Erntedankfest

This is the best Thanksgiving miracle I could possibly share with you.
courtesy Marci mayhem

Tooth brushing

I know I must really be tired when I accidentally use Anna's toothpaste to brush my teeth.




I know I must be really really tired when I accidentally use Anna's toothbrush to brush my teeth.




Good night.

1458 points

Anna won 1458 points today for being the best child ever.
Let me break it down for you:

65 points for barely putting up with leaving for the Primary program rehearsal with a pancake in her hand. (she could have been better, but she wore her jammies so it was cute)

197 points for quietly watching 2 episodes of Little Einsteins in her high chair while I taped the bathroom for painting. (it was not hard to convince her)

320 points for sleeping while Ben and I painted the primer coat in the bathroom.

211 points for watching Ice Age while we finished the 2nd coat.

498 points for playing quietly with her toys in the kitchen without breaking anything, falling off anything or getting into anything while we did touch ups and cleaned up. (and for not trying to help)

66 points for knowing the word "around" and running circles around us when we collapsed on the bed.

101 points for being generally adorable, managing to not get paint on herself and yelling for me by name in several episodes of the day.

Nope

Instead of screaming "Noooo!" in the midst of tantrums, Anna screams "Nooope!"
Just picture it, it will brighten your day.

Just a Heads Up

If Anna starts yelling at you a word that is somewhere between "All done" "Again" and "Outside" what she is trying to say is "Einstein" - meaning "Little Einsteins" (not to be confused with "baby einstein") a disney show that she watches on my computer. But don't think she'll stop at asking. She will pick up your laptop and haul it down the hall to you, maybe dropping it a few times to accentuate her point.

just a heads up.

Halloween Hoohah

Here are our puckins.

Here is our minnie mouse.

We are not halloween people.

Apple technology

Daddy's phone from Apple

Anna's phone from an apple.

(she is literally saying "hewwo? Gamma?")

Gerbies

Ben came home from the grocery store with these today. Red Gerbera Daisies, "gerbies". My wedding bouquet was red gerbies. We tried in vain to keep a plant alive in our earlier apartments though blossoms were few and far between, eventually we put it out of its misery. Hopefully this one will at least make it through the winter so we can feel perpetually in spring.

Recipes That Don't Work - Flour special

This isn't so much about a failed cooking attempt, sorry to mislead. But since it was cooking related, I thought it might fly (and get some of my readership back).

How To Discover Flour in 9 easy steps.
When Anna saw me making pancake mix, I knew it was only a matter of time before I had to introduce her to flour. So on pizza night, I gave her a small pile of flour next to where I was kneading and let her figure it out.

1st - she just clawed around in it (I love her little finger prints/claw marks)
2nd - she threw it up into the air
3rd - she looked at me funny when I couldn't get the camera to take the picture I wanted.
4th - she started drawing in it, and drawing and drawing. (She did it with this kind of intensity) 5th - she wiped away her drawing to see what else she could get flour on.
6th - I asked to see her pretty face.
7th - she showed it to me.
8th - she got up on the table so her pants could play in the flour
9th - daddy came home and made us clean it up

I hope you all learned something very valuable. Anna learned about flour and what pizza dough tastes like (her favorite part was trying to pinch off pieces to eat)
Thank you,
Goodnight.