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Hi Friends!

There is a lot going on around here on the parenting front.....

First, my kid is once again terrified of Spiderman. A month ago a little boy in the park scared her and he just so happened to be dressed in a Spiderman costume. She was scared for a while but kind of got over it. She woke up screaming this morning about Spiderman in her bed. We comforted her and changed her sheets and talked about it but when nap time hit she started getting all kind of anxiety about her bad dream. Needless to say a nap didn't happen today and I am once again FULLY EXHAUSTED at 4:30pm. (UG!) My Mama-friend L gave me the idea to 'spray for Spiderman' like you spray to keep monsters away. When I was a kind my parents did that with air freshener- I did it this afternoon with a water bottle and told her we'd spray again before bed. Lets pray it works and she will go down tonight. Mama's SLEEPY!

Second, Isla is getting her last molars and it is truly awful. She's sleeping which is nice but her moods are ALL OVER THE BOARD. I almost left her at QFC like 10 minutes ago because she was being such a menace. So many situations where my frustration comes close to boiling over- GOD SPEED MOLARS, I already hate you (but love her :)

Third, we are pre-potty training. The 'pees&poos' chart is up, the little potty is ready to go, the potty seat for the big potty purchased and training pants/undies are in full supply. I tried it this afternoon and Isla only had one accident. I think she still only kinda gets the full idea but she's great with routines so I think eventually she'll thrive - she's also very goal oriented (if you can say that about a 2.5 year old! ;) and is highly motivated by Disney stickers. (I hope this sticks or else I'm going to have to resort to M&Ms :)

On a positive, we hit up the Hanna Anderson outlet today and it was truly glorious- a Blabla doll for $25,  $18 pjs for the holidays and a perfect baby gift. Did you guys know they sell muslin sleep sacks that are A&A quality- reg $50 - 40% off today! WHAT?! I wish I had a Little so I could stock up! Lots of Winter stuff on sale too if you want to stock up off season. If you're local- the outlet is in downtown Woodinville but Chipotle.

Hope everyone's having a lovely *HOT* HOT*HOT* Summer!

xoxo.
S