Laura Vegas

figured i'd share my blog with the daycare kids today … i know a few grandma's that check in to see their grandbabies pics and what they're up too. so today was tuesday … truly the roughest day of the week for me. never really a bad day … just a long, hard day. miranda has been joining haley and nikolas for the last few weeks … so it's been extra busy. 3 babies … 3 times the work. lol! so here you go … normal, everyday photos that aren't technically perfect … but are real life! and be forewarned … there are lots of photos … because i couldn't narrow them down any farther (we took 79 photos today)!

miss haley … actually posing and letting me take her picture! at 19 months … we are communicating and understanding each other. she helps me out … does things that i ask her to do. she can talk to me and tell me what she needs. she asks me lots of questions … and makes me laugh.

the babies my friends … it's all about the babies! she has a baby that she likes to bring from home … and then she takes out the 3 babies that we have here. and you can find these babies all scattered about the house. and each baby will have a beaded necklace and a bottle … always!

look at the boy! he's a full-blown walker now … walks laps around the house all day long. lol! turns corners, makes u-turns, goes around the toys … he's got it down. he's got about 2 weeks until his first birthday … can't believe he's going to be one years old! and he talks … all day long … and very dramatically!

this is what you'll find him carrying around while doing his laps … a diaper! he's obsessed with pulling out all the diapers from the basket under the table. he scatters them all over the place and waves them around.

another typical scene. for whatever reason, haley runs from nikolas all the time … like she's scared for her life. lol! he is seriously ALL she talks about … "niko, niko, niko" … all the time. in fact, i ran into her at the store over the weekend … and the first thing she said to me was "niko?". lol! and yet, when he heads in her direction … she runs as fast as she can for me. i'm not sure what she thinks he's going to do to her. lol! although he does look threatening waving that diaper around. lol!

miranda and nikolas play pretty well together. although she does like to hold toys out to him … with that "here you go, i share with you" look on her face. he'll think for a minute … and then will take the toy. then she gives him this look … like "sucker" … and then totally yanks it out of his hands. and then he cries. it's cute to watch though. lol!

next up … lunch! they all took naps at exactly the same time … for about an hour and a half each. i am very proud of the fact that i can always get the kids here to nap at the exact same time … always have, even when i had 7-8 kids. anyways. got smart and cooked lunch while they were sleeping … got everything ready, chopped up, and prepared. nothing like having 3 little ones wake up at the same time and all be starving … and then have to scramble to make lunch. believe me … that's the way is usually goes!

i graduated haley to the big table today! i have 3 of these booster seats … but only 2 trays. lol! i think one broke a while back. so the little ones were in the seats that are at the kitchen island … and haley got moved up to the big table. kind of funny to have her over there by herself … but ariana wasn't here today. and she did really good. especially since we had mac n' cheese … only 3 noodles on the floor, which is not bad at all!

miss miranda … she's a great eater! and she loved the olives … i even had to take some off niko's plate because she wanted more.

this photo cracks me up!!! i'm laughing so hard just posting it right now! lol! nikolas makes these faces sometimes … he'll look up, squint his eyes shut really tight, scrunch up his nose … and make these funny noises out his nose. it's hilarious. i'm always trying to get him to do it … and i was lucky enough to get this shot!

then he got serious and gave this look … while looking at the girls. that look of "what … what are you laughing at … did i miss something?". lol!

i finally got miranda dressed after lunch. i've been known to leave kids in their jammies all day … not on purpose … they just look so comfy cozy. but i saw this outfit in her bag … it was one that we gave her for her birthday and i had to put it on. isn't that little tank-top too cute! the shorts fell right off her little waist … and she spent about 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get them back on.

then she became obsessed with the tank-top … for another 10 minutes or so. pulling it here and there … she really wasn't sure about it.

 

eventually … she got it off. and broke the strap in the process. lol! sorry sierra!

then there was the hour or so this girl spent on my lap. the wind was pretty crazy here today … and one of the trees kept banging against the house. she thought someone was out there … and so decided that my lap was the safest place to be. in fact, all those pictures of miranda above … taken while sitting on the floor with miss haley in my lap. even this one of haley … i held up the camera above us as high as i could with one hand (external flash and everything) and made her look up at it. i thought that was pretty talented and came out pretty good.

 

but then i saw this one. AND I LOVE IT!!! haley and me sitting on the floor … her on my lap … me holding the camera above us as far as i can … her looking up at it. qeez … we did good missy!!!

so that was our day in photos! hope you enjoyed a peek into how i spend my days! lol! notice i left out the not-so-good parts … the diapers, the dishes, the bottles and sippy cups, the crying, the fights, the whining. but it's all worth it … these faces are worth every bit of it!