I know my posting lately has not been like it usually is.  I’ve been busy and not having much time to use my computer lately.  If I’m not posting here- make sure you check out Our Crafts ~N~ Things to see what Hailey and I have been up to, I’ve been posting there every day.

Anyhoo- last weekend was an absolute blast.  We were able to spend the weekend at my parents house with my cousin Beka and her hubby and their daughter, and my parents of course.  When Beka and I were younger we had lots and lots of fun together.  As we’ve gotten older, married and now have our own kids it’s so hard to get together.  It seems like we only see each other during the holidays and at weddings when it’s too busy to really have time to chat.  So, when Beka had the idea that we spend a weekend together I was thrilled!

We arrived at my parents house on Friday night.  My dads job was having a family night- so he took all of us to that.

Hailey loved the bouncy fun things they had.

This is Beka’s daughter- Anika looking cute as can be while we were eating some of the yummy food.

There were some fun cars to see- and Rich wanted to pose with Herbie.

Saturday we spent most of the day hanging out at my parents house- talking and letting Hailey and Anika “play” together.  The “playing” consisted of Hailey trying to make sure she kept all of her toys away from Anika.  Since Anika is a year younger than Hailey- she is still in the stage where doesn’t really care.  But we definitely have some work to do with Hailey on learning how to share toys.

Anyhoo- Beka bought the girls adorable matching outfits and we tried to get them to cooperate and pose for a picture.

Aren’t they cute?  Now if only we could get them to smile.  (The mark on Hailey’s arm is her tattoo from Friday night)

I think they’re sharing a special cousin moment here, while enjoying their crackers and refusing to cooperate with their mothers for a picture involving smiling.

Awww- a nice little hug.

And some fun together in the pool.

It was a fun weekend seeing my parents and Beka, Bill and Anika.  We have to do it again soon!

On Saturday we decided to go on a little picnic to a nearby park. Rather than make an actual picnic dinner we decided to just pick up some Wendy’s and head to the park. When we got to the park and took out our food we realized that our burgers had been made completely wrong. We asked for everything on the burgers- lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc. Instead they put nothing on the burgers. Just meat and cheese on a bun. Now whose fault do you think it was that the burgers were wrong? I think it was Wendy’s fault. But Rich- he thought it was my fault for not taking our food out of the bag, opening each burger up and checking to make sure they were right before we left Wendy’s. Ummm- no, I will not do that, ever. But Rich is more than welcome to do that if he wants to.

Anyhoo, after that minor incident we had a wonderful time. Hailey fed most of her food to the birds- which caused a large gathering of birds around our picnic table. Then we walked around and Hailey ran around. Hailey spotted the carousel so we took a ride on it.

I know you can’t really tell by the look on her face, but she loved it.

After the ride was over Hailey wanted to go again.  When she found out we were only taking one ride it was not pleasant.  There was screaming and crying and yelling “MORE RIDE!”  We distracted her for a little while by watching some boats.  But when it was time to go home and she realized we were not going on the carousel again there was more screaming and crying.  And it continued for most of the way home.  And it continued for a while after we were home too with her yelling, “I WANT RIDE!  I WANT RIDE!”

Anyhoo we actually did have a really nice time.  But aren’t these toddler years fun?

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Does anyone know what this is?

That just so happens to be Rich’s laptop.

Any guesses as to why it is laying flat open like that?

Well, apparently if a toddler grabs a hold of a laptop screen and pulls backwards on the screen really hard it can cause permanent damage.  To the laptop that is.  Not the toddler.  No toddlers were harmed during this experiment.

Now the screen will not stay up, it either slams closed or falls backwards like it is in the picture.

So I suggested maybe using some duct tape- put the screen at the correct angle, attach some duct tape it to the screen and then to the keyboard part- and it would hold the screen up.  Rich looked at me like I was a crazy, stupid girl.

I asked Rich if I could please take a picture before he fixed it.  I was trying not to laugh, but it was one of those times that I just couldn’t help myself.

He said “NO!”  I told him that someday he might be able to laugh about it and he would surely want a picture to look back on.  He repeated his previous answer “NO!”

Rich’s laptop is a couple of years old and he has been looking for a new one anyways, so I’m not sure why he can’t find the humor in all of this.

So, Rich took the laptop apart trying to figure out how to make the screen stay up.  He couldn’t fix it.

While Rich was off looking for some duct tape I took a quick picture.  I haven’t had a chance to sneak another picture now that it is “fixed.”  But I will take one and I will post it as soon as possible.

Hailey has this little cup that came with her set of play dishes she got for Christmas.  She recently decided that she wants to try drinking out of a regular cup rather than a sippy cup.  So, she carries this little cup around and hands it to me every once in a while and says, “The waa peeezzzz”  (the water please).  And I usually put a little water in the cup for her.

So, the other night while Rich was riding around the living room on her Dora car, Hailey handed the cup to him and then waited for him to drink it.  So, he took it a sip.

“This water tastes funny to me.  Where did she get this water?”  He asked me.

So, I told him I had been giving her water from the sink for her little cup.

A few minutes later Rich saw Hailey take her cup, dip it into Dottie’s water bowl and proudly announce “The waa.”