherries on top? And whip cream. And sprinkles.

P.S. I'm all caught up on posts now, so don't forget to scroll down. =)

Funny Girl

Kalianna is definitely a toddler! She wants to explore everything and anything she can get her hands on. Here are some fun moments lately. (Sorry the pictures aren't great, they were all taken with my phone.)

The pantry has some awesome toys in it! (I was still cleaning up baking soda days later)

Kalianna has discovered how to go through the doggie door. And she loves it!

Helping Mommy make cookies. She discovered how yummy flour is to taste.

She loves climbing in the laundry basket and helping Mommy do laundry.

Kalianna likes to empty her drawers...and then climb in them. Sometimes she'll mix it up and climb in first and then empty them.

First Pool

Kalianna loves the water! So we finally bought her her very own little pool to play in. She loves it! The first time we got it out, I barely had her swim diaper on, and she was already climbing in. I had to pull her out again to even get her swimsuit on! I was nervous she wouldn't like the cold, hose water either, but she doesn't care at all! As long as she gets to splash and play, she is super happy.

Family Reunion

Every year we have a family reunion on my mom's side of the family. This year it was at a park in Centerville. After some yummy food and visiting, we played water kickball (where the bases are little kiddie pools). We had so much fun! By the time Matt and I were done, we looked at our watches and realized we'd been playing for three hours! Holy smokes! No wonder I was so sore the next day! But we had a ball! Kalianna spent the reunion sleeping for awhile, then she played with Grandma and Grandpa and her cousins in the shade. Matt and I both got a lot of sun (didn't put on sunscreen, cause we didn't think we'd be playing for that long). And we both had really sore legs and feet the next day. We couldn't wear shoes in the pool, so we all played in bare feet. It was totally worth it though! We had a ton of fun!