I am getting really sick of being inside all day! So is Vaughn-elise. I was going to bundle her up today and take her down to the park for a bit to let her get out and to give us both some fresh air...and then it started raining. Yuck. While I am home we are going to have to find some other things to do- the mall play area at the mall- the science center (dont know if she's too young for this) -jumpin' jacks...something! I know how bored I am, I cannot imagine how tired of her toys and this area of the house she must be! i feel horrible for her and need to be much better about mixing things up. She painted today which was a fun adventure for her- until she ate the paint, then we had to stop. Baths are fun but then she starts getting cold. Im just frustrated. I know she is too.
Any ideas of some things we can do?
I know we could move out of this one area of the house- but its simply too dangerous-I dont want to have to constantly tell her "No, dont touch that, vaughn, no...stop...thats breakable....no no...." so i have babyproofed this room as much as possible. If we go to the living room, she wont stay in there and there's nothing in there that she can play with anyways- she j ust wants to get into the pottery, the breakables on the floor, bang on the glass etc...if we go downstairs she is into the boxes of papers laying around, pullling on all the plants, tearing apart the book shelf....she is sick on the bedroom.
I am excited, anxious, and cant wait for her to be able to have a PLAY ROOM some day! She wont know what to do if she is free to roam and play with whatever she wants. I tried switching out her toys some today, putting the ones on top into a separate basket and letting her get into the ones she doesnt usually play with, we played with some in the hall...sigh...

tomorrow is my birthday- 25!?!?!? I am a quarter of a century old...halfway to fifty....im having a quarter life crisis I think...I feel blah, uncomfortable in my own skin, unsatisfied with where my life is right now, in need of a makeover-mentally, physically and spiritually....
I have gotten an obsession with traveling to antartica lately...i dont know why- i just imagine the breath of that fresh, untainted air would trully cleanse you. I just cannot imagine the beauty of the animals, the glaciers....i have looked it up for a possible long time from now vacation cruise adventure...its CRAZY EXPENSIVE! I looked up volunteer excursions....none. Oh well. maybe someday.

Anyways, nothing big planned for my birthday, my mom is going out with some of her friends and rud works late. I think he and I will go out to eat probably since i got a free birthday burger from red robin and thats what we did for his brithday too. I am hoping to get Vaughn out and do somehting new and fun....Dinner with a friend on saturday....man, Im old! No parties, no weekend getaways...just another day. But i get to spend it with my sweet gorgeous daughter who brightens my world. What more can i ask?!?