I think Isabella's hair is oily after the bath than before, thanks to the entire bottle of conditioner Ben dumped in the tub.

I meant her hair. Her hair is striking.

Isabella breaks my heart who she begs for short hair. It really is so striking and I just love it.

Our waiter at IHOP's wife had a whirlpool birth and breastfed for 49 months. I did not want to know that. Did you?

Ok. Success without pictures?

Test 3?

Hmmm..

I want to:
GET A NEW MOUSE because my mini computer is awesome, but the keyboard is really small and my mouse randomly erases sentences, punctuation, or entire posts in one fell swoop.

Figure out how to make the text bigger.

Change the color scheme of the polka dots or find another page with cute girly colors befitting the subject.

Text post so I can update at will on the run. I think I'm almost there, so if strange things appear, please bear with me until I figure out how to do with lots of help from Annika and her typing feet.

Whoops!

I don't know how 2 weeks snuck by me! Well, actually I think it was the Olympics. We've watched them 24/7. Last night was the long awaited women's figure skating. My DVR was doing funny things, probably because I've recorded hours and hours of curling on it, so I missed everything but the last group, but wow! they were amazing. Mao Asada was great, and I was really impressed by her performance, until I saw Kim Yu-na! She blew everyone else out of the water. Apparently, she has no weaknesses, and even though I don't know anything about skating, even I could tell.
My heart breaks for Joannie Rochette. Her mom died on Sunday, and she skated amazingly. She just lost it the second her routine was over and so did I.

My favorite day in ballet class was when my teacher would pull out her "Rock n' Roll" albums, so I was probably drawn to her James Bond routine, plus it's James Bond!

Here are 3 some random Olympics thoughts:
- I didn't know I liked curling, but it's fun to watch.
- I only like women's curling, not men's.
- I know nothing about hockey.

Let it snow

Did you know that 67% of the U.S. is covered in snow, and there is snow in 49 states? Only Hawaii is immune to this Great Snow Attack of 2010. Apparently, that hedgehog saw his shadow with a vengeance. Isabella is still angry about that, by the way. She randomly shakes her fist and yells "Don't see your shadow again!" She has strong feelings about many things, the cold being one of them. Her school has really random rules about when they can go outside, and they don't match up with the ones they sent home, so I haven't been able to figure them out. All I know is that it seems like they haven't gone outside in weeks. When they stay in, they stay in their classrooms and play quiet games, so no one's getting any energy out. The teachers are noticing the difference.

It's really hard to keep the kids inside all the time without letting them watch tons of t.v., so I picked up this book for Isabella. It's called Scribbles and it is AWESOME. It's a coloring book, but not in the traditional sense. It has a simple image on each page with instructions, such as "this is a tiger, draw his stripes" or "this is a robot, draw his parts. " I love it.

Oh hey. Here comes Isabella now. She didn't even make it to midnight in her bed.

That's all for me!
p.s. The time is off on the post. I wish she was asleep at 9.35! It is 11.57 instead.

Annika's Favorite Foods

This picture is several months old, but I thought it was appropriate for the post because she's covered in food.. I love the look on her face and the way her little tongue sticks out.

I don't know how to tell my "cute stories" without them so long. If I was reading this blog I would get bored. I know they're not that interesting. I'm worling on it, but I run out of time when I try to go back and edit.
We \had pizza for dinner tonight. In retrospect, it was a bad idea. The school's celebrated Valentine's Day today, so it was all things chocolate and sugar. She finished off most of her candy in the car on the way home. I wasn't thinking about it, so I let Isabella have a Dr. Pepper as a treat with her pizza. I almost never let her drink pop other than Sprite, so the pizza and pop mixed in with all that candy and her little tummy was about to explode. You could hear it gurgling across the room. I felt bad for adding carbonation to her tummy ache, but what would Valentine's Day be wihout a sugar overdose?

Anytime we have Pizza Hut we have to get breadsticks because they are one of Annika's favorite foods. She loves breadsticks, french fries, and cheese. Annnnnnd that's about all she eats. Not because we order pizza and french fries that often, but because she now refuses to eat any other food. She particularly refuses to eat anything someone else feeds her. She USED to be a great eater- lots of vegetables, meat, everything on the litle pyramid, but she just quit and we don't know why. We've talked to the doctor about it. The nurse didn't want us to giver her toddler formula and told us she needs to solid foods. I explained we offered them to her at every meal, but she wouldn't touch them. I was a little confused because I would say "She won't eat food no matter what we try" and she would just say " Well, she needs to eat solid food." Okkkkay. You're really not helping.

She knows you can get breadsticks in Target and scream when we walk out without them. She's like some sort of crazed animal. She will eat an entire order by herself. She'll go to any length to get them- I have to be careful where I leave the box because she will climb everywhere. Her favorite trick is to hang around until I get her some milk and then then storm the fridge. She dips each little bite in the marinara sauce and blows on it before she eats it.

French fries invoke the same frenzied reaction. I order a meal from McDonald's everytime now. I get the sandwich, she gets the fries. Bella's job is to hold the box in the car and keep them coming, so I don't have to listen to her scream "FI! FI! FI!" all the way home. Since we don't have McDonald's all that frequently, I let her have them. She sounds like a little tyrant, but other than fries, I try not to let her run the show.

If I let her, the little maniac would eat 5 or 6 string cheese sticks a day. Like the other two, she demands them loudly.

I'm beginning to sense a theme here. She likes, bread, marinara, and cheese. Maybe there's more Italian blood in us than I thought.

Happy Groundhog's Day!

I don't know what I was thinking. I told Isabella I liked her beaver puppet. It's Feb 2. It's a GROUNDHOG! Duh.

It wouldn't be Groundhog's Day without it.

I Got You Babe"

[HER:] They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
[HIM:] Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

[HER:] They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
[HIM:] I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

[HIM:] I got flowers in the spring I got you to wear my ring
[HER:] And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around
[HER:] So let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
[HIM:] Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

[HIM:] I got you to hold my hand
[HER:] I got you to understand
[HIM:] I got you to walk with me
[HER:] I got you to talk with me
[HIM:] Igot you to kiss goodnight
[HER:] I got you to hold me tight
[HIM:] I got you, I won't let go
[HER:] I got you to love me so

[BOTH:] I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe



I miss you, Daddy.