poison control

The Grand Idea.

Lilly will give her father on his FIRST father's day her very FIRST painting.

ready? one. two. three. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

My thoughts EXACTLY as I was wandering the aisle's of JoAnn's with my gal pal Alissa.  ::hi alissa! started yo blog yet?::

So I gathered my supplies at home while basically pinning the I'm the best mother in the world with the most thoughtful father's day gift button on my shirt. and taking pictures of it. No really, I took pictures because I thought "Oh! Blogworld will most def wanna see this!". Here you go.

canvas? check.

brushes? bingo.

paint with text in german? richtig

color mixed to match bedroom paint color? newborn artwork art wall? BRILLIANT!

Revelling in my crafty awesomeness yet? Questioning why ON EARTH I WOULD LET MY 8.75 MONTH OLD HANDLE ACRYLIC PAINT? good.

Well,  excited mommy got Lilly up from her nap and stripped. her. down. At least I had the common sense to do that...right? Plopped her on the kitchen floor handed her the canvas and with a moment of artistic glee allowed My Little Miss Picasso go to town. Seconds 1-4 of paint covered nugget fingers? Wait...I better help her and hold on a little before this gets outta control. real fast. Smart mom--held her fingers, until the maniac decided to kick the canvas.

Clearly still in the  "oooh bloggy world needs to see an action shot" moment.

I was at a crossroads.

Save the painting and risk catastrophe?

 or

 Let thebestideaever get ruined and allow lilly to cover my kitchen floor with yellow paint in the process?

I chose to save the painting.

THE EPIC FAIL

In the split second that I let go of one hand to grab the canvas as it spun to the ground, of course lilly decided to discover this yellow goop on her fingers with her 11th finger (her tongue).

after an all time freakout and waves of water from the faucet forced upon dear old yellow mouth-- poison control was called.

NON-TOXIC. whew HUGE crisis averted.

lesson learned. poison control number on the fridge. laura must now sleep on all "genius" ideas before implementing them with 8.75 month old.

Lilly Picasso Paint Licker's Father's Day Masterpiece

Father's Day 2K10 was fabulous. Scott didn't call CPS on me. He looooooooved the painting. Lilly looooooooooved spoiling him all day. You know it's times like this....where I tell my husband about something that he had every right to start world war III over. My rash impulsive thinking  really coulda ended with a trip to the ER and my daughter's stomach being pumped. He didn't get mad, he was concerned. and then he laughed. and told me that's why he loves me.

and they all lived happily ever after

.....until craft christmas present ideas start tinkering around in mah brain.

taste the rainbow she will NOT

 Two snaps if you can guess what my husband's favorite color is!!

 

Scott did the grocery shopping this week.

So much for lilly "eating the rainbow".

Soooo grateful that he did the shopping. Soooooo sad that Lilly will experience nothing but the orange family this week.

I found this comical. Hope you do too, at my husband's expense.

:)

here's the story all about how...

THIS girls life got turned upside down!!!!


Ok. Story time. Gather 'round.

(if you know me in real life....run along. cause you've no doubt already heard this. at least 6 times.)

Ok. So i loooovvvveee carrie underwood a little too much. I'm a little on the 12 year old girl mind set of " OH mi goooodnneeeesss I heart her soooo much!!! Squeeeeeeee!!" But whatever, I'm okay with it. Scott, knowing this, surprised me with great seats to her concert this last weekend for Christmas. However, at Christmas they were not on sale yet. So using his super sleuth skills, he found that you could purchase tickets in advance IF you joined the OFFICIAL CARRIE UNDERWOOD fan club. So putting his man card aside, he joined. (if that's not love... i dunno what is!!)

Anyway, I've always known this, but this event confirmed my belief that my husband has a horseshoe up his butt. He is so dern lucky!! He always wins things and gets great deals and so forth. Well....surprise surprise about 3 weeks ago, he gets an email that he has won a backstage pass for a meet and greet with the divine miss carrie for the upcoming concert. So, for the sake of fun.....travel back with me......

::insert hazy dream sequence::

I'm asleep in my bed at 9:30 on a Wednesday

( I know. lame sauce. 9:30?) . My husband, who loves to get me riled up because I'm a *tad* dramatic comes in wakes me up saying, "Laura, we've just won backstage passes to meet Carrie!"( No need for last names in our house. there is only ONE carrie.) I shoot up in bed. "SHUT UP! You're lying. This is NOT funny!" I run to the computer and read the email. I'm ecstatic. But quickly defeated when I read the line: Congratulations, Scott, YOU have won ONE pass to meet..... One pass? Not two??? Whaaaaa???? Then at the bottom the most depressing sentence, This pass is NON-TRANSFERABLE. Scott joined the fan club. Of course, HE WOULD win. A 29 year old avid country hater won a pass to meet his wife's favorite artist. of course.

I did not.

My. husband. was. going. to. meet. carrie. It was heartbreaking. I forced him to email this fan club and plead our case... he did. We even threw in the "my wife just had a baby and would love to spend this time...blah blah she's a teacher to America's youth....blah blah feel sorry for us....we're poor. we live in INDIANA of all places...blah blah. xoxo. "For three weeks. nothing. no response.

The first week. I was rather devastated.

Second week. I was rather bummed, but okay with the fact that my husband was going to meet the most gorgeous girl on the planet who just happens to by mah fave.

Third week. I had decided I would have a picture printed of me that Scott was ORDERED to hold next to Carrie while he had a picture with her so "technically" I was there. :)

Then. THENNNNNNNN!!!!!!! The sky opened up and God said "I love you, Laura." Scott received an email on Wednesday stating that they would make A ONE TIME EXCEPTION for the name on the all access pass to be LAURA instead of SCOTT. Hallelujah!!!!!!!!


So, on Friday. I met my girl. She was very nice. Extremely cute. and surprisingly VERY short. She was in flats. I was heels. I'm really not a giant. :) The concert was great. She changed outfits like 10 times. She sang all my favorite songs. aaaannnndddd to add a cherry on top of a great night, she complimented my outfit. I had silly crazy girl grin on my face alllllllllll night.

Top Two Tuesday- i love my life edition

Top Two Tuesday! Two things you can't live without

I'm gonna go all sentimental gushy mushy on this one. The two things I can't possibly live without in pictures....

I love these two. I can't live without these two. They make me crazy. They make me laugh. They make me cry. They make my world.