Bubbles, the Hose & A Blowout

Last night Lily discovered she got new bubbles in the goody bag at the birthday party we went to on Tuesday, so of course she had to go outside immediately to try them out.After she got tired of those bubbles, I brought out this cool bubble maker I got last summer at the Target Dollar Spot and never used:

It was fun, but took nearly a whole bottle of bubbles to fill the tray to soak the wand. Next time, I'll just make my own bubbles with dish soap!

I didn't really feel like setting up the little pool or anything since I didn't want to stay out too long, so I just let her go at it with the hose for awhile.

She has the most fun trying to get me all wet. She just chases after me yelling "I get you! I get you!"

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This morning before Gymboree she found my authentic Texas cowgirl hat that I bought last year at Target. :) She loves to wear it and she looks so cute!

She sat like this, holding her glasses to her eyes for nearly the entire 25 minute drive to Gymboree! Apparently she couldn't get them to stay on (being upside down probably didn't help matters any either).

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After Gymboree, we were headed to the Super Target for week 3 of my Target vs. grocery store experiment. So far, I have to say, Target is WAY cheaper for groceries!! I think I have literally saved hundreds of dollars this month. Anyway, as I may have mentioned before, Gymboree moved way clear across town and is now 25 minutes away. So it took almost a half hour to get back to the Target near us (so my groceries wouldn't melt). As we got close to our house I noticed the alignment was off in my car and I was drifting to the left. I didn't think much of it and was annoyed that maybe they messed something up doing the inspection yesterday. Now, to get to the new Target I can either take the frontage road along the freeway, or just hop on the freeway for 2 exits. I do either, depending on my mood. Today I choose the freeway and as soon as I got on, my car started acting funny and then the road got way bumpy! I still didn't realize what was going on, but got off the freeway immediately and saw my tire shoot out behind me on the off ramp!! It was now way loud and bumpy so I pull off into a park which was the nearest place to stop and this is what I found:

Oops.
Apparently I got a flat and didn't even realize it. Luckily, I didn't do any damage to the rim.

I called Chip for help and him and my Dad came to rescue us! It was nice that we were in a park, Lily just played and danced while we waiting for help to arrive.

Not sure what she was doing, but she kept saying "Ta da!" and posing with her stick.

Lily had to be in on all the action and "help fix mommy's car".

She was so cute as she watched them!

It was nice that I had a real tire in my truck (as opposed to a spare), so I am all good to go -- I just need to replace the tire in my trunk someday soon.