Library Day

Gloomy Weather

Every morning this week we have woken up to super gloomy skies - most days the sky has cleared by the afternoon and the day has turned gorgeous.  Today was not one of those days.  Starting the day out in gloomy weather is hard ... it really beats on my positivity and productivy and definitely causes serious cabin fever in both Mia and I.  Today we attempted to combat it with a trip to the library.  Yes, we just went yesterday but that was before we checked the mail and our cards had come.  We spent almost 2 hours this morning looking at kids books, reading and hanging out in the little play area they have.  Mia talked to a couple kiddos and had a good time.  I have no idea how Ben and I ended up with such an extroverted child.  When it comes to adults - she isn't so much but when there are other kids around nothing is going to stop her from going up to them, saying hi, telling them her name and that she is 4.   It's quite adorable.

Tonight Mia accomplished something absolutely HUGE. For those of you that know the battle we have had with her and food - well, you might want to sit down because...

she...

ate...

SUSHI!

I'm serious - no fuss, no bribes (she did ask that if she ate all her dinner could she have strawberries afterwards which of course I said yes to), no whining, nothing... I'm serious...  I took pictures because I knew some of you wouldn't believe me (after all I could barely believe it myself...).

Visiting the local library

Our trip to Dallas was postponed today due to the possibility of continuing bad weather.  So we went to West Waco Library and Genealogy Center for story time.  Last week was kind of a bust but today was a lot of fun.  The theme was "Digging into reading at the beach" and they had two stories and a craft.  We also *finally* got our library cards - I say *finally* because it pretty much takes an act of congress to get your library card - and after going thru all the riggamaroll you have to wait for them to mail them to you.  It's all good now tho - we have our cards and can go check out lots of books. :)

Turned out to be a gorgeous day and another perfect afternoon to play at the pool.  While there Mia met a little girl who, it turned out, lives right next door to us!  When it was time to leave the pool Mia invited J over to play and they played games and watched My Little Pony together.  I think Mia really enjoyed herself and I hope J did too.  I did, however, have to have the "sweetie - you need to ask mommy first before you invite someone over" conversation.  :)

Tonight we are planning on having a google hangout with friends back home which will be fun!