Busted...

One morning last week while I was loading some laundry, I heard the back door open. When I came out of the laundry room, I saw Myla just like this. She has taken off her diaper and gone outside to throw it away (that is where we put her diapers). Smart little sucker! I quickly tried to find my camera before we had an accident, and I love the look on her face in the picture! Luckily she hasn't done this again...YET!

"What, Mom, you don't like me running around the house in my birthday suit?"

Easter Bunny Pictures...Guess Who's Missing?

You guessed it...the Easter Bunny!

We went to Holli's Sweet Tooth today to have Myla's picture made with the Easter Bunny. I was about 99.9% sure that Myla would not have her picture made with the bunny, but I thought it was worth a shot. Well, my gut instinct was right...she was having nothing to do with the furry creature. She was in the best mood before the moment arrived, but the mood was quickly shot when the bunny came into view. She couldn't get in my arms fast enough. I don't understand her fear of the "charactered" things. Usually she is not afraid of anything! Last week we went to Chuck-E-Cheese, and it took her about 20 minutes to realize that the big furry mouse was stationary and not walking around. She did not take her eyes off of it! After she was okay with that, she went about playing like a wild woman! Oh well, maybe it is a fear that will pass...

Well, she was dressed too darn cute to not take any pictures, so I snapped these when we got home. She was a little excited because she was getting to play with her Daddy, so she is all over the place in the pictures, but I think they completely show off her true personality!!!

Feeling Creative for Easter...

I wanted to get Myla a new Easter basket this year. She has mine from when I was a little girl, but seeing how destructive she can sometimes be, I would like to keep that one put away for a few years! I thought a metal bucket would probably be a better fit. I have seen the buckets that Old Tyme Commissary sells in Jackson, but to be honest, I wasn't willing to fork out the cash for it ($41.99)! I thought $5.99 at Hobby Lobby was a better deal! I put a few paint pens to it and it did the trick!

Here is the finished product ready for Myla's egg hunts!!!
Old Tyme also sells painted wooden eggs (for $12.99). Again, $.99 at Hobby Lobby works better for me! I couldn't get a good picture of it for some reason, but it is a butterfly bunny! I plan on doing one each year for Myla and collecting them so she can have them one day. I am also going to let her paint one each year as she grows.

Sweet Pigtails...

I just couldn't resist posting these pictures of Myla's pigtails! I think she looks extra cute in them myself!

"Hey, Mom, could you maybe do something about this hair hanging down in my eyes?"
Sweetest face in the whole world!

The now infamous "smile" picture!

Myla looking at the bunny craft she (I) made. Myla is not much about getting her hands dirty with paint. She did smear it around a little bit with a brush!

Hello, My Name is Meredith, and I Really Like Getting Things Out of the Trash...

I have to admit, I love finding a good bargain anywhere, and I am not above hauling something out of someone's elses trash! In fact, I really enjoy it, to be honest! I think the saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure" is SO true! This morning, I hauled home this slide on my walk, which made me think of other things that I have "dumpster dived" for.... I thought I would share them with you!

Myla loves her new slide...I am not kidding when I say she has gone down it no less that 100 times this morning! I don't think she cares that it was in someone else's trash...
Last summer, I got these two goodies in someone else's trash...a Jeep umbrella stroller and a practically brand new Fisher Price potty chair. I took this picture knowing one day I would need it!

I also got this painting, which now hangs in my bathroom out of the trash of someone who was moving. I think Michael wash a little embarassed when I hauled it home while we were walking! I think he was a little less embarassed when we later looked out and someone had stopped at the same house backed in with their trunk open loading up stuff!!! Hey, they were throwing it away!

Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of the 5x7 oriental rug that I got last summer for my brother! It was beautiful!!!!

Any other "trashy" people out there????

"Don't Worry, Mom...

I can take this medicine all by myself?"

-Myla

Myla Really Likes Spaghetti...Can You Tell?