You're So Funny

Yesterday, we were in the car and it was actually pretty warm outside. We had the windows open, but then decided to have the A/C in the car on. We closed the windows and Paige asked if she could have hers open. We told her it was too hot. So she asked "Can I blow on it?"

A little while later we were driving home from dinner and I was singing to Paige to keep her entertained. She started laughing and told me "You're so funny".

I often times refer to Justin as daddy in front of Paige. But this time I was calling for him as "honey" and he wasn't responding. So Paige went into the other room and called "Justin". Then she wouldn't stop saying "Justin". He told her to call me "Jen" and she did once but then went back on to saying "Justin".

Funny things

Paige has a pretty bad diaper rash right now. This morning I was changing her diaper and applying cream and she told me "no more diaper cream". But I continued on. Then she said "I SAID, No more diaper cream" while wagging her finger at me! She sounded a little like me.

We were getting ready to head out the door and she was randomly counting to ten. Then I started singing the 10 little monkeys jumping on the bed song. I got to the part of "Mommy called the Dr and the Dr said...", but then I got distracted and stopped singing. So Paige jumped in and sang "No more monkeys jumping on the bed". I don't know when the last time was I sang that song to her. It's probably been months. Maybe she heard it at daycare? I was surprised she could finish it (with the correct words) without me saying the line first!

Wordless Wednesday - Accessorized

(Pay no attention to her pants falling down!)

Lakemont Park

This weekend was the Altoona First Festival at Lakemont park. Admission was only $5 per person and that included a ride all day pass. Normal park admission is $10 per person. Age 2 and under was free.

Paige had a great time. We were there for almost 3 hours. I don't know if it's really worth the $10 price for normal admission. Although, they do have a waterpark that is also included in regular admission but was closed because it's the end of the season.

Here are some pictures of Paige enjoying some of the rides.

Not sure who this little girl that Paige is riding with. We tried to put Paige in her own boat, but she was a little afraid of the water, so we through her in with this girl instead and she did fine.

Notice the bracelets (baby toy rings) that she is wearing on each arm? She rarely ever takes them off and always has to have her "two bracelets". She even sleeps with them on most nights.

This ride went crazy fast for a kiddie ride and it went up and down into the air. Yes, that's a gun on the back of the airplane, but we just told Paige it was a handle for her to hold. Only in PA.

Where on Earth is Daddy?

Back in October, Justin posted about Google Maps. He was so proud that Google Mapped Daddy. I was just reading an interesting article about Google fuzzing out people's faces and license plates, so I looked up our old address to see if Justin's face would be fuzzed out. Well, it's worse than I thought. Looks like they updated their maps, without Justin! I guess his 15 minutes of fame are over :(
In the old map, he was walking right behind the bus stop on the way to our house.

Tomato Fairy

On Wednesday, Justin called and told me that he was bringing home some tomatoes and potatoes from a coworker's garden. Here's what he brought:

That same afternoon, when I left the house to go pick up Paige from daycare, these were mysteriously sitting on our deck steps:
The next day (Thursday) I again left in the afternoon to go pick up Paige from daycare and AGAIN, we had more tomatoes sitting on our deck!
When I got back to the house with Paige, we played outside on the deck for a bit and the neighbor across the street called out to us and revealed her identity! She was the mysterious tomato fairy. Thank goodness she told me they were from her garden. I was wondering if I should leave a thank you note on our porch since we didn't know which neighbor it was!

Anyone have any good recipes for a tomato sauce? I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all of these! But I'm very grateful, we LOVE tomatoes. Even Paige loves the cherry ones, which we still have a carton from last weeks farmer's market.

What's That?

Paige’s favorite question is asking “What’s That?” But coming from her it sounds more like “Es Zat?” I’m afraid this is the pre-curser to the dreaded “Why?” question. We are completely to blame for this one. I noticed the other day Justin was reading her Elmo Seek and Find book and as he pointed to all the objects on the page he would ask her “What’s That”? She’s really good at finding every object in the book and she can name most everything she sees. By getting her to tell us what things are we’ve been able to grow her vocabulary. But now she wants to know what EVERYTHING is. The hard part is when we’re in the car driving 65 mph and she looks out the window and asks “What’s That?” when we’ve already passed what she had been looking at.

Tantrums

I think the tantrum phase is finally starting to settle down (knock on wood). We both just realized last night that she hasn't had one in a while. At least not the full blown ones where there's absolutely nothing you can do but walk away and wait it out. She still gets into trouble and whines, but we can usually talk her through it and redirect her attention. It's usually when she is getting bored that she'll start something. I know I'm probably cursing it since I'm writing about it. Not a good thing to do when I have her alone tonight since Justin has a school function!

The last few days she's really been getting into playing with legos. It's really the only thing that she'll sit still for by herself and play for awhile. I'll have to take some pictures because she's building some interesting creations!

Bike Riding

Over the weekend we finally got the last few things we needed in order to go on a bike ride. Justin got new tires, I got a helmet (safety first) and we got a bike rack for the car. Yesterday, we drove over to the trail in Ebensburg and started biking around 4:30pm. We rode for about an hour and did about 7 miles. The first half was wonderful. On the way back, we realized why it had been so enjoyable. It was all downhill. The way back was a little tough. The entire way was uphill! We still had a good time and plan to go a few more times if possible before it gets too cold.