Princess stuff from Aunt Ingi

She was happy!
Thanks sis.

Band Aid night

There were no actual Boo-Boos on her feet and the cut on her arm is almost healed. But it made her so happy...

Pretending to write

I was anticipating this day

With dread. I am surprised she made it this far.
Anna Lee
To 4 years old.
Without an emergency room trip.

Sara slammed Anna Lee's finger in her bedroom door Saturday evening.
It was horrible.
Screaming. Yelling. A little blood.
Ron remained perfectly calm.
I ran around like a nut.
We were able to get to the PriMed clinic 20 minutes before it closed.
When we finally made it in and the x-rays showed no broken bones, I relaxed a bit.
And looked down...

Poor Ronnie was in his slippers. And an undershirt.

She is ok. (So am I)
The finger is very sore and swollen and bruised.
My main concern was that she would not be able to suck on her adjacent 2 fingers. But, as you can see, she figured it out.






Sara feels very guilty.
She told me wants to atone for her actions.

Such a thinker, my Sara.
She is going on a vegetarian diet for a week and going to take Lee Lee to buy a new crown.
I guess I don't need to punish her - she is punishing herself. What a kid...

Tape measure

Lee Lee started playing with the "really dangerous, sharp metal edge, not a toy" tape measure over the weekend. So, I dug out this toy tape measure I got her a few years ago that she never plays with.

I'm not sure whether I should be proud or sad that she sees us using a tape measure so much and wants to emulate...
What does this mean?

Please God - engineer or architect, not construction worker.




P.S. How do her slippers get so FILTHY?

Why, Why, Why does she draw on everything?

I am buying stock in Magic Eraser.

I almost lost it when I saw crayon on the giant Pez.

OK - I seriously need to set up an an arts & crafts area for her.



And THIS is the look I get when I scolded her.
Like I'VE done something wrong.

P.S. Yes - a BLUE dress. But notice the pink undershirt...

Princess Bride

Holy Crap!
The cover for the anniversary edition.
It's an ANAGRAM!
Same forwards and upside-down-backwards.

Learning how to swing

Kick my hands. Legs back. Legs forward.

Monkey Bars

Sure, its easy when someone HOLDS YOU UP!!

Birdhouse

Ron and Anna Lee put up the birdhouse they made together. It was a Christmas present from Evan. (CRAPS)

Irony

JFK is credited with killing the men's hat industry by not wearing a hat at his inauguration.




Well, Well, Well.

Look who wore a hat today:



Say it with me:

BRING BACK MEN'S HATS

I like a man in a hat and suit.

(I know he probably wore the hat because of the brain surgery & I know he collapsed at lunch... Jeez people, it's still IRONIC!)

Frozen fountain

Outside Anna Lee's Ballet school on Saturday morning.

Sleeping Beauty DVD with MakeUp

Oh, she was so happy.
Got her the Sleeping Beauty Special Edition DVD yesterday from Sam's Club. It came with TONS of girly stuff.

Look what a good job she did applying the lip gloss:



The PINK swim cap and goggles came last night as well. What a big day for Lee Lee.

Just cutie & I on the way to school

It's cold here. Below freezing.
She took the hat off seconds after this picture.
Was able to convince her that she needed to wear the mittens.

Sara helping at swim lessons

Look at my baby SMILING!

Don't tell

Rascal child tried to cover Sissy's mouth so she wouldn't tell me about some rascally thing she did.

Braces are PAID IN FULL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See the receipt.



Here, let me circle it for you.
Yup.
0 due.
Whopeeee !!!




She gets them off next visit.
I went back with her.
She looked so funny / cute with all those wires sticking out that I just had to take a few shots.





1 down, 1 to go. The finger sucker!

Big Headed Baby

You think I am kidding about the fact that my kids have big heads?

Proof:

Alarm Clock Repair

I wanted an old alarm clock - wind up, bells,
So I got the orange and green one on Ebay.



You can see the color better without the flash.



Then I saw the blue and green one. HAD TO HAVE IT.
They are adorable - maybe 3 inches in diameter.

Well, you know who wanted to "help" open the package when the blue one came.
She wanted to "hold" it.
Brilliant me let her.
It slipped right through her fingers and crashed onto the cold tile floor.
Yup - glass front shattered to a million pieces.
I screamed.
She cried.
We took it to the clock repair shop.

We picked it up this weekend.
I made Anna Lee take her piggy bank to help pay for the repair.









P.S.
Yes, she IS wearing slippers. We had just finished ballet. I refuse to let her wear her ballet slippers outside. (Yes, she has asked)

Where is the baby?

If you have to ask that question, she is in trouble.

This is what I found at 8:15 Sunday morning. I still had not taken a shower or dressed Anna Lee and we had to leave at 9:00 to make it on time to Sunday School.

So - did I let her keep it on?