Thoughts on Daddy and the Waterpark

Makaela started talking about her Daddy while we were stuck in traffic and I was thinking "I wish I had this on camera". Luckily my camera was in the seat next to me, so I propped it up to video her, but I apologize for the shoddy camera work.

Easter Egg-stravaganza

This year we participated in the Ewa Gentry Easter Egg Hunt again. Last year we had a blast, so we were looking forward to it again. This year was definitely more low key. There were less people there and unfortunately no horsies for Makaela, but they still had the bouncy house. Another upside of less people signing up was better candy and more eggs for everyone. This year Makaela was old enough to be in the 3-5 age range where the parents don't accompany the kids on the egg hunt (sad- my little girl is growing up), but since I had Mia, I it would have been difficult to go anyway. It's crazy that last year, at the last Easter Egg Hunt, I told Monica (and then all the other ladies later on) that I was pregnant and this year, I have two little bunnies to watch :-)

Makaela is going bi-lingual

Makaela's new preschool teacher is from Costa Rica, so she has a bit of an accent and Makaela mimics her on occasion. One day I caught Makaela "teaching" her dolls and she was doing these very elaborate circling hand movements and putting her hands on her hips as she talked to them. When I asked her what she was doing, she said, "I'm Marrrcccela"- looks like she got the rolling of the Rs down. Well, last night she started counting her shapes...in Spanish. I praised her and she was thoroughly pleased with herself. Then later when we were getting changed for bed, she started talking gibberish, with a few "dos" and "unos" thrown in there. When I asked her what she was doing, she said, "uh, mom, I told you already that I speak Spanish now". When I told Ms. Marcela the story this afternoon, she started laughing and instead of saying "bye" to Makaela, she said "adios". Makaela didn't miss a beat, "Avos Ms. Marrrcccela!"

Here she is counting:

Makaela-isms Part 5

Here are some more hysterical tidbits from Makaela:

On the way to school:

Me: Do you know how much I love you?

Makaela: No

Me: I love you to the moon and back again

Makaela: Hey, YOU DON'T SAY THAT TO ME!

Me: What? Why?

Makaela: Because that hurts my feelings. I don't want you to send me to the moon.

(I forgot how literal 3 years old are)

We do "homework" right before we head to bed and lately we have been working of 3 dimensional solids. Last night we were working on spheres:

Me: This is a sphere

Makaela: A pier

Me: No, a sss-phere (emphasizing the S as I had to her)

Makaela: oh, a sssssss-pier. Great! And look mom, here is another ssss-pier.

Teething is a Family Affair

Now that Mia is teething, Makaela has been coming in handy:-)

Five Fabulous Months of Mia!!

Can you believe that Mia is 5 months already?! My little girl is growing up too quickly.

Our Creative Sunday

So I am the only person I know who can go to a Borders "going out of business sale" and spend entirely too much on not very much, but that is what happens when you have a fun loving 3 year old as a shopping partner. Makaela picked out a jewelry box that needed to be decorated with mosaic tiles. Luckily Mia took a 2 1/2 hour nap because it allowed us to sort the mosaic tiles by color, create some designs and then painstakingly glued every piece on. She decided she wanted an "M" on it so we had some fun learning going on too. It was some good mommy/daughter bonding time.