Not all fun and games...

Sometimes being a mom is just plain hard! It's hard to raise a child the right way!! It has been one of those days with Amber today. She woke up on the wrong side of the crib and to top it off we went to a little girls birthday party today and Amber had to get a spanking while we were there!!! She took a toy and purposely hit me with it. So off to a bedroom we went to have a spanking and a talk. Before all of that, she was being very clingy and wanting me to do everything with her instead of all the little kids she had there to play with. You could tell that she is an only child and I am her "playmate." It just makes it worse when you are in a social setting and you are trying to encourage/correct/discipline your child with other eyes watching you. Can you tell we are fixing to enter the 2 year mark with her? :)

On a lighter note I bought this the other day and Amber LOVED it! I had a coupon so I decided to try it since Amber has become a picky eater lately. I thought this would be a great way to get her veggies in. I brought it with me to the pool and so for a snack this is what I gave her. All organic Ella's Kitchen food pouch:

It was neat to her because all you do it twist the top off and then she can squeeze it out into her mouth. I tasted some it was actually sweet tasting but all organic nothing added to it. I'm not going to replace this with trying to get her to eat regular veggies when we eat them but its a nice little treat to give her and she doesn't know that its good for her :) By the way, this really helped to clean her out :) So also if she is constipated I will be buying some of them!! :) TMI???? :) 

Looking forward to

The summer is upon us. We have the temperatures to prove it. My car said 101 the other day and its just the beginning of June! This summer I am looking forward to a few things. 

Visiting this place a lot! Jerry's Snowcones! 

Going camping in the Smoky Mountains at a great campsite called Elkmont. 

This is the river that is at the site and we love tubing down it.

 Hopefully being able to have fresh cut hydrangeas but mine haven't bloomed yet.

 I just planted them this year so we might have to wait till next year.

And lots and lots of swimming!! Amber LOVES it! 

Ricky bought us STOMP tickets and I'm really excited to see them!