Summer Summary

Well it's that time of the year. School will be starting back up again and summer will end. How did it go so fast? I feel like I went to bed and woke up to the end. Geez. People say that going back gets easier each time, but I'm not feeling it. Im just as sad to leave my baby. We had a great time this summer break though and will hold on to these memories. So what have we done to keep busy and apparently make the time fly by? Well, below is just some of the highlights. Foot surgery
Eve's first trip to sea world
Eve survived sleeping through July 4th
Home renovation which involved a lot of rearranging and organizing! Still in progress
Mini Family Vacation to Ft. Lauderdale area
Checked off some reading from my list Eve's first trip the Animal Kingdom
Caught up with friends and family
Working on starting new blog - stay tuned
Played with Eve a lot but not nearly enough and checked some of the summer fun to do list off
Got fat and happy! See you next summer.

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15 month Eve Update

She's talking and/or signing up a storm! I can have a conversation (as well as one can with a tot) and we both fully understand one another. She is such a lil sponge! Watching her language grow each day is just so, crazy. I was planning on writing the list here of all the words she says and signs but then it got very long, so I changed my mind and just know she's learning. The list does include animals, colors, family signs, food and manners. She's going to talk way more than I did as a kid.

She's very different than me. I was a shy one. She likes to be the welcoming committee. She even sits on strangers laps in music class. Ooops, sorry. She is loving music class! She'll dance along and do the hand motions. So fun! We've been introducing the potty to Eve now for about 2 months. She's been doing good for so young and for the newness. She's pees about once a day out of the four to five times we sit her there. I'm so proud of her! She's not scared at all and is quite content to read her books there. I'm sure I am forgetting something, but just know she is growing, learning and loving life! Oh, she still has a hollow leg! But still has a disdain for greens. I'm still making mommy magic by hiding it in foods she will eat.

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Sparklers for Toddlers

I wanted Eve to be able to "play" with sparklers this year but I knew it also wasn't going to happen. Let's be real, she'd try to eat them! My SIL gave me the idea of using glow sticks and water bottles. Great idea! She loved it! The picture is dark but I didn't want to use a flash as you wouldn't be able to see the glow sticks.

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