Like Mother Like Daughter?

I love summer, but I really don't like the fact that it stays light outside for so long. Well, I enjoy it on the weekends but not during the work week. It makes it hard to get Brynlee to bed at night. She wants to stay up later. But we still have to wake up and go to school and work in the morning! She's not difficult to put to bed, but she doesn't want to stop watching her TV shows in the evenings. I've been reading books with her before bed and that helps, but she still huffs and puffs about going to bed. She does not get that from me, that's for sure. I love going to bed.

Last night we didn't go to bed until 9pm. Normally she goes to bed around 8pm. She was SOMETHING ELSE this morning. First of all, I got up to use the restroom sometime early, early this morning. I heard a kick at my bedroom door. I opened the door and she was laying on the floor with her pillow. She had even fallen asleep like that. Sorry, no picture. I didn't even turn on the light much less get my phone and take a picture of her. It was cute though. I woke her up and asked her what she was doing. She said, "I sweep wit you. I tired." Great. So I had her go potty and put her in bed with me. I let her sleep while I got ready for work and when I turned on the bedroom light to get dressed, she was mad. She told me she's not going to school, she doesn't want to get dressed, and turn off the light!!! I told her that she needs to put on shoes and she can go to school in her pjs. She flipped out about that. She fought with me the entire time getting ready. Crying, saying she wanted Daddy, and refusing to let me put her clothes on or do her hair. Messy bun for the win! She even crossed her arms when I tried to put her shirt on her. Grrrrrr. She didn't want to brush her teeth either. This kid...Normally she's pretty easy going so when we have these "rough" days, it sucks.

She cried and cried and just wanted her Daddy to put her in the car. So he did. She cried while I drove down the block and then THIS is what this kid told me. "Mommy, I cryin' cause I sick. I coughin' cause I cryin' and I cryin' cause I sick. *cough cough* I stay home today, no school. Cause I sick and I cryin'." Yeah, I get that. But you're also being an asshole and I definitely don't want to stay home with an asshole.

I am rubbing off on her. I tell her in the mornings that I don't want to go to work. So she has started saying she doesn't want to go to school and she doesn't want Mommy to go to work. Unfortunately, we've got bills, ya know? Like the rest of the world.

Here's some cute recent pictures of her...not being an asshole.

Brynlee and her baby.

I love this heart dress! She had dandelion petals in her hands.

Brynlee and Rita.

Sock bun! It didn't last long. :(

Brynlee is a Rangers fan!

Brynlee's new teacher at daycare taught her how to say "Darvish! Darvish! Darvish!" It was funny. I tried to get her to show Joey, but she wouldn't do it. PITA. Here's a funny video of her at dinner one night. She cracks me up. She's really focused on that chicken gravy sandwich she is making...

I can't believe she will be 3 years old next month! She is so smart and funny.

Weekend Recap

I know some people are "go go go" all the time, but I honestly enjoy weekends where we don't do much. We were SO busy for Memorial Day Weekend and I wanted to do nothing this weekend. I used to always have busy weekends and now I feel like it's okay to just relax at home. It gives me time to unwind from a long work week and to be honest, I like staying in my pjs. Ha!

Friday night, we must not have done anything because I can't remember what we did. Oh yeah, we went to dinner at Chili's and then went home. That's my kind of night. ;) Friday night, Joey "surprised" me and told me that he invited some of our friends over for a BBQ on Saturday. Of course, panic went through my head about needing to clean our house and mow the lawn. So Saturday we were cleaning and taking care of the yard. We went grocery shopping and then came home. I was going out to the shed in the backyard to get the outside broom to sweep the porch. Something happened and I tripped over our wonky steps and fell to the ground. My left ankle hurt so bad. By this point, it was about 3pm and our friends were coming over at 6. Joey had me go in and lay on the bed. He asked me probably 3 times if I thought we should go to the Care Now clinic to get it checked out and I kept saying that it was just a sprain and I'd be fine. But I couldn't walk on it.

Around 4pm, I finally said that I think we should go to the urgent clinic. Luckily, we didn't wait long. They did an x-ray and determined that it was indeed just a sprain. They gave me an ankle splint and crutches. Crutches suck. I have had many, many dates with crutches, but the last time was in 12th grade. I was hoping I was done with crutches for the rest of my life.

It's not too bad, really. It hurts pretty bad on the left side (where that bulge is). It is a little bit more bruised this morning, but it's really not that bruised either. The ankle splint helps me walk, but it still hurts to put pressure on it. I felt bad because our friends didn't come over until around 7pm since we were at the clinic and then we still had to make dinner. I am glad they still came over though! I always enjoy hanging out with Tyler and Chrissy. I didn't do anything Sunday except prop my foot up and watch TV.

Anytime I have a "boo boo", Brynlee has one, too. She kept saying her foot hurts, too. This morning, she told me that she couldn't brush her teeth because her knee hurts. I don't understand what her knee has to do with her teeth, but I had to threaten her to get her to brush her teeth! When I tried to do it, she had her lips clenched together so that I couldn't even get her mouth open. You know how I finally got her to brush them? I told her that we would have to go to the dentist and he would take all of her teeth out. I am pretty sure I scared her because she brushed her teeth.

Brynlee made me LOL so hard yesterday. I put clean sheets/comforter on her bed and folded her laundry. When I was done, she bowed and said, "Thank you my Queen!" It made me laugh so hard and then she kept doing it. I know she probably got it from one of the TV shows she watches, but it made me laugh to hear that. I wish I would have recorded it. She is such a nut.

How was your weekend?