Fun, Fun, Fun

This post is gonna be a random one, filled with some random pictures and stories to accompany them. So...here we go.

Well, this is my sweatshirt and the five little characters guarding my sweatshirt are Lainey's beloved friends, The Backyardigans: Uniqua, Austin, Tyrone, Pablo, and Tasha (from the TV show The Backyardigans). I love listening to Lainey talk about "Tywone" and "Pabwo" because she says their names in such a cute way. Anyway, I told her the other day that my sweatshirt said "Austin." Well, she took that to mean that "College" actually spelled out "Uniqua." So, according to Lainey, my sweatshirt now says "Austin" and "Uniqua" instead of "Austin College."

Here is a picture of Lainey playing with her new dollhouse and stable. (She keeps calling it a "dollshouse.") I found this item on eBay and got an incredible deal on it! I had been wanting to get Lainey a dollhouse for a long time and to see this one with a TON of furniture and accessories included...well, I just had to get it. I am so excited. I think I like playing with it as much as she does.

Hours of entertainment for everyone. And only a couple of pieces that could make their way into Walker's mouth. I will have to keep an eye on him, especially when he becomes mobile.

"Here go, Walker. You play with this dog." (It was so sweet watching her share toys with him. I can only hope that this continues for a little while...until he starts getting into all of her stuff!)

"Thanks, Sis. I'll go ahead and chew on it."

Notice that Lainey has piled all sorts of furniture into the attic of the house. And the horse is eating off of a table in the baby's room.

Walker discovered the car. Such a boy. He loved zooming it back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...until he would lose his grip and the car would go sailing away from him.

This lovely picture is one of the baby's potty that goes in the dollhouse. Due to our recent experiences with potty training, Lainey decided that she wanted to go potty in it. I went ahead and told her that it was too small for her, but she could try to do that if she wanted to. Well, I shouldn't have opened my mouth. A few minutes later, as I was washing dishes, I heard Lainey yell, "Wee wee! Look! Me wee wee in little potty!" Lo and behold, Lainey had peed in the little potty. And since it was sitting on a bathmat, she also got the bathmat wet. Oh my sweet child. I love how literal kids are. I just need to watch what I say!

And finally, here's a picture of a red balloon. A week and a half ago, we attended a birthday party for a sweet baby who turned one last week. The hostess gave us a red balloon to take home - and this totally made Lainey a happy kid. When we got home, I had parked in the driveway and I must have been busy trying to get Lainey and our things out of the car because suddenly the red balloon wasn't there anymore. It had apparently snuck out of the car and floated away. This made Lainey a little sad and I felt so bad! I think that experience stuck with her because now, whenever we're in the car and she has a toy with her, she tells me, "No go in sky. No go bye-bye." I think she's terrified that her beloved toys are going to fly up into the sky like the balloon did. I'll go ahead and take the blame for this one!