A Visit with Caroline

Genevieve went home with my parents on Saturday after her dance orientation.  She spent a lot of time in her playhouse, which is a tiny version of my childhood home.

Finny the kitty made a good playmate.  

There was plenty of blue tutu wearing.  

Mom and Dad took Genevieve down to Newburgh for the night to see Uncle Chip, Aunt Katie, and Cousin Caroline.  

They lounged on Frankie's bed.  

My sister bought my child more tiny crap.  

Genevieve gave Caroline quite the send off to school on Monday morning.  

What?

Caroline won't be back before I leave?

I'm so glad she had such a fun weekend.  

1st Full Week of School 2015

Well, I officially have a battle on my hands each morning with my precious daughter.  She no longer wants to wear pants or shorts of any sort.  She only wants dresses and skirts, but of course, she has particular ones that she will only wear.  

My first full week at school went well.  The honeymoon period is over, so they are now showing themselves to be quite chatty.  I can handle that, as long as they are kind to each other.  We just have to work on a little more self control with talking.

On Friday evening we met our friends, the Newtons, at the new LDS Temple in Carmel.  It is the only temple in Indiana.  It was fascinating to see and interesting to learn a bit about a different religion.  

On Saturday we had Genevieve's orientation for her new dance career.  She will be taking a toddler tap/ballet combination class once a week.  Here she checked out her classroom, complete with mirrors and tiny little barres.  

Then it was time to be fitted for shoes.

She was very patient.

Then she got to tapping like Mr. Bojangles.

Next up was the leotard.

We tried one on for size.

I want purple!!!!!

 Yes, purple.  

Yes, I still want purple.  

And we have purchased purple.

It was not removed.  

That's G, Copper, Todd and one foolish mother with a plastic bag full of $85 worth of dance attire.  

Then we met princesses.

Her teacher, Katie, was quite lovely. 

We took a sleigh ride with Anna, 

 and then ended the party with Elsa and a stop at Petunia, the Flying Cupcake truck.  

We still have 3 weeks until her first class, so I'll be fighting a daily battle over wearing that lavender tutu.  

A Lot Going On!

Jamie had her baby.

Georgia Elizabeth was born on Thursday.  

I love this picture.  

My first 3 day week was a success.  My kiddos are adorable.  On Saturday we drove to Cincinnati for some family time with my side of the fam.  Robeghan decided to spend their Saturday time at IKEA, while YaYa and Bob joined us at EnterTrainment, a cool place for train aficionados.

There was a face in a hole and I prepped to get in position.  Trinity captured the true dimensions of my body.

Giant head/forehead and smaller from the neck down.

I'm built like a Bratz doll.  

We toured the history of trains from the 1840s to present day.

It was an amazing place.

G just kept pointing and saying, "twain!"

She screamed Twain so much I felt like we were at a Shania concert, not a train museum.  

YaYa did some heavy lifting.

T&B alternated carrying the step stool.  

YaYa rode the rails with G.  

Genevieve got her face in that hole correctly.

They also had this funky funhouse exhibit.  This room was all odd angles and there was such an incline that we were sliding everywhere.  

Don't worry I used my Ninja Turtle back power to pull my child up.  

YaYa took this picture, while trying not to vomit.

Bob was somewhere sitting on a bench. 

My mother stayed with Genevieve and they ordered room service while my dad treated us to a Reds game.  

Our seats were pretty fabulous.

The game started at 7:10 and we didn't get back to the hotel until almost 11:30.  It was my latest night in a while.  

We booked it to the Newport Aquarium in the morning after some lobby lounging.  

G loves Finding Nemo.  

"Later, dudes!"

Bratz doll meets white alligator.  

"What would I give, if I could live out of these waters? What would I pay to spend the day warm on the sand?"

G mermaided with the Penguins.  

They had a bridge over the Shark tank.  I was all like "no thanks, I've seen Jaws 3."  

We ended the weekend with another rookie mother mistake.  This $11 Minnie paint job got glitter in my kid's eyes that made her cry and her bow started running down her face.  It was also hot as hell and she was sweating.  We arrived home and were in the tub by 3:00 p.m.  

3 days later we still have a forehead rash.

Her daycare called to report the rash to me today and asked if I wanted to take her to the doctor.

I brought in this picture and showed them how I had her painted up as a clown/hooker Minnie Mouse.

No doctor visit required.

Thanks to YaYa and Bob for the great weekend!