Going Out for Supper

No - this isn't another post about my weight (which is still the same).

I want to talk about going out to eat with the family, with Lucy more specifically. Thank goodness this has become so much easier. When she was really little we always had to bring everything along; however, now, we can order her items off of the menu and can just get a little cup of water, with a straw, for her to drink out of. Not too bad at all. Except...

Remember when I told you about our little chihuahua clean-uppers?

Where are they when you need them?

This was after I picked up about half of it!

And, yes, Lucy is wiping her own face, after dinner. :)

Long story short, I ended up squatting down with a plate and wipe, picking up random, small pieces of food. I just feel so guilty. 1) We allow her to do this at home, because of the Chihuahuas. Perhaps we should rethink this. 2) She is too young to really understand. I think I just confused her by saying "No." 3) I was a waitress in high school (yes - it's true), so I know what it is like to clean up after little kids (it sucks!).

Do your children do this? Do you pick it up? Or, do you just tip bigger? :)

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm loving...

...that May is almost here! Bring on even warmer weather!

...Lucy's hair turning strawberry blonde! My hair turned that color when I was her age, just before turning really blonde! :) She may just look like her mommy yet!


...that I cleaned.....okay, 'picked-up' our entire house on Monday. Whew! It was a lot of work and lots of trips up and down the stairs (yay for burning calories!). But, I much rather come home to an organized home each night (even if I need to dust - really bad!).

...how my newest diet has been going thus far. Okay, so it has only been two days; but, hey - you gotta start somewhere! Thank goodness I got in some really good Easter crap-food before hand. :) I stuffed some Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs....YUM!

And, I was able to eat this scrumcious snack too, before the big diet.

 Isn't the bunny cute? My boss gave these to me.

And, last, I had creamy brownies with cream cheese frosting at Easter too.

I had two of them and some crumbs that fell off of my sister's....haha.



...my new Sperry Top-Siders.



...again, Lucy's new playroom! We have been getting a lot of use out of it too:

...my new favorite posts page! It gives readers a chance to read past posts, without reading everything.

...my readers, commenters, followers, visitors, and subscribers.

...my family, specifically my husband; he was mad that he didn't get a personal shout-out last week.

"You weren't lovin' me?"

So, there you go Heath. ;) I'm always "lovin'" you!

..as always, my Lucy.

Lucy's First Egg Hunt

Last Saturday, Lucy had her first Easter Egg Hunt! :)  It was one of the community egg hunts and as I mentioned before, there were some pretty fun prizes.

I didn't get the chance to practice with Lucy at all. In fact, we just play with the plastic eggs at home; so, she didn't quite understand the hiding/looking for them. And, when she got to one and picked it up, she had no desire to look for more. She was happy playing with the first egg.

Oh well...I think she had lots of fun.

When we first got there, we all gathered in the building. All the children were running around,  playing like crazy.  A sweet little girl came up and gave Lucy a ball.

Lucy was in awe of all the children running around. She loves to watch children play. So, she just sat there, like that, until the hunt started.  They separated kids into two groups: 5 years and up and four years and under. Heath and I knew right away that Lucy would be lucky to get any eggs.

She did get some candy. The 'bigger' kids didn't seem to want that; they were too busy looking for eggs.


And, she found TWO eggs! :) 

I know what you all are thinking...I helped her out a lot. Just so you know that I didn't, here are some photos.

I did have to make her put it in the basket, to look for more.

All in all, she found two green eggs! :) Now, she just needs some ham.....haha....lame joke, I know. I sometimes just can't contain the corniness.

The eggs only had jelly beans inside, no big prizes. But, it didn't matter; we enjoyed watching Lucy. It was a great practice run for when the Easter Bunny comes this Sunday. :) I can't wait! We are dying eggs tonight!

HAPPY EASTER

EVERYONE!