Teaholic not quite anonymous

My little girl is officially a year and a half old today. I can't believe she's already so old! It seems like just yesterday she turned a year old. WOW.

Maddy and I met up with Hailey and Annabelle at the zoo today. No, we didn't go to the National Zoo. I just don't consider it worth it right now. It's such a trek there on the metro and then walking to the zoo and all the walking IN the zoo. Plus, Maddy didn't like her stroller that much, she'd rather walk. So I would have been carrying her a ton (as I did today anyway, really). She loved the birds and would yell back at them when they squacked. She liked the lambs and kids, but didn't much care for the adult sheep and goats. Not to mention, the adults, although penned up, are looking for food so they will stand on their hind legs on the fence looking for a hand out. They towered over Maddy and she didn't like that too much. There were a lot of them as well, so I think it frightened her some. She loved the big turtles, the camel (who would have thought?), the bunnies and the ducks. She LOVED the ducks. She would chase them all over the zoo if I let her. However, she equivalences ducks to geese which is which are completely different creatures. Geese are mean suckers! So as soon as she wanted to turn and get close to a goose I had to sweep her up in my arms and walk her away. We did take the free 'hay ride' which is really a trailer with benches dragged behind a tractor. But she enjoyed watching the big animals come up to us like the camel, zebra and llamas. She rode on the little motorized three animal carousel. It was the perfect size for the three of them. She didn't want to get off. I brought along milk in a lunch bag with freeze packs. She drank that on the way home and a little bit there. She seemed grateful for the break and to have it! What I liked most about this zoo is that it's small with things close together so there wasn't much walking. And parking was really easy, too. It was $10 for me and free for her. But for a couple of hours of fun for her it was well worth it.

Speaking of, I did sign Maddy up for the baby ballet class with the other girls. It turned out to be $14 per class which I didn't think was all that bad either.

Yesterday was a busy day. Maddy and I went to Walmart, Payless, World Market and Pet Smart. I bought myself a swimsuit at Walmart along with other misc. items we needed. I did buy her a swing to hang from underneath the deck. She just loves to swing and I thought that would be nice for her this summer. I went toothbrush crazy. I bought a four pack of toothbrushes for Maddy and toddler toothpaste and also toothbrushes for Matt and I. Now Matt and I are stocked in three different bathrooms for ourselves and Maddy is stocked in three bathrooms, too. Sometimes, it's just easier to run into the nearest bathroom to brush my teeth than treking upstairs to our bathroom. Great for when I want to run out the door.

We took back two pair of shoes to Payless that I bought online that simply didn't work out right. At World Market I bought a couple toys for Maddy. One is a fuzzy finger puppet that I have in my purse for those 'waiting in line moments'. Whatever works! I bought Matt Pockey that I sent to work with him. It's the only place I buy Pockey. I can't tell you the last time I was at World Market. I think I was pregnant with Maddy!!!

I took Maddy to Petsmart just to let her wander around and look at the animals. I thought she'd like to see the fish which she really didn't care about. But she loved the rats and hamsters.

Last night I wound up going back to Walmart because I purposely bought two swim bottoms in different sizes. I bought a mix and match swim suit with a tank on top and a skirted bottom. Well, I wasn't about to try it all on there, so I brought it home. I was as pleased as could be with it, so it stays. After I took that back I noticed they had solid color skirts as well, so I also bought one of those in brown (the top is black, brown, white and pink mod motif). I decided to go for it and bought brown flipflops as well. Then I bopped over to Target and bought a swim coverup which is VERY ingenious. It can be worn as a long or short dress or as a skirt! I also bought that in brown. Then off to Kmart! There I found a brown visor to go with and a bright pink beach bag that matched the pink in the print of the swimsuit. So, at least if I have to bare it all, I can feel a bit stylish doing it. I think Maddy and I are going to spend a lot of time at the pool this summer since the wading pool is very cute and I'm sure she'll love it. So I can at least feel comfortable if I'm going to be there!

Oh, I forgot to mention that our neighbor down the block with the twin boys about Maddy's age invited us to use their backyard whenever we please. They have three different little tike climbing/slides/playground things. They put pea gravel all over their back yard about 3 inches deep at least and then put the play equipment onto that. Well, they are gone during the day since they are in daycare, so their mom told us they want us to come and use it! So we did today and I have to say, Maddy loved it. It is so nice of them to offer their play equipment to us. We also just borrowed our pack and play to them since they are having a guest over in the next week.

Hey Chrissie, Matt and I made reservations at downtown Annapolis. We wanted to get away somewhere relatively close but not too busy either. We've already made dinner and brunch reservations at very well reviewed restaurants we found online. We still have one dinner up in the air, the Friday we get there. But that's ok. I'm sure we'll find something great.

So what did you all think about Dancing with the Stars? SPOILER. I thought Apollo was going to win, but I really wanted Joey to win. It's not that I didn't like Apollo, I just liked the way Joey seemed to have fun with everything. I do think that all three of the finalists deserved to win, so I'm not disappointed or astounded.

Ok, that's enough for one night! Off to hang out with Matt.

Tea of the day: Stash Green Chai Tea
WO: nothing--I will start next week again. I'm calling this week a loss!