And what was Brielle doing at this time? Sleeping peacefully as well I'm sure, right?
WRONG!
We had kind of a crazy day today---running errands, meeting someone who bought a bunch of our baby toys (yay!), Etsy shop stuff, ballet class for Raya....
And then tonight Lee left for a hunting trip, from which he will return *next* Sunday. Oh yeah, talk about a looooong week ahead :-P
The girls and I will be sure to go out daily to spend Daddy's money while he's gone though---that's the deal in this house! lol
Do you all have any suggestions for me and the girls while Daddy is away? What are your favorite ways to spend single mom time?! :-)
Lastly tonight, a couple random pics. First, Grandma F. would want to see the girls sporting their matching sweaters from Carters that she bought them! (Harper has the same one in the yellow/green color).
And just because it's so cute....Lee always has the girls brush their teeth during bath time. Last night he called me in because they had both started brushing their toys' teeth! How adorable is that?
![]() |
| We'll try to maintain a little modesty haha |
And as a PPS (sorry for the randomness of this update!) some funny tidbits from the last couple days:
1) Brielle calls me "Shawna" now haha. I think it's because she hears Sawyer and Harper call me by my first name when they are here. But tonight she kept saying "night night Shawna", and at my mom's yesterday my mom was trying to get her to say "I love you Grandma" and instead she kept saying "Shawna....me" (meaning that she loved Shawna LOL).
2) Brielle constantly sings the "I love you" song from barney now....she gets stuck on repeat saying the same couple lines over and over, but she sways back and forth and bobs her head, really getting into the song! And then after she has "sang" the song for awhile she kisses the air (for the part that says "and a kiss from me to you") ....it's sooo cute. I need to find my video camera and tape it.
3) Today Raya was asking me about the toys we were selling and I told her they were baby toys that we didn't need anymore. Well later she found a toy at home and asked why I hadn't sold that one too. I told her it was because Brielle still played with that one. Then Raya said "but Brielle is a BIG baby...and this toy is for little babies....little babies are like teeny tiny ants and Brielle is not an ant....she's big" LOL...good to know Raya ;-)
4) Today we stopped to play at the mall and have lunch and while walking through the mall Raya walked past a mirror....she immediately stopped and declared "oh wow...I'm so cute!" ....needless to say we got a lot of laughs from people who saw her. Then a short while later I lost Brielle, and found her standing in front of a mirror saying "me pretty"
....perhaps we need to have a talk about vanity ;-P
Have a great weekend everyone! Wish me luck as a single parent.....






Cute pictures! I love the ones of Raya sleeping =) And the fact that Brielle calls you Shawna! =) Emma came home with a book she made at school the other day. It said; To: Johannah From: Emma. I said why does it say this and not To: Mommy Love: Emma. She said "I wanted it to say Johannah" LOL Kids make us laugh =)
ReplyDeleteRaya looks so grown up in the pictures of her wearing the pink sweater. For awhile around the same age as Brielle, Kaylee use to call me Joey...haha
ReplyDeleteGood luck as a single parent for the week and have fun spending daddy's money!!
The girls look so cute in those sweaters!
ReplyDeleteJoe is gone quite a bit now for both work and hunting. We have had slumber parties in my room. I have them make a bed of blankets on my floor because I love having my bed all to myself, haha!
We have also had a spa night where we get out our foot tubs, set them up in the living room and soak our feet, paint our nails, etc.
And then other random things:
-popcorn & movie
-game night
-wii time
-baking
And, of course going out and spending his money will always help! :)
Thanks for the ideas! The girls would love the foot tubs I bet...I should get one :-)
DeleteLove the matching outfits!!!!!! You do need to tape Brielle singing the I love you song, that is the cutest thing ever!!!!!
ReplyDeletelove,
Grama F
I love that they are brushing their toys' teeth. Love the sweaters too. Kyla would fit right in with her yellow one! Get that singing on tape :)
ReplyDelete