Ingrid's New Dress!

I got crafty today and made Ingrid a new dress. I love going to etsy and getting inspiration, which is where I saw this dress. Then I got out my sewing machine and made this little number!

Paper Shredder

Last night before her bath Ingrid came into our room and crawled under the desk to get into the paper shredder (just the box, not the actual blade part!) I had just stuffed a bunch of paper in there and never shredded it, so she sat for a good half hour taking all the papers out, looking carefully at them, and then, to our amazement, she started putting the paper back in! Pretty soon maybe she'll start putting her books away after she throws them all around!

It was all fun until Brendan took her out of the room for her bath and I actually used the shredder. She burst into tears and wouldn't stop crying even after I'd stopped and Brendan held onto her. She isn't a scared baby but man, when she does get scared, she gets terrified!! So along with Gramma's blow up mattress, the shredder will not be used ever again...

Book Sharing Monday

This week I chose Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever.

I had this book when I was a kid and I just love to look through it again. It has pretty much everything in it--pictures of different boats/trains/planes, stories about mice/pigs/cats/bears, number/letters/colors, and stories about different places. My favorite is Cous Cous the Algerian Detective. I don't know if that's politically correct now, but the book is from the 60s :)


Go see Serendipity if you're interested in Book Sharing Monday!

Thanks, Sunnymama!

sunnymama from sunnydaytodaymama gave me a lovely blog award. How sweet! She has a wonderful blog about her sunnyboy. I love to go see what great pictures she has posted there :)

The thing I love most about this whole blog deal is that I get a glimpse into everyday life in other places and everyone is connected through the internet. It makes the world a much smaller place! With the click of a button I get to see what someone is doing in Wales, England, Canada or Australia. It's great.

The Zoo Part 3: Other Animals

The giraffes were pretty cool. We got to see one up close eating. Those tongues are so weird!!


Ingrid really liked the meerkats :)

The Zoo Part 2: Polar Bears

We saw all kinds of cool animals, but my favorite was the polar bear exhibit. They have this awesome tunnel underneath the water so you can watch the polar bears swimming from below. It was really noisy as everyone oohed and aahed. Ingrid joined in by becoming particularly screechy, just to join in the fun :)

The Zoo Part 1

Today we took Ingrid to the Detroit Zoo. It was so fun going to a zoo that is NOT the Milwaukee Zoo, which we've seen a million times. It was a gorgeous day out and Ingrid had fun riding in the backpack, singing, waving to the animals, and clapping her hands.

Gramma comes to visit!

Gramma Pam came yesterday to stay for a couple days.
Ingrid got tarted up by Gramma while sitting the bathroom sink

played patty cake with her

got some pigtails put in by her

and we all went out for Chinese food.

Ingrid just loves when Gramma comes to stay!

The Little Explorer

Random pictures today. First is a picture of Ingrid playing with condoms. Haha! I was on the computer and thought I had put things away so she could explore in our room freely. Forgot to put them away, though, and I looked down and she was pulling them out of the box, looking at the directions paper. It was so funny!

Also, she found her way on top of the dishwasher today. Now standing near it is just not enough. Once she gets something down, it is onto the next thing. Which would be crawling on and into the dishwasher...Yea!

And another fun thing she's learned is where her head is. She ~loves~ Head Shoulders Knees Toes and now can point to her head and just waits until that part of the song where she can point there. She just learns so much every day!

Book Sharing Monday

This week we went for Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion, pictures by Margaret Bloy Graham. It's about a dog who hates baths, runs away from home, gets REALLY dirty, and then returns home to find his family doesn't recognize him. Until he gets a good long bath, that is. This book was given to us at my baby shower and has become one of Ingrid's favorites, as you can tell by the chew marks on the corner :)

To find out more about Book Sharing Monday, click on the link at the right of my blog!