Slow Down, Gym Shoe!

Nature Is The Best!

Little Bear and Pufferfish and I belong to a playgroup that I found on Meetup.com. Once or twice a week the group meets in public places and does activities together with all of the kids, who range in age from newborns to about five or six. Now that its nice out, a lot of the activities are outside.
Today we went to this awesome nature center where they have rescued wild animals. Little Bear had a great time running around with all of the other kids, looking at the animals, and pretending to be animals! We had a picnic lunch, the kids played tag and stuff in a field for a long time, and then we went for a mile-long walk on a walking trail!
The cutest thing was that there was one little boy there who Little Bear really got along with. He's the same age as her, although he's a lot taller. They only met each other once before, because he doesn't come to all of the activities that we do. But today they spent the whole time playing together, and were even holding hands a lot! It was so sweet.

(Click on the picture to see it bigger!)

Here are a few more pics from the nature center today...

Little Bear looking at a rescued raccoon in a cage

Pufferfish by the goldfish pond

And the best part? They're both asleep right now! Pufferfish fell asleep in the car on the way home, and stayed asleep. Little Bear fell asleep resting and watching Sponge Bob! And, by the way, Little Bear never takes naps! Its a miracle!

In other news, I'm a little worried that ten-month-old Pufferfish is going through the Terrible Two's a little early. Whenever she doesn't get her way, she throws herself backwards onto the floor and screams, banging her head on the floor! This morning she followed me around the house throwing tantrums. I was trying to make lunch to bring with us to the playgroup, and I let her stand up on the steps and watch me at the counter (She knows how to climb up them already!) which made her happy for a while. She's usually such a happy baby, but when she's angry, she is aaaaaangry!

Well, Monkeyboy is home, and I gotta go check on the baby, so, until later... C-ya!

Tackle It Tuesday!

I just found out about this meme called Tackle It Tuesday, where each Tuesdays bloggers try to tackle some sort of task, and then share it with the world for moral support. Since I don't have school on Tuesdays anymore for a while, I thought this would be a great time to start Tackling Tuesdays!

My biggest problem is my room. I stay with my mom (Well, I stay with Diana five or six days a week and I stay with my mom one or two days a week, but my stuff is all there at my mom's.) Problem One: My mom has a classic Type A personality, while I am a classic ADHD-head-spinning-disorganized-Type-Z person. Problem Two: I am 28 years old, and have lived on my own many times, for years on end, so I have accumulated apartments worth of things... most of which doesn't fit in my little brother's childhood bedroom. I try to keep things in boxes and stacks, but it all inevitably ends up spread out everywhere.

So my big project is to completely clean and organize my room, in such a way that, when I do move out (at least move my stuff out!) I can have a clean start without so much clutter.

Today I tackled my closet. This may not look so great to you, what with all the coats and bags and stuff, but please realize that several hours ago all of those coats and bags, plus fifty million other things, were on the floor of the closet in a big pile. The drawers and file box weren't there. I got rid of a lot in that closet, and organized the rest! (Click on the picture to see it better!)

 

 
 

I also tackled my bookshelves. I love to read, and I have so many books, they're usually overflowing from the shelves! I packed up all of my CD's to put in my closet, since I keep my music on my Ipod now, and I stacked the CD shelf up on top of my book case, to accomodate more books and take up less space in the room!

Its a pretty good accomplishment, if you ask me!

Through Little Bear's Eyes...

Yesterday Little Bear and Pufferfish and I went to the Rainforest Cafe! (We had originally planned on going to the park with our playgroup, but it was cold and rainy, and I had been waiting for a good time to take them to the Rainforest Cafe!) We got there right when it opened (11 am) so we didn't have to wait in line at all. We had the whole place to ourselves, in fact! Little Bear loved it! I gave her my digital camera and let her walk around freely, snapping pictures, while I finished eating and feeding Pufferfish. Little Bear took a whole ton of pictures! At home, I loaded them all into my photo editor and did some cropping and light adjustment, and they turned out really good! Check out this work of art! (And keep in mind, these pics were taken by a four-year-old!)

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Here We Go Again!

I originally started my blog, Adventures of a Stay-At-Home Auntie, on Blogchex.com, because Blogchex is a blogging host that supposedly lets you generate revenue every time someone clicks on an ad through your blog. But Blogchex hasn't been working for the past week, plus I never made any money there, so I've given up on it. However, I've really been enjoying blogging about the days I spend with the kids, so I've decided to keep that up, here on Typepad!
In this blog you can expect to find stories of the day-to-day adventures involved in caring for a preschool, an infant, and a preadolescent! You'll also find activity ideas (because we're always working on something!) and product reviews. In fact, you'll probably find a lot more, as well!
Thanks for joining us on this wild ride we call our life!