Even though she's not the quintessential princess, Mia loves her princess play shoes.  Now that I think about it, she probably only likes them because they make so much noise....

She wanted Mommy to join in the clacky-shoe fun, so she sat me down and chose our shoes.  She wore red; I wore purple.  She made me feel like the evil stepsisters from Cinderella trying to shove a dainty little shoe on an ogre foot.  The look on her face was hilarious!  She really couldn't understand why they wouldn't fit...

Mimi's Garden

Mia had fun frolicking in her Mimi's beautiful garden.  Notice the black shadow behind her in the first pic  Needless to say, Ziggy had fun also.

Sad Day

Our house was burglarized yesterday evening while we were out for a couple of hours.  When we got back and found what was left of our things, Mia had fallen asleep.  Instead of wake her up, we let her finish her nap there at our house.  When she woke up, she was fussy and I was holding her throughout the house.  She looked up, all of a sudden aware of things, and said in the most innocent way "Mamma, where's the TV?"  I told her the bad people took it and some other things.  She thought about it for a moment and then said, "They give it back"  My heart absolutely broke.  Here this little two-year-old knows what's right and wrong, yet grown adults can't seem to grasp that simple concept.  Life is so sad sometimes.

Dora/Diego Sighting...

Mia always carries around her Dora and Diego and puts them in various positions around the house:  Eating at the table, sitting on the couch with Daddy, riding her rocking horse or sitting in her wagon.  But this is the first time I've found them reading books. Thought it was cute :)

Swim Time

Really nice day for a swim!  Only our second time in the water this summer.  Mia loves the water and is under the impression that she can already swim, so obviously we're really going to have to work with the girl

My two cheeseballs...

Teaching her how to doggy-paddle.  Kind of.

Watching Daddy swim laps

And just being Mia...

Mia had such a good time that she, of course, didn't want to get out.  We told her, "Come on, it's time to go eat dinner now." 

Her response: "No!  I wanna eat water!"

How do you even respond to that?

Boredom Strikes

Gee, you think she was a little bored?  There's only so many inside activities to do and it's already been so stinking hot, we now have to go out early or late in the day.  So that leaves a whole lot of this in-between.....

Notice the lack of clothing...

Our child likes being naked...we've already come to terms with that

Defeat...

Hey, look there..another cut and/or bruise

So the time had finally come to go outside! 

And it was time to get serious in our penguin/fish laden Chucks...

And complete and utter happiness ensued...

These smiles always make my day :)

Cheesetastic

One of Mia's favorite things is cheese.  So her Papa gave her some Cheetos before she came home today so she'd be a good girl when we had to leave.  Apparently, she slipped into a Cheeto coma on the way home with her hand still in the bag...

Why is my child so addicted to cheese?  Why couldn't she be addicted to broccoli or listening to Mommy and Daddy?  Guess life wouldn't be as fun then, huh.

Ink'd

Are there even words?  She came out of her room all nonchalant like this was normal...

Firstly...yeah...naked....again...

And then...there was something else?  Oh, yeah.  There's also that blue pen all over her legs...

And feet...

It's all fun and games until somebody gets penned

My only question, besides the obvious, is why just the legs?  Maybe one day she can tell me all about it...

...as she gives me this look

And, no, it didn't all come off

We went to the swapmeet this weekend with my family.  We hadn't been in probably a year now, and shortly after arriving I remembered why it's been so long.  Pretty disappointing, indeed.  But we found a few little treasures and still had a good time being out in the sunshine :)




*P.S.  Mia is no longer Teflon-baby.  Even with sunblock, she got a little burned.  Darn.  It was nice while it lasted.

Bad Boys

Christopher is finally, after jumping through a lot of hoops, going to start work again.  Yay!  He's once again been hired on with the county.  He passed everything he needed to and is supposed to start in about a week.  We're really proud of all the hard work he's put in and everything he's accomplished.  Now maybe we can start getting at least a little order back in our lives anyway...after all, some things are supposed to be a little crazy, right?

Mia just knows that her Daddy is going to be a "bad boy".  That's what she calls all law enforcement and their vehicles since seeing the beginning of "Cops" way too many times, thanks to her Daddy.  She's so much like him when it comes to walking that dangerous line and wanting to do things that could potentially give me a heart attack.  I mean, I want her to be happy and do what she wants to do in life, but if she tells me she wants to be a cop or a Marine or something, I might just take myself up on that heart attack.

Anyways, we are just grateful to be getting an opportunity like this in a bad economy and really hope everything works out this time around.

(The two Evil Knievels - Mia at about 8 months with her Daddy...one of my faves of them together)