One of those weekends

You know when your schedule is off for one day, it seems to take 3-4 days to get back on track. Natalyn did not take a nap on Friday, resulting in a not so positive attitude on Saturday. I had also decided on Saturday that we would attempt potty training again. I have resorted to M&M's (Natalyn calls them treats, if I refer to M&M's as M&M's she has no idea what I am talking about) in a glass jar on the vanity in her bathroom. BAD MOOD + VISIBLE TREATS= 2YR OLD FLIPPING OUT!!! It was a real bad idea. We will try again another day.

Natalyn found a mud puddle on the sidewalk this weekend. At first she was only walking through it and the soles of her shoes are thicker than the depth of the puddle, so everything was fine. She then decided to jump and was immediatly hooked. She loved the spash she created. In about 2 seconds her shoes, socks and legs were covered in muddy water. I then took her shoes off and let her play in the puddle (I hear the gasps of shock!!!) and one hop later she slipped and fell down flat on her back. I am talking about mud on her shorts, shirt, hair,etc...(you get the idea). I justed started to laugh, it was sooooo funny! Natalyn was not impressed at this point and was very perplexed as to how to get the mud off her hands (she HATES getting her hands dirty). She resorted to cleaning her hands with her stinky socks she had worn all day-NICE!! I was still busy laughing!!

We (as in Natalyn and myself) went to Olive Garden to eat this weekend because A: Natalyn wanted pizza and B: I had a coupon. We were seated and I promptly ordered salad and pizza, Natalyn just kept saying "pizza mamma, pizza mamma" over and over again a million times. Apparently she enjoyed saying the word "pizza" more than actually eating it because all she would eat were the croutons out of the salad and then proceeded to give herself a ranch dressing manicure at which time I flagged the waiter for a to-go box and the check!!!

One last thing,
Today is my grandma's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHAY NAN-NAW!!!!!!