Ali has mentioned several times over the last couple of months that she would like a ring. Oftentimes, it is said in an unbelievably endearing and wistful voice, something along the lines of: “Mommy has a ring…and Daddy has a ring…but I don’t have a ring yet. I sure would like to have a ring […]
Eye Shopping
So my eyes have been really annoying lately. They’ve been dry and burny and extraordinarily sensitive to light and computer monitors (which isn’t very helpful in my overly-geeky lifestyle). I’ve been seeing an Eye Doctor and she’s been trying things to get them back to normal, which has included some uber-expensive steroid drops that I […]
Sometimes, Ali Does the Blogging for Me.
I told Ali that she needed to pick up her puzzle. “Mommy, will you help me clean up this big mess?” “No, baby. I didn’t make the big mess.” I leave the room. Ali begins picking up puzzle, while bitterly mumbling, “But MOMMY made a big mess when she dropped Gramamma’s pretty eggs.” For the […]
Celebratacular
After much angst about what sort of Birthday Cake to make or buy for Ali, I decided to go with my bloggy friend Erica’s idea and make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes. However, on round one, I didn’t follow the directions very well and they erupted: Round two was much more attractively shaped: I got them […]
Threeday
Dear Ali, It’s been a wonderful year since your last birthday – I’ve loved the amazing adventures and conversations that we have had. Thankfully, we didn’t experience anything that could even be close to being called the Terrible Twos (although I know you’re making no promises about the Threes yet). In fact, you were, for […]
Cup of Decap, Anyone?
I was driving along today as Ali was playing with her Disney Princesses in the backseat. She was trying to swap out their clothes, from what I could gather. I hear the following from the backseat: Ali (mostly to herself): “Their dresses come off, but their heads don’t come off. Do their heads come off?” […]
The Bowling Ali
Ali is a miniature expert at “Playing Pins” on the Wii, so we decided to try to turn her virtual skills into IRL* skills. * For those of you who live so much in the real life that you don’t know what IRL means, it means, well, “In Real Life”, used often by those of […]
Curly Haired Toddler, Winter Edition.
Back in May, I had my first Curly Toddler Style Breakthrough, when I finally figured out how to take Ali’s frizzy crazy hair to nice curls. However, I have yet again been stumped. This time, it wasn’t the frizzy, looks-like-a-balloon-was-rubbed-on-her-head problem – quite the opposite. Since winter got here, a lot of her curls have […]
Random Factual Roundup
Fact One: If a two-year-old and a thirty-three year old both receive Legos for Christmas, the thirty-three year old is likely to be the most excited. …especially if they are his childhood legos, filled with other childhood mementos like Diamond Jim Arcade Tokens. (Somehow I don’t think that those rusty, archaic tokens have any redeeming […]
Every Time a Bell Rings, a Princess Gets her Accessories.
Besides the whole smashing her nose on her brand new big girl bed event, Ali most certainly has had a Princesses’ Dream of Christmas. In fact, I believe that at least 90% of the gifts she received were items for a Princess, which thrilled her little royal heart like nothing else.. AJ gave her a […]