Wild Wild Nest

I'd like to start out by saying thank you to Kool Moe Dee for inspiring the title of my blog today. I felt that needed some clarification right out of the box because I didn't want the readers to think I was basing it on that stupid Escape Club song of the same name. It also has nothing to do with that awful Will Smith movie, although I do think I will like Will Smith once I arrive. Dad told me all about "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and I am SO excited to watch it on Nick-at-Nite! I know I said last week that I was SO not into reruns, but I meant reruns of current shows that should be new but aren't because of the writers strike (LAME! I support the writers, but it's still totally lame.). Once again, I am on a tangent, moving further and further away from my original subject matter, so let me try to reign it back in....

OH, but before I forget, YES, I had a wonderful time on Friday night! Thank you for asking! We went out to a superb restaurant and stayed out really late. Apologies to those who showed up for the open-house party at 10, I should have called or at least sent out a group text, MY bad :( I even got to help mom drive home because "dad had too much wine". I pressed my little feet against mom's stomach which pressed against the steering wheel to help guide us back to the house safely (EXCITING!). It was SO challenging.

Mom and I decided that Saturday would be a great day for nesting, and by "nesting" I mean thoroughly cleaning and scrubbing every nook and cranny in the ENTIRE kitchen including the baseboards, tile grout, refrigerator drawers, and anything else you can think of! I know, CRAZY right?! Here is a pic of mom performing said nesting:


It was definitely fun though. I am not going to lie, I think I was a great help. I floated around while mom cleaned out the fridge, I kicked and punched while mom scrubbed the baseboards, and I slept quietly while mom sorted the cupboards. When her elbow rested against her stomach I would kick it to encourage her to keep scrubbing. I know, I do too much! I am just SO full of encouragement and I can't keep it in. You're welcome!

While mom and I did all of this nesting downstairs, dad was upstairs working on my nursery to continue preparations for my arrival. I know I previously mentioned that my room was going to have a jungle theme, so you won't be surprised to know that monkeys are heavily involved. HEAVILY.... Dad painted a monkey stencil on Saturday against the same wall where my crib is! Isn't that AWESOME!? Here is a picture of him standing under the finished stencil:


I know, I know, dad looks kind of goofy, but aren't the monkeys totally COOL?! I can't wait to look at them with my own eyes when I finally arrive. Dad swore he'd hold me really super close to them so I can see the shapes, and then he'd hold me up again when I have the ability to recognize colors.

Here are the finished monkeys, FYI:


I also spoke with him about possibly rigging the door so that every time it opens and closes, jungle sounds will play throughout the room. I know, AWESOME! Mom instantly put the kibosh on that idea though because she was afraid dad would substitute the jungle sounds with the song "Welcome to the Jungle" by GnR (I call them GnR cause that's what dad told me to call them. I'm not trying to be cool, it just happens). I told her, hey, they have fun and they have games, what more could a little girl ask for? Anyway, long story short, the music is most definitely OUT, but I'm still working on the humidifier and fog machine.

Well, that is how I spent my weekend. All that activity really tired me out and I am still trying to recover today. Wish me luck!

But before I leave you, I need to make a quick blog correction. Right now I know you're totally thinking "but MaddieP, you don't MAKE mistakes" and 99 times out of 100, you'd be right on. However, in this case, I was sadly, embarrassingly, wrong. Maddiepandfriends reader and contributor "kagger" did not actually arrive on Halloween. He came a few days prior, on October 29th! Sorry kagger! Your birthday is most definitely NOT SCARY, but I'm sure your ride home, that actually fell on Halloween, was still very frightening. MY bad :(

Later.......

SO into:

• Value Meals
• Travel Mugs
• HGTV
• Memory Foam

SO not:

• Packing Peanuts (I mean, they go EVERYWHERE!)
• Bee Swarms
• Pirates
• Dog Show Announcers