They All Call Me Mom

a car is just a car, right?

Does anyone know Manny Pacquiao, the fighter from the Philippines?  Well, that is his car.  Nice, huh?  To be truthful, the car does nothing for me.  It’s impractical, and costs way too much, in my opinion.  But Rich was all over this car!   “Stand next to it!”  he told me.   “What for?”  I […]

Aria’s bed

It’s happening!  Finally. Aria’s “Toddler” bed is being built!  Yes, I know she’s no longer a “toddler” at almost three and a half, but I’m trying not to focus on that.   Better late than never, right?  I figure she will have about two years in this little bed – maybe even a bit longer, just […]

on daddy’s shoulders

Aria & her Daddy at Disneyland  October 31, 2011 A little girl needs a DaddyFor many, many things:Like holding her high off the groundWhere the sunlight sings! Like being the deep musicThat tells her all is rightWhen she awakens frantic withThe terrors of the night. Like being the great mountainThat rises in her heartAnd shows […]

Aria is at it again…

Okay, this is an interesting one.I knew she was walking around with my iPhone, but I assumed she was just taking pictures.  If you watch this, be warned:  it might make you extremely dizzy.  She moves around a lot!H A P P Y   S U N D A Y!one click per day, please – thank you so much!

when you give a three year old your iPhone…

Aria is very into my iPhone lately.  She picks it up if she sees it on the counter.  She plucks it out of my purse.  She grabs it from my back pocket.   I know, I know… I shouldn’t let her just take my phone like that, but she just loves  playing with my iPhone’s […]

How I play with my 3-year-old when I’m too busy to play

“Mommy…will you play with me?” As a mother, I adore hearing those sweet words come out of my three year old’s mouth.  But as a busy mother who is trying to get everything she needs to get done in a day, those words always tug at my heart strings because as much as I’d love […]

with my finger? really?

So I’m thinking I need to update my blog’s look a bit.  The photo in the header is a year and a half old, and check out Aria – she doesn’t even look like that anymore!  I mean, she was such a baby in that photo.  And to date, she is a BIG GIRL three […]

bed decisions

Aria is finally in her own small room, with her own small bed. At last, a place to put her “stuff” instead of our bedroom.  A place for her to sleep instead of our bed!  Oh, happy day! But when I say small room, I am not exaggerating.  In our master bedroom, we had a […]

Baby No More

You requested a “Dora” birthday – you just loves Dora the Explorer. I took you shopping at the party supply store, and you picked out your own special Dora cup, some Dora cupcake decorations, Dora party hats and plates, and even Dora wrapping paper.  You were so excited, planning your birthday party! You wore your […]

what color are her eyes?

Aria has amazing eyes.  Photos do not do them justice.  One day I’m hoping to catch her eyes in a photo where they look just as they do in real life.  So far, no luck.  But I’m working on it! What color would you say her eyes are?  Hazel?  Green?  I think sometimes they even […]

15 years

Audriana & Aria…the best of friends.Even with 15 years between them. Audriana:  Toopie, are we best friends forever and ever?Aria:  Bes fwenz fo-eber an eber! Then they do the “pinkie swear” thing where they link their pinky fingers together.  I see this all the time lately.  Audriana just adores her baby sister, and Aria’s favorite […]

A Room with a View

She complained about the location of her playhouse, so we moved it to the other side of our yard.  As Rich says, it’s all about location, location, location…. And now, she has quite the view!  I don’t know what it is, but ever since we relocated her little house she has been playing in it nonstop. […]

New Playhouse

The playhouse that Aria got for her second birthday did not last long at all.  Not even a full year. It was plastic and was pretty much destroyed by two things:  1) the sun, and 2) our boys. Our  boys!!  They play in our yard with the soccer ball and baseball as if they are […]

just two more months

In just two more months she will be three years old.  No longer a baby, but preschool age.  Sometimes when I think about this, my throat gets all tight.  Just two more months of her babyhood! I am soaking up every single minute of it. She only wears diapers at night now, when she’s sleeping. […]

routine

She falls asleep in the same place   everyday! Aria likes her mid-afternoon routine! Relaxing on mommy’s bedroom couch… pop in the DORA video…and she’s asleep in five. Mom likes that routine, too!

6-month dental appointments – check!

This week four of our younger ones had their 6-month dental check-ups!  I feel so accomplished with this…because if you remember this post….I haven’t really been all that on the ball with our dental appointments in the past  (although I see that their teeth are brushed a few times a day – I’m no slacker […]

Tangled

~~~~~~~~~ Looks like we have our own version of “Tangled” going on over here! Sometimes she wakes up from her naps with hair…well, with hair full of naps!    Is that where the term came from?  Nappy hair is from taking naps?    Or is it the other way around?  Your hair looks like this […]