The Royal Blog

Snow!

E2 still LOVES snow. LOVES it.  Wants to eat it, throw it and roll around it.  LOVES it.  

Ignores my repeated warnings that her hands, feet, whatever will be wet and cold.  And then is very surprised when her hands, feet, whatever are wet and cold. 

 

Pajama Party!

The last day before winter break, E2 had a pj party at preschool.  I kept asking her if she wanted to wear cozy Christmasy pajamas, but she wanted to wear her witch pjs because they are sCaRy.  Since she could bring a blanket/pillow *OR* stuffed animal, she chose to bring a reindeer. Sadly (for me), she did not want to stay after for the daycare's holiday party. 

12/16/09

E2, showing off her mad bar skillz during her last mini stars class:

E1's mani - three hours of gymnastics right after the manicure made some of the polish wear off:

  
 

This & That

This week's hot preschool gossip:  E2 broke up with Ke (BECAUSE HE TALKS TOO MUCH) and N broke up with Ka so now N is E2's boyfriend and they are going to get married.  Where do they get this stuff????

E2 just got moved up to Level 2 at gymnastics! 

Today I took E1 and a friend to Sweet & Sassy for mani's and shopping, to celebrate various gymnastic successes (forgot my camera *frowny face*).  While E1 was getting her nails done, she looked up at me and mouthed "thank you" and "thank you very much".  Made my heart melt! 

I don't like Queen Bee Poodle Hair who lives down the street. 

Eleven Year Old Boys.  'Nuff said.  

I am sick of the cold weather already, but B isn't willing to move to the Caymans and launder money. 

I have NO Christmas spirit.  Our tree isn't up, our lights aren't up, we haven't gone to see the Zoo or Marina lights yet, and I refuse to listen to Christmas music. I don't feel Grinchy; I'm just not into it. 

Four going on 14.

Last Friday, E2 came home from preschool and said "Well, apparently R is my boyfriend.  He kept trying to kiss me all day."  (Did you let him? "NO!") 

Monday she came home and said that no, R wasn't her boyfriend (Is he still trying to kiss you? "YES!") K was (Does he know that? "No.").

Today she told me that K said he would sit by the girl wearing the prettiest dress, so could she please wear one of her hanna dresses?  I wasn't in the mood for a discussion about feminism or a temper tantrum so I said yes and let it go.  ("I hope K doesn't know I have this dress!" WTH?")

12/04/09

12/02/09

E2 loooooves her new Buckeye Crocs:

Four Year Checkup

E2 wasn't really mad, she just wanted me to take a picture of her mad face (like I don't see it often enough....). 

E2 is 42" tall (95%) and weighs 38.5 lbs (75%).  Doctor said her gait is better which I assume has something to do with the pelvic tilt he mentioned last year. 

She was verrrrrrry nervous about going to the doctor so I was a little hesitant about having her get the H1N1 vaccine.  Doctor recommends it though (CDC is predicting another H1N1 spike in 2 and/or 6 weeks due to Thanksgiving and Christmas travel) so I okayed it and she was fine.  She did make sure I knew however that it really hurt. :)

(p.s. at E1's *7* year checkup, she was 46.5" and 49.5 lbs)

11/23/2009

11/20/09: Ladies in Red

I thought about reminding E1 and Z to wear OSU shirts today but never got around to it.  Coincidentally, all the kids ended up wearing red today.

 
 

11/20/09

This morning was a little rocky:

 
 

By the time we arrived at preschool however, the forecast changed from thunderstorms to partly sunny:

 

11/17/09

11/16/09

Almost back to normal

Cut is healing nicely, color has run through the rainbow and is starting to fade, breathing is much better, voice is no longer nasal.  I feel so bad about her left nostril though.  Someone assured me it will eventually return to its former shape - but I told E2 I'd get her plastic surgery as soon as she turns 16!

11/05/09

Poor Baby!

Poor E2 bumped her nose again during tubby time and boy did it swell up/turn purple!   She won't leave the ice pack on so I rushed out and got her some Motrin. :(

I don't know if the photo does it justice, but it looks much worse than before her bath.

11/04/09

B & E2 were at the bookstore last night to get the latest installment in the 39 Clues series.  Apparently B told E2 not to climb on a table, and apparently someone did not listen, and then took a nose dive off said table.  E2 had a very restless night and is staying home today. Fortunately her nose doesn't hurt too much (drinking from her sippy cup was uncomfortable) and she let me clean her up a little.  I am having trouble not laughing at her extremely nasal voice.

And here's the kidlets on November 3rd of last year:

10/28/09

10/21/09

After a big lecture yesterday about how people take a bath or shower everyday and how gross it is to be dirty (E2 has been crying about tubby time lately for some inexplicable reason), today I decided that another half-hour of sleep trumped cleanliness.  Do I need to state the obvious: E2 chose today's apparel.

• "Do you think you should take your socks off?"
• "No, I want to be like you and you have socks on."

• "Do you like your backpack?"
• *shrug* "Sometimes I just want it in the picture."

After noticing the neighbor boy headed off to daycare, bundled up in about 12 layers:

• "Um, do you want a coat?"

10/16/09

Well, I *meant* to take lots of fall photos this week.  Unfortunately the drizzly dreary 40 degree weather put a damper on that.  This is about it for the last few days:

When I pick E2 up from preschool, she likes to run to one end of the sidewalk and then down to the other end before getting in the car.  I try to accomodate her when we have time! 
 

 

10/07/09

10/06/09

Ballerina

 
 

 

10/05/09

10/02/09

 

9/28/09

Such a Goofball

9/21/09

E2, right before we went to pick up E1 from school.  We got about a five minute reprieve from the rain/drizzle.

9/18/09

9/16/09

 

Fancy Pants Dance Class time!

9/14/09

Someone got into her sister's makeup

9/11/09

 

Yummy!

I like to tell E2 that I'm eating her sweet cheeks or that I could eat her up with a spoon.  Today while rocking her for a few minutes, I apparently told her she was very sweet.  Her response? "Don't you dare¹ eat me up with a spoon!  *pause* Even though I am very delicious!"

¹ heard almost as often as "how do YOU know?"

How did I not notice this until almost 4:00?????

Around 11:00ish today, numerous attempts were made to keep E2 in the 'naughty chair'.  After resetting the timer umpteen times, she was told she would have to lie down for a nap.   I listened to screams of "I CAN'T SLEEP" for as long as I could, but finally it was tubby time.  While she was supposed to be in bed what she was actually doing was CUTTING HER HAIR. AGAIN.  "I didn't want my hair in my eyes!" "That's what hairclips are for!"  GAH. 

9/9/9

9/4/09

 

Today E2 made playdough (yay.).

What did she learn today?  "Today we did letters.  And I got the most!!!!" 

(Miss A would flash a card and the kids had to say the letter)

 

Pre-Game Fun

A recent masterpiece

9/2/09

First Day of Preschool!

K, E2's future husband, is in her class again! :)

The Gang

Daddy/Daughter Zoo Date

4th Birthday!!!

 

 

"I didn't know there was going to be a real Chucky there. He creeps me out!"

And OMG to the people that just stand there while their kids get in someone

else's photo! Grrrrrr!

 

Last Day of Preschool Summer Camp!

:)

E2 is very into 'marrying' lately.  Usually she insists that she is going to marry me or E1 and she insists that kissing someone means you're married.  Sometimes she gets very agitated and asks "Who am I going to marry?!?".  Last night I told her she needed to get through college first and then she could worry about marriage.  A few minutes later.....

"Mommy! When I was in your tummy, I sneaked out and went to college.  I droved there *eyeroll* Yes, I knew how to get there.  So now I can get married!!!"

Summer Camp!

 

 

 

E2 is having a great week at gymnastics camp!  Snacks and crafts and new friends, oh my!   Today was fiiiiiiiiiiiiinally 'water day' - she has been waiting for this day for what seems like months!

Pharoah E2

Before & After: Haircut

Now that E2's dance recital is over, I was able to take her to Cookie Cutters to get her "fixed" hair fixed: