Umm, princess?

I had the best intentions to take a picture of Lexi every day this last week to further illustrate her princess obsession, but I just didn't do it. However, I think these three pictures best illustrate Lexi's daily attire. She now refuses to wear trousers. A dress, skirt or one of her princess skirts are acceptable, but trousers are not. We are starting our 4th week of this trouser boycott. She has even removed all trousers from all of her baby dolls and refuses to wear her pajama bottoms at night. In one of the pics below, you will see that all of her Barbie dolls are also in princess attire - no trousers are allowed. I seriously don't know where this is coming from. I jokingly said in June that our "princess phase" had begun. Boy did I not know what was coming. Her favorite DVDs are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty or The Little Mermaid. We have gotten out the "princess" Golden Books (thanks to Brenda and/or Mom & Dad). She wants to read either Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast or Snow White every night. We normally set a limit at 2-3 books and paraphrasing is well practiced.

It is also fun to hear her speech development and to hear my most common phrases thrown back at me. I sometimes have to stop and think where she learned it from before I realize that I say it ALL THE TIME. She says "Oh my goodness sakes". Now, I say "Oh my goodness" and my mom says "Oh my goodness sakes"; so, no question where that one was picked-up. She also says "That's not very nice" or "I'll be right back". I am trying to teach her to ask for things politely instead of demanding as per her norm. So, she will demand something "more juice" or "get Harley" and I will say "You need to ask Mamma nicely" and she will say "nicely". I seriously can't win....

Here is Saturday's outfit...
And Monday...

And today (Tuesday)... you do get the general idea?

We spent the long weekend (Friday night through Monday evening) in Feda. Monday was a staff planning day for Lexi's daycare; so, we took Monday off and spent it in Feda. Lajla and Tom were in town and helped to entertain Miss Princess so that I could help Tim a bit more with the boathouse. They tore down the scaffolding this weekend. This picture was taken as we were leaving town which is why the doors are all barricaded up. (We haven't treated the pine paneling yet and don't want the sun to start coloring it before we get it treated.)

First floor bathroom walls that Tim tiled last weekend. Still needs to be grouted.

Had I ever posted a picture of the staircase?

We spent quite a bit of time on the kitchen this weekend. Tim cut the oak countertops, tiled the back splash and installed the paneling on the bar side of the counter. I installed doors, shelves and did some painting around the boathouse.

Tim is going to build an elevated bar that extends out over the paneling so that we can have barstools and an informal eating area.

Picture from the living room looking down the hallway towards the bedrooms. Tom put the base coat on the hallway paneling this weekend and the first coat of antique white.