Hiking, Splashing, Swimming

July was a busy month. Remind me to take a big nap before it starts next year.

The First Lie

When I told Stella she couldn't pour her cup of milk into her bowl of mac 'n' cheese, she told me, "Macy said I could." Does this look like the face of a girl who tells tall tales?

Yeah, maybe. That mustache is pretty sinister.

Life in Plastic, It's Fantastic

This is what I found in the bathroom one day next to Stella's toilet:


Can you tell what Barbie and Ken are doing? Look a little closer.


That's right. They're sitting on mini toilets. Not just any kind of toilets though: Bubble Tape toilets.

When Stella and I were looking through old Barbie stuff from my childhood, she discovered what I used at Barbie toilets back in the day. Six feet of grape flavored fun. I also used Kleenex boxes stuffed with shoulder pads as couches. Don't judge me.

How They've Grown

Macy has learned how to drool,

sit up in the Boppy,

stand tall (with a little help),

and fly

while Stella discovered that wearing a ballet costume is perfectly acceptable clothing in the daytime as long as her mom is still wearing pajamas herself.

Bedtime Behavior

For one random week, Stella preferred curling up on her carpet at night instead of in her bed. You would look like this too if you woke up on the wrong side of the...floor.

Luckily, she improved as the day went on without any obvious side effects to carpet camping.

Fresh Diapers

Is it weird that when I refill the diapers in Macy's drawer, I pull the last few old ones to the front then add the new diapers behind, like they'll expire if I don't rotate them?

Happy Easter!

Time for Cadbury mini eggs, matching dresses, and egg salad sandwiches for days.