Self Defense

Yesterday someone in Miley's class bite her and got her really good. The entire dental record of some toddler is on her arm, the ENTIRE dental imprint. I'm so sick of this biting mess. A few weeks ago they sent home a flyer about why children bite and how to stop it. A couple of the kids in her class have this biting issue. Miley has never once bitten anyone but I'm afraid that if she keeps seeing this behavior she may pick it up. Anyway yesterday we taught her some self defense because I mean her poor arm is black and blue now. It went down like this:

I said "Stephen, mock bite me." He did and I faked sucker punched him in the face and said "Don't bite me!" We repeated this a few times then I would fake bite Miley on her poor arm and lift her fist to my face. She started to get it and this morning we did another trial run. I hope the next time that kid tries anything (and I know who it was) that he'll get a punch to the face. Hope it doesn't back fire and she starts punching people all the time....hmmmmm. Might have to rethink this but I'm sick of her coming home with teeth imprints, someone else needs to leave with a bruise ;).

Second Mother's Day

Sunday was my second Mother's Day and it was so perfect. Stephen woke up with Miley so I got to sleep in until 9 am and then they brought me breakfast in bed. Miley with Daddy's help of course made me a very lovely Mother's Day card. It was by far the best Mother's Day card :). After breakfast we all went went down to the beach for the first time this summer. When I say all of us I mean Stephen, Miley, Daisy (the dog), two friends, and myself. We had such a blast!!! I was a little concerned about how Miley would do since she doesn't like water splashing her face and isn't fond of grass without shoes on. She is a fish!!! We couldn't get her out of the ocean. The first few times the water splashed her face, she didn't like it too much but then she realized she can hold her breathe. *Warning the next few sentences describe in detail Miley underwater, it gave me a heart attack but please know that she is okay.*

Anyway after she realized how to hold her breathe she would walk out to her chest in the water. When a rouge wave came (the waves down here are equivalent to the wake in a bathtub so these were about 6 inches) she would fall over and go under. Stephen or myself would freak then scoop her up, she would then proceed to laugh and try to get back in the water. As the day went on she wanted to float on her back or walk in the chest high water without holding your hand. If I tried to pick her up she would do the limp noodle move and start screaming "Ow, ow, ow". Even Daisy loved being in the water and we found out that she can in fact swim.

It was a really get trip and none of us got sun burnt. We're hoping to go again for Memorial Day weekend if the weather is nice. It was a very nice day, I wish everyday was Mother's Day. And now Miley doesn't mind getting her face wet in the bathtub so bathtime has gotten a whole lot easier.

(May 20---I just realized I saved this as a draft and didn't post it, sorry)

Hair Bows

I had a whole post planned out in my head and now with quitting time approaching I can't remember what I was going to blog about. So I guess I'll blog about my new hobby. Last week I went to a City activities class and learned how to make Sensational Hair Bows for Lil' Girls. It was a fun class and I'm excited about making Miley a hair bow for every occasion. Unfortunately her hair while finally growing is still very thin and she always pulls her bows out of her hair. I'm still goin' make them and she'll learn to wear them. I'll post some pictures of them later tonight. I'm really excited about my new skill and since I have so many of the same kind, those of you with little girls will probably be receiving the extras in the mail soon :).