No More Missions Please!

This CD has become A's all time favorite. I am glad it is a CD that contains classical music, and musical words. I am the one who bought the CD. I grabbed it for a travel present on the way to Florida. I figured since she was in to the Einsteins she would like it. Plus I thought since it was not all "kid" songs I would like it too. I do like it however, I am not fond of the fact that we must listen to it every single time we get into the car!

I should make myself clear. I did exaggerate a little. I have been able to, on rare occasions, get a turn picking the music. Or even B has had a chance to play Laurie Berkner instead. I am tempted to remove the CD from the car and bring it in the house so A can listen to it then, but I get sick just thinking what would happen when pissy pants gets into the car, demands the CD, and finds out it is not there. No, crazy idea! Keep CD in car and we all live. So for now I try to tune it out, or focus on A singing along. She has gotten really good at her bee impersonation due to the CD.

I just wonder what the next love in music will be? Tom has gotten both girls to request rock and roll. This has been a huge help. He also quizzes them on different types of music. It is rather funny to hear them figure out classic rock from pop. I however only listen to "pop" and I do refer to it as rock and roll so I get what I want and so do the girls. In fact I will listen to just about anything now as long as it is not this CD.

Baby It's Cold Outside

Tom has wanted this photo for a while now. He loves the idea of proof that is below 0 degrees here. Lucky for him it has been this cold here more than once. These photos were taken on the same day, just at different times. In fact I didn't even know B took one. She was not in a cooperating mood the morning we decided to do these. Notice too that A is wearing B's hat. Since B was not going out, A figured she would just wear it. She so loves wearing her sister's things.

There have been a few days of warmth, but back to cold for a few more. Nothing like teasing us with sun and 40 degree days. Oh well, not much else is expected in our neck of the woods. We had warm enough days to melt the snowmen and the ice in the ice rink. Only to bring it all back. If only Frosty was real I would not have to make another.

Fluffy and the Milk

So I'm sure you can tell where this story will be headed. Hopefully you all remember that Fluffy is A's imaginary puppy. Also remember that Fluffy is very tiny. Fluffy is held in A's hands. You know sort of like Clifford when he was a puppy. Anyway Tom was not home for dinner last night due to the late arrival of a contract. That meant I was responsible for the 2 monsters. No nap was taken by A again. In fact she spent the entire nap time jumping in her crib and singing. Not so tired I guess. So dinner was not going to be a good time.

I was on my last warning for A before she had to sit on the naughty step when I noticed that she was standing on the bench next to me pretending to pour milk from her glass into her hand. I asked what she was doing. She replied, "Fluffy wants some milk. She is thirsty." Ok fine I will play along. I turned to talk to B when all of a sudden I heard the sound of a liquid hitting a solid. I found that A was now really pouring milk into her hand for Fluffy. The only problem was that there was not a real Fluffy to drink it. So it ended up all over the bench, cushion, floor and A. I was so not happy! A's saving grace was that she quickly began chanting in her cute voice "I so sorry mommy, I so sorry!" So we cleaned up and tried to finish eating. Not an easy task I might add.

For an imaginary puppy she sure is starting to make a mess.

One Finished, One To Go

Here is a shot of B's tutu all finished. The top photo is the front, bottom is the back. We decided that it looked best with the bow in the back. I'm not sure that I love it, but I think it will work. Perhaps I will make it a tad bit shorter. then again I'm sure it will look different with tights and a cute top instead of over jeans.

Now I just have to do A's. I was thinking that I might get it done in time to take Valentine's Day photos, but then I noticed that is only about 20 days away. So I'm not so sure if I can get my act together. The tutu doesn't take long, but I do need A awake for some of it. That would be the conflict. A awake does not make for a good time to work on a project. We will see. Perhaps I can "make it work" as Tim would say.

I'm A Winner

I am so excited. The other day I posted about a skin cream I found and lip balm. Well it was also a give away on the blog. I usually don't enter these things but I figured "why not?" Well I won!!! Out of all the comments that were sent they picked mine. I don't know if they read them all and mine was the best or if was just a name out of a hat thing. Who cares! So I actually don't have to spend the money and order any cream for they are sending me some for free :) I will let you all know how it works. What a nice pick me up.

Happy Friday!

What Is In Your Cart?

Today I took A to do our monthly Costco run. Yes, I do believe it is the coldest day possible to go out to Costco, but when you have one roll of toilet paper left one must venture out.

A was very good in the store and totally bummed that there were no samples. I too was bummed, for they are my go to bribe/treat/punishment. A actually stated " This is the worst ever!" But when one gets there at 10:00 am there are no samples yet. Lucky for me she settled on a hot dog on our way out. this worked for me since I had a bit of time to kill before heading to B's school for another lunch duty day. As we were siting in the "food court" eating our great cheep hot dog I noticed myself looking in every one's cart as they walked past. I was totally into this!

Cart #1: paper towels, toilet paper, and a cooked chicken. Not that weird until I saw who was pushing the cart. Senior Citizens! Now do they really need that much toilet paper?

Cart #2 organic chocolate milk, organic eggs, and the big box of variety mix sugar cereals. Some how I was lost on the organic food and the crappy sugar filled cereal.

Cart #3 Vacuum cleaner, bleach, and swiffers. Not sure if this is a job for CSI of not.

Well can you see what I mean? Not one cart had the same stuff. It really was fun. It also made me think about what one might think as they looked at my cart. I for one kept looking at it thinking "Holy Crap, I spent a lot of money!" and "Wow! we sure are out of a lot!"

She Sure Is Creative

So I have stated many times before that I'm not sure A is headed for the gifted classes. I might have to take that back. No she is not some super closet savant, but I have really started to see just how creative she is.

She will create all sorts of conversations with any object. Yesterday at the diner she was using the sausage link and a cracker! The sausage was the baby and the cracker was the blanket. We all know about Fluffy too. I have found myself creeping up to her room to listen and watch her playing in her crib with all her animals. It is really funny!

She also loves to be different animals. Often she is a frog hopping away from me. However yesterday as we were emptying the dishwasher she took 2 spoons out and placed them on the sides of her face and started making piggy sounds. She then let me know that she was a pig. (the spoons were her piggy ears) I had to laugh.

So just because she does not know any letters or how to rhyme, she sure has a great imagination.