In the News

 Every October our local news station requests fall or Halloween themed photos from viewers. Last year, I sent in one of Presley at the pumpkin patch, and now they use the picture as their daily advertisement for sending in pictures this year. I love seeing her "on the news" everyday. Makes me smile...

I sent in a new one this year, and she was featured yesterday evening.  They even had a whole discussion about her, which made for a really cool surprise birthday present for me. I recorded the segment with my camera phone, and wanted to share. At the end, you can see her picture from last year in the top right corner. She's hard to miss with bright orange feathers in her hair.



Look at what a difference a year makes:

October 2010

October 2011

 

Shameless

Just doing a little shameless bragging on my daughter here...

First, She was bumped up to the older classroom at her Mother's Day Out last Thursday. They told me she was advanced and thought she would do better with the bigger kids. This was either the truth or a really flattering way for her original teachers to get rid of Presley (j/k). Presley has transitioned great, and I LOVE her new teachers!!!

Second, I entered Presley into a photo contest for one of my favorite clothing lines, Persnickety. You just had to email a picture of your child wearing their clothing and the winner would get a free outfit!!! Persnickety is not cheap, so I was super excited. I emailed our amazing photographer, Kelly Wills (Inspired by You Photography) two hours before the deadline, and she sent me over the pics just in time. Then at midnight the next night she texted me to tell me that P's picture was chosen, and I needed to go look immediately on facebook. Then she she said "I feel like you just won a million dollars". The sad thing is I think I was that excited too!

 If you haven't heard of Persnickety, you have to go check out their fall clothing line. I could buy Every. Single. Thing (http://persnickety.goodfront.com/).

I'm so proud of my little Sweet P! P also likes to tell me, "I proud of you, Mommy". I guess I tell her that a lot:).

Wordless Wednesday: Arboretum with Mimi

A Week of Pinterest

I joined pinterest a while ago and have let myself sink deeper into the obsessive world of pinning. I decided last week, I was going to do one thing every day  from pinterest. Unfortunately for me, I mainly chose recipes and may have gained a few pounds along the way.

The first thing we tried was the Crayon art project that is all over Pinterest. I thought Presley would LOVE this because she's obsessed with the hairy dryer. After about a minute of blow drying she was over it, and I ended up doing the rest myself. I still love it though, and plan on hanging it in the playroom.

and now for the FOOD! I had intentions of taking my own pictures, but with a super active toddler, I'm lucky to get dinner finished at all. This is why I think the crock pot is a little piece of heaven here on earth. since were on the subject, I'll start with the two crock pot recipes

 Crockpot Italian Chicken:

This was super easy with very few ingredients, plus it has cream cheese in it.  How can you go wrong with cream cheese (I used the reduced fat)??? Go here for the full recipe.

 Chicken Enchilada Soup:

 This had good flavor and was also pretty simple. The flavor probably would have been even better, but I left out the onions (Brandon hates them), corn (Brandon's also not a fan) and peppers (forgot to buy them). We had enough left over for lunch for the next 3 days. The best part was Presley told me it was "ayishish" (delicious) and then proceeded to drink out of her bowl. Kid tested, Mother approved! Go here for the full recipe.


Breaded Ranch Chicken (my one non-crockpot recipe):

This was my absolute favorite new recipe. It was seriously delicious. Period. Go here for the full recipe

Now for the sweets (my favorite part):


Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats:

I made these for a Cowboys watching party because there were going to be lots of kiddos around. Guess who indulged in these the most. The adults! YUM! Go here for the recipe.

Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites:

So I have an abnormal obsession with peanut butter, and these hit the spot. Don't eat the whole recipe though. These babies have over 5,000 calories! Mine didn't turn out quite as pretty, but a guy told me they were "Heavenly", so that made up for my ghetto dipping skillz. You can find the full recipe here.

My Little Monkey

While Presley's gymnastics class continues to be way more of a workout for me than for her, It sure is fun watching her do her thing. Out of all the things we do in our 50 minute class, there are 2 things that Presley LOVES to do:
1. Swing on the bar
2. Swing on the rope
So pretty much, homegirl likes to swing. See for yourself.
P.S. This new blog look is just temporary. I'm waiting for some pics to come back before I decide on one permanently.

I love...

I love that Presley wakes up some morning's and tell's me "I have feber" (fever). Then puts her hand to her forehead and makes a pitiful face.

I also love that when I asked her how she got out of her crib, she looked at me like I was an idiot and said, "I jump down".

And when she sees or hears the word ant, she immediately says, "I stomp it" and then starts stomping anything around her ( I did NOT teach her this).

I love that she puts "mommy" at the end of all her sentences when she's addressing me. For example, "thank you, mommy", "I wuv you, Mommy", "night, night mommy".

And when she says, "I no think so" in my exact tone.

I don't always love that she wants to do EVERYTHING all by herself, but I do love that she always proclaims, "my do it/ Pressy do it" whenever her independence is threatened.

I also love that she calls a lollipop a "P-Pop".

I love that when she looks at pictures of babies or animals she tilts her head to the side and says, "Aweeeeee".

Oh my, I love my Sweet P!

Wordless Wednesday: Lil' Romo(s)