Make Every day Earth day

Tomorrow is Earth Day, however I don't think it gets much attention outside of the grade school classes that go out for a nature center field trip.
Here is to working toward being a better steward of the earth...today and tomorrow...even if it means I can no longer idle my car in the parking lot while eating my hormon-injected fast food out of the styrafoam container!

Yoga....not for big boned girls!

The other day I had the bright idea of going and checking out the free class at the local rec center. I was super excited and was even willing to pay $5/hour for daycare just to go the the free class (go figure) I guess I was expecting aerobics or something but was pleasantly surprised when the instructor showed up and said we were going to be doing yoga. Sweet, I can tell myself I worked out without having had to break too much of a sweat. Wrong. I'm significantly bigger since the last time I did yoga. In college I had this fantastic yoga tape that I would do and really loved it. I think that was the last time I did yoga in fact!
Needless to say it wasn't long before I was loosing my balance and feeling over-exerted from just coming up from downward dog. The funniest part was when I actually attempted balancing my body on my hands by squatting down, twisting my arms around to the outside of my legs in order to balance my weight on my hands. (can't recall the name of the position) Let's call that position "Bottom Blossum" as my a@#! was presented in all it's glory as my face was ever so gracefully smashed on the stinky mat!
I'm reverting to the yoga tape so I can maintain some shred of positive self image. There is a reason they don't make yoga pants in size 16!

Playhouse

So, one night after seeing Silvia enjoy a little girls play kitchen I decided she should have one too. Only problem is that I didn't want to drop $100 plus bucks on something I wasn't sure she would play with, not to mention I don't have $100...anyway. As I was browsing through a toddler activity book I came across the idea to make a house out of cardboard boxes. Sweet. I have plenty of those! So my journey began. First was the stove. I found some cute retro wrapping paper at the craft store that I used to cover it. I just had to wait until Silvi went to bed so I could Mod Podge it on.

next was the kitchen sink which is a work in progress...

Then, the other day as I was about to throw out a big box, I found Silvi playing in it. So rather than throw it out I decided to turn it into a playhouse. Disclaimer: I am juvenile and got hours of enjoyment out of putting this together (well not a lot of hours, maybe just 2 or 3) but I also knew that it was very likely anything I created could just as easily be destroyed by little hands! So I didn't work too hard on it.

So far Silvia seems to be enjoying it. Now my only problem is not having room for all these boxes lying around the house!

Goofy

A few days ago Silvi received a goody bag from a birthday party. In it were all sorts of items that I was sure were trouble for a one and a half year old. So I put it up on her dresser and made plans to hide it away for a few years. Well, yesterday morning came and we were goofing around in her room and she got ahold of the goody bag. Immediately she pulled out the two ring pops and wanted me to open them.

"Uh oh" I thought. But then again she hasn't had too many treats and she loves suckers so I thought I would let her give it a try. I gave in to my girls request and this is what I got:

After I laughed my head off I grabbed the camera. I thought it important to document the time that my daughter didn't know what to do with candy. I don't think she even knew it was candy and who am I to correct the innocent and cavity saving error.... goofy kid!