Snippets// Keeping Up

I think Violet's unearthing her inner daredevil. She's been such a watchful and delicate little girl in the past (when it comes to falling or tripping over herself), but now she's in full two year old form, and I am barely keeping up with her. Here she is mid-spring in between couches. Pretty sure she bombed her face into the arm of the chair multiple times, although it hardly phased her-which is significant enough to note.

Violet has cut 2 of her 2 year old molars, and we hardly noticed. One day I was brushing her teeth and BAM there they were. Best teether in the world according to some, and I'm pretty pleased with that. I'm not sure what "top-knot" here is observing , but apparently it required some serious attention. And check out those tan lines!



Violet goes back and forth between really liking bugs, and being terrified of them. She went through a phase were ants, bees, and spiders were a thing of nightmares. And let's face it, spiders will always be on that list -at least for me. I really don't want Violet to inherit my fears just because they're my fears though...if that makes sense. She'll figure out plenty of her own fears as she grows up but I really don't want animals in any form to be apart of that. So we've been working really hard on being positive when certain bugs and insects fly or crawl our way and ...guess what? I think it's working! She was a little worried about this manti, but with some positive energy surrounding observing him she was actually in tears when he flew away unexpectedly because she wanted to "feed im a snack" (leaf).

 I'm not sure if I would call these 2 hooligans friends, but they sure had some adventures together the day I tended this dude. 

One of the calmer moments of that day, until a fight ensued and someone tried to push someone off of the piano stool. Things like that are bound to happen though right? :)

That time I took a rare moment for myself to straighten my mane and came out to Violet "making a bed mom!". I couldn't even get mad at her though, because she started running around the house with this thing flying behind her like some kind of cape. What can I say, she's certainly my superhero, despite the bits of paper towel I continually find floating around the place....3 days later...

Debating about whether or not she should run through the sprinklers. She decided against it, but the girl does love her water. Soak it up baby doll because the days of swimming in the outdoor blow up pool or skipping through the sprinklers are surely coming to and end with autumn fast approaching.





I had to get creative with date night this week. So I opened "Chelsea's Café" and served Cristian sweet and sour chicken, with a salad, and a cool lemon slushi for dinner. We then played a couple games of pool at the bowling alley-I lost both games by hitting in the 8ball, then checked out some new shops in the valley ending the night with a brownie from Kneaders. So thankful for my parents, and sisters who are so willing to watch Violet so we can have some alone time. It was wonderful!

We made these candles a few weeks ago and used them the other night! They were and are so pretty, and extra special because Cristian and I made them together. They also smelled delicious so...if you have bunch of sea shells you don't  know what to do with-look up seashell candles on  Pinterest.

We try and send Daddy a morning selfie daily. Granted we sometimes are not very good at this and Violet is never to thrilled (hoping to change that), but I don't care. These are the photos I cherish most. No filters, no make up just super real.



Taisyn helping Violet enjoy and take interest in bugs a little bit more, especially rolly polly's and box elder bugs! I think she even held a few rolly polly's by the end of the day.

Sooooo many green beans! She spent a lot of the time out in the garden feeding the dogs bits of beans. She really likes picking and eating blackberries, and recently has discovered she enjoys cherry tomatoes. This is HUGE. I love tomatoes but both Cristian and Violet have not been their biggest fans. However..she  ate a bowl of cherry tomatoes the other day while watching me chop veggies to bake for dinner. I feel like I won a point or something. Mom:1 Violet:1 Cristian:0. What these numbers mean I really don't know, but I'm winning.

More garden stuff. (Seriously my dad is amazing at this gardening stuff) As long as we're outside, this child is happy. I guess this means I need to check her winter gear to see what fits and what needs upgrades. I predict many hours spent outside discovering snowflakes, icicles, and hopefully (since she wasn't into it last year),  sledding. I might even try to take her snow shoeing and drag Cristian along if I can manage! ;)

 

Things here are wonderful. We just had our carpets replaced which was SO needed, and I spent the day scrubbing hard water off all our windows with my little helper.Tomorrow we tackle the Venetian blinds (such a pain to clean), and I'm hoping to get someone out here to clean the air ducts and maybe...just maybe we can get someone to come and sweep the chimney. I really want to use the fireplace this year! Other than that I think we're all looking forward to some bonfires in the backyard, cider, stews and soups simmering all day long, sweater weather, and the subtle hints of holidays coming up.

 

Love to you and yours!