Carwash anyone??

Well, this posting got started last week, but I will finish it up and move on....

Last week we had some decent weather so I took my van to the carwash on Thursday. It was soo soo needed! Poor thing had not been washed since last fall - yikes! Vinny and Addie were excited to go which was pretty surprising since Addie was not a fan last time. Anyway, we get into the carwash, the soap starts and Addie wants OUT!! 'Get me out!' 'Let me out!' 'Me need out!!' She was NOT happy. We get through the dryer and Vinny starts talking about how it was fun and Addie proceeds to agree. Then for the next two days I hear 'carwash fun', 'we go carwash?!'. So, even though i doubted that she would really enjoy it, we went again on Saturday with the truck. Again, once inside, we heard chants to 'get me out', 'let me out'!! Exiting the carwash was a new tune from her this time, one of 'we not go carwash anymore!'. Now, every time we are headed out someplace we hear 'mom, we not go carwash, we not go carwash, mom'.

Elise has taken to the stairs! She spent a good chunk of time in the basement working on the one-step landing to get her moves down pat. We have a one step landing between the main room and the bedroom. She figured out she could get down from this one-step too! It is not graceful and she goes headfirst, landing on her face/belly. Luckily she only did the down into the main room as the bedroom has a hard floor. She then moved her new found talent to the steps that head to the second floor. She made it up a few steps. So far no major falls! Big brother is a pretty good tattletale to let me know her sneaky moves. He tries to 'help' her back down. i think he does usually end up breaking her fall, so that is sort of helpful. :)