Social Butterfly

Callie's social calendar has been filled lately. And, unfortunately, her nap schedule has not been as filled (though we've tried!).

Wednesday: Playing with George

Thursday afternoon: Playing with Calvin

Thursday evening: Playing with Ciri

Neither Callie nor Ciri slept much today, so Casey's neighbors were treated to a double toddler meltdown at about 7:15 this evening. And I got to have my first car seat fight (picture Callie screaming and making her body stiff as a board to avoid being strapped in; picture me frantically trying to do everything in my power to get her body to bend so I could strap her in).

This all was followed by the most. dramatic. bedtime. ever. I don't have the energy to write about it. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday.

First Word

Someday, when Callie asks me what her first word was, I think I now know what I can say.

Yes, as a much littler tot she babbled ma-ma and da-da, but not in a way to really relate the words to us, the people. Yes, she has been able to say "Oooh Oooh Aaah Aaah" at the sight of a monkey for a few months. And yes, she recently started dropping things on purpose and saying "Uh oh!" But I don't consider those her first word(s).

Last weekend (or maybe the weekend before?), Callie was awake early so I brought her in bed with us to play. After awhile she was getting restless, so I decided to take her downstairs. I told her to "say bye to Daddy," and she clearly said "Bye Dad!"

Since then, she's been a "bye" saying machine, even though she's still working on the people she's saying by too.

Bye! from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Weekend Wrap-Up

I'm amazed with how fast weekends go. I mean, I guess it makes sense seeing they are only 2 days long, but for real! They fly by!

Let's start (pre-weekend) with Thursday night- Grandpa's birthday! Yum...Carrot Cake!

We took it easy on Friday night, which was lovely. Then on Saturday we headed to the condo and went to the Farmer's Market down below their place. And the purple jacket had to return...it was 45 degrees out. At least we got to wave to MorMor!

On Saturday night we went to our former neighbor's house for a party so Callie and Wes got to hang out.

The sun FINALLY came out today, Sunday! I got into a serious spring cleaning/de-cluttering mode. I'm not sure what came over me, but I was all about it...and still am. I think it is because the summer is rapidly approaching (yay!!!!) and I REALLY want our house to be more pleasant to live in. So we have plans to do some organizing and updating in the next few weeks. I'll keep you posted.

Anyhow, we're the only house on the block that has an INFESTATION of dandelions, so Chris started to attack them this morning. With a little help.

Then Andy, Beth, Donald and Sasha came over for lunch and a trip to the park!

This afternoon Chris and I went to Ikea (see above comments about attempting to organize...storage bins were definitely purchased) so Cathleen babysat!

Then, while Daddy went to play softball, Callie and I joined Cathleen with her Spanish class dinner. It was SO fun...an hour for speaking mostly Spanish. I have to admit, it went better than I expected! My high school Spanish started coming back to me. And working at a school with mostly ELL students for the past 5 years seemed to help too.

This upcoming week is the last full 5-day week of the school year. My anticipation for summer is beyond ridiculous, even though I do love my job. I am so thankful to have the teacher schedule!!!

Shoes

I may have a slight addiction to purchasing toddler footwear. But a girl's gotta have choices, right?

Happy Friday!

I wanted to post this adorable picture this morning, but Blogger was down.

A certain 16.5-month-old was up early this morning, so we got in some bird watching before leaving for work and MorMor's house.

Have a great weekend!

Birthdays!

We had a busy day yesterday so I didn't get a chance to blog, but it was Papa's birthday! Happy Belated Birthday Papa! Hope you had a great one!

And today is Grandpa's birthday! Have a great Birthday Grandpa!!!!

Mother's Day Make-Up

We had a lovely dinner with my parents tonight to make up for missing Mother's Day.

After dinner, Callie had fun running around the practice putting green...Daddy is already working on making her his little golfer chick!

Oh, and remember how I wanted to ditch the purple jacket so badly? Well, I got my wish as it was ridiculously hot outside today. Now the sky is yellow and we're waiting for STORMS!!!