Monday, April 30, 2012
121/366
This girl used to sleep in. Always. Now she's got an internal clock set for 5:55. I'm awake then but I like my quiet time. Except when she's sweet and wants me to crawl into bed and take pictures with/of her. I got about 5 minutes before she lost interest and wanted to play with the iPad. Hey, I'll take it.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
118/366
Welcome to the flock...
Bella and TBD.
I went and got them when Maddie was at school. Which meant I had to put on my big girl pants and handle them all by myself. And it wasn't easy. And I contemplated picking Maddie up from school early so she could do it. But it was worth the torture of having to touch them to see Maddie's face light up when she got home.
Bella and TBD.
I went and got them when Maddie was at school. Which meant I had to put on my big girl pants and handle them all by myself. And it wasn't easy. And I contemplated picking Maddie up from school early so she could do it. But it was worth the torture of having to touch them to see Maddie's face light up when she got home.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
116/366
I woke Allie up from her nap today so that we could go and pick up Maddie from school. I woke her up, instead of Al waking up on her own, because it appears she played dress up for awhile on her own. Her undies were on backwards and her entire dresser's contents were in bed with her. 
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
115/366
It's been an interesting day...one where everything that could go wrong seemed to. But I capped it off with a perfect evening with friends, maddie had her five year appointment and although she is a bit anxious (understatement much?) about visiting with the doctor she's totally healthy, and we found three eggs in the coop. So there you have it. The glass is half full. 
The Details
We made it back.
Did you know that I would totally pay an extra $200 to an airline that created a kid-zone that you could dump your kids off when you got on the plane? Yup. Traveling with a 2.5 year old, stuck in a narrow tube, for 5 hours is not my idea of fun. The iPad, sans internet, is only good for so long. And it most definitely isn't five hours long.
We had a great trip. We did next to nothing and it was perfect.
We did go on a few quick walks around town. Allie constantly needed her shoes adjusted.
The parasails were still a huge hit with the girls. Nothing screams entertainment more than some big old white tourists flying around in questionable parachutes.
Sand? Yeah...Allie and I will pass. Allie wanted to go back up to the pool about 2 minutes after hitting the beach. Maddie wanted to move in.
Once whatever evil was living inside of Allie found a new home (maybe 2 days into the trip?) she became quite the charmer.
Maddie insisted on getting herself into a mexican hospital at some point during our stay. I nervously stood back and took pictures so we could document that we let our child out onto rocks with waves crashing nearby.
Ahh... such a happy family. RIGHT MADDIE?
And the pool...I think I took 2000 pictures that look exactly like this
And this
And you catch my drift. I'll spare you.
Most nights after dinner part of the group would go out on the boardwalk for ice cream. Allie most nights, was not part of said group. Eating dinner can be really quite tricky to do.
And the horseback riding adventure. It was a dream come true. Literally. She wished the night before that for her birthday she'd get to ride a horse. I was pretty nervous with the build up that she'd totally choke. She did not. At all. She hopped on and looked like such a natural. I was so happy for her.
I on the other hand, was not quite as skilled of a rider. Apparently in no facet of my life am I an alpha. My horse would stop to eat about every three steps and then when we crossed a river he took a drink, and then LAID DOWN IN THE RIVER WITH ME ON IT. Oh yes...
But we made it to the predator set and then quickly turned back. Maddie's ride back, if you ask her, took about 3 minutes. My ride back was interminably long...3 hours? Allie had had enough at that point and would alternate between excitedly pointing out garbage on the side of the trail, to crying, to laughing. Every time she cried I'd hear this conversation:
Kip: Allie, what does the horse do when you cry?
Allie: He runs.
Kip: Do you want him to run?
Allie: NO.
Kip: So what do you need to do?
Allie: Stop crying.
Our guide didn't speak much english, but I'm pretty sure that after our 3 min/3hour ride home he learned what that conversation meant. It was repeated a few times.
She also loved the super ghetto public bus. Not joking.
Allie was exhausted for the ride home. But I kept her awake. I wanted my hour of afternoon peace.
But instead of an hour of afternoon peace because of naps Nonna stepped in and made cupcakes with the girls. After they popped out of the oven Maddie asked if she could have one. I told her she could. After pulling my head out of whatever nothing I was doing at the time I finally stopped her at cupcake 5. Yes, between the two of them they ate almost the whole batch.
And that my friends is our trip in a nutshell.
Pool
horses
nothing
Did you know that I would totally pay an extra $200 to an airline that created a kid-zone that you could dump your kids off when you got on the plane? Yup. Traveling with a 2.5 year old, stuck in a narrow tube, for 5 hours is not my idea of fun. The iPad, sans internet, is only good for so long. And it most definitely isn't five hours long.
We had a great trip. We did next to nothing and it was perfect.
We did go on a few quick walks around town. Allie constantly needed her shoes adjusted.
Much to Maddie's chagrin Allie has started to copy everything she does. Most of Maddie's daredevil stunts require some assistance for Allie.
The parasails were still a huge hit with the girls. Nothing screams entertainment more than some big old white tourists flying around in questionable parachutes.
Sand? Yeah...Allie and I will pass. Allie wanted to go back up to the pool about 2 minutes after hitting the beach. Maddie wanted to move in.
Once whatever evil was living inside of Allie found a new home (maybe 2 days into the trip?) she became quite the charmer.
Maddie insisted on getting herself into a mexican hospital at some point during our stay. I nervously stood back and took pictures so we could document that we let our child out onto rocks with waves crashing nearby.
Ahh... such a happy family. RIGHT MADDIE?
And this
And you catch my drift. I'll spare you.
Most nights after dinner part of the group would go out on the boardwalk for ice cream. Allie most nights, was not part of said group. Eating dinner can be really quite tricky to do.
And the horseback riding adventure. It was a dream come true. Literally. She wished the night before that for her birthday she'd get to ride a horse. I was pretty nervous with the build up that she'd totally choke. She did not. At all. She hopped on and looked like such a natural. I was so happy for her.
I on the other hand, was not quite as skilled of a rider. Apparently in no facet of my life am I an alpha. My horse would stop to eat about every three steps and then when we crossed a river he took a drink, and then LAID DOWN IN THE RIVER WITH ME ON IT. Oh yes...
But we made it to the predator set and then quickly turned back. Maddie's ride back, if you ask her, took about 3 minutes. My ride back was interminably long...3 hours? Allie had had enough at that point and would alternate between excitedly pointing out garbage on the side of the trail, to crying, to laughing. Every time she cried I'd hear this conversation:
Kip: Allie, what does the horse do when you cry?
Allie: He runs.
Kip: Do you want him to run?
Allie: NO.
Kip: So what do you need to do?
Allie: Stop crying.
Our guide didn't speak much english, but I'm pretty sure that after our 3 min/3hour ride home he learned what that conversation meant. It was repeated a few times.
She also loved the super ghetto public bus. Not joking.
Allie was exhausted for the ride home. But I kept her awake. I wanted my hour of afternoon peace.
But instead of an hour of afternoon peace because of naps Nonna stepped in and made cupcakes with the girls. After they popped out of the oven Maddie asked if she could have one. I told her she could. After pulling my head out of whatever nothing I was doing at the time I finally stopped her at cupcake 5. Yes, between the two of them they ate almost the whole batch.
Pool
horses
nothing
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