No Studio Pictures For Us

I took Kylie to JCPenney's this morning to try and get Christmas pictures done but she had something else in mind. She refused to leave me and did her fake crying, all the while saying "Mommy hold you". They asked if I wanted to reschedule but I declined. It looks like it's up to me to take the pictures at home. I even tried getting her to go to Santa, which for a few minutes looked like it might happen, but then the "Don't want it" started up and she locked herself back in her stroller. That pretty much ended that conversation! I bought some stuff from Hobby Lobby to try and do a Christmas shoot so we'll see how cooperative she is for that. Will let you know how THAT goes.

Barney concert

We went to Phoenix to see Barney in concert. Kylie absolutely loved it. I think she spent the first part of it in shock. Ideally, I would've been smart to buy tickets to the next show. That way when the shock wore off, she could've actually participated. I have to admit that it was a pretty good concert.

we've been to school and the library

Kylie started Mother's Morning Out a couple of weeks ago. She goes from 9:30 - 1:05 on Thursday mornings. She seems to love it. Last Thursday was "A" day and she got to paint with apples. It's nice to have a little bit of time to myself, but the nicest part is going to get her and having her glad to see me. Like today, I got off work early and when I came home, she said "Mommy, I missed you".
We also went to the library the other day and she got to meet Biscuit the dog. She was so good there, I think we're going to start going to Barnes and Noble for story hour every week.

I'm too old for this...........

This has been a crazy 30 or so days for us. First, she was bit by the spider. Then she ended up with double ear infections. Last Wednesday, I picked her up from the babysitter's and she had teeth marks on her arm (from the other little girl at the babysitter's). Saturday evening she was bit by a mosquito on the forehead. These pictures are the result of the bite. I've come to the sad conclusion that I'm too old for all of this!

Blues Clues Cookies

Tonight we made Blues Clues cookies.
Kylie's been watching Joe a lot on the computer so it fit right in. We frosted them right after dinner, note the ketchup under the frosting on the face.
She actually had a lot of fun, for someone who doesn't like having her fingers dirty. When I got her out of her seat, she had a cookie stuck to the side of her leg. That she didn't like. I wanted to send half of them to my nephew in Michigan, but I'm not quite sure how to get them there without being broken into a ton of pieces.

Grandma Zwolinski would be proud

Yesterday, I decided to try canning tomatoes with Kylie. I was hesitant to try it, but the thought of not having canned tomatoes was far more disconcerting than what I was about to attempt. I set Kylie up at the sink with some cups and spoons and let her play with the tomatoes. She actually did really well. She filled up the bowl with tomatoes for me so that I didn't have to reach across her. She played in the water for about 1 1/2 hours and then moved on to other things, as you can see from the pictures. I laid a towel out on the floor for her to eat, since there wasn't room for her at the table, and she decided to sit on the potty chair and watch Barney while she ate. Then, she lounged on the couch with a bowl of M & Ms while she watched Blues Clues. We ended up getting 20 quarts of tomatoes. I'm sad to say for the first time I actually had a jar break on me while processing. I also was able to peel and freeze a bushel of roasted green chilies while she slept. I think this weekend we're going to attempt peach and apple pie filling. Will keep you posted on how that went.

Something bit her

I went to pick Kylie up the other day after work and found out she had been bit by something. We're all assuming it was a spider, but have no way of knowing. Her hand was pretty swollen by the time I got her and we ended up going to Docs on Call because it was getting bigger. The doc there put her on an antibiotic. Tuesday morning her hand was even bigger and all red, so we made a trip in to see her Pediatrician. He doubled her dose just to be on the safe side and told me to keep giving her Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl.
I took these pictures yesterday. The swelling didn't seem to bother her enough to quit sucking her thumb. We've got a follow up appointment tomorrow, but the hand already looks so much better. It's still pretty puffy, but she's able to use it a little easier.