Yes-arooni, posi-tooni

Folks, it has happened. Dora is done-zo. So much so, in fact, that i just deleted the series recording on the dvr. I guess she (Olivia, obviously) has been sort of phasing out of the over-a-year addiction for a while now. She's picked up some new favs and has been busy doing other things I guess. But anyway, I'd say it's officially over. She never wants to watch and yesterday when my mom presented her with a little mini stuffed Diego and Dora that she bought, olivia threw the Dora on the ground. Of course violet snatched it right up and was so happy. Poor girl/2nd child.... Already getting the reject toys. Cute thing was, Olivia gave the Diego a big kiss and extra long hug. So in case you are dying to know, she's moved on to Diego and pinky dinky doo. Looooves pinky. Which I'm actually happy about because it's only on one time a day at 8:30am, unlike Dora that is on approximately 15x a day. No more dvr full of dora! PS my title is a little insider for all the pinky dinky doo fans out there. :)





Here she is when she first got diego. She flipped it right over and said, "rescue pack! A rescate!"

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Busy Bees

I feel like I have a lot of blog catch up to do. For now, a couple pics of my beach babies. We were there for a little 3 day stay this week and it was so nice. Breezy and borderline cool but mostly warm, always sunny and 100% cloud free. Heaven! More later.








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Proud as punch

The best part about from this little report from Olivia's teacher is the note on the side about cleaning up. Translation: on other days, your child is a diva and won't help. Nice. They only get these if they are really bad or really good so woo hoo Olivia!



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Phone pics update....

A sampling of our life lately via pics from my phone..i don't know why i cannot get rid of the huge spaces between all my photos.. sorry.

Violet checkin on her baby doll

Olivia enjoying some popcorn at the beach!

Olivia heading out to sea

Violet really went for it playing in the waves this time. She was wiped out, obviously.

I made a new recipe Sunday that was delish. Here is violet enjoying it...

And here is Olivia napping through dinner at 630! (she went down at 2:15. What can i say, we keep it low key on sundays)

And here is a picture of our dinner. Yes, that white spot on the plate is calling out for a big, fat piece of garlic bread but I opted not to make it for fear of death by carb overdose. But my plan probably backfired because it just left more room for pasta or salad...and you can guess which one we chose!

See the recipe here...

A first for these 2. It's the only way we can shop and have room in the actual cart for food!

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New stuff

We got 2 new chairs for our living room and they came today. Olivia came in and apparently noticed our new items because for like 20 minutes, she could not get enough of her newfound seat! I guess she just wanted to help break it in.




Went to the beach today... That's about the only place I can go and not be annoyed at the obscene temps at the end of September. I'll blog pics of that and all the amazing things we've been doing (not) later. BTW- did anyone slash everyone watch biggest loser last night?? Holy depressing. Every other story had some tragic death in it. Too much. But I guess that's the point of the show. I told Adam I sometimes want to be a trainer because I like the idea of giving people the tools and opportunity to get to the "other side" and see how much happier they can be..... But then I remembered I like mcdonald's and don't particularly love working out. Nevermind.

Goodbye baby carseat...we won't miss you

Babies-r-Us is doing this exchange program right now where you bring in an old highchair/carseat/stroller and you get a coupon for 25% off a new item in one of those categories. I have been sooo ready to move Violet to a big girl car seat so I figured now was a good time! And, my infant carrier has seen better days so I had no problem trading up. They're doing it to get older models of stuff out of the community...newer/better safety features nowadays... Anyway. Violet thinks she is a big timer like her sister now. The whole way home she wouldn't lean back- she wanted to sit upright at attention in case something exciting happened.

She'll still face backwards for a while but I don't think she minds. She can watch Olivia's every move which is what she loves to do anyway! Bonus: this print was on sale so I got an even better deal. Definitely dulls the annoying-ness of the fact that we have to own 2 gigantic car seats that take up my entire backseat. Luckily the 2 babies using them are so cute! Do you love Olivia's sock feet in the background?

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in case anyone is wondering...

this is REALLY good. olivia loves to it too. she just had some with her lunch. yes, i give her popcorn with her lunch. sue me. it's high in fiber and better than plenty of other options like chips. thankyoubye.