Wordless Wednesday- First Birthday Party

Sweet Pea got some very nice presents. One was in Dora wrapping which made Princess think it's was hers since Dora is her other obsession. Princess was her usual helpful self and helped Sweet Pea open all her gifts.


Sweet Pea tries to carry my purse around but it's much too heavy, this little purse is perfect for her and she already know how to hold it. Just another reminder she is growing up.


Sweet Pea didn't really know what to do with the cupcake. She just kept picking at the icing. After her sister came to show her how it's done she finally picked it up for a big bite. But there was no big smash of the cake. I guess she's going to be a little delicate princess too.





The impossible family photo. This was the best picture out of the ones we took. Sweet Pea was too excited to sit still for even a second.

Not Me! Monday 2

This is my second time participating in Not Me! Monday! You can read my first entry here. This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

This week I did not go on a day date with my husband. We did not talk about how we couldn’t remember the last time we went out for a date during the day. If we had gone out, we wouldn’t have celebrated with a ridiculously expensive lunch. And the lunch would not have included a single bellini that would give me a slight buzz without even finishing it. My husband would not have loved the fact that I wore a halter top and “didn’t look like a mom”.

I did not walk into a new store and get utterly and completely confused just trying to get into the door. It’s hard to explain, but there were exit and entrance doors right beside each other and then each of them had another door to enter/exit the store with a glass divider between the two areas. I did not walk into the exit door then wonder why I couldn’t open the partition to get to the 2nd entrance door. I did not need the help of a kind gentleman to get me into the store. And once in the store, when I couldn’t find either of the items I originally went for, I did not proceed to spend $80 on other random things. That would be crazy.

My youngest daughter’s first birthday is tomorrow. Because it is such momentous occasion I have been thinking about it for weeks. I certainly have not been in complete denial that she is turning one and procrastinated on picking a date for the party. I will not be planning a last-minute party for her. And when we do have the party, I certainly will not be letting her indulge in any cake. She has never in her life had sugar and we wouldn’t start on her birthday. I made a special cake for my oldest daughter out of our applesauce and whole wheat flour and would not slack off on this birthday just because she is the second child.



I did not finally fold two weeks’ worth of the girls’ laundry last Tuesday. There is no way I would have 19 pairs of unmatched socks. And there was not already another two loads of their laundry waiting to be done. But if there were I would not have procrastinated on doing those two loads until today. Who knew little girls came with so much clothing? And because I am so organized with their clothes, I would never leave two big boxes of their too small clothes sitting in our hallway for over three months. These photos are not of my home of course, but I wanted to show what the laundry would look like if I had procrastinated on laundry, which I totally did not do, remember.



Those are all the things I did not do last week. What are some things you did not do last week?

My Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. I never expect very much for my birthday but still usually manage to get disappointed. I’m not the type of person that uses a birthday as an excuse to party or needs lots of gifts. It’s not that big of a deal but it’s nice to get a little bit of acknowledgement. I did get a lot of birthday wishes on Facebook, but those hardly count since they are from people you never talk to anymore and the only reason they know it’s your birthday is because Facebook tells them.

The kids slept in a bit which was a bonus birthday present. I had nothing planned for the day but since it was raining we couldn’t go out for a walk again. I was in the mood for a lazy day so I lounged around in my pajamas for most of the day. I finally showered and then had to tidy up before my mom came to babysit.

My husband I headed out out for dinner and a movie. There was a hockey game playing so it was hard to have a romantic dinner. Not only were the TVs distracting there also cheering and booing fans. And by the time we finished dinner, the movie had already started so we decided to rent one instead. We couldn’t agree on one so we ended up getting three movies. Slumdog Millionaire, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

The kids were still up when we got home so we got them ready for bed. Then my husband had a bit of work to do so I started watching American Idol. I don’t know why I bother watching it since I’m completely tone deaf and can’t tell who is a good singer. When my husband finally got back, we still could not agree on which movie to watch. I really wanted to watch Slumdog Millionaire but he didn’t and I had no interest in any of his movies. So I continued to watch American Idol while he went downstairs to watch X-Files.

Did I mention that there was no gift from my husband? I had to plan our evening out and then ended up watching TV alone. It’s not so much about the lack of a gift but I just wish he would have made some effort to make it a special day. We talked about it later that night and explained that I needed more quality time with him. He better redeem himself on Mother’s Day.

On a positive note, some family members gave me birthday money so I’m going to order a bike trailer. Hopefully this will give us an activity to do together while getting some exercise in too.

The Beginning of a Princess

My daughter transformed into a princess on her 2nd birthday. Her aunt bought her a princess set that came with a dress, jewellery, high heels and a wand. The second she put it on she was hooked. She instinctively knew she was a princess, although up until that point we had never seen any books or movies that showed princesses. She loved the pretty dress and could walk surprisingly well in the too-big high heels. I guess all the training in my shoes helped. She had a blast and wore it the rest of the night. Since it was her birthday she was allowed to stay up way past her bed time and indulged in a lot of sugar. We ended the night with a melt-down when I tried to take it off her to put her to sleep. The next morning she couldn’t wait to put the dress on again.

Since then we’ve added several new dresses and princess-related books. I often find Princess in a dress throughout the day. She loves to dance in them and often refuses to dance unless she has her dress on. Although some parents are concerned about raising a spoiled little princess, I think we can allow her this fun role-playing activity without raising a little monster. In fact, we use it to our advantage. It’s very effective to tell her that “Princesses don’t make messes” or “Let’s clean like Cinderella.” Also, although she may be a princess, as her mom, I’m the queen. And we all know that the king and queen are in charge.

I’m sure she will outgrow this at some stage, but in the meantime I’m enjoying raising my little princess.