Scrappy Girl

Fairy Festival

Ok, so this goes back to May (!) but their is an herb farm near Fenton that hosts a fairy festival every May.  And we have been meaning to go for years, but we always have something else that we have to do, and we never make it.  Well this year, we made it, and our friends Sean and Michele and Ryleigh even managed to join us!  And the weather being a bit dicey worked in our favor for once, and I think it kept the crowds away!

Hugging the "real" fairy

Checking out Erin's unicorn tattoo

 Their tea party

I love small little festivals like this-- the wee ones can have a little freedom to run around because the crowds are not crazy and you can see exactly where they are!  And as a bonus, there are gorgeous gardens and a fun gift shop and wandering checken across the street!

Heavenly Scent Herb Farm  
 
 

Early Halloween Wishes

from our Party...more photos later!
 

May the road rise to meet you....

Wishing you a very merry St. Patty's Day!

   

and, in case you are wondering, 30 days and counting til Critter 2.0!

Just a little something...

I know it's bad when even DH asks if I have abandoned my blog...

So here is just a little something....

 

Funny...

So, our lease was up and it was time to get a new car.  Let me say that both DH and I loathe car shopping.  And if you live in Detroit, and hapen to be part of the 10% that isn't related to an autoworker, it is even more detestable, eg-- that advertised price of $219 a month?  Well, for you it is actually $385 a month----WHAT?!?!?!   Yep, that's how it is.  We debated full effecient cars, and we have one, but determined that we have always have a big car, and we just don't know how to function without one family truckster.  Now that I think about, we are probably the only people without kids that owned a minivan for 8 years.  Another story for another time.  We got another minivan.  Strangely loaded, because, well, the difference between the base model and the loaded model was, well, .27 a month.  You read that right, 27 CENTS a month.  Again, the mysteries of car shopping.

So, after all of this torture, Erin is visibly distressed by the notion of turning in mommy's car.  She keeps asking if we can get tools and fix it.  I keep telling her she will love the new car.  It even plays movies.  She is not to be dissuaded.  So, I convince her we are getting a fancy car.

And so, the day comes and I tell her that daddy is waiting at home with the fancy car.  And she looks at me and says: "Mommy, did Daddy put glitter on the fancy car?"

Only my child.

Quote of the Day

It's been a good, if crazy weekend.  Made it through the mom-2-mom sale, got to have a great dinner with friends (and the wee one was a champ, and Erin and Calliope are becoming better friends.  There was lots of "Chase me Calliope, chase me" heard around the house this afternoon, along with wanting to be tucked in next to Calliope.

And she has a thing for chapstick right now.  I can barely keep any in the house.  So I was getting her ready for her bath, and she was holding her chapstick, when she looks at me very seriously and says:

"Mama, my butt doesn't have any pockets."

Sheep and Wool Festival

So, I read in the paper a couple of weeks ago about a little festival north of Romeo called the Sheep and Wool Festival.  Well, since I love sheep, we had to investigate.  And turns out, it was the perfest Sunday adventure for us.  Erin loved the sheep getting "a haircut", the sheepdog demonstrations (loved that the border collie jumped into his water as soon as he was done), and she loved "fancy apples" (make you own caramel apples- though she hated the caramel).  It's small, but for wee ones it was perfect.

       

 

 

A wee one photo

I guess she is not so wee anymore, being that she is now two (where does the time go), but I thought I would belated share a photo from father's day-- with her "coffee" (warm milk) from St. Arbuck's. 

"awwwwwww" moment of the day

So yesterday Mimi (grandma), Erin and I went to the Doll Hospital and Toy Soldier Shop (toy store) in Berkley, to see what Erin might like as a birthday present.  If you have never been, they have two full size wooden play structures set up inside, with slides that are probably 6+ feet tall.  Well, my not quite 2 year old shows no fear in the slide department, and climbed those things over and over again.  In between, it was all about the double doll stroller, with a doll up in front, and plenty of space for other shopping in the back-- should come as no surprise to those who have witnessed her at the store.

So this morning, I was asking her questions about yesterday.  I was asking if she remembered shopping with Mimi-- her answe: "played with Mimi at the Doll Park".  There were dolls and slides, so it's a doll park in her world-- sounds logical to me. I asked her if she saw anything she wanted for her birthday--- here's the awwww moment--- her answer: "Mimi".  

I SAID...

I can't decide if this picture says "Spring is HERE" or just "OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

This little girl loves to be outside.  All the time.  Playing in her little house.  Playing "bas-ket ball".  Looking for the birdies.  Just being outside.  In fact, we had a little meltdown tonight when it was time to go inside.  But better that than a couch potato I guess.

Or she could be saying "SUBSCRIBE!!!!!"  We've joined the modern blogging age.  If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the left side, you can get any new posts emailed right to your inbox (subscribe to scrappygirl by email).  Very cool, no?  That is of course if I have set everything up correctly.  If I have, I suspect it will force you all to bug me more often to update my blog.  But please don't be too harsh until I get BACK from France (hee hee.)

On the Beebs front, please also note she has had her first haircut.  Nothing drastic, but no tears (at least not during the haircut itself, only while mom's hair was being washed).  She is turning into such a kid.  No more wee one I fear....