Singing all the day

E has started to sing a lot in the last few weeks. She can sing just about any song we have sung to her a few times. She does have the tendency to mangle them however. Our favorite is the "Eensy weensy spider"

She sings

The eensy weensy spider climbed up the water spout
The rain came down and the floods came up

Repeated a few bagillion times, and ended with

And the spider washed away, woosh!


In case you dont get it she is combining the eensy weensy spider with The Wise man and the Foolish man

Imagine all the people

Recently E has started to delve into the world of imaginary friends.

Yesterday she was talking to the wall and I asked her to get her shoes on.

She responded "I am talking to the Prince!" as though I had interrupted her conversation. Then she went back to talking to the Prince about dancing. She even wrapped her arms around him.

Also her best friend moved this week. She has compensated by pretending Abbey is still here. Its hilarious. So far Abbey has gone with her to the "beach" and we have taken her to the pool. Abbey also can grow or shrink in size whenever necessary. Sometimes E carries her around and other times Abbey is just sitting next to her.

Cow appreciation day

Last Friday we went to cow appreciation day at chick-fil-a. It. Was. Awesome. All we had to do was tape some things to ourselves. And viola free food!

This picture is kind of fuzzy, it makes me sad.

The ears, noses, signs and unseen tails were printed off from their website.

Isaac was a good sport but he thought I was crazy. Mainly because he was waiting for the catch. Once we got our food he was happy.

For our efforts we each got a combo meal. If you just wore a cow accessory you got a entree item.
When I took E into her room to find something to wear I said "hmm lets see if we can find something to dress up like a cow in" and she found this jacket. I had totally forgotten about it.

Their was also a giant cow. E stayed a safe distance away from it. It fascinated her, she stared at it the whole time we were in the (long) line. But she would not go anywhere near it. At the same time there was a little girl who would scream in terror any time he came near. So E wasnt doing too bad.

In short we cant wait for next year!

E talks about blogs

ME: what do you want to say
E: uh huh
e for me!
Thats e
I need to touch e
I want to watch my blog post

Me: Do you want to say something to Mommy's friends
E" this is my blog post
and my friends

Me: What did you do today
E: yeah
I go to the beach
I want to watch blog postes

Me: Do you want to talk about Thomas?
E and Nana
I want to talk about Thomas and Nana
I want to talk to Nana
I want to say Nana something
I want to say something

Me: What is your favorite toy
E yeah
Thomas and Nana toys

Me: What is your favorite food
E yeah
No toys and no Nana
Those are toys

Then I asked her a bunch of questions that were all answered with "yeah"

sdrawkcab

This is a video that Isaac's brother Seth and his friends made. Its way cool.

Seth is the second guy you see and his future wife is the girl with the Rubiks cube.



Watch the little kid in the mall. Its my favorite!

Dear Uncle Seth

I killed my first fly today. Daddy taught me how. Someday maybe I will be as good as you at killing flies.

Here is a video of me talking about the experience. Notice that I use my tiny voice to describe the fly, then my evil voice to describe its demise.



Love,
E

P.S. My mommy wore this dress when she was little. Today I wore it all day, to go running with mommy, to Sams club, and to Walmart.

Keeping it real

I know I know I told you I would post pictures and then I didnt. Oops. However I think you are used to me not telling the truth. I promise I have good intentions.

So we moved a week ago Saturday. The week before we painted the kitchen and living room. As you will see the kitchen is yellow. And the living room is green.

I am really liking our house! When we first decided to buy it I wasnt really in love with it, it was just a good financial decision. But now I really like it. It isnt perfect but it has a lot of nice features compared to the other places we have lived. Chief among those is the size. Its twice the size of our Wymount apt! Its only 200 more sqft than our apt here but having an upstairs and a downstairs is a major improvement.

And now its time for me to keep it real. I took these pictures without cleaning anything first. I dont know how everyone else is but I hate documenting my messy house. I always try to leave out the messy parts of my house. However I think this is something I should get over a little. So I took pictures of my house messy. Because I will never remember to take a picture when it is clean. We are going to do a lot of updating with this house so you can consider these the before.

This is the veiw from our front door. The stairs are to the right out of the picture. You can see Isaac in the kitchen at the right. There is a bunch more living room to the left. For the record we are going to change the color. Its really really green.
This is Isaac in the kitchen. The sink is right under the window, the dishwasher is next to that, and in front of Isaac is all cabinets. To the left of the picture is the laundry "room." I really like the yellow in this room.

The eating area is to the left. You can see outside through the sliding glass door. We have a tiny space back there that is open on either side. Its enough that we could have a small garden, but I dont know if it will be good for the kids to play in.


Isaac had all week off work which was truly a lifesaver for me. In the process of moving I have realized that I dont handle stress very well and I need to work on that. Because he was home we were able to have a relaxing first week in our house instead of a crazy month.

We took the opportunity to go to the aquarium and the beach. E loved the aquarium. T liked it too, he just isnt able to voice his joy quite yet. We got a family pass to the aquarium and the zoo, so expect to see more about the aquarium.

If you have been reading this blog for a while you will remember that E was scared of water last year. This year she had no problems at the pool (across the street from our house!) However the beach was another story.
This picture was taken when we first got to the beach. She was happy for about two minutes while I took pictures. Then she started crying and saying "I want to go home!" We tried to get her used to it but no dice. She was only happy when we were holding her.

T on the other hand would have crawled straight into the ocean had we let him. He would play for a little while and then off he would go into the water. Even when waves (only up to his chest) would hit him he didnt care and he would keep on going.

Well thats about all the important stuff from the last week. We are going to miss Isaac this next week. It has been so nice to have him home. I didnt realize how much I need adult interaction until I had a week of him home with me. I have been struggleing recently with being patient and with my temper. All of my frustrations went away with Isaac at home! I know it sounds really dumb but I had not associated my feelings with motherhood. Isaac on the other hand says hes ready to go back to work ;)