:: Yep it would have been Theodore Geisel's 106th birthday today!...bet you didn't know his real name now did you? (1904-1991)
:: Anna was sick for what seems like forever, but really only about a week and a half...she had me pretty concerned. I missed her laugh and smile. The other day we went to visit Linda, and she gave Anna these glasses. I'm not sure if Linda was Elton John in a past life, or maybe Anna, or both?....they seem to have a thing going with sunglasses. Linda finds all kinds of different ones for Anna. This is the latest model~
:: And, notice the quilt?....(insert self indulgent smile here). I'm so happy to see her using it:0) 
:: These are some pictures from yesterday. We had a rainy, windy, cold day.....time to bring out the crafts! We made some LOVELY foam bead necklaces and some caterpillars (not pictured) made from pipe cleaners and little pom pom balls. As I'm sitting with her almost bored out of my mind thinking of all the other things I should be attending she says to me, "mommy, isn't this just the best day ever!". Just then my boredom left the building and I realized how lucky I was to be sitting there with her having the best day ever! Kids sure know how to bring a person back to center. :0)
::When I put this phrase up on the bathroom wall a few years ago above the mirror I didn't realize how appropriate it would be until now.......
::Ya know those silly little toys you pass by (or sometimes run by to avoid your child noticing they are there) in the grocery store toy aisle? Well last night we had to run in to the store for bread and ice cream, and as we're heading down the bread aisle I had a brain lasp and forgot to sprint by the toy section......she spotted this makeup kit! I've bought her a little Barbie makeup kit in the past that had pretend makeup in it, so when I saw this I thought.....okay, I'm having a weak moment....we'll get the silly little makeup kit. (of course the whole time I'm assuming its pretend....not actual makeup powder).
:: When we get home from the store I see that she's opened her prize and thought it was kind of funny as I'm walking by I see some blue on her face......well then it hits me like a train as I'm already in the next room that the makeup is REAL! Oh Brother! Ever try to take a new prize away from a 3 year old? (Its not for the faint of heart!) 
::Instead of taking it away I decided we should at least move to the bathroom so it wouldn't get all over and so she could see her work in the mirror.....(thinking that she would see this blue stuff all over her face and think, ick, get it off). WRONG! She thought she looked fabulous and was so proud! Again, Oh Brother! 
::Maybe today I can convince her that the blue eyeshadow doesn't belong on her cheeks?!...LOL!
Well, she takes after her mom is all I can say. As we went out the door yesterday morning she looks at the grass, then looks at me and says, "mom, don't you think you should be getting this lawn mowed?" She was quite happy when I suggested we buy her a lawn mower so she could help (shhhh, don't tell her that it doesn't really cut the grass....that would tick her off) hee hee
What's that? This isn't how your family uses the Hula Hoop? Why not? Makes a great "WHO HORN".....we think it looks like something from Dr. Suess :0)
Okay, I admit that I was probably on the phone a little longer than I should have been today....guilty mom, guilty mom! I was actually still on the phone when Anna comes to find me in the kitchen and says, "I didn't do nothing mom" (Whoo, how's that for good grammar?)....as she has her hands over her eyes. At this point I don't even see her hands covered in what from a distance looks like amateur henna tattoos. Also, my curiosity was peaked at wondering what she meant by "nothing". So I asked her to show me what "nothing" was. She walked me out to the living room and then I caught a glimpse of her hands and arms and realized "nothing" was a pen! Whew! I can stop imagining all of the things that she might have broken or the spilled paint or whatever else she could have done.
You would think the same thing if you witnessed her riding her trike in person. She tips over a lot!.....I'm not laughing at her, I'm laughing with her.....Its not her fault though, we have a lot of cracks and seams in the driveway and that little trike just doesn't take them well. She has a bigger trike, but she can't reach the pedals on that one yet.
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