It's been a busy morning here. After Maddy got up I quickly got dressed so Matt could hop in the shower. After we saw him out the door we ate a little breakfast and I put on some makeup. We grabbed the grocery list I made yesterday and went to the grocery store. We needed a TON of stuff, so it was a very long trip. Maddy insisted on bringing her purse which I used to my advantage. I put her snack and water bottle in her purse. Then we noticed it was starting to rain so she asked for the 'brella' so I put our umbrella in her purse as well. She was so good at the grocery store.
I would have liked to have gone to Costco before grocery shopping so we'd only need to make one trip out, but it doesn't open until 10!! BJs opens at 6 which I do love. We left the grocery store at 9:50 and were back out the door by 10:15 to go to Costco. I was so proud of Maddy. She was such a good girl keeping herself preoccupied while I put away all the groceries.
Costco was a LOT less busy, so I was happy about that. Maddy poo'd half way through our store run, so I tried to make the rest quick. I did stop down the book aisle to pick up something I saw there yesterday for Maddy and while in that aisle she yelled, "PRINCESS, PRINCESS!" When did this happen? When did my little girl become princess obsessed? Wasn't it just yesterday she liked Elmo? And the day after she liked Dora? Now we're already onto princesses? She's not even 2.5 yet! Anyway, it was a set of books, a CD player with mini CDs and a 'projector' with little film. It was WAY more than I was planning on spending today...but....but.... I caved in. It was mainly because she was SO GOOD at both the grocery store, in the car, in the house unpacking groceries, back out and then at Costco with a poopy diaper! She had been SUCH an angel. She held it the rest of the trip in Costco which was as fast as I could make it and in the car on the way home. The first thing I did after we came in the house was open it for her (after changing her diaper, of course). It really kept her preoccupied while I then unloaded all the Costco stuff as well. Soon after everything was unloaded it was time for lunch.
I warmed up Arby's from the day before. Matt bought their roast beef 4 for $5 deal and also potato cakes. So I was able to get Maddy to eat a WHOLE roast beef sandwich minus the bun and I was thrilled. She even put away a few bites of potato cake, too! After that she asked me for an ice cream cone. I don't know where she got that one from, but yesterday she had been asking over and over for an ice cream cone. I had to keep reminding her that we needed to eat good food before we had dessert. And even then I told her she could have ice cream but I didn't have cones. So today at the grocery store I bought a pack of cones to go with the ice cream and because her lunch was do decent she earned dessert. That little lady was in HEAVEN today! Two 'special treats' as she calls them!
I cut her bangs in the bathtub last night. I can't decide whether I like the job I did or not. Sometimes they look fine depending on how they fall on her forehead and sometimes they look crooked. She was very patient though even though she HATED to have me do them. We'll see how they look over the course of the next couple days but I may need to trim them a bit to even them up or catch some of the long ones I think I may have missed.
Other than that, there's very little else that will happen today. Maddy has again asked for 'Movie?' as she went down for a nap. I told her no movie today. She's seen Mary Poppins yesterday and the day before!! We'll do something else special instead when she gets up--maybe some painting since I bought her new paint brushes.
Tea of the day: Teavana Aloha Coconut tea, Rishi Oolong tea