Busy Week of Fun

We've been quite busy over the past week or so.  Shaye got a new big girl bike (12" with training wheels)  and took off riding quickly.  Father's day was nice; celebrating with grandpas and uncles.  We went to the local Kelly Miller circus and Shaye is now a bit into elephants.  And mommy is not.  We were sitting in the front row for the elephant show and all the little voice in my head keep saying is "news reel at 11 family trampled at local circus by these huge elephants!"  We did a day at Sandy hook with Maureen and Dylan--it was a great day chock full of kodak moments but I forgot the camera.  The next day we went to the Bronx Zoo with her daycare.  Shaye was very excited to go on a bus with her friends.  I found the zoo a bit overwhelming and large for the touring with a little one.  So I latched on with her friend Dean and his family and just saw what they saw :)  Shaye was happy to be by Dean (He's apparantly--the man in her eyes).  Today we will be heading to LBI so the fun continues....

Not much new going on here.  It seems we have been in overdrive since March--constantly booked with something.  Shaye is doing well overall:  she has recently learned to cut with scissors and draw faces (eyebrows, cheeks, ears, hair and all---but everyone she make is sad:( )

She has been making a habit of waking up at 4:52 AM!!  (sadly somedays even earlier).  I think its a have to go potty or just wet my pull up thing since this super early rising has begun back in January when she got potty trained.  I've been trying to force her to hang out by herself in bed or her room (---until the sun comes up or the hand on the clock points up).  But all she does is yell:  "MOMMY...MOMMY...I...NEED YOU! ugggh!  One day I will wish she wanted me around.  Right now I am wishing to go to the bathroom in peace and finish a thought in a conversation with my husband.

Is it wrong?

So we saw a couple ants inside the house this weekend...now Reid is freaking out about bugs in the house so he breaks out the dustbuster every night and vaccums up the kitchen.  So is it wrong to "see more ants".

Shaye had been suffering from seasonal allergies (we think--or a prolonged cold---we still don't know what we were all dealing with).  But I decided to stop the Benadryl for her last night and she was upset that she needed her medicine...fake coughing and all.  So I finally agreed and gave her "magic medicine"  (water from the medicine cup through a dropper).  Well she was highly upset with me for trying to trick her with water---which she realized immediately.  So is it wrong to try to trick a 2 year old just to get her to shut up and go to bed???  Is it wrong that my 2 year old is smarter than my tricks???

Memorial Day Weekend Fun

Today has been rough! Little Shaye has been driving to the brink of nuttiness. I think its a lack of enough sleep for both of us. She is napping now and hopefully we will all be happier this afternoon. SO I a just adding a couple pics. Its a cute pic of Shaye I caught hiding under the bed and a picture of myself and my friend Cristina at her bridal shower.
PS I entered Shaye in the Parents magazine cover photo contest. Check her out and vote for her! My gallery if Shaye Marie at www.parentsmag.com

This is all you get no more!

Happy Mother's Day to me and all the great mommies I know out there. We had a busy but nice day. I got some flowers on Friday, and today I got a lovely card colored by my Shaye Shaye. She gave the card to me and said "Here this is all you get; thats it no more" Nice huh?

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