DOESN'T EVERYONE LIKE CHANGE!?!?

Ok. I personally HATE change, but I thought I would change the background of my blog in support of those SOONERS!!! We are getting excited in the ol' Sill household to head to Dallas in a couple of weeks for Red River Rivalry!!! We always have alot of fun!! I really have no idea why I feel the need to post the reason why I changed my background, maybe I have a complex or something---NO COMMENTS!!!!

BOOMER SOONER!!!! GO OU!!!!!!

BIG GIRL PANTIES!!

BIG GIRL PANTIES!!!

Saturday, we went shopping and Natalyn got her first pair of "big girl panties!!"

She picked out Minnie Mouse and Daisy panties. Here is Natalyn posing, she is so proud of them!!!I wish I could say that we have had no accidents yet, but she did have her first accident in her panties about half an hour ago. She came running to me saying "I got wet, what happened?" I tried to explain to her that she HAS to go on the potty only. I was really hoping that her first accident would really gross her out, but it didn't. Looks like I will be having the carpets cleaned several times in the next 6 months-ish!!!

I bought this scooter from a friend's garage sale on Friday. I just took the old stickers off and cleaned it up. Natalyn has played on this outside for the past 3 days!!!

MAIL FROM GRANDPA!!!

Natalyn got a special surprise today when the mail came. She was so happy to learn that this box was for her! She wanted to open it immediately!!!

Natalyn LOVES to get things in the mail!!! She was very excited to get her very own Halloween decorations!!!

PUMPKINS, oops, I mean "PUNKINS" are Natalyn's very favorite right now. She has been playing with this thing since she got it out of the box.

Here is Natalyn with all her new treasures!!!!

THANK YOU GRANDPA NIXON!!!!!

KEEPING BUSY!!!!

I have nothing exciting (unless you think grocery shopping at Wal-mart is exciting) to report from our past weekend. But we did manage to keep pretty busy with just everyday stuff. The rain kept us in most of the time though!! (oh- you may think this is exciting, Natalyn picked her first booger and wiped it on my shirt!) Anyway, here are the high-lights of the weekend.

Here is Natalyn all dressed and ready to support those Sooners!! She raced in on her tricycle only to find out that the game and her nap time is at the same time!! OH-NO!!!!Sorry Natalyn!!! You can catch the next game!!!

(Ignore all the boxes in the room, Jaim-Jaim (That's what Natalyn calls Jaimi Edwards) and I had a garage sale on Friday, so that room was a mess on Saturday!!!

After Natalyn took her nap, she got to paint pumpkins. Natalyn has a book and the story is about painting pumpkins, she calls it her "punkin book." Oh, we read it about a million times a day. I have tried to skip pages to move the book along quicker, but she notices and calls me out on it every time!!!

Of course, Natalyn requested her favorite color PURPLE to paint with first!!

The finished product!!!

Here is a picture of Natalyn before leaving for evening church on Sunday. She has Pooh, a snack and a cartoon on TV (that's why I can't get her to look at me!). Life is good!!!!

Lately, Natalyn and I have really been working on her letter and number recognition. I made her an alphabet book that shows her the upper and lower case letters and also a number book. (I love the dye-cut machine at church and am there using it once a week since I discovered it!!) The book Natalyn is looking at has holes to put Cheerios in and then you can count the amount. Natalyn is counting a little and snacking a little, ok, maybe it is more like counting a little and snacking A LOT!! Once the cereal is gone, she is finished with her lesson!!!

Here is Natalyn counting, it goes something like this-----

"One, Two, Three, Crunch, Crunch, Four......"

YUMMMMOOO!!!!

DIY

Ok. I have complained about our dining room for a year or two, so over Labor Day weekend I finally got around to painting it. When I first painted this room red (6 yrs ago) I didn't realize how hard it would be to coordinate with the living room. I just couldn't ever get it to look right. Natalyn has hit the corners of the walls several times over the past few years and you CAN'T touch-up red. Basically, it was just driving me CRAZY. Here are some BEFORE photos!!!

I put Scott and Natalyn to work as well. Scott accidentally touched the ceiling with his roller, so he had to end up painting the ceiling too. I like the walls and ceiling the same color though. I think it looks really good!!

NO MORE RED!!!YIPEEEE!!!!!

With the dining room finally painted, I decided to redecorate the room and finally finish the living room that I started redoing back in February.


Scott's mom got us these picture letters for Christmas and this last weekend I finally found a frame that I liked for them to go in. This now hangs proudly in our entryway.(I got the frame at Kirklands.)

Here are the "after" pictures of the dining room. I know the wall color is very plain, but it is so much easier to decorate with.

I am always on the search for a bargain. I refuse to pay full price for anything. I am proud to say that I got all this decorations for this wall for only $37.00!!

I am finally finished with the living room!!! I think it looks really cozy!!

JUMP ZONE!!

JUMP ZONE TIME!!!!

On Wednesday, Natalyn and I met Mia and her mommy Katie for a morning of fun at Jump Zone!! Natalyn LOVES this place, as you can see in the photo, Natalyn is literally a bundle of energy!!!

SMILE!!!!

Natalyn and Mia!!!


Bouncy-Bouncy!!!

YIPEEEEE!!!!

PLAYING WITH BARBIE DOLLS!

I have to first mention that I LOVED playing with Barbie dolls when I was a little girl. I think I literally played with Barbie dolls until I was 12 years old. Natalyn's grandma cleaned out a trunk at her house and found these and passed them on to Natalyn to enjoy. We have been spending at good part of our days playing tea party with the dolls. Natalyn likes to serve spaghetti, water, milk and cake (no tea) to the dolls at their party. Natalyn calls the dolls "Darbies" instead of "Barbies", she's funny like that!!! I'm glad that the dolls are actually clothed in these pictures, Natalyn seems to think that clothing is optional for the dolls, but that they must wear shoes at all times. The blonde Barbie got to run errands with us yesterday wearing only hot pink pumps and a yellow headband!!!