The Roll Over

The days are flying by in the Lynch household,

as our girls are very busy growing up.

We now hear Piper exclaim,

"I can do it all by myself"

multiple times a day.

We love that she's becoming so independent,

but boy can she ever be stubborn about it.

I wonder where she gets that?

(Avoiding eye contact here!)

Little Miss Elliotte is an equally determined independence seeker.

She amazes us everyday with the new 'tricks' that she is learning.

Just last week it seemed as if she was just realizing that she had hands.

Now grasping an object and sticking it into her mouth

is easy peasy!

Watching these two grow is so much fun!

And they say that it just gets better and better.

How is that even possible?

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Our big girl is excited for Arts and Crafts time now.
Here is the octopus that she made using pipe cleaners and my colander.

And a bed that she made for Boots using an old tissue box.

Elliotte looks a little surprised here.
I wonder why???

It's because this is how I laid her down on her mat.
I'm not sure who was more shocked that she rolled over onto her belly already,
me or her!!!!
She has been able to do the belly to back roll since she was about 6 or 7 weeks old,
but this is the hard one.
We're so proud of you baby girl!!!!!

Jumping Green Thumb

With little Miss Elliotte growing so quickly,

she is getting into trouble more quickly.

She now fully understands that she has hands,

where they are and what they can do.

It makes things more interesting, 

that's for sure!!

For example,

you can imagine how well things go

when Elliotte's little hands grab onto Piper's lovely hair

and won't let go.

(She has a death grip!!)

Yeah.

Those are good times.

I'm sure it will get more interesting in years to come

when they are pulling each other's hair on purpose,

but for now I'll settle for a random innocent meltdown!

To keep Elliotte entertained,

she rotates between the bumbo chair,

the bouncy chair, the tummy time mat, the swing and the jumperoo.

If she is in the bumbo,

Piper will ask me to take her out so that she can have a turn.

If she is in the bouncy chair,

Piper will ask me to take her out so that Boots can have a turn.

If she is on the tummy time mat,

Piper will ask me to move her over so that she can lie next to her.

If she is in the swing,

Piper will ask me to take her out just to make me mad.

(It's here that Elliotte likes to nap and Piper likes to wake her.)

If she is in the jumperoo,

Piper will JUMP all around her!

THIS is my favorite by far!

Just be sure to have the jumperoo 

located somewhere out of reaching distance of anything.

Last night I caught Elliotte trying to eat a house plant.

She didn't get a love of plants from me.

She must have inherited her little green thumb 

from her Nanny Lynch!

xo

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The face I usually get when I first place her in here.

The face I get once she realizes what she can do! 

Spinning toys, flashing lights and music...
yet all she wants is the silly plant behind her. 

And the last shot before I drop the camera and run
as I realize she's trying to eat the plant!!!!
(Shocker, hey! Little pork chop!!)

Big sister showing Little sister how to use the toys.

And with the absence of a video,
here are a few action jump shots.

She doesn't do anything half-assed!

And I think we can all agree that jumping is a lot of fun!!!

Two for Two

I'm sending Piper out to buy a lottery ticket first thing tomorrow morning!

So far my two year old has entered two contests...

and WON two contests!!

Okay, 

so to be fair, 

I think everyone who entered the coloring contest at Home Hardware won.

But it still counts as a win, right?!?!

The Napkin Man contest is much more of a triumph! 

If you go onto the CBC Kids' Facebook page and view all of the entries,

you will see that they have received well over 1500 entries.

And since they only show a handful of the entries once a week,

we know that not everyone was chosen.

That means that Piper legitimately won. 

Hahaha. 

This is so darn cute!

What a lucky kid.

We're packing our bags and heading to Vegas baby!!!

I guess for us it would be more appropriate to say,

"We're packing the diaper bag and heading to Vegas WITH a baby!"

Whatever works!

Ha.

If you would like to see Piper's drawing of Napkin Man on TV,

I will post a copy of the email that I received from CBC Kids

that has the information included. 

Hi there,

The time has come, and your child's Napkin Man Napkin is about to appear on Kids' CBC!

Be sure to watch Kids' CBC:

Friday, July 25th, before The Adventures of Napkin Man at approximately 9:28 a.m.

***We are unable to make copies of your personal announcement so be sure to set your VCR/PVR and record it so you can watch it whenever you want!***

Have a fantastic day!
Kids' CBC

xo

xo

Our little good luck charm being silly and wearing her sunhat. 

And being even sillier when she decided to put it on her baby sister.

Another silly goose in the making!

Just a reminder of Piper's Napkin Man drawing...

... and another example of her coloring skills.
I'm not exactly sure what to say about this one.
I look at it and think demons.
My friends suggested that Hansel may have some special 'herbs' in that bag
that are making his eyes bloodshot. lol

Post-Piper's Princess Parlor

This is a follow-up post to the one I posted yesterday.

After Piper finished styling her little sister's hair,

I tried to get a photo of the two of them together.

Easier said than done.

xo

xo

In order to get this semi-great photo of my two princesses...

... I had to deal with a whole lot of THIS first.
And yes. She's only wearing one sock.
I have no idea why.

Piper's Princess Parlor

Elliotte is four months old

and I'm already having to brush her hair away from her eyes. 

I decided to try to put a little clip in it to keep it tidy.

It looked super cute,

but I realized that the back of her hair was sticking straight up.

(That's what happens when you spend half the day sleeping!)

I figured a little spa treatment might be in order for the little one

and enlisted the help of her big sister.

A little water and some serious styling later,

she looked quite glamorous..

Elliotte thought so anyway!

xo

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Our little Alfalfa.

Piper is very serious about this whole idea!
I can already see a future of Piper french-braiding Elliotte's hair!

Looks like little one is enjoying herself!

What do you think of my new do??
(I picture her saying this in a very grand voice
and then tipping over in giggles!)

Giddy Up Aunt Kiss-ta

Piper love Fisher Price Little People,

which I love because they were my favorite things to play with as a little girl!

She has lovingly named most of the ones that she has,

and will correct you if you happen to call one by the wrong name.

Not surprisingly,

the little one with the brown curly hair is called "Aunt Kissta".

Well Aunt Kissta,

I hope you still like horseback riding

because Piper took you for a ride this week!!

xo

xo

Giddy-up Aunt Kissta!
Needless to say, as soon as Piper rocked Butterscotch,
Aunt Kissta took quite a tumble! 

Elliotte is the only one that is allowed to play with toys at the supper table,
since she's not allowed to eat yet.
Either playing was exhausting,
or our dinner conversation was incredibly dull!
At least Sophie was getting some love!

A Whole New Level of Stinky Feet

Guess who found her toes last week?!?!?!

Exciting right?

Sort of.

It is adorable to see a baby play with his/her toes.

And I really was excited to watch Elliotte find hers...

until I changed the next poo diaper.

Elliotte is a squirmy baby 

who likes to kick.

A lot.

So during a diaper change,

if you're not quick enough,

she will kick her feet into her poop.

And since she now likes to play with her toes

you have to be twice as quick!

Well I wasn't with that first diaper change after the toe discovery.

No. I. Wasn't.

I opened up the diaper while holding onto her feet.

I reached for a wipe.

She kicked one foot free.

That foot goes into the poop.

I grab for the poop covered foot.

The other foot gets free.

You know where it went.

I grab for the second foot.

So does Elliotte.

Now we have two poop covered feet and one poop covered hand.

I drop both poop covered feet to grab for the poop covered hand 

in a desperate attempt to prevent a poop covered mouth!

That was my ONLY success.

There was poop everywhere,

but not in her mouth.

Thank.God!

xo

xo

I love to play with my toes!!

Don't believe my mom when she says I caused a poop disaster!
A face this cute would never do something like that!

Piper has become a fan of the kids show "Napkin Man".
They're having a contest where you send in your own drawing of Napkin Man
and you can win a cape.

Let's hope Piper wins!!

Here's what he really looks like.
I think Piper captured him pretty well in her drawing! ;-)