Shoe, shoe!

Shopping Lessons

D and I had what I think was our least successful trip to the mall ever, yet we didn't even have a small bit of tension between us.  Woohoo!  First, we lost one of Avery's Crocs.  This was my fault as it put it in a bad location on the stroller.  We searched for probably about an hour total.  After retracing our path several times without luck, we finally went back to Nordstrom's.  As we were entering, Avery signed and said shoe, shoe!  D said she'd done the same thing at that location previously, but he'd been unable to find a shoe.  Long story short, we asked the counter personnel and finally found that someone had taken it up to customer service, so I went up to claim it.  They are my favorite pair of Crocs for Avery because they don't fall off (unless placed on a stroller rather than on a foot).  We need those for Mexico!


Our next folly was when I handed a bag of purchases off to D as I ran to get Avery's shoe.  He started looking around in the men's section and set it down.  As we were leaving the mall, it occurred to me that I hadn't seen him with the bag, so I asked if it was in the stroller.  It was not.  Back in he had to go to get the back.  It all turned out well, but it made for a very long trip to the mall. 

Mexico

We've accumulated a scary amount of stuff to take down with us, but haven't pulled it all into one space yet.  We'll see how much we actually will be able to fit into our suitcases. 

I purchased two rash guards (basically an SPF 50 shirt for the water) for myself.  I bought one short sleeved and one long sleeved.  After getting the sun suits for Avery, I realized why don't I do that for myself?  I'm not out to impress anyone at the pool, I don't like applying sun block and tend to stay out of the sun anyway, and Avery's too young to be embarrassed by it.  We'll see how it goes. 

Playroom

I'm very pleased with the playroom thus far.  It's so sunny and bright down there in the mornings (at least when the mornings are sunny).  Avery loves running around.  I can lie on the bed and relax.  If I had a laptop, it would be just perfect!  Though, if I had a laptop, I would be on it and this would not be an AAA (Avery Approved Activity), so it's probably for the best. 

Hair

I got my hair cut fairly short on Saturday.  I texted my hairdresser on Friday night and he was able to get me in the next day.  Anyway, I like my hair so far.  We'll see how it grows out. The style is not radically different - just shorter than before.