This was in the paper today...

It is so awesome I wish I had the idea!
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Minnesota couple a surprise hit on You TubeST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The video of a Minnesota couple who danced down the aisle with their wedding party to the surprise of their guests is a hit on YouTube.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The video of a Minnesota couple who danced down the aisle with their wedding party to the surprise of their guests is a hit on YouTube.
Kevin Heinz and Jillian Peterson, their seven bridesmaids, five groomsmen and four ushers boogied down the aisle to the Chris Brown song ``Forever' before the couple exchanged vows June 20 in St. Paul.
Peterson says she grew up dancing and loves dance as a way of expression. She says she didn't have any trouble talking her fiance into it.
After posting the video on YouTube for family members, Heinz said the number of hits just exploded. The video has gotten at least a half million hits by late Thursday.
The couple went to New York Friday to appear on the network morning shows.

No, Mommy! I do it by MYSELF!

She finally felt brave enough to lay down in the bathtub without my support. Now I can't get her to sit up in the tub.

Towel drying her hair all by herself.

Brushing her hair all by herself.

Brushing her teeth all by herself.

(She is Miss Independent now, I can't believe I am still allowed to put her ponytails in.)

Posing for a shot after successfully making a stink on the big girl potty.

Redhawks!

The office I work in is having a retreat today. This is at the Redhawks game!! I'll post more pix later, just had to post this in case I forget later.

My Big Girl!

She woke up to go potty last night! At about 3:00 am Sami woke up and hollared "Mommy, I have go potty!" And she wasn't kidding! As soon as she sat down on the potty she started going, and then when she was all done in the bathroom she walked herself right back to her room. I am so proud of my baby girl!!! She has even made a few stinks on the toilet!

Pic-A-Day

Tomorrow (Wed) starts my challenge of posting a picture a day for 30 days. We'll see how that goes!

Maybe now I won't hear "UPDATE YOUR BLOG" anymore (you know who you are!). Er, actually, the reminders are helpful. I didn't realize it had been TWO months since I posted.

Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour

This freakin' fantastic (sarcasm) train was in Fargo for a day and I made the poor decision to take Sami to see it because it was advertised as "A fantastic-and totally free-family event for guests of all ages." Two freakin' fantastic hours later we finally made it to the entrance of the train. Maybe the two hours in line would have been less miserable if we weren't behind two women with at least six kids, most of whom were naughty - one especially, but I won't say who just in case you might know them. But seriously, put your kid on a leash. I'll go buy one for you. Actually, two. I think two leashes would be better. The Effen Train

The Carolers

...two hours later (1 hr 45 min in line; 15 minutes on the train). Ready to step off the train, but getting our picture taken by The-Little-Girl-On-The-Left's (TLGOTL) mommy. TLGOTL just popped into the picture with us, but she was really sweet, so we didn't mind.

You can't really tell, but there are four layers of line zig-zagging there.

hehe

Clever

This is a bowl of Lucky Charms, minus the marshmallows. My Sweet Pea knew that she had to finish her entire bowl of Lucky Charms before she could get a refill. While I was getting ready for the day, the little mastermind found an empty dish and used that to stash the leftovers (after she ate all the marshmallows) so that she could come and show me her empty bowl and therefore get more Lucky Charms. She got THREE refills before she brought me the bowl pictured above asking me to eat it so that she could have her empty dish back!