Yesterday...

It was a long day yesterday!  We started out with the best intentions of having a fun day...and it was!  But there were a few bumps along the way...!

When I woke up, I had an email saying that I had won a raffle I'd entered at Diddos for Kiddos!!!  Woohoo!!!  I never win anything, so I was extra surprised and happy by my good luck!  I called the contact number and made plans to meet the lady in a parking lot right off the highway.  Perfect.  The only hitch was that I had to be there 30 minutes before Scarlett's favorite part of the day, toddler time, ended.  No biggie, but we'd have to scoot our boot out of there without a fight!!!

When we were leaving toddler time, Scarlett grabbed her daily sticker, and we headed off to the jeep.  No struggle at all!  I raced across town, made it there in time, and the raffle lady handed over the prize!  Scarlett and I were both excited and we were chatting and dancing to Biebs on the way to DD for my once-a-day coffee (my favorite part of the day!) and a cheese wrap for Scarlie Jo.  Life was good!

There was no line at Dunkin' Donuts, so we didn't wait long, and before I knew it, the lady was handing me my pumpkin deliciousness.  Then Scarlett screamed and started to really cry and grab at her nose.  Hmmm...

She screamed that her sticker was up her nose and then she just kept crying and kind of freaking out.  I made her look up and there it was!  I could just see the very edge of that blue smiley face -- it was up there pretty far!

At this point, I started freaking out!  Where would the sticker go??  It would just go to the back of her throat and then into her stomach.  NBD, right?!  But I wasn't sure...would it go up in her brain?  Get stuck in her face??  I frantically asked the DD lady if they had any tweezers (not really sure what I was thinking.), but they gave me blank stares, so I turned back to Scarlett and tried to grab it out with my swollen pregnancy fingers, but there was no way that thing was budging.  I turned back around and they were all staring at me, "Did you get it out?" they asked.  "Um, no.  I need her wrap, so that I can go!!!"

I mean, this may have been one of my worst parenting decisions; I waited for her cheese wrap.  WHAT WAS I THINKING?!  I have no idea.  Mom fail.

Anyway, they handed over the goods and I speed-raced outta there!  I live very close to DD -- it took all of 30 seconds for me to get home.  Then I raced inside, snagged the tweezers, ran back to the jeep and tweezered out the dang sticker!  PHEW!!!

Once I sighed with relief, I had a twinge of disappointment that I hadn't taken a picture of the sticker inside her nose.  But luckily, I did remember to snap a shot of the aftermath:

Welcome.

After the crazy morning we'd just had, Scarjo was still up for visiting Auntie Mary and playing at the playground for an hour.  Kill me now!  I just cannot enjoy the playground unless I have someone to chat with while Scarlett plays.  Pain-ful!

After a quick lunch, Scarlett was (finally!) worn out and begging for a nap!  Yessss.

Mum of the Year?

Today, Scarlett and I were practicing letters.  When we got to the letter "T for Tyler," Scarlett replies, "dollah bills, Da!"  

(I may say to Tyler as he leaves for work lots of mornings in front of Scarlett, "go make those dollah, dollah bills, Da!")

It might make me more of a horrible mother that hearing Scarlett say, "dollah bills" makes me laugh hysterically!  


I'm pretty sure I'm not ruining her for life...right?!

See?  Not ruined at all!  YET.

"Throwing Hunnids"

Who??

Have you ever heard of Tyga??  Yeah, me neither...well, until last week.  Apparently, he's a singer who has a song called, Rack City.  Naively, Mary (and me, too, I'll admit it!) thought this was just a good song with a nice beat.  (Mary may have been teaching Scarlett how to "throw hunnids" as they danced around the kitchen.)  It's been quite hilarious watching them...and then I looked up the Rack City video.  Whoa!  I was shocked to learn what Rack City was really about!

Of course, now it's pretty clear..."Rack" City is about a strip club!  Oh man...just another glaringly obvious sign that I'm not longer a young, hip college student, as much as I may feel like it!  Yet another sign?  The fact that I spent my Friday night at Jo-Ann's Fabrics.  So hip.

Though, apparently, I'm not the only one who is oblivious:

"You know what makes me feel old?  When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think, 'Aren't we kind of the same age?'" --Jennifer Aniston, 43

Oh, Jen!

This Just Happened.

Ok, so really it happened a few months ago, but I found it this AM and am a little angry with Tyler all over again!

It's just me and the roomies are here, sitting in the living room, drinking a glass of sweet red, and watching Modern Family.  I glance over at Mary to tell her to look at their counter tops (for inspiration...hint, hint, next project maybe?!) when on the television, I hear Phil Dunphy say to Claire, "You're easy on the eyes when you put in a little effort."  (Or something close to that)  Tyler's eyes swing over to ME right as Phil says that.  Whoa.  We're fighting!

48 Hours Later...

and my face is still orange!  Sunless tanner is not my friend.

Even my eye brows joined in on the party.