Saturday Seven!

Okay, if anyone's still with me after yesterday, here's some light reading!

I'm calling this the "Saturday Seven".

Seven things over the last week that my girls did that just tickled me. Fun stuff, sappy stuff, giggly stuff. You get the idea.

1- Miss Bee told Sweet Pea to "Suck it up!". I am guilty of telling my 2 year old to "suck it up" when she's crying and I know she's mad at me. Wednesday morning I heard my words come out of her mouth. I had to bite my lip from laughing out loud. Apparently Miss Bee had had enough of Sweet Pea's crying and wanted her to get over it already.

2- Miss Bee parading around with a long stem red rose...wielding it like a sword. Nuff said.

3- Sweet Pea blowing raspberries and flipping her fingers across her mouth. She makes this funny buzzing sound. Awesome!

4- The fact that somehow Miss Bee can get peanut butter off of very ripe banana slices without mangling the banana. She's very proud of this skill.

5- I'm raising future Wal-mart greeters. My girls have never met a stranger. They greet everyone with waves and smiles and at least for Miss Bee very enthusiastic "Hello's" and "Hey there's". One day I will have to teach them about "stranger danger" but until then I will appreciate their friendliness.

6- Sweet Pea sitting in the middle of a pile of toys, juking and jiving to the music on the TV. She'll stop what she's doing to "boogie" then when the music changes or ends...back to playing without missing a beat.

7-Running in circles in the park is not only fun, but it makes you take a loooong nap. I let her run her "race" this morning after I walked the Heart & Sole 3 Miler. I needed the breather and she definitely needed to stretch her legs.

I Am Speaking English, Right?

The Cop and I went out to dinner tonight...just for the heck of it. We took both the girls and met up with BW and her 11 yo son.

I got to the restaurant first and feeling brave got the girls out of the van and made my way inside. I ask the hostess for, "A table for 6 ~ 2 of those highchairs please," while trying to hold Miss Bee's hand, keep my purse and diaper bag on my shoulder and not drop Sweet Pea (who weighs almost 22 pounds!).

The hostess replies, "Would a large booth be okay?"

Me: "No, we need a table please. With 2 high chairs."

Hostess: "Would a large booth be okay?"

Me: (more emphatically) "No. We need a table please. I need high chairs for both the children."

Hostess: "You can have 2 high chairs at a large booth."

[At this point I am seriously considering homicide AND trying to hold on to a 2 YO who really wants to check out a barrel full of peanuts.]

Me: "We have 2 more adults and another child coming! We need room for 2 high chairs and a booth will not do! I want a TABLE please!"

Hostess: (to the person standing next to her) "Can we put them at 124?"

Now you tell me...was I speaking English??? I'm guessing not since she never even tried to speak to me again.

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Dinner was a blast. They must seat all the parties with children in the same area. There were 3 children in the booth to the left, 1 in the booth to the right and a couple with a baby in an infant carrier were seated 2 booths away right after we got there. Besides a few "happy baby" noises, you'd have never known there were that many children in the area!

I always giggle when they give us children's menus to color. Usually the crayons wind up being an appetizer for Miss Bee. Wonder of wonders, she actually colored with her crayons this trip. No red, yellow, blue or green wax to brush out of her teeth! She did eat honey mustard sauce with her fork...skipping the chicken I carefully cut up for her to dunk in it.

Sweet Pea gobbled her bananas and then drank her bottle all by herself! I handed it to her and she was able to hold it and down it all. Then of course she played with it and dropped it on the floor....heck she's only 10 months, what more could you expect? I snuck her a few tastes of mashed potatoes. I'm not sure if she liked it or not...I'm not sure she's sure if she liked it or not!

All in all eating out with my girls is becoming more and more fun! Remind me I said that if I gripe about it in the future!

Tracye, I promise this is not in response to your comment on yesterday's post! :D

Zoo Fun

On a whim I called Cute Chick and asked her if she'd like to go to the zoo this morning with the girls and I. She jumped at the chance to hang with us! I love that chick!

We had a wonderful time in the beautiful weather. The girls both had a blast and since the weather was nice the animals were out and active.



Not on my agenda was this.



Um...yeah. That's my 2 year old. On a horse! (Well a pony really, but still.)

This face says it all!



The helmet and saddle were both too big, but she held on like a champ.



She looks so darned grown up. I was so proud I was about to burst and yet I was holding back tears at the same time. In my heart she still here...