Eating Sushi at a Restaurant

Maddie and I ate at a sushi restaurant for dinner today! I had a doctor's appointment run very late so I rushed to daycare to pick her up in the nick of time!  We got sushi for dinner as I had nothing prepared, but luckily Maddie loves sushi (California rolls)!

June Weekend Fun (with video)

We had lots of fun this weekend! Here are some photos and videos.

On Friday we did a new activity - colorless fingerpainting! I purchased it on Amazon and it's a colorless paint but turns to color when applied to a special paper. Maddie loved it!

On Saturday our friend Ann stopped by for a quick visit on her way home to the airport. We had dinner and then went to get a donut for dessert!

And here's a video of Maddie just playing around.

And on Sunday it was incredibly hot outside so Joseph set up an impromptu water party in the backyard! Maddie had a ton of fun and took the best nap afterwards.

Goose Egg!

Maddie fell off her chair today during dinner. She was reaching for something and wasn't strapped in and fell head first onto the floor. Poor thing!  We saw a big goose egg forming later on and put on a cold headband as she didn't exactly know what to do with a bag of ice.

We now make sure to strap her in for all meals!

We have her Tylenol and she slept in so late the next day! The picture was taken at 9:15am when I finally had to wake her up! Luckily school was on break for a week or I would have had to wake her up even earlier.

Measuring Mommy's Tummy and Listening to the Baby

Maddie pulled out the measuring tape and wanted to measure my tummy and then listened to the baby.

Maddie escaped from her crib!

AND if finally happened... after 2.5 years Maddie has finally learned to crawl out of her crib! We were watching her on the monitor at nap time and she was very hyper and was standing and jumping and singing in her crib.  After maybe 20 minutes we heard a big THUD and glanced at the monitor again and did not see her! Joseph ran upstairs and she had climbed out of her crib!  We think she used the dresser for some leverage.

And of course the big girl bed is not yet set up!

(UPDATE 7/26/17: Maddie has thankfully not once climbed out of her crib again. She has attempted to a couple of times but we quickly push her legs down and just pull her out of the crib.  She now sleeps in her big girl bed about 75% of the time and every once in a while decides to sleep or nap in her crib - there will be another post about her new room later)

Weekend Fun - Cooking & Shopping!

Here are some cute pictures from this weekend!

Watching TV and playing with water beads on Friday:

On Saturday we went to a toddler cooking class where we made pasta salad!  Maddie even got a knife so she could chop vegetables! She was decently engaged and the class went better than I expected. She loved mixing all the items together the best!  Afterwards we went to Maplewood Park (which we call ABC Park) and then to lunch!

Since we had so much fun cooking on Saturday, on Sunday we made pistachio pudding!  Maddie mixed it up then we scooped it into cups and put half in the fridge and half in the freezer with popsicle sticks to make pudding pops!  We later went to the store to grocery shop and buy more pudding and jello to make in the future.

Smelling the flowers after we got home from the store.

 

Maddie did NOT nap. Instead, she decided to strip down to her undies!  Luckily she did not have an accident or take her diaper off, that would have been a disaster! Here are pictures of her trying to put her clothes back ON after taking them off.

This Week at DayCare: 5/30 & 6/1 (Last Day of School!)

Tuesday 5/30:

Thursday 6/1 - Last Day of School before Summer Break!