Remote Snatcher, Dress Up and Riding Mexican

This is how our morning started today. :) We have moved our remotes to different places throughout the year as soon as Lorelei became mobile...first under the pillows, then under the afghan on the couch...but when she learned where they were she was always getting them. The back of the recliner has worked well...but I think she must have grown a few inches lately because although she knew where they were...she didn't used to be able to REACH them! She even knows which button to push to turn on the tv.




Obviously Lorelei and I have a lot of time to kill in the mornings, even if we do leave the house to go to something at 10 AM. Today we were going to Petsmart and lunch with friends, but in order to keep our early morning busy I broke out the dress up stash. I have a drawer of stuff I had saved from HS things and trips etc that I wasnt really going to use, but knew little girls like our niece would have fun when they came over. Lorelei has found this drawer in our closet and likes to pull everything out and explore, so I figured she may as well have some fun with it, even though I'm not leaving it out permanently for her right now. So took a few dress up shots...she much prefered just to have her neclaces and tutu on, so the stuff we have out now seems perfect. She was digging in the drawer again this morning though!

We headed out for the morning to meet our friends at Petsmart. :) The kids loved seeing the animals they have from gerbils and birds to fish and cats. They also enjoyed running up and down the aisles. We also got to see a huge St. Bernard on its way in for grooming...maybe I should start keeping track of the different dogs Lorelei gets to pet...somewhat like the liscence plate game? :) We are so glad people are so generous with their dogs!

Then we walked over to Z Pizza for lunch. On the way Lily crashed and burned on the sidewalk, but tough girl she is still joined us for lunch and seemed to have a good time. We walked there in order to get the kids outside for a bit and using up some of their energy. I had actually walked to Petsmart as well because as you all know Lorelei definitely needs as much walking as possible to wear her out. Anyway, we decided to hit Carter's in the opposite direction and it would have taken forever for all those toddlers to walk both ways, so everyone hitched a ride with me across the parking lot. And yes we were riding Mexican! :)


Then we got home and all that walking didn't even wear Miss Lorelei out because she only took an hour nap. Thankfully she seems to be sleeping longer today though! We'll just blame it on the teeth. :)



We topped of the day with a trip outside to enjoy the slide since it was the warmest day in quite a while. Lorelei was very excited to finally start going down by herself...her feet hit and she stops so only gets to ride about half the slide, but I'm sure she'll get the hang of getting all the way down and catching herself soon. :)