Wow....don't think I've ever been a whole month behind. I've been saving pix, just haven't been taking the time to blog. There are so many posts I want to do....one about just us, one about the beautiful wedding we were in, one about our awesome vacation at the beach..... So, I'm going to try to keep up with the pix better so I can get back to regular blogging. This has been an interesting experiment doing this pic of the day.....I feel like there are a lot of little day-to-day stuff that I'd probably never have taken the time to write about. On the other hand, just the effort to keep up with the project has impacted my regular blogging for the worse. True, there have been more posts than normal but a lot less posts with any substance. Anywho.....
Week 38 of 52
2010: 09/17
Mari has discovered my old CD player. She is totally enthralled by it.
2010: 09/18Mari has been asking for awhile to go on a boat ride with Uncle Todd - we were finally able to make this happen on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Mari LOVED it!
2010: 09/19Mastered the 5-strand braid! Love the way it looks and it's actually easier than a 4-strand braid. I think I'm at my dexterity-limit, though. And I've seen tutorials all the way up to 7 strands. I'm happy mastering up to 5!
2010: 09/20I made a sweet little dress for Mari. I took home ec in eighth grade and I think I've made one thing since then. My mom used to make all my dresses (and all my doll's dresses) when I was a kid and I wanted to give it a try. I was very proud of myself!!
2010: 09/21Sweet dreamer.
2010: 09/22I find it amazing that Mari couldn't draw a smiley face just 2 months ago....she has come a long way. (And those are knee caps, BTW, just in case anyone needed to know)
2010: 09/23This one is "Mari on a boat with Mr. Sun"
Week 39 of 52
2010: 09/24
Mari is "officially" 3.5 years old. She marked the milestone by being promoted to the Advanced Class at school....this is the class she'll be in until K (which is still 2 years away). She is so super smart, she blows me away - sometimes I forget she is only 3 and expect too much from her (but she reminds me quickly in her very much 3-year-old way!). I promised her SpiderMan stickers as her prize for moving up and she earned a tattoo from the machine at Wal-Mart for being a good shopper. Glad to finally find a bribe an incentive that only costs 25-50 cents.
2010: 09/25
"Mari and Mommy the Pirates" (hence the patches on our eyes)
2010: 09/26
Mari was putting on a puppet show with her animals. In this story (which I have on video), Mr. Moo eats Macaroni Penguin and then is reunited with his long-lost father, Goat.
2010: 09/27
Mari's first day in her new class. She was super excited....it was a huge adjustment. Major structure, major focus on education - but she did great.
2010: 09/28I'm finding sewing to be very therapeutic and rewarding. I struggle with it because I'm not very visually adept, so piecing things together tends to lead to a lot of frustrations. I have to rip lots of seams out, restitch lots of things....but I still find it extremely enjoyable.
2010: 09/29The castle that Mari built and wanted me to take a picture of....she was so proud of it, I let her leave it up all night instead of putting it away. It fell in the middle of the night and scared the holy smokes out of me!
2010: 09/30
Never good when your cats stand at full-alert for over 24 hours. Yes, we have mice. Yes, I'm completely grossily freaked out.
Week 40 of 522010: 10/01
Been having some gorgeous weather - Mari decided to give roller-skating another try.
2010: 10/02
We went to a local Oktoberfest celebration. Mari got to ride a little pony - she LOVED riding it, but freaked when they suggested she pet it on the head.
2010: 10/03
Trying out a new hairstyle....a veil pattern in a circular shape. Very cute and held up well.
2010: 10/04 I was trying to take a picture of this shirt (I was trying to describe the neckline to someone and thought a picture would explain it better) and Mari was being her silly self.
2010: 10/05
Happy Referral-versary!!!
2010: 10/06
Mis-Match Day at school. I think we did pretty good (please ignore the messy house in the background).
Yup, had to go back in the archives, didn't have a picture this day (ooops!). This is Mari trying on some hand-me-down costumes last year....she refused to wear a costume. This year she is SUPER excited about wearing one.
Week 41 of 52
2010: 10/08
Our dear friend, Heather, got married this weekend and Mari and I were both honored to be in her wedding. This is Mari hanging out waiting on the rehearsal to get started. She got to pull the ring bearer down the aisle in a wagon, so she was thrilled with her flower girl job!!
2010: 10/09
Heather and Charles got married on a gorgeous autumn day in an absolutely beautiful wedding. I'll do a post with more pix later but here's one of me and my stunning flower girl daughter.
2010: 10/10
Mari's unbelieveable curls, 24 hours after twisting them in. LOVE THEM!
2010: 10/11Mari hair.....well, it's big. Time for a LONG overdue trim. She got one. I always trim it myself cause I don't trust anyone else. It looks so much healthier now.
Flashback a couple years. What a little cutie!!
2010: 10/13
When I put Mari to bed, there were only 2 stuffed animals in bed with her. Hmmmm....
2010: 10/14
Somewhere in here is a rocking Super Hero dress for Halloween. Hope I can find it!
Hope you enjoyed that LONG post!! Real posts coming soon.
1 comments:
I must know! How did you do Mari's adorable twists!? My daughter has similar texture hair and I love trying new things. Thanks in advance!
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