My little devil is becoming an angel :)

Eowyn has been so good the past week. It's been a welcome change. Don't get me wrong- she still disagrees with me and says 'no', but she has been doing a great job with compromising.

On Wednesday, I had asked Eowyn (again...) how she felt about getting her hair cut. She looked at me, rather thoughtfully, then said, "we go to Target to get some candy???" Ok- yes... My child has some serious negotiation skills and is not even 3 yet. Lol. And you're damn skippy- I went with it! I agreed that AFTER we got our hair cut we could go to Target....and possibly get some candy. I'd been asking her about getting her hair cut for almost a month now... this was the first time that she actually gave it some thought before difiantly telling me NO!

We went to the mall and were able to get right in for our trims. She suggested that I take my turn first, but after seeing that they had a basket of dumdums, she didn't argue about going first. The woman doing our hair wasn't sure if she could get us both in before her scheduled appointment that was coming up in 45 minutes. Anyways... Eowyn sat in the chair without any problems and sat still while her hair was being done. Then she stood next to me while my hair was being washed and stood next to me (chatting and keeping very good company) while my hair was trimmed. I totally let her sucker the girls at there into letting her have another lollipop. Lol.

We went to Target, as promised, and on the way over we discussed what 'prize' she would get for being such a good girl. I don't really want to bribe her to do things, but it seemed appropriate to hold up my end of the bargain... lol. We talked about how one of the pretty flowers on her toenail was 'broken' and that we would look for some special stickers when we went to Target. She picked out some purple nail polish and we got the least sucky stickers they had for nail art... And she ended up grabbing one of those damn Disney Princess Dolls they have in the check out. They're small and have the rubber clothes on them... all in all, we only spent like $8. Seemed worth it to me :)

Tonight, after two days of NO RAIN, I was frantically trying to figure out how I was going to mow the lawn... Eowyn is normally very curious, so I don't feel comfortable leaving her in the house when I am doing something outside ...especially when I can't hear her. I told her that I had to mow the lawn as we were eating dinner, and asked her if she would sit on the steps and watch me do the front lawn. She agreed until she saw the lawn mower... she got upset (not crying, but worried) and put her hands over her ears. She told me that she didn't want me to make it be loud. After telling her that it wouldn't be THAT loud, she seemed to calm down a bit and sat down to eat her goldfish crackers while I mowed the lawn.

I KID YOU NOT- THE LAWN MOWER STARTED ON MY FIRST TRY! WOOOOOT!!!

Ahem...anyways...

I finished the front lawn and moved to the back. Eowyn sat on the back deck while I mowed and found a my garden tools and started digging in a window box that was basically growing grass. Lol. When I was done, she wanted to play in her sandbox. I took the cover off and she started playing while I went and got the rake to start cleaning up the horrible lines of grass from my lawns much needed crew cut...

"MOMMY!!!! THERE'S A BUG!!!!!"

Now, we go through this every now and then. She'll either freak out about a bug, or be playing with the disgusting thing... So, I casually tell her to flick it out with her shovel.

"NO!!!! YOU DO IT! ITSA BEEEEEEETTTTLLLLLEEE!!!!!"

The kid was not lying. There ended up being 5 gross beetles...those green garden type ones (they were just big and nasty) and a couple of disgusting spiders... So, I'm flicking the stupid bugs out of her sandbox with a little shovel...Ewwww...

And yes, I took a picture... Of a dead one.

She was not impressed that she had to wait for me to get my phone to take the picture... Lol.

Natural

Last night Shayne, Eowyn and I went to the mall. For Dina's wedding I had fake nails put on and I finallly couldn't stand them anymore and wanted them off. Shayne had agreed to play with Eowyn at the arcade while I was at the nail place. They had a fun time, but Eowyn exhausted Shayne. Lol. I think he might understand why I am so tired all the time now :)

Tonight, if all goes well, I am going to pick up Eowyn from daycare and we're going to grab some Happy Meals at McDonald's. After we eat in the car, we are going to head downtown and meet up with Wendy to check out the market area that they have every Thursday (I think until the Folk Festival). It will be nice to do something different and hang out with Wendy again (it's been a while).

Strategic Eating...

I forgot to mention that Eowyn did an awesome job eating her dinner last night. Normally she picks and hardly eats... On the way home from daycare, I asked her what she wanted for dinner and she listed off a few things, so I made them. She wanted hotdogs, cheese, yogurt and milk. Lol.

I ended up making myself a sandwich and she decided that she wanted a sandwich as well. Since she had a second hotdog (not cut up) on her plate, I asked if she wanted to make a sandwich out of her hotdog... She excitedly agreed, so I put her remaining hotdog in a bun...Since it was too big for her to actually get some of the bun AND hotdog when she took a bite, this is how she ended up eating it:

She ate the bread after...

Things to do...

So, I think that I am really going to start saving up to get a handheld GPS. I did one geocache with Wendy (the one right behind work) a while ago and thought it was fun and exciting. I had been looking around for a cheap, yet decent quality one, but have not had much luck. And I got VERY frustrated at eBay when trying to bid on one... mumble...stupid people going and updating at the last second...jerks.

Anyways- I am hoping that in getting one of these spiffy GPS devices, that Eowyn and I will have some fun things that we can go out and do. She loves being outside and playing, but I think she would also have a good time on a little 'treasure' hunt. She really likes playing with electronics (though she doesn't always get her way), so I think she would really get into it. I'm basically trying to find something for us to do that is entertaining for both of us.

I am also looking forward to the fun Thursday night mini festival/farmers market type thing that has started down town. Hoping to meet up with Wendy after I get Eowyn on Thursday so we can wander around looking at stuff :) I just hope that it doesn't rain and that Eowyn isn't TOO grubby from playing outside... she has a tendency to be covered from head to foot in dirt, sand and woodchips when I pick her up... Washing her hair last night was SOOOOO much fun...

Weekend

So, this weekend was pretty crazy for me. My mom kidnapped Eowyn on Friday night, so Shayne and I went to Josh's and hung out (and got drunk) there for the night.

Saturday was Kristen's birthday. We had a great time having dinner at Chili's and then went to Scott and Paul's for some beer di.

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I don't remember if I have ever been as drunk as I was that night. I didn't even really do anything out of the ordinary. I guess the stars were alligned properly and I was able to have a pretty good drunk on. Lol. Shayne even said that he's never seen me that drunk before. Lol. I was silly and giggly. I got mad at Scott for telling me that I shouldn't get on the beer di table...

Me: Are you calling me fat
Scott: No- you're just big boned

OH SNAP! So...of course... being as drunk as I was, I continued to bring up the "Scott said I was fat" thing all night. Lol. Oh...and to remember David May's middle name, I called him David Kurt Russell May... We all got a kick out of that. Lol.

Sunday night, Shayne and I went to Josh's and Malali made some AWESOME chicken with corriander and spinich and rice. OMG...it was delicious. I felt bad because I was so tired and kept yawning while we were visiting... I guess I can't drink like I use to (but I still didn't get hung over).

Ice Cream!

It was so nice to have a warm, but not TOO hot, day today. After dinner, Eowyn and I met Shayne and Josh at Gifford's and we got some ice cream :)

The last time Eowyn met Josh, she was being very shy and didn't really want anything to do with him. Today was a different story... Josh was done with his ice cream first, so went to play with Eowyn around a tree by the picnic table we were sitting at. She ended up warming right up to him and they played in the dirt and watched ants... Lol. She calls him Joss.

Shayne put a maple seed on his nose and taught Eowyn how to be a rhino. Unfortunately, the seeds were still green, so they weren't very sticky. But a little mommy spit made it stay on for a few seconds. LOL.

PS: YAY!! I was finally able to load some pictures from home to my blog!!! Super stoked!!!

Gym

I ended up going to the gym on Monday. I had taken the day off so that I could travel to Old Town for a dentist appointment, and not have to worry about rushing back.

Monday also happened to be the last day of work for my co-workers that were taking severence and leaving (Shayne being included in this group). It ended up working out well. I was getting back to Bangor as Shayne was leaving work. Shayne, Billy and I ended up hanging out at Shayne's for a bit and then we went to the Ground Round for lunch. Paul was suppose to meet us there, but flaked.

I called DD and Shayne and Billy had a few drinks. Well, Shayne had a drink and a few shots...getting quite goofy :) After lunch, we went home and he took a nap. I ended up deciding at 8:30pm that I would go to the gym (they close at 10pm). Shayne didn't feel like going- who could blame him... after getting drunk and taking a nap???

So- I made it. I got myself back to the gym. I did 20 on the eliptical, some thigh stuff, seated bench press, and my bendy-down-stomach-thing. I decided to call it quits when I started seeing black dots in my vision while doing the stomach thing. I hadn't gone in a few weeks and was still fighting a cold, so assume that my body was trying to tell me something.

Yay for the gym!

Bugs

Eowyn has been very interested in bugs lately. She will bend down and inspect ants, bumble bees, or whatever is crawling around. Most of the time she is very curious and won't leave them alone, but every now and then she will get freaked out and call for me to come and get the bug because she doesn't want it around her.

Last night, we found a cute little inch worm. She was absolutely fascinated with it and enjoyed having it crawl on her hand. She would get all excited when it would go on her finger or thumb and squeal, "Look!!! It's on my finger!!!"