First haircut

G-ster got her first haircut yesterday. She did great and I think the pics speak for themselves. I sure will miss those 2 little pigtails :-( but the rattail HAD to go!

Sweet little "ponies."

So, it definitely needs to be cut...right?

I mean, it's not THAT bad, is it....

Ok, she's still cute. Whew.

Almost done and looking awesome!!!

Beautiful day.

We had beautiful weather here Monday. About 68, sunny. I mulched the landscaping and trimmed our palm tree. The G needed to help so she put on her "work gwubs," too. In this pic she is painting, or as she says "Doing work something." She's been adding the word something on the end of a lot of her sentences lately. Not sure what that's about. Anyway, we painted the driveway with water for about an hour (you can see the work gloves). We draw silly stuff but also draw shapes, numbers, and letters. Her favorite "shape" is a donut! She gets tangible objects (donut, star, moon, sun, piece of pizza, blocks) much better than the actual shapes (circle, square, triangle). Its great fun and I feel like I'm being a "good mom" by trying to teach her stuff. Plus, Daddy doesn't have to hose it off the driveway like sidewalk chalk!

Whew!

What a few weeks we've had! Superbowl, Mardi Gras, a visit from Boo and Pa-pa, getting our house ready to sell... I am done-ski. We are ready for a little "regular" life around here. I think a little vegging out and watching the Olympics is just what the doctor ordered. Speaking of the doctor, I went to the emergency room two weeks ago at 4 a.m. to discover severe dehydration (I weighed 3 lbs less than the day before), a sinus infection, and a UTI. Blah. But, I'm all better now. And, it was a wake up call that I need to pay attention to drinking more water!!!

The G has been incredible lately. She amazes me every day with the sentences she says and the crazy things she comes up with. The other morning she was eating breakfast and asked for a "popafocle" (popsicle). When I said she couldn't have one until snack time (at least 10 a.m., right?) she looked at me, crossed her arms and said, "NOT FAIR!!!" Man, I thought I had a while before she started saying that!!! Oh well. She also has been saying "Boo-ya!" when she kicks or throws or bangs or whatever on something. It cracks me up. I think I'll keep her :-)

WHO DAT!!!

Its a great day to live in New Orleans!!! Geaux Saints!

It's good to be young

With 30 appproaching VERY quickly, I've been thinking about the end of my youth. Now, I know that I'm still young, I'm just referring to my crazy, carefree youth so I don't want to read a bunch of comments about how 30 isn't old. I'm aware.

Today I went an aqua class at the gym. I've always thought it would be fun but I've been chicken to go because, well, I'm not sure why. Anyway, today I sucked it up and went. I knew the class was filled with older people so I wasn't surprised to be the youngest there by about 30 years. What I did realize was how lucky I am to have a healthy body (even if I do have noodle arms). Before a lot of the moves, the instructor said things like "if you've had your hip replaced modify like this", "if you have arthritis, do it this way", and "those of you with bad knees can repeat the last move and skip this one." Ahh, it feels good to be young (even with a persistent cold)!

All good things come to an end.

So yesterday was great, this morning not so much. G woke up 30 minutes earlier than usual, then before 8 am I was de-greasing M and the carpet. She found a jar of Vaseline and had spread it all over kingdom come while I cleaned up from breakfast. Not cool, not cool at all.

The best day

Today, G has been my buddy for 2 years, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day. We had the BEST day ever! Nothing specific to report, just that it was awesome. All parents out there, make sure that you are with your kiddi in that day of their life. Take off work, whatever you have to do. I'm convinced it's a great age, not just for my girl, but for all bambinos.