Panties in Public

Taylor has had her first gymnastics class and dance class in panties as of today. She managed to stay dry through both classes. She is now lying down taking her first nap in her panties as I write this. No, I'm not crazy...I put a waterproof sheet on her bed and took her comforter off of the bed before her nap. She's growing up so fast and man is she smart!

Fun times on freaky snow storm days

We had a 60 degree day yesterday, but we couldn't go outside and enjoy it because of a horrific 40mph wind. This morning I get up and take Taylor to preschool and it is in the single digits and the snow is peppering down. By the time the afternoon comes around and I need to go get Taylor the heavens have opened and dropped snow all over our roads and we seemingly have no snow plows out and about. So I dress Bella as warmly as I can (she hates being bundled up so she screamed while I dressed her) just in case we got stuck or I had to walk up to Taylor's school from the bottom of the hill and we set off.

Luckily Pontius did just fine getting to school. Taylor's preschool is at the top of a hill at the end of a steep and curvy drive. We made it back home safe and sound!

Once we got home I decided that we were staying home and not venturing out anymore. So we had tea parties...

and visited with an old friend on the steps...

Taylor did her impression of Elton John...

We also did some cleaning...

and just had an all together good day!

Contacts and Toddler Vomit

Oh have we had an exciting couple of days in the O'Brien family. I finally got fed up with my glasses and went to the eye doctor to get contacts. I went through my eye exam and couldn't get my contacts until a week later after I had completed a "contact insertion & care" class. I completed the class on Friday and wore them home. I've been wearing them since then and they are pretty awesome! I actually pulled out an old pair of sunglasses and wore them while I was driving. I haven't had a pair of sunglasses since I was in college! Yay contacts!

The other part of the weird title I have posted for this entry is not quite so pretty. My children are not pukers. However Taylor must have gotten her sucky fingers jammed just a little too far down her throat in the middle of the night last night and consequently Jay and I were up at 2:30am cleaning up puke in her bed. She ended up sleeping with us. I was thinking as I was crouched over a stinky bed that this is what real parenting is...it is doing the gross stuff for someone without even thinking twice about it. I tell this story not because I enjoy sharing the gross details of a nasty night but to tell you of a high among all of this gross stuff. Taylor had to sleep with us because her bed was wet from us cleaning the mattress. At some point in time I tried to roll over onto my side (I was sleeping on my back) and I felt this weight on my stomach. Taylor had put her head on my stomach and slept that way all night long. I loved that I provided her so much comfort when she was upset and not feeling well from throwing up.