Blades of...yes please

Move over 2010 Olympics, "Blades of Glory" is on the other channel.

vitamin D

We spent the afternoon trying to get our fill of Vitamin D, sledding right into the gutter with Alex's BFF's.

tankini covergirl

Alex could be a COVERGIRL in her tankini. (It was impossible to get a full-length picture of her because she was so excited to get into the water.)

little helper

Alex is a big helper, as you can imagine.

money down the drain

We bought a one year pass to the Children's Museum, and ALL ALEX WANTS TO DO IS HUG THIS DOG. This very special animal is found on the Firetruck at the entrance. When we walk in the door, Alex starts panting like a dog until I take her over to see him.

Seriously, I should have just bought the dog, it would have saved us some money

Grocery store clerk

Alex is so calm when trying to remember the codes for the fruits and vegetables at the checkout.

pigtails

Pigtails make Alex look older, don't ya think?

take notes Mia Hamm, this is how it's done

Looks like the private soccer coach that I hired has really been paying off. Supergirl has some mad skills.

Mommy and the chicken

Mommy showing Alex the art of catching snowflakes on the tongue.

Hey you!

"God, are you up there? Remember, I asked for a puppy and a cow?"

Luge Olympian

Today we took a page out of the training notebook of the athletes who compete in the Luge.

Alex will tell you, it was a rigorous core workout.

Little winter Olympians

The winter Olympians out for an afternoon training session.

Namaste

Our chicken had a little, teeny, tiny meltdown in the Tampa airport. It was Mama's fault for keeping her up all day, in hopes that she would sleep the entire flight. That plan could have really backfired.

But, after a catnap, she was all smiles for the 4 hour flight, I am so proud of her!

Oh yeah, I probably should mention that the family, in the row in front of us on the airplane was deaf. Seriously. Deaf. As in, sign language deaf.

That is the Universe saying, "...enjoy your flight, and go ahead and scream at the exciting parts of the movie Alex. And you can clap too."

Namaste.

Uncle Bapa

Little Buddy and her Uncle Bapa playing in the surf.

Siesta Key in February

Siesta Key is always beautiful.

no pants, no shoes

A winter coat, and a diaper.
This is an outfit that you may find on a child at your local Walmart.

go ahead and eat that

Eating a crumbly muffin in my own car is totally unacceptable, however, in a rental car, we make exceptions.

Hey Mama, I got a question for you...

Alex is going to look at this picture in 20 years, and she's going to be all, "Hey Mama, are you sure that Richard Simmons isn't my Daddy?"
Those sure are some curly locks kid.
We're having some fun in the sunshine state, even though it's not that sunny. I don't know how Alex is ever going to get a base tan with all these clouds.

Valentines girls

My Valentines girls.
These two stayed in the water for a record 2 hours this morning! They were all wrinkled and had the "swim tireds" on the drive home.

hoods up

It was a hoods up kind of day. Not a "sun's out guns out" kind of day.

boys are funny

Alex gets to spend a week with her Uncle Travis. He's gonna teach her some cool games that boys play like this one.

eating the snow

We were outside for about 20 minutes this time, and my little pocket pal LOVED the snow.

She helped me shovel by eating as much snow as she could in front of me.

All bundled up

Here is Alex and me making the best of the 20 degree weather.

pushing the stool

Alex is real good at pushing out that stool.

Our little 16 monther

Can any of my Virtual Friends recommend a good book on behavior modification for temper tantrum-throwing toddlers?
Alex will make periodic demands throughout the day, and if not met to her satisfaction, she will arch her back, fall to the ground, and occasionally bang her head (Ozzy style), because, she simply cannot go on living, if "THAT KID, TOUCHES THAT STUFFED ANIMAL ONE MORE TIME!"

oh uh uh

The Chicken's determination is evident in her tongue sticking out of her mouth. Today she figured out that she must take the steps up the slide, in order to enjoy the ride down.

Today, I was giving her a bottle and humming a song to her (like I have done since she was 1 hour old), and do you know what she did?????

She took the bottle out of her mouth, and looked at me and said, "sssshhhhhhhh".

OH NO YOU DIIIIIN'T.

STRONG MAN THIN MAN

Alex was power-cleaning her sit and spin.

She was warming up for a good old fashioned game of "STRONG MAN, THIN MAN", taught to me by my Uncle Dave. (I think it's meant to be called Strong Man, Weak Man, but nobody tells Uncle Dave that.)

lick it clean

Oprah says that yogurt is real good for your skin.

Pants hat

Praise my pants hat!