Sharing Means Caring

The girls got in trouble yesterday because they wouldn't share any of their bristle blocks with Little Guy.

So then this happened.

 

"What's In Their Hair?"

I typically get up around 6:30 with the girls every morning while Johnny sleeps in with Little Guy because he does the night feeding.  I was up a lot with Little Guy last night, however, so Johnny got up with the girls while I slept a bit more.  Lila climbed into bed with me this morning after I woke up, and upon first glance, I noticed that her hair seemed really greasy.

 First idea:
"Johnny, did Lila have yogurt this morning and rub it in her hair?"  Nope.



I started looking all around the first floor for an open tube of ointment or some clue as to what Lila had put in her hair.

Second idea:
"Maybe Lila got a hold of Little Sister's brush and got some of the product in her hair." Nope.

It only took me a few minutes to find the measuring cup to the empty bottle of laundry detergent, which I had put in the recycling last night, lying in the middle of the kitchen floor.

Third idea:
"Ohhhhh." Yup.

I didn't panic until I went outside with the girls to water the plants, and in the sun, I noticed that Little Sister's hair had a slightly purple tint to it.  Apparently she had gotten into it too, and I flipped out, imagining chunks of afro falling off her scalp.

Needless to say, they both got into the bath immediately.  They were very pleased with the extra bubbles in the water.

The Nail Polish Removal Problem

In a desperate attempt to keep Lila entertained while I fed a screaming Little Guy, I allowed her to carry two bottles of nail polish down to the first floor from my room.  I'm sure you can surmise what happened.



It took about 25 seconds for her to drop and break an entire bottle of red, sparkly nail polish all over the tile in my front hallway.  The cute thing was that she immediately went and got the broom to help.



After about thirty minutes and an entire bottle of nail polish remover, I was able to get most of it up.  But if you stand at the right spot with the lights on, you can see a nice glittery sheen covering the middle four tiles.

Chevron Baby Quilt

Since our baby is still a long way off, I've been unloading all the different baby things that I've been wanting to make on my pregnant cousin Melody.

This week she got a chevron baby quilt for Baby Chloey.



I loved working on this quilt because the fabric was all just so cute.

The rainbow animal print that I used on the back was my favorite.

 

Surprise!

 

Mon Bebe Intelligent

For the last ten minutes Lila has been sitting in her Bumbo seat (that she only just now has lost enough leg fat to fit into), flipping through my French/English dictionary.

 

Baby Chloey's Book Shower

One fun thing about our book club (that has survived almost a year and a half thank you very much) is that we get to throw book showers for incoming babies.  My cousin Melody is due in July, so this month I got to throw a little shower for baby Chloey.



I based the shower theme around the colors and design of Chloey's nursery.  Sarah from Sarah's Sweet Shoppe made these adorable flamingo cookies for us.

Melody loves popcorn, so it wouldn't be a party for her without it.

Some dollar store flamingos and Trader Joe's flowers.  It also wouldn't be an English party without something from Andre's, so I had to get a chocolate cake.

I found these cute printables for mason jars here and used them for everyone to write their name.

Chloey got lots of fun books like the classic Good Night Moon and Lila's personal favorite, Olivia.  It's very exciting to think about all these future little readers!

Block Town

Yes we do need three different kinds of blocks.  Yes we do need to play with them every day.  No we are not interested in them anymore when they need to be cleaned up.

 

Other People's Vacation Photos

We're back from vacation in North Carolina, and since everyone loves looking at other people's vacation photos, I thought I'd post a few here.

Our foster kiddos stayed home on respite with some good friends of ours who are also foster parents, so we had some rare alone time with our little Lila Margaret.  She spent the majority of her time at the airport not looking out the window as pictured here but instead either sitting uncomfortably close to a poor little boy or sneakily running away from us into large crowds.

Our first stop was at Grammie and Grampie's house.  Lila loved playing with Allie the "puh puh," but Allie wasn't so into Lila.

Our main destination was Emerald Isle.  Johnny's parents rented a house right on the beach with its own pool.

It took Lila a little while to get warmed up to the "each," but by the end of the week, she loved running around on the sand and chasing the birds.

I think I could honestly say that Lila spent a very large portion of the trip trying on everyone's "eyes."

 

Lila got all kinds of attention from her Aunt Suzanne and Aunt Lauren.  We had lots of fun toys there, but one of Lila's favorite toys was the necklace she made out of the phone cord.  Safety first. 

One day we went to a really cool aquarium.  Lila loved the "tur tahs."

By the end of the aquarium visit, not only did Lila refuse to ride in the stroller, but she insisted on pushing it blindly.

The best part about our family photo outside the aquarium was that when I stood Lila up next to me, she wrapped her arm around my neck and smiled.  She is so ready for prom pictures.

 

Johnny and I spent one night away from everyone at a little bed and breakfast in Beaufort, NC.  This was after the whole family went to Beaufort for a boat tour and had to get off the boat before it left because somebody could not handle having a life jacket on. 

By the time Johnny and I got back from the vacation from our vacation, Aunt Suzanne had already turned Lila into a diva.

Another fun day trip for the Hutson clan was going to Fort Macon, a military fort built around the War of 1812.

And this is Lila being escorted out of Fort Macon.

Our vacation ended right as Topical Storm Andrea was coming in.  Tornadoes were popping up throughout the area, so us seasoned Kansans had to give everyone a few pointers.

We had a great time, and we're so grateful for Johnny's wonderful family treating us to such a fun vacation.



And now back to the reality of three babies who are very good at making messes but don't seem to speak English when it comes to cleaning them up.