Wednesday Fun-Day

It is so nice to be coming out of my winter "funk." I always have a touch time from Jan. - March since Michael works so much and it's cold and yuck, so it's not a great time to plan much of anything or go anywhere. And this year, combined with pregnancy it was just pretty unpleasant. I know Michael and Libby felt it from me and I apologize to them. I need to get a plan in place to deal with it next year - though I won't be pregnant, of course - just will have a baby baby to slow us down and naps to organize our life around. :-)

Anyway, I'm really feeling back to my old self this week with energy, optimism and everything! I'm not quite 100 percent over the nausea at times, but I'm getting there and just having my energy back means a lot. For instance, on Wednesday, work was somehow not that busy, despite everything going on, so I was able to enjoy Libby... all day!

We went for a walk with our neighbor friends and took Commissioner, did a couple of art projects (more on that in a moment), took a picnic lunch to the playground and I even got a few "need to" things done, without feeling like Libby was suffering because of them because we'd gotten to have so much fun together and I could truly focus on her.

Taking a break from eating to go "sit in Daddy's lap." She's getting much more into playing pretend.

As for the art project, Libby got her own pair of scissors to get better with them (they use them only once in awhile at school - fine by me - but I know she'll use them more next year) as a "special treat" along with a few other little random items - for... wait for it... ditching the pull-ups full time! That's right, no more pull-ups in this house, even at night. Woot!

I mean, look at how big she's getting in her morning before-school photo (from Tuesday)!

After nap, she got to play in the sprinklers, which she's been dying to do since we got our new grass going last week and she got caught in them in her regular play clothes. This time, she planned ahead and put on her swimsuit for the first time this year.

She actually stayed dry for a long time and didn't really want to get it. It was warm, but overcast and that water was pretty cold. But she eventually ventured in.

But she had the best time filling her crocs with water and dumping them in the grass or on the driveway and then rinsing her feet... and repeat.

And tonight, she got another part of her gift bag of fun! She's been asking to paint her toenails blue. So I got her some light blue nail polish and tonight we got matching home pedicures. She also requested that her fingernails be painted, but since it's picture day at school tomorrow, those were painted soft pink. There are limits...

Showing her fancy nails!

We really had a great day - even pizza for dinner!