What We Do on a Wednesday!

I absolutely adore being a stay-at-home mom. I thank my lucky stars everyday! I appreciate the fact that my husband works 2, 3, ok maybe 4 jobs so that I can stay home and raise our daughter. However, there is some monotony that goes along with staying home with a one year-old everyday. If we are at home, our day consists of breakfast, followed by about 12 trips up the stairs, some playtime, nap, lunch, another 12 trips up the stairs, more playtime, snack, dinner, bath, bed. Pretty much the SAME routine daily.

Again, I thank my lucky stars that my sister lives minutes away and our kids play wonderfully together. They adore Mya and the feeling is mutual. Our monotony can be broken when we visit their house or we decide to make it a shopping day. Now that Mya is walking, she doesn't care too much for her stroller. She wants to get down and walk around the stores. She even does her sign for "all done" when she is "all done" being a good little girl in her stroller. So, it's either listen to her whine and scream, or let her down to explore.

We have our usual "spots" that we like to visit. Mya knows her way around all the stores and knows exactly where to find the toys/activities she likes to play with. Some of our usual playspots include: coloring at the Gap, playing with the balls at Old Navy, exploring all of Pottery Barn Kids, and completely tearing up Learning Express. Needless to say, we are pretty friendly with most of the employees at these locations. Don't worry, we aren't the only "regular" customers. It seems a lot of moms have the same idea!

Today, after our usual visit to the Gap and Old Navy, I decided to change things up a bit and take Mya to the petstore. She loved looking at the birds, turtles, and fish. We even got "Jazzzzz and Greecie" something special.

After our afternoon out and about, we were home to unwind from our long day. I found Mya hanging out "on" her favorite spot.