Pumpkin Popcorn
So my little monkey was acting wild last night… In last night’s post, I wrote that it was about 9:15pm by the time Jeff laid her down in her crib, after he spent an hour going through all the bedtime motions over and over again. But by 9:30, she was crying and whining already. Jeff went back in for about 15 minutes, and then I tried to take over. She didn’t want me though, she only wanted Daddy. She would not settle down, so we went and laid down in our bed all together. But then she was just awake and fidgety and trying to pet Pretzel (he was in bed with us too), and chatty and just not sleeping.
So after about 20 minutes of that, I went back in her room with her. We did lullabies and I rocked her, and Daddy had to come back for another hug and a kiss, and she cried and whined for a bit (and I had to force myself to stay calm & not get overly frustrated), and finally around 10:35, I laid her down in her bed. But as soon as I shut the door to her room she started crying again. But I needed a minute to recuperate, so I went to the living room. I told myself I’d give her 10 minutes to cry-it-out on her own (now 2.5 hours past usual bedtime), and by 10:45, she was finally calm & quiet. I could see on the baby monitor though that her eyes were still open, until around 10:55.
So by the time she finally went to sleep, it was almost 3 full hours past her usual bedtime, and Jeff and I were both just spent from all of that hoopla.SO, after all that last night, we all had a hard time getting up this morning, so we just didn’t. We all slept in, and didn’t even leave the house this morning until around 8:40, when we usually leave at 7:10. But we finally made it to work and school, and there were still muffins & breakfast available!
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Firehouse & Choir
This little girl was just happy-go-lucky this morning, swinging her arms around and clapping, and just generally being her cute little self! (Which is why all of the morning photos are a bit blurry.)
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Cheese Quesadillas
I just love this silly little goose and how goofy she is. And of course she loves her pockets!
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The Case of the Weird, Stinky Meat
This first photo is Emerson worried about the dark spot on the sidewalk. She kept asking, “What is this? What it this?” I kept saying, “It’s just a little mess, but we don’t need to worry about it.” But y’all know how she is about a mess!
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Biscuit Casserole
I started off the day by throwing together a breakfast casserole for our Sunday school class, from this recipe. When buying those pre-cooked sausage crumbles yesterday, I wasn’t thrilled that they cost about $1.50 more than a package of regular, raw sausage… But then when all I had to do this morning was dump it out of the bag, I decided it was money well spent, time well saved, and one less dirty dish!
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Afternoon Artist
Today was such a great day! We spent the whole day with just us three, and it was so nice. We didn’t have any specific plans, for the first time in a long time, so we got to just do our own thing, and we had such a great time! So since there are tons of photos, I’m going to just write a little bit… (whenever I say that I always write a ton, so we’ll see…)
We started with breakfast at Chick-fil-A. I had 2 free 4-count chicken minis in my app, so Emmie and I both had minis and Daddy had a chicken, egg & cheese bagel, and it was delicious. And it felt so great, which was good, because we had Pretzel and we sat outside.
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Meals with my MIL
Well, it appears this adorable mustard-colored romper will need to be retired soon, as it’s starting to get a bit too short for her. So today may be the last time she wears it. But it’ll get passed down to baby cousin Ellie Grace (FYI – each triplet has an assigned color – Kensley = pink, Riley = turquoise, Ellie = yellow), and it’ll be adorable on her too!
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Single Mom Repeat
Today was our first morning at home this week without Daddy, while he’s out of town for his annual work conference. So I’m a single mom repeat from last year! (Click here for last year’s day 1, day 2, day 3 & day 4 of single mommin’.) Typically, he gets Emerson up & ready, while I’m getting myself dressed. So today, I had to do it all by myself. But she was really great and easy this morning. She hung out in our bed with Pretzel while I got ready…
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