"take a picture of me!" 

malloy LOVES to play with her buttons. she puts them out in her own intricate pattern very slowly and methodically, and then puts them all away - one by one. 

my project of the day -  i think malloy has enough hair accessories!  

the kids spent the morning with neal while i got some alone time at target and then cleaned the house. the played on the deck and then when uncle paddy came to visit, they went to the park. then it was lunch and naptime! before nap rex went poop on the potty TWICE and then went right to sleep - no getting up and runnung around. no funny business!! hooray!!! then he slept for nearly 4 hours! he must have been super tired out from the park! when he woke up, his pull-up was dry!! this kid's having a great day :)
after nap, the kids made a "fort" in the living room. this just means that they brought every single blanket, pillow, and stuffed animal out of their room and brought it into the living room - voila! a fort!
we ate dinner out on the deck and then the kids played with neal while i cleaned up.
i bought malloy a nightlight today - it's a little mushroom. last night, we put a nightlight on after she went to sleep and she was quiet the entire night. no yelling out 3 or 4 times! i told her that fairies love mushrooms and  now she thinks the fairies are going to come into her room - which she's excited about. we talked to them before bed about staying in their beds so that they can keep the nightlight. so far it's been pretty quiet, malloy called out once. i went in and she told me "i love you so much!" it was cute - but she needs to go to bed!!! rex was is his bed at the time. we shall see!