Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Absence

I haven't posted for a while for two reasons. First, I have been pretty dang busy. Second, I watched an Oprah on internet predators and this security guy comes on and says that he doesn't understand why people post pictures of their children on the internet and how he would never post pictures of his kids.
Well, this totally creeped me out because all I do is post pictures of my kid. I was discouraged for a while and actually thought about deleting all my posts. But really, it seems very unlikely that anyone would be looking at my blog who didn't already know me and this sure is a convenient way to update everyone. We'll see. I'm trying to balance caution with paranoia. Let me know if you have an opinion.

Some things we did in May

Danica has discovered the best in the house for many occasions.



Danica, Kristi, and Summer enjoying a dip in the pool. They're all getting older and changing so fast. This was the first time the girls did all the playing with Danica in the pool and I didn't feel like I needed to be in there with them- I just stayed close enough. Danica would disappear upstairs to play with the kids and I didn't feel like I had to check on her every two minutes to make sure she wasn't eating candles or something.



Action shot at 3rd Street Promenade.



This is Danica's little friend at school. If there's anything cuter than a little girl in pink, it's two little girls in pink.



The beginning scholar.



Note to self: People who are allergic to every furry animal on the planet and are generally repulsed by animal smells should not take their children to the petting zoo. It's disturbing for the adult and disappointing for the child. It never occurred to me that she would actually want to go IN the pen with the animals.

Vomit.

I wonder if she understood me when I kept repeating, "You'll have to come back with your dad."



Operating heavy machinery.



Washable markers are a great invention. She wears her backpack while watching Dora.



Who doesn't love ice cream?

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Smoothies and Suckers and Tiny Tiny Shoes

Nothing like a hot bath followed by a refreshing smoothie followed by another hot bath.



In case you didn't know, See's chocolate suckers are very delicious.



We opened the Junie doll that the Murillothon got for her birthday today. Junie comes with a brush, a spare dress, and a pair of shoes. This is how we spent our time with her:
Brushing Junie's hair - 7 mins.
Changing Junie's dress - 3 mins.
Wearing Junie's shoes - All day and still going strong.


Monday, March 23, 2009

Breaking Bad

This show is on AMC and just started its second season a couple weeks ago. It's really entertaining and I highly recommend that you go out of your way to check it out. An overqualified, underpaid, underinsured high school chemistry teacher finds out he has cancer and decides to start cooking crystal meth to pay medical bills and build a nest egg for his family. He teams up with a local drug dealer who is also a former flunkie student of his because he needs a distributor and the hilarity ensues.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Man Crush

My husband has a complete man crush on Daniel Plainview. I don't think he'd even deny it. I think he looks to him every few weeks or so when he needs a little motivation. Who's Daniel Plainview you ask? http://www.imdb.com/media/rm859478016/ch0032907

Friday, February 13, 2009

First Attempt

Okay, I had a minute to post...

We tried potty training a few weeks ago when Danica turned two. She would sit for up to an hour and not go and when I would finally let her up (because it was starting to feel like child abuse), she would immediately pee on the floor two feet away. She was actually holding it until I let her stand. I don't think she quite made the connection. I think we'll try a new technique in March.



I got some good potty training ideas from a play date we had yesterday. There were five children there and coincidentally they are all mixed. Here's three of them.



And a couple random pics: Danica and Nicholas watching TV.



Sunshine in the morning.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Hiatus

Super busy through the rest of the month so I don't expect to post much. Check back in March.