Diddos for Kiddos

Last weekend was SO amazing; I love it when that happens!

Friday night, Mary and I went to Diddos for Kiddos.  Baby-free!  Thank you, Tyler for watching the little ladies for FOUR hours by yourself.  That was magic!

Babies/toddlers/children are not welcome to the Friday night sale, so Mary and I scramble to find sitters for the spring sale.  Tyler was out of town and my mom was unavailable, so we hired their FIRST EVER babysitter.  It worked out well, but we felt like we were on a time-crunch.  This time around, we had all the time in the world!

Diddos for Kiddos is hard to write about because they misspell "dittos."  It drives me crazy!  And I have to agree with Mary, it's too painful to update your facebook status because you just can't type "ditto" as "diddo."  You just can't.  But I have to write about my fantastic finds, so "diddos" it is.

Diddos for Kiddos is a flash sale that happens twice a year (Spring/Fall) at the same location about 25 minutes from our town.  Anyone can sign up to be a consignor; you tag all of your items with your given number and your choice of price. Some sellers are fair, but others either ridiculously over-price their lame items or way under-price their fantastic ones.  The latter ones are the best finds!  About a week before the sale, you bring your items, from children's clothes, toys, equipment to maternity clothes, and the workers inspect every item.  Then it's time to put your items on the racks; it takes about 15-20 minutes for this whole process.  NBD.

The actual sale is all day Saturday and then everything is half-price for the Sunday sale.  Everything's pretty picked over by Sunday, so we never hit that.  Mary and I are both consignors, so we get to go to the pre-sale on Friday evening.  YESSS!  The doors open at 6pm, but we get there to wait in line by at least 5pm.  By 6pm, the line is probably 200 people deep.  Serious business...don't even get me started on the line cutters...!  This year, the ladies at the front even ordered pizza to be delivered and they ate in their beach chairs while they waited.

Finally, it was 6pm and we were let in!  I'm really all set with baby equipment, but it's just addicting to buy!  And at such great deals, I couldn't help myself!  Here are a few of my favorite finds:

The Galt Playnest and Gym

Eeeekkkkk!!!  I saw this and freaked when I saw the price.  I snatched that bad boy right up!!!  And for ONLY $12.  Woohoo!  It's in almost brand new condition -- I just had to bring it home and wash it to freshen it up a bit.  What a find!  I just wonder what the seller was thinking...!  I didn't have a playnest with Scarlett, so I'm curious to see how much better this is than a playmat.  And really, I just need lots of things to entertain baby 2 because Scarjo is still high-maintenance when it comes to needing attention!

Baby Uggs (for reals!!!!!)

My mom bought Scarlett and Louisa their own pair of Uggs for Christmas last year that still fit them and she just bought Camdyn and Alyssa their own pairs of the same boots.  With this find, now all of the girls have Uggs!  Too adorable -- especially when they all match!  And here's the best part; guess how much I paid...$2.  TWO DOLLARS.  They look brand new and I paid only two dollah, dollah bills!!!  (Okay, Mary found them, but still...!)  You can't beat it!  

So Diddos for Kiddos started out my weekend on a fabulous note.  (I swear I get a shopping high -- great deals make me happy!)

Actually, my Friday started pretty fantastic because my mom kidnapped Scarjo and took her to a Halloween cookie decorating party with Cam and Alyssa!  (no school for the big girls!)  Tyler had that day off to help with my to-do list for baby 2 preparations, so with no Scarjo, we got lots done and even had time for a baby-free lunch out!  I cannot remember the last time that happened!  Turns out, it's pretty awesome, but I'm not sure when it will ever happen again now that baby 2 is about to come.  Hello, dependable and trust-worthy babysitter!  Hopefully.  

My mom has an instructional video on how to dance like a princess!

Friday was the best day ever, though I missed Scarlett lots!!! 

Scarlett, the cheerleader!

Scarlett learned this cheer from Alyssa, the professional cheerleader in our family!  The colors in the cheer change whenever Scarlett says it, but she's always so proud of herself; it cracks us up every time!

Kitties for days!

While my mom's husband is away for work, we've been socializing at her house all week!  It's been a party! 

One hilarious night, all the little ladies were coloring with markers while we were chitchatting.  (Yay for entertained babies!)  Though when we looked over, Scarlett had colored a black circle on her nose.  Mary, being the fun aunt that she is, said, "Hey, Scarjo, do you want me to make you a kitty?!"  Of course, Scarjo (and all of the other girls!) wanted to take Mary up on her offer!  So off to work Mary went, creating little kitty faces on Alyssa, Lulu, and Scarlett.  (Mum wouldn't allow Cam to join in because she's a little too old!)  

We all chuckled at their cuteness and went on with our gossiping!  

Scarlett and Louisa had a party splashing in the sink, and that took off some of the marker.  So when we got home, I just sat Scarjo at the edge of the sink to scrub her down with warm water and lots of Dove soap.  Her kitty whiskers faded, but refused to be washed off.  

Turns out, the markers that Auntie Mary used were for POSTERS and absolutely not waterproof!!!  SO, the girls got to be kitties again the next day, too!

I mean, really?!

people.com

Why do I even bother?  Kristin Cavallari had her little boy, Camden Jack, just six weeks ago!  Not fair.  Good for her, but still sooo not fair.  And those heels??  I have yet to wear heels like that since Scarjo was born!

I need to go drown my sorrows in chocolate and pregnancy pictures of Jessica Simpson!

(Though I'm not sure which is prettier; her heels or her car seat/stroller!!!  Jelly!) 

So What! Wednesday

This week, I'm saying So What! if:

• I am a failure with past and present tense when I write.  It's a situation since I love to blog.  While re-reading some of my old posts, the mistakes I made were glaringly obvious!  Must work on that.
• Cooking is a real challenge for me.  Legit.  I'm not really sure why I just can't whip up dinner, but I blame my mother!  ;)  It must run in the family!  Tyler has started stopping at the local bakery and picking up chicken pot pies and lasagnas.  No lies.
• And if my cooking skills aren't shameful enough, I ruined a batch of box brownies!  Ouch.
• Meggie Monroe was baby 2's first official name and I thought it was pretty BA to name my daughter after myself.  Then that changed at about 24weeks.  I still love it, though, so I don't want to forget it!  Maybe if baby 3 is a girl...!
• I CANCELLED MY NETFLIX!  I am so proud that I pulled the trigger finally.  We just don't have the time to watch movies, but then I'll go on their website and they have every movie I've ever wanted to see...so sneaky!  
• Doctor appointments make me nervous!  Now we're going every 2 weeks, so I'm feeling nervous a lot!  After having a baby, I really should be over this phobia.
• Facebook updates about how deathly sick you are irritate me to no end.  I don't care!
• I'm not sure what's worse: the fact that I call Scarlett, "crazy lady," or the fact that she answers to it! 
• I milked it when I had my pertussis vaccine. I'm not really even ashamed!
• Using Scarlett's princess phone, I have been calling the princesses, so they tell me what to tell Scarlett to do.  She takes their directions seriously and it gets things done!  Hehe!
• I went onto pinterest.com to follow the pinners from my Glamour magazine.  Lame or brilliant?!

Brilliant!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS!

Pinned by Elizabeth von Schlederer -- Postsecret rocks! 

I know everyone thinks it, but this is so hilarious and true!  Tyler and I have fights (that I always win.  for reals.), but we are besties and he'll even admit that.  And we rock as fun parents, mostly, and talk about how much we rock.  How lucky am I to have someone who I can talk to about how awesomely fun we are?!

Best. Postsecret. Ever.

Scarlett's Morning of Fun with her Da!

Da is winning brownie points; he gets her frosted doughnuts!

Scarlett was too short, so he did what any responsible parent would do...let her stand on a chair.  By herself.  Because he needed a picture with Gronk!  I'm glad I missed this! 

Tyler said that he told her to stand under his arm, but all she did was POSE!  

So as any pregnant lady/mother knows, you are always tired.  Always.  It's just how it is.  And sleeping in is a thing of the past.  Thankfully, now that Scarlett is boycotting naps, she does fall asleep by eight o'clock, so I go to bed then, too!  But last night, I stayed up to catch up on our favorite shows (wild Saturday night, eh?!).  The Office and Parks and Recreation were worth the loss of sleep, and I'm thinking that my free time is about to disappear around October 27, so it was nice to relax baby-free!

And then something magical happened...Tyler got up with Scarlett and took her to Dunkin Donuts and Walmart for a morning of grocery shopping fun!  He let her walk with him and they looked at the Christmas decorations and visited her favorite babies in the toy aisle.  Such a fun dad, but an even better husband!  Those extra two hours made me feel human!!!

But here's a little side story of the morning...Grr!

(At about 6am, I got up for my 4th bathroom run of the night, and as I climbed back into bed, Tyler shushed me!!!!  MURDER.  He gets up every morning with the goal to wake up the toddler, I swear!  He does his nose drops {ew.}, clinks around his belt, and leaves the water running while brushes his teeth {don't even get me started on that!}.  But because he was getting up with Scarjo, he made sure that all was quiet!  And when I told him I was thinking murderous thoughts, he just chuckled!  The extra sleep made up for the shushing, though...at least mostly!)