A Homemaking Milestone

I made bread today.
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From scratch.

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With yeast and wheat germ and everything.
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It was delicious.

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And now my house smells like homemade bread, for the first time ever!
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Yummy!

A New Week

Thanks to everyone who offered helpful suggestions for getting through Sunday meetings. Yesterday went pretty well, as I was armed with a bag full of books and snacks and church-appropriate activities. We also sat next to a no-kids couple, and I think a healthy dose of stranger anxiety kept Leah pretty calm. In addition to the ideas I got from you guys, I also got some ideas here

http://ldscoloringpages.net/

and here

http://www.mormonchic.com/crafty/filefolders.asp

In other, more upsetting news, we seem to have lost our camera. Leah was the last one seen with it. And while she is full of ideas about where it might be, none of them have been the correct one yet. Jason even went digging though the trash this morning in hopes of finding it, to no avail. This is getting a bit ridiculous. I mean, our house is not that big, people! Don't you hate how things just seem to disapear?

Character Overload

Leah is starting to get really into characters- Disney princesses, Sesame Street, Dora, Curious George, even Hello Kitty. The funny thing is, she has no idea that most of these characters are on TV- she just thinks they are fun books and toys... and shoes... and cups... and placemats... It's hard to get away from them!

I'm just amazed at what she picks up on, with very little exposure. I am proud that she can pick out book characters with the same speed- Charlie and Lola, Olivia, Fancy Nancy, Tea for Ruby, the Pigeon, Duck on a Bike and David (that crazy-looking little kid that's always in trouble).

Dilema

How do you keep an almost two-year-old engaged and quiet during sacrament meeting?Ours starts at 12:00, after two hours of nursery and right at lunch/nap time.

Keep in mind that Jason does not go to our ward.

And I'm not interested in letting my child wander all over the chapel or spreading the entire contents of my diaper bag all over the floor- I'm trying not to distract others!

What works for you?

Be Still, My Heart

From the bedroom this morning, I heard Leah exclaim, "I'm ready, Mom! I'm ready!"

This is what I found in the kitchen-

Any suggestions on taking babyproofing to the next level?!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween night was lots of fun. Jason took Leah out trick-or-treating, and I stayed back and handed out candy (at my mom's house). I'm not sure how I ended up without any pictures of Jason and Leah- he did the hard work that night, but got paid with lots of candy!

Roxy the bumblebee!

Leah got pretty good at this!

Happy Halloween!

I didn't think Leah would have any say in her costume this year, but she had a definite opinion, and dressed up as a ballerina. Since I couldn't convince Jason to dress up as the Nutcracker, we went as the audience. I've decided that we dressed up fairly true to real life- Leah is center stage and Mom and Dad are always there to watch and cheer her on.

The "program"Ballerina costume = candy!!! Leah was thrilled to meet one of her favorite TV characters- the man in the yellow hat!

We're already stuffed to the brim with candy, but we've got two more Trick-or-Treating events to go!