Cabela's (A Winter Escape)

Winter is really, REALLY rough on me and this one has been hard on Leila too.  Too much time trapped inside our boring house.  So, yesterday afternoon we made a break for it and ended up wandering around Cabela's for a while.  I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier!  Its all inside but Leila could walk around and look at all of the animals and the fish.  She was in heaven!

Murder Mystery at Camp Floyd

After spending most of the last month cooped up and battling various forms of a cold that just won't go away, not to mention Leila's first ever ear infection, I was going completely stir crazy and needed an excuse to get out of my house, preferably without my daughter (as much as I love her).  So when I heard about a murder mystery party happening at Camp Floyd (a state park not too far from our house), I signed me and Jason up!  Now, not only did I have plans to get out of the house, I tasked myself with making period costumes for us to wear in the meantime.

So yesterday we got all dolled up, left Leila with Aunt Annie and headed off to see what I'd gotten us into.  We spent the first while sipping "Valley Tine" Root Beer, snacking, and playing various period games.  They had Three Card Monte, Chuck-A-Luck, and Faro.  We were given chocolate coins to play with.  I was reminded that me and gambling don't get along well since I lost all but one of my coins very, very quickly.  During the games, a "murder" happened and then we went about trying to solve it.

Three Card Monte

Chuck a Luck

Faro

The Saloon

Jason and I didn't do very well, but then again, neither did anyone else.  There was a large group of teenagers that didn't really want to talk to anyone outside of their group.  And then there were a few little kids that would get nervous every time I tried talking to them.  So, nobody was really successful at solving the mystery, but I think it still qualified as a successful outing!

Random January Happenings

January has come and gone and I thought I'd post some of the pics off my phone of some of the random happenings this month.

Leila pulling a Houdini trick to get out of her high chair

For all of three days this month, I attempted to get Leila to sleep in a big girl bed.  She wasn't having it.  For her naps, I would put away everything that she could play with and it would still take her over an hour to crash.  These were a couple of the positions I found her in.  Unfortunately, walking in the room to check on her, woke her up which meant super short naps for two days.  Needless to say, I gave up for the time being.  Why mess up something that works really well, right?

Yes, she is under that blanket, right next to the door

This girl has grown to LOVE bath time recently

Looks comfy, right?

She also loves going for rides in the car

Leila had her first ear infection a couple weeks ago, but even sick, she's a ham! 

Laying down in the middle of the floor at Ikea...repeatedly