Day of Creativity

This day was our adventuresome day. I decided no TV all day. Which really is a great thing. But with a toddler I decided today that some TV is not bad. Having a routine is Great. So we have been trying out some new activities. So here was our Wednesday:

-Got up and ate breakfast

-got dressed and ready to go grocery shopping

-Went shopping (uuuggg I know its my favorite kind of shopping but only when there is money galore in your purse to pay for all the wonderful items. Budgeting can be a bummer sometimes)

-played on the swings and slide at the new park in town. (it was a blast I really like it.)

-Decided that we should do the park first and shopping second next time(bribe with the free cookies from the bakery)

-home for lunch.

-Made Homemade Pizzas! (which Libby refused to eat a bite. poor Brittany had to eat both pizzas)

-*****NAP TIME YEAH*****

-Did my chores

-Libby woke up and we made Fruit loop and pasta necklaces (thanks for the idea Ash)

-went for a walk (to those who don't know this really is a big thing for me )

-went to visit and have dinner with grandma Stonehocker(my parents had leftover stew yummy, Libby did not eat it, to bad.)

-off to watch my fantastic hubby play flag football(I don't know if he won or not?? they had some touchdowns but so did the other team...oh well, not my job to keep score luckily I am just the athletic supporter. HEHEHE )

-then home for bed at 8.



Jut a little FYI... this is not a typical day at the Hooper household. We usually read books listen to music, color pictures and sit on the couch all day. Don't think I will be this creative and busy again for a long while.

So here are a few of the pictures I took of our adventuresome day.

Necklace Making

she did the majority by herself.

She also ate a ton of fruit loops.

she tried to share with me. I am not a big fruit Loop fan.

She cheese it all the time

All Done with the necklace.

Already to devouring the yummy treat.

Pizza Pie

I showed her how to make the crust a

circle and she did her own crust.

She scooped her own sauce onto the crust

She had fun putting cheese on both pizzas.

All Finished and boy it tasted good. I am sad she did not like it

I think it was too hot and then she just was not in the mood for

pizza after all. Marshall says pizza could be eaten once a week

you could still be in the mood for pizza.

HEE HAWS

My grandma Cindy Lou takes all of her grandchildren every fall to Hee Haws. This was our first year because Libby has been too little and susceptible to every bug. So we got to go as a family and have a fun date. Thanks Grandma.

Marshall and Libby Shooting the Corn Cannon.

any kind of animal is fun to look at

Libby loves to look at horses but this is as close as she will get to riding one

Don't worry Marshall had fun too.

Libby went with Brisa on the animal train ride she loved it

Peter Pan's " following the leader" comes to mind on this shot

she wanted to follow the big boys where ever they went it was cute.

Cheese

Libby Loves to smile for the camera! Here are a few from the past week or so. Check out the cute Hair do. She is a Mini Me.

She was sitting watching Dora or Olivia and had her arm resting on the chair and her face in her hand. it was pretty cute I think it was almost nap time and she was winding down.

I did braids and she sat there the entire time without even moving

I was interrupting her Dora show to take this picture

This one is today's Look. the braided piggy tails, t
he "I heart dad" shirt and the mom smile.
cant beat that for her cheeses.

Moms Little Helper

I decided to start young! Libby will be cooking sooner than you think. She Likes to help make pancakes already!

then there is any time that something is in the oven she has to get on her "gloves" because it is "HOT"

She is such a great helper...when she wants to be. She is a lot of fun to have around and I am glad that I get to spend my days being her buddy.

Chickens and Roosters

We were at my parents house on Sunday night and Marshall and Libby went for a walk with Ian to the backyard. Libby sees the chickens and wants to feed them.

Marshall: Libby what do Roosters eat?
Libby: Eggs!

on the way home Marshall told me the story. So I asked.

Brittany: Libby what do roosters eat?
Libby: Rocks!

Marshall said she tried to push the rocks through the fence after he tried to explain that roosters dont eat eggs.

The Scare of the week

I have been so excited that I get to stop working my part time job and be a full time mom. Sometimes experiences hit that thought home. Libby had been sick all week, Marshall stayed with her on Monday but I had to leave her on Thursday with the sitter. I kept trying to decide if I really wanted to take her sick but I had much to do at work, it being one of my last days of work ( I have 4 left). Well I took her to the sitters house. It was 4:00 in the afternoon when I thought to call Marshall to see how close to picking her up he was, when my phone rang. The sitter was upset and told me Libby had got into her purse and had eaten some tums and ibuprofen. She wanted to know what I wanted her to do with Libby. In a panic I told her I would call her right back. My plan was to have my parents pick her up and meet me at the hospital or the Dr office I could not decide. when they did not answer their phones and neither did Marshall I called the sitter back and had her meet me at the hospital ( a 2 min drive from my work and a 25 -40 min from mapleton, depending on traffic) I had my boss text Marshall because I couldn't do anything to save my life and then left for the hospital ER. When everyone showed up at the ER we took Libby right in and they let us know that because it was not Tylenol she was going to be just fine. We still had to wait 2 hours and then do some blood work just to make sure her liver and kidneys were good. Let me tell you, as a mom you get pretty anxious about the well being of your children. Knowing she might be my only child makes me that much more anxious when something is wrong. I was so grateful for all the prayers said on our behalf from all our friends and family.

SO for my words of wisdom... don't keep Tylenol in your home, Ibuprofen is a much safer medication if swallowed by children.
Libby is back to normal!

TWO!!!

Libby Turned two on the fourteen of September. I wont get mushy like most moms do. I am grateful for Libby and how wonderful she is. She has been a blessing these past 2 years and would do it all over again to get our little angel (or hellian depending on the day). So here are a few pictures of our birthday adventures.

I will preface just a bit. Libby got sick 4 days before her birthday and ended up sick on her birthday (making it 2 years in a row) but she was so excited to "Open presents" she was singing happy birthday to herself when she would get into her highchair.

At the Hooper's she got candy land, play dough, a matching game, and play cooking utensils. She has been non stop playing with the cooking pots and pans and all the spoons to go with it. she loves them .

At the Stonehockers she got, tub fish, Dora doll with long hair, a Dora doll that talks and has a camera, wooden food set, and a 50 piece dish set. She carries a goblet and an orange together and calls them ice cream. Its pretty cute!

We gave her a tricycle, and a Dora backpack. Just like the rest of her life she wants to be big so she doesn't want to ride the bike she wants to push it. She is to short to peddle herself.