A little spoilded

It started with a VERY messy toy room....If I weren't so desperate to have it cleaned, I wouldn't have resorted to bribery. But if bribery had power over anyone...my five year old Ellie is that person. Because I knew it was a big job, I told her that for every toy she picked up, she would get one M&M. She has a bigger sweet tooth than I do, so she seriously considered my offer. "What if I clean the WHOLE thing"..she asked. "Well, then maybe when we go to the dollar store, you can pick a toy!" "Will I still get the nem-nems?"..."uh...sure"..(at this point I am wondering if I am going a bit over board...after all, it was HER mess...why was I paying her to clean it up?)...BUT...to top it all off, I added, .."And, if you do it all before I get out of the shower, I will put a little make-up on you!"...(at this point I was already in too deep...might as well throw in her last and final obsession.) When Ellie heard me turn the shower off, she called through the bathroom door..."Mom, could you please do your hair and make-up before you come and check on me?"...Of coarse I was happy to oblige...this meant my bribe was working! A few minutes later she came scampering down the hall and announced she was finished. She did a great job! I was so proud. I told her that she earned 37 M&M's (I have no idea how many toys were on the floor, but that sounded like a good amount of candy for all the work done) AND a toy, AND some make-up! Here is a picture of the happy, working, spoiled, princess! Notice the voluptuous eye lashes! :-)

I won't mention that later that day when I asked her to take down a few dishes that were left upstairs, she said,"I will if you give me more nem-nems."

While we had the camera out, I had Ellie take a picture of my blooming body! This is 24 weeks! I have felt SO amazing with this pregnancy..let's hope the 3rd tri-mester goes as smoothly.