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Lately, I have been painting some wooden words to hang on the wall and B has wanted to help. As much fun as she was having helping me, today, I decided to grab her an unpainted wooden plaque and let her go to town with it. She had a blast! Picking which color to paint when and how was so much fun for her.

Unprompted by me, she started chatting about what she was painting. A turtle! I was so surprised that she was painting something specific! She went on to chat while she was painting and said, "a arm, a tail, another arm." I was pretty impressed! I know I am biased. :) We will definitely be painting again soon.

Cousin Aryka came over to play today when she got out of school. Silly girl sang a song, well several songs, about bacon, including some dance moves. Apparently, she really, really likes bacon. Ha ha!

Towards the end of the evening, we sat down on the couch and Aryka wanted to braid B's hair. B still doesn't like her hair played with much. Once she realized that Aryka was touching it, she told her, "ow," which it didn't really hurt. Then the next words out of her mouth cracked both Aryka and I up. "That's MY hair." Seriously! Where does she come up with these things? Too funny!

"Turtle" by B

The new dog bed is such a fun place to pretend sleep on. :)

One of the bacon songs/dances. My favorite part is the part about turkey bacon. "No way!" Ha ha ha! I agree! :)

 

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I had crazy amounts of energy today. In and of itself that is weird for me, then add on the daylight savings hangover and it is REALLY weird! Ha ha! But, nonetheless, I was energized.

B went over to auntie Crystal's house and since I had all this energy needing to be used, I did a bit of organizing and tackled a bunch of the laundry that's coming out my ears. Ha!

It felt good. No, it felt great!

90% of my crafting stuff is organized for the first time in, well, never. Our guest room is a little more cleared out. And I will be able to find what I want WHEN I want it. Wahoo!

B wanted to get out after her nap, so once Ryan got home from work, the three of us and the dogs went for a nice walk, enjoying this spring-like weather. Yeah spring!

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Running around on the golf course on a Sunday evening. :)

She loves to run around out there! It's great to have all that space out our back door! I need to utilize it more often (when there aren't any golfers, of course! Ha ha!).

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Another usual Saturday with a trip over to Vernal for a little shopping, etc.

I enjoy these Saturdays!

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Auntie April dropped off a sweet little present of a light-up wand, bracelets, a little froggy, and M&M's for B today for doing so well potty training. B was so excited! Thanks Auntie!

We spent most of the day at home again today to keep working on potty training. She is doing really well and only had 1 accident at home today! Woohoo! Yeah for catching on!

Dinner at Pelican Café and a stop-in at Ryan's parents finished out our week.

Thankful that it's going to be the weekend!

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Broken record here...more potty training and my hubby bringing home food for us. :)

Pics below are of B and Ryan hanging out in the guest room before bedtime. The bottom pic is my fav, because B is pretending to be asleep. :)

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More potty training. Need I say more? :)

Ryan brought us lunch, so could actually eat. Ha ha ha! And then fixed dinner when he got home. What a man!

Today is Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. Earlier today I read an excellent article on Lent, which gave me a great perspective on it. Considering that I had never really thought much about Lent before marrying Ryan, this was helpful. It's not just about giving something up, but also about adding something, about giving to the less fortunate. All of this as a way to focus on what Jesus did, His sacrifice leading up to Easter and the celebration of His resurrection.

In all honesty, the past few years, I have half-heartedly attempted to "do this whole Lent thing." This year, I wanted it to be different. It had to be something that really meant something and that I committed to or I just wasn't going to do it.

Thinking of something was proving to be a challenge and even as of this morning, before I read the article on Lent, I had nothing concrete. I had figured that I wasn't going to participate in Lent this year. I am thankful that I read the article, was challenged by it, and felt God showing me how I could "sacrifice" for Him for 40 days.

Therefore, I am giving up something that will be difficult for me, but a good challenge. As well, I am adding more time with Him to my day and intentionally being attentive to possible needs around me and how I can help.

All glory to Him, my God and Savior!

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Potty training!

ALL DAY!

Truly, that is what we did all day and nothing else. I'm ok with that for a few days. One on one time with my girl all day, not worrying about anything else. :)

Ryan, thankfully, brought chicken home for dinner and jumped right in with the potty training once he got home! Whew, a little break for this momma.

I am beyond thankful for an amazing hubby and daddy! (See bottom pic below)

New big girl underwear!

Sitting on the "big" potty!

Encouragement from my hubby! :)

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Night one in her big girl bed went pretty well! Yippee!

When we first put her down, she did try to get out about 5 times. Ryan would quietly put her back to bed and after that she stayed put! She did also get up around 3:00 AM, but I just layed her down again and she went back to sleep. :)

Naptime on the other hand was a little rougher, but we eventually had success. Ha ha! She got out several times to play, but persistence in putting her back in her bed paid off and after about 45 minutes, she stayed in bed and went to sleep.

Auntie April asked if she could take B this evening. Of course, I said yes! I dropped her off and hung out for a while, then headed home. Ryan worked kind of late, so I had a little time to myself to prepare for potty training which starts tomorrow! Yikes!

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We are experiencing quite a nice end to February and beginning of March! I hope it lasts!

All of the snow in our yard is gone and was gone a few weeks ago, which is almost unheard of here with temperatures having been in the 50s during that same time frame. Wahoo!

Hopping in the Jeep for a Sunday drive led us to the mountains. Of course, there is still snow up there, but not as much as should be for how early in March it is. I enjoyed the drive and even seeing snow, since we got to come down out of it. :)

This evening brought a big change to our household as we decided it was time to convert B's crib to a big girl bed. As you can see, I think she is pretty excited about it! We'll see in the morning if it was a good choice. Ha ha!

This is my new favorite picture! B insisted that she help Ryan put it together. :)