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That's it, and I'm happy!

SUMMER SCHOOL!

Cecily has been having so much fun these last few weeks doing Summer School.  A couple of friends and I have gathered our kids together 3 times a week (one day each at one another's home) for two hours and the kids have a lesson, activity and play time.  The kids love it, and I have to admit I have loved it, too.  And not just for the 4 hours a week I have one less kid!  I have really liked coming up with fun lessons and activities for the kids.  And Cecily is really learning things!  I love it!  Here are some pictures of a recent day at my house.  We were learning about the sense of hearing:

This is from another day.  Cecily with Aqua and Sophia.  

Aqua just moved away, and we are really sad.  Cecily really loves her, and they are good friends.  We wish her and her family the best.

Oh, and the best news is that Cecily is pretty much potty trained!!  HURRAY!  It's been a long time coming, mostly because I wasn't being consistent enough.  But Cecily finally decided that she can do it, and she loves wearing her cute panties!

YEP...

She likes that thumb. I swear she would have swallowed her entire fist tonight if it were detached from her arm! And the slobber!! I'm surprised our whole family hasn't drowned yet! If it weren't so darn cute, I would have to do something about it. She just lays there with both hands fighting for room in her mouth while she just jabbers and jabbers! Sometimes it sounds like she is being fussy, but she's actually just talking up a storm...and not being quiet about it!This little gal is still cute...Last night we were in the car driving home, and our friends were picking up some pizza and meeting us at our house. Derrick was being silly and sing-songing "We're gonna have a pizza party," over and over. So Cecily joined in and added in her "Oh yeah, oh yeah!" I turned around to look at her and she's totally into it and rolling her arms as she cheers. It was really cute! Hey Mom, I think Cec looks like a Thomas in the picture below. What do you think?

Anyone feel like making some yummy cookies? I just made these delicious ones (but then, I think ANYTHING with chocolate is good). You can get the recipe off of my recipe blog. They are my Chocolate Chunk and Toffee Chip Oatmeal Cookies.

Was this the lamest post ever? I'd say it's up there.

The Zoo for Cecily

Cecily is really into animals right now, especially elephants.  So Derrick and I took her to the zoo while we were in Utah.  Grandpa Tornow came, too.  Cecily absolutely loved it!  

No More Spiders

Well, after SEVERAL comments and phone calls, I am writing a new post so that I can move on from the picture of that hideous spider on my last post!

I never did post any of the pictures that were taken of my cute girls when Ainsley was just a couple of weeks old.  My friend Amy Brimhall took these pictures:

OUR 2 LITTLE PRINCESSES

DE...LICIOUS!!!

Just a quick, funny story about Cecily (at least her mom thought it was cute---but maybe you had to be there!)

The other day I had a magazine that had a photo of a cake on the cover. So I decided to practice Cecily's vocabulary with her:

Mom: "Cecily, what is this?"
Cecily: "Cake"
Then she adds, "YUMMY Cake"
Then, with excitement, "DELICIOUS!!!"

And then she finishes it off with the most exaggerated slurping noise, as if she is totally salivating at the mouth!

This kid just cracks me up!At the Children's Museum here in Farmington.

I guess she figured this spot was as good as her bed!

Holy Terror in the Target Parking Lot!

Well, after looking at some of Cecily's "precious" little baby pictures, I have found what I was looking for. The clue that would let me know that my perfect little baby girl was not going to be perfect forever. Take a look:

Do you see her flipping me off? I should have known that there would be a day like today coming. Want to hear about it?

We have been going through the transition of Cecily taking naps on some days but not on others. Today was one of the days she didn't take a nap, so she was tired, I'll give her that. We went to Target, and in the checkout line, she spots a Yo-Yo that she decides she MUST HAVE! Mean old me won't let her have it, since she already has a yo-yo at home. (She also has about 4 things of bubbles that I have broken down and bought for her when she asked for them while in the check-out line on other days). Then the crying starts...And the pleading...(how do you say "no" to such a cute little girl when she uses her manners?) But, alas, I stick to my guns and don't buy her the yo-yo. And then the hysterics start. I have never had an experience with Cecily crying where people looked at me like that. Yet, I know that some of them had to understand the situation. Haven't they ever had children? So we're walking out and of course the alarm goes off at the door. I look back and the worker says, "just go" and waves me out. I guess they'd rather I steal something than have to listen to my child's screams! Then we get to the car and that's where the real fun begins. It honestly took me over 10 minutes to get Cecily strapped into her carseat. You know the whole arching of the back thing that kids like to do so that you can't get them in their seat? Imagine a really fat, wimpy pregnant woman trying to battle that!! And I don't have much room because I'm parked too close to the cart return and I don't want to dent my car door while struggling with my crazed child. So I leave her in the car (her screams for the yo-yo louder than ever) and go around to the other side of the car so I can get in. She continues to fight me until, finally, I give up and start crying myself.

And then she let me hold her. And we cried until she calmed down. All this over a yo-yo.

Okay, so she was terrible today. But guess what? I still love that kid to pieces and think she's the coolest thing ever! Am I nuts? Oh well if I am!

We got a new computer this week (thank you Derrick)! It's an Apple, so hopefully, I won't have any more trouble with stupid viruses causing me to lose all of my data. Anyway, the REAL reason I was looking at some of Cecily's baby pictures was because I was transferring them onto this computer. And I just have to show off this cute little girl! I cannot believe how big she has gotten!

Is this a "Black Tie" Event?

I was just showing Cecily the pictures of her baby sister's ultrasound and I asked her what she thought. She answered: "Cute Dress."

Just a Reminder...

Yep, she's cute.

Yet another sleeping picture.

Our little surfer girl.

Sick with the flu at grandma's house.

Hanging out in Durango, Co with the cousins.

Our Visit to the Park.

Stopping to smell the Flowers.

What a Big Girl!

Just Monkeying around.

On Top of the BIG Slide.

At the Bottom of the BIG Slide.

Taking care of her Baby (yes, I realize her PJ's are too small).

We LOVE This Girl!!