An evening at the park.

Melting my heart as usual:

Trying to give me a kiss, but the camera's in her face...

She looks so big here... so much older.

Sigh.

Classic Kenzie face as she babbles something

of great importance.

McKenzie started saying " I lub yoou" this past week.

She's growing up faster than I could have ever imagined.

Sometimes it would be nice if our days were a little longer.

So I could relish in the moments a bit more.

Ready to Sew...

But I must wait

rather impatiently.

Cause somehow...

I lost the bobbin case

to my sewing machine.

How does that even happen?

Oh, new bobbin case

pretty Fabric

is awaiting your arrival.

Please come soon!

Smiley Face Potatoes.

Mom asked me to make a necklace for her

so we wandered out to grab some needed supplies.

And afterwards we grabbed lunch at BJ's.

If you have one near you, try it.

And have a pazookie for dessert. yum.

McKenzie 'colored', but mostly

put the crayons in the box & took them out again...

and repeated this more times than I could count.

And she had this for lunch.

Cute:

She got a kick out of the smiley face potatoes.

So did I.

Play Date

Kenzie wasn't having anything to do with riding the horse

I thought with Emma next to her, she'd go for it.

I was wrong. So we rode in a seat that didn't move.

Kenzie loved her day out with Emma!

She loved riding in the car 'stroller'.

And all the way back home,

Kenzie sang, Emma and her played peekaboo,

and there was lots and lots of giggling.

Bonus: She took an extra long nap:)

Perfect Day.

Face to face with our first 'time-out'....

Miss Kenzie had her first time out today.

Well, her first 'real' time out.

I tried twice in the past couple of months,

but struggled with how to make her sit there

and understand it.

Her doctor talked through it with me at her last appointment.

Gave me some good advice and suggestions

Everyday, I have hoped we maybe wouldn't have to

put these suggestions into action just yet.

Today, though... it became very clear that

a stern no, and then little taps on the hand

were no longer swaying her decisions.

The final warning came and went.

And time out started.

Ugh, I hate it.

I hate hearing her cry, seeing those tears

stream down her face.

Breaks my heart.

But I knew I had to be firm, I have to set limits.

After about the 8th time of putting her back on her mat

she got up for the final time...

"Kenzie Hope you are in time out, sit back down"

She sulked back over and sat down and didn't move

until I went over after her minute was up

went over why she had to sit there, and

asked her to please not do it again.

Asked her for a kiss, and play resumed.

Whew. I'm just happy it didn't take the whole day

as I had anticipated.

Don't get me wrong, I knew it wouldn't be easy,

but discipline is tough.

I much prefer loving on her, playing dress up, and play food with her.

I love you more than you may ever understand, Princess.

Let's try to keep the time-outs to a bare minimum.

Agreed?.

Coming soon...

I have also just recently bought my domain

and started work on my own site through Big cartel....

www.stellajade.com

I'm working slowly on adding pieces to my site,

as well as keeping my etsy shop up to date.

I'm super busy, but having the BEST time.

Things that make my heart happy...

A silly girl...

A very patient dog.

& gorgeous flowers from my hubby today.

And a special few set aside for miss Kenzie.