"GIT IN MY BELLY. GIT IN MY BELLY."

Does this make anyone else laugh?
I think it's genius.

Bullet

Alex is in charge of feeding "Bullet" the fish, while her friend Koben is out of town.

She took her job very seriously.

cupcakes...again!

We make a good team. Alex licks the frosting, and I get the delicious gluten-free cake!

"Let's do it again. Let's do it again."

The chicken loves the water slide, not the baby slide, but the big big big slide!

Fighter soooo funny Mama.

Alex thought it was the funniest thing when she found a "fighter" (aka spider) crawling on the sidewalk.

She loved that fighter.

May he rest in peace, that's how much she loved that fighter.

Hey Zebra, Hey Cheetah

Zebra versus Cheetah.

This is how it's done little girl

Alex and another little girl at the Museum dressed up in their giraffe suits.

Here is Alex showing the girl how giraffes eat leaves.

Wildlife Experience

Alex and I went to The Wildlife Experience today. I was expecting some butterflies with pushpins through their wings in glass boxes, and maybe a larvae exhibit.

This place was awesome! There were real animals (dead ones), that had mechanical movements.

Alex was scared, but it was a good experience overall.

Super cool exhibit

Seriously, look at how close the elephant is...scary.

hiking

Hiking with kids is real fun. Walking sticks are a necessity, and so are sugary snacks.

Time Out Aunt Melanie

Aunt Melanie was put in Time Out for saying a bad word. The kids, Santos, Arlo and Alex are explaining the rules to her.

Rule #1 The offender must stay in Time Out 1 minute for every year old you are (Santos said that Melanie had to stay for 10 minutes based on her age.)

Rule #2 The offender must not talk at any point during the Time Out (clearly Melanie is in violation.)

Rule #3 Your time doesn't start until you've stopped crying. (We do not enforce this rule at our house. When Alex earns a Time Out, she is soooo crushed at her situation, that she really shapes up afterwards.)

And I quote...

"The grumpies are coming out of my mouth Mama. I can't stop them."

busy, busy

OK, I'm going to give my Virtual Friends a little taste of our busy day today.

First, we baked some gluten-free blueberry muffins in our pj's.

Then we went to the Zoo

First ice cream cone of 2011, and first ride on an Ox.

train ride

We are sooooooo excited for the train!

My little mini-me cracks me up. There was a little boy misbehaving while we were waiting for the train. I kept telling Alex that he was being naughty, and he was going to be in big trouble.

Of course, his parents didn't even notice, let alone care what sort of shenanigans he was up to.

As soon as we rode away in the train, I told her that he was in time out, and that he wouldn't get his turn to ride the train. We've been talking a lot about him. I mean A LOT.

Then we brushed the dog...

This is our Craigslist, "Terrier mix", "no shedding" dog named Finley.

Alex loves to brush her. Actually, Alex loves to back-comb Finley's hair.

It's almost daylight savings!!!!!

Then we went for a walk with all of the neighbors.

THE END

After reading "Where the Wild Things Are", we were tuckered out.

Baby Monkey and Julian

Did she just say, "Hola"?
This is the story of how Baby Monkey saves Julian.
Alex is talking sooooo much now. She told the neighbor kids yesterday that her Mama was at work making a baby with curly hair, and that Mama was going to bring the baby home for Alex to play with.

RDP

Alex frequently talks about how she is scared of Raccoons.

Here is Nana telling Alex about the Raccoon family that lives in their backyard.

Alex looks worried, but she's been asking us questions about the family ever since. This is what we call the Raccoon Desensitization Process. (You may recall the Dinosaur Desensitization Process.)

Bapa and Nana

Alex loves her Bapa and Nana.

McQueen and Mater

Photography 101

Alex took about 1 billion photos with my camera and the tripod. This was her best work.

Varsity Team

You simply cannot make a fort without a head lamp.

Alex only allowed her favorite animals into the special fort. I call them the Varsity Team.

That damn bird

I was taking a nap with Alex today (except I was the only one sleeping). When I was awakened by an object hitting me in the head. I was rubbing my head, trying to figure out what happened, and Alex was an inch away from my face saying, "It was the birdie that hurt you Mama. It was the birdie that hurt you Mama."

(Note the birds in her hand.)

Read to me

Alex has been loving her books lately. She really wanted to sit on this girl's lap, so that the girl could read her a book.

statues

The weather has been beautiful here this week. Today, Alex and I checked out EVERY SINGLE STATUE in Golden.