Author: Allie Zottola

Mess of The Day and Eating Each Other’s Food

Remember me talking about messes in this post? Here was the mess of the day yesterday…

Toddler playing with toilet paper

Sadie got into our linen closet and played with the toilet paper and paper towels. If that happened a month or two ago, I probably would have cried due to the scarcity of those items! I’m never taking toilet paper for granted ever again.

I can’t stay upset with her for long because that smile just gets me every time.

Toddler smiling while holding baby doll crib

I found her baby doll crib in Jimmy’s work laundry basket after it had been missing for a week or so and she was beyond happy to be reunited with it. She loves all things baby doll related. Another love? Books!

We’ve been reading in our backyard lately and it’s so relaxing to just spread out a blanket and read book after book.

Toddler reading books in grass

Okay, onto food talk.

For some reason, Sadie and Niva only want to eat each other’s food. Niva will do anything to get Sadie’s food and I can’t tell you how much dog food Sadie has consumed.

We feed Niva and Sadie runs and stuffs handfuls of it into her mouth before we can catch her.

Toddler and husky

We make Sadie all sorts of healthy, delicious meals and she thinks dog food is way more interesting and throws her food to Niva. I yi yi!

On another food note, I made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies today. They were for a graduation party we’re going to tomorrow. I had some leftover, so I kept a few and packed up the rest in a box and Sadie and I delivered them to our local police officers!

Chocolate chip cookies

What’s your favorite type of cookie?

If you have kids, have they ever ate pet food?

Mermaid Girl, A New Addiction, And Trying To Style My Hair

Jimmy dressed Sadie in a skort the other day while I was working in the kitchen and he was pretty concerned when he brought her out to see me. Here’s how our conversation went.

Jimmy: Babe, is this a skirt?
Me: No, it’s a skort. It’s a skirt with shorts underneath. 
Jimmy: Oh…
Me: What?
Jimmy: I thought it was just a skirt so I put her legs through one hole and then when I picked her up she just felt like a mermaid. 

Pink toddler skort from Children's Place

Sadie’s “mermaid” skort 😉

I looked at Sadie and sure enough, her legs were together in one leg hole of the skort just like a little mermaid. We had a good laugh after that.

So, I am becoming addicted to sewing. I bet you didn’t see that coming based off of my last post, lol. I got brave and bought fabric to make Sadie another dress.

Handmade toddler dress that was sewn

This one came out better than the last one, but I still don’t really know what I’m doing. I do know I’m having a ton of fun, though!

It took me about three days worth of nap times to put it together, which admittedly wasn’t the most productive use of my time. Seeing Sadie in her new dress was worth all the time spent accidentally poking my finger with a needle and looking up hand-sewing tutorials, though!

Hand-sewn toddler dress

Speaking of tutorials, I found a hair styling tutorial I could actually follow and do! It was for milkmaid braids.

It may me a little messy, but taming my hair is tough, so I’m calling it a win 😉

Milkmaid braids

Do you wear your hair in different styles?

If you have young children, who dresses them?