The other night we were driving through the circle G on Lindsay and Houston to see the Christmas lights. When we were there we saw where Santa lived!! He sits outside in his chair from the 15-23rd from 7-9pm. So we got out of our car so Payten could sit on Santa's lap!! She did not cry but was a little weary!
All of the children are gathered around Aunt Shannon, as usual:)!! They always lover her!
For most of the evening Payten could be found in the playroom playing with her cousin Tacey. Payten LOVED the play houses!! She ran in and out of them the whole night. Then she discovered she could exit through the window instead!! Then she ran in through the door and out through the window over and over and over again!!!
So here is the final outcome of our decorating. I know it is backwards but I forgot to download this. I hate that blog puts them in first, I think they should go in the order you download them! Can you tell which one I let her decorate by herself??
She decided to try and take a taste before we even got the frosting ready!!
She looks thrilled doesn't she??!!
She got bored REALLY fast.
We decorated Gingerbread men at Lynsey's house today while they did a house. Let's just say neither Payten or I are pros!! In fact she may be better than me. She was no too into it, which was to be expected! She tried all the candy and wasn't too thrilled with those either, I guess she does not like gum drops. Next year we will do the gingerbread house. Lynsey's turned out much better than our!! Of course everythig she does turns out better!!! But it was fun!
Well Payten is almost 16 months old and I am still working on her room. Mostly because I am picky. I could never find letters that I liked to put above her bed. They were all just too simple and I would have had to paint them and put a lot of work into them. So I helped out in a boutique a couple weeks ago and sat next to someone who did the vinyl lettering. She had something like these but that were blocks and said sisters. I told her this was EXACTLY what I wanted except on thin wood and with ribbons to hang on her wall. I think it turned out PERFECT!!!
I have been trying to find something besides saying "no" and the usual scolding. I feel like that is all I do all day. So yesterday we tried time out. IT WORKED. Payten hated it. Linus got on me for taking a picture of her but I said I had to have the first time so I could remember it and blog about it!! then today I did it 2 times while Linus was gone we did it again tonight and she sat there for Linus CRYING and waiting for him to press the button on the timer. She pretty much stayed this time reluctantly and crying, of course, the whole time until we told her to come. And then she snapped out of it just like that!!! Hopefully it works for a while or she is going to have one sore bum:)
For those of you that know me well know that I think a baby or rather MY baby should smell a particular way. Babies are suppose to smell like baby magic NOT Johnson and Johnson!! This is what I grew up with and is the only smell that smells like a baby to me. SORRY if I offend anyone:). Well for years they did not make it, as recently as when my niece Tacey was born. I thought Oh no, she wont smell like a baby. WELLLLL when I was pregnant with Payten it came back and smelled EXACTLY the way I remembered. Well the past month or so I have been running low so I bought some more. I put it on her and it smelled YUCKY!! I took it back and thought it was rancid and bought another one. Lets just say I have bought 4 and returned them. I went online and read other people disgusted that they changed the scent again. I am SOOOOOO mad. Seriously I think the other stuff stinks. I went online and on ebay searching. I found some original scent, even in the old bottles!! WOW at least $20-30 a bottle!!!! I guess it is like liquid gold. So this week I am going to a bunch of stores and smell and put on their baby magic in hopes I will find an original scent. Did I tell you they changed it and kept it in the same bottle. Today I went to the store and they have a different color pink lid now. Very deceiving before to not put it in a different bottle. How many others put it on their baby and thought it stunk. At least with a different color one might have checked. SOOOO if any one happens to have old baby magic lying around let me know!!! thanks for letting me rant!!
Payten has a things for shoes. Especially my shoes and if they are high heels. I try to keep her out of my heels, I don't want her to break them. If there is not a pair out she goes in my closet and gets 1 shoe. She puts them on just 1 foot and walks all over the house. Especially the tile. She loves the sound my shoes make. She hardly ever chooses Daddy's shoes, I guess they are not noisy enough. Last night she tried to put my fuzzy slippers on. Linus put them on both feet and she was in Heaven.
Our family had a great Halloween. We went to Pei Wei for dinner and then cam home and handed out candy. Oh and Tinker Bell got in a fight with the entry way!!!
