Following our current theme

Mary Poppins still reigns supreme in our house. If I wasn't such a lazy pregnant woman I would have tried to get together the pieces to make Sophie the Mary Poppins for Halloween. But laziness won out and she is being Princess Belle because we already have that costume.

Yesterday, Sophie and I made sugar cookie cut outs for Halloween. They turned out really cute and she had a blast while making them. She also ate pure sugar out of the bag by the spoonful. No, I didn't stop her.

She had it ALL over her face. I told her to go show her daddy her sugar face. When he asked her why she had sugar on her face she told him "a spoonful of sugars helps medicine go down"



I love this kid!

This is getting expensive

This morning I stopped at Sonic for breakfast. Not because I was craving some greasy fast food. In fact, I wasn't even really hungry. But I wanted their ice. Lately, I have become obsessed with ice. I don't know why. My iron is fine. I am not at risk for anything else crazy pregnancy related. I just like ice. Crushed ice to be specific. So much so that I actually will fill a baggy with ice from the freezer, take it on to the deck and beat it with a rolling pin until it is crushed. Don't judge me.

Sonic has the best ice. Rabbit terd ice as Jeff and I like to refer to it.

But because I was too embarrassed to order just a larger ice water, extra ice, I ended up with french toast sticks too. Oh well it was worth it!

Once more....with FEELING!

I think I have mentioned before my daughters insane love for Mary Poppins and all things related to the movie. She cries when it go off, gets super excited when she see Mary Poppins flying in and tries to sing all of the songs.

When a Mary Poppins songs comes on her Disney Pandora station, she immediately perks up and says "Mary Poppins!!!!" like her day has just been made.

This morning, Jeff and I were waiting for Sophie to wake up when we heard a strange sound coming over the monitor. We turned it up to hear better. It was Sophie. Singing. That right, folks. My kid woke up singing "Let's Go Fly a Kite". She sang for at least 3 minutes before we went in to get it.

It was by far the best start to any morning I have had this week.

Really? Who cares about bad breath?

Bullet #2: Gum or mints for bad breath.

I am really wondering who wrote this because I can tell you with complete certainty when I was in labor with Sophie I have no idea if my breath was good,bad or other wise. And I certainly wasn't worried about it. And if it is after labor- why wouldn't you just go brush your teeth? I also have an issue with the snacks part of #2. Most places will not let you eat when in labor. So bringing snacks to "keep your energy up" is pointless.

I also like the light reading material. Cause yeah- you'll have time for that.

And they didn't even put on the list things like a car seat (pretty important!). How about shampoo and conditioner? I mean, you just spent the last 3 hours pushing out a kid that was covered in goo when it came out. But hey, you don't need a shower as long as you have your gum and snacks!

And really- they didn't even include a Samaria sword. What if the zombie apocalypse happened while you were there? You are going to look like a really crappy mother if you have nothing with you to defend your helpless newborn. Just sayin'

This is a whine free zone

Tonight Jeff and I were sitting in the newly minter playroom while Sophie was playing with her kitchen (year later- still a great toy). She kept telling us dinner was cooking. Jeff told her it needed to hurry up and cook because it was almost bed time.

I started to tell her the things she tells me when she is ready for dinner which includes "my belly hurts!). She then replies with what I usually tell her. I was told by my 2 yr old to "be patient" and "no whining".

Guess she does listen to me.

Photo Editing: Clone Tool

Using the Clone Tool:

The Clone Tool is the best tool for fixing imperfections in a picture. It basically lets you edit out things in your photos that you don’t want there or are distracting.

This is a picture I took this morning of the clouds as the sun was coming up. The problem is, for my picture, I wanted that bright sunlight shown in the pictures. To get that means I had to get part of the house tops and the power lines in my picture. But I can use the Clone Tool to edit these out.

Find the tool that looks like a stamp. You actually have 2 that look like stamps but one will have what looks like a box under it. This is not the one you want. You want the one that is just the stamp. (FYI: there is a Tool that looks like 2 band aids crossing over each other. This is the Heal Tool. It works just like the Clone Tool and is better suited for fixing blemishes on skin and what not because it is a less hash tool)

Once you have the tool selected, go to the setting (bottom half of the Toolbox) and click on the square next to “Brushes”. Select the largest, fuzzy brush available (it looks like a circle where the outer rim is fuzzy).

Right underneath this is the “Scale”. Use the slider to adjust the size of the brush until you have your desired size. Now go to your picture.

Find a spot on your picture that you want to copy (this part of the picture should be as close to the spot you want to edit out as possible only with out the infringement in it). Hit CTRL and you should see a little cross appear on your image where you mouse is. This is how you will select that spot.

Let go of the CTRL button and your mouse will return to your circle. Then simply click and drag over the imperfection spot and they will be replaced with the spot in your image you previously selected.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKQrqFx2UM

http://gimps.de/en/tutorials/gimp/picture-photo-image/editing-retouching/index.htm

Thing's Sophie say about her baby sister

Who still has no name.


Sophie thinks her baby sister switches from my belly to hers, so depending on when you ask her, her baby sister could be in her belly.
 
She tells Jeff she will "share" her baby sister with him.

She will tell you baby sister is coming at Christmas time and when you ask her what she is going to ask santa for she will tell you "my baby sister"

She won't let DH tickle me when we are all playing and tells him to "be careful. My baby sister!"

She always lifts my shirt up to kiss and hug my belly and she will put her ear on my belly and tell me baby sister is talking to her. I ask what she is saying and Sophie tells me "She's hungry"



I think she is going to be very possesive of the baby.

Pineapples!

I bought Sophie me some play-doh and paints last weekend since we will be spending more time in doors as the weather turns cold. She loved them! Of course she did. It's art stuff! The night I gave them to her, she sat at the kitchen table from the time we got homes from school (5:45-6ish) until bed time (8). The play-doh is a HUGE hit.

And apparently it smells good

Good enough she asked to eat it.

After I told Jeff about her sniffing it repeatedly (and getting snot in it, yay!) he asked her what it smelled like.

She thought for a moment and them said "Um, pineapple!" Man, I love her!