The Many Styles of Stella

Wordless Wednesday

Stella dresses herself (for the most part, unless we have to go somewhere in particular); these are some of her latest looks.

 

Thankful Thursday

Here are a few things I am thankful for this morning.

I am thankful for my nice clean and rearranged kitchen. Auntie Rey gutted the entire thing and moved it all around; I don’t have the attention span for stuff like that.

I am thankful I was able to go out with grownups last night. I went to the Mingling Moms event at Learn All About It (one of our favorite places). Stella was a bit put out that she wasn’t coming with me (and she didn’t know it was at “the little toy store”).

I am thankful for nose spray. The past couple of weeks have been tough on my allergies and I am not supposed to take decongestants, so I’ve been relying on nose spray. All the dust that’s getting kicked up in the house during the cleaning process isn’t helping either.

I am thankful for Channing Tatum. I think he’s delicious…enough said.

I am thankful for Auntie Rey. I am so glad that she has been able to spend time here and get the much needed cleaning done. She is a cleaning machine. The kids are also thrilled, I hardly saw Stella yesterday; she spent the day chatting with Auntie Rey. 

    

                                                                       

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

If you are a frequent reader than this girl needs no introduction (if not, she is the youngest Kraus kid, Stella). She is known for putting together her own outfits. This day she went above and beyond.

No one every said she lacked flair!

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Party Prep Cleaning

We are having a double birthday party for Teddy and Maizie on Sunday and the house has to be cleaned. I am not good at cleaning, it just gets me mad and makes me sneeze (Ted calls me a hypercleandriac). For about a week my allergies have been out of control, so as soon as I start to do something, I start sneezing. I’m not talking one or two; I’m talking an all day event.

When we have a party, it means full on furniture rearranging. Sunday I put a good dent in the living room, then Monday all bets were off; the sneezing took over my day. I sneezed so bad that I almost wet my pants several times from the force of the sneeze. Over the course of the day I took eight (yes, eight) Benadryl and it did nothing for me.

Another hurdle I am encountering is the darling Kraus kids. As I’m cleaning, I’m finding things they thought were gone forever. I’m trying to get the “treasures” into the garbage, but my constant companion (Stella-Blue) keeps calling attention to many of the finds. Which leads to them playing where I just cleaned, leaving another mess; it’s a vicious circle.

Time is closing in and I’m starting to lose my battle and my mind. It’s time to bring in a ringer…Auntie Rey! Her abilities are almost inhuman, it’s scary.