Family History Primary Activity

Yesterday the primary had a Family History activity for all the primary kids. They played some games, made little albums (the older kids made bigger albums) and filled out some papers for their albums- all about their families.

ABOUT ME...
I am 3 years old
I have 0 brothers and 1 sister (on the way)
My favorite color is red
I like to learn about people
My favorite foods are apples, pizza, & chicken nuggets
I like to play with toys
I am happy when I go to preschool & when I am with Allie
I like to help my mom put away dishes
I like to help my dad play guitar

Lexi-isms

While eating pasta & tomato sauce at my mother's house I was a little concerned because Lexi was being a bit more careless than usual. I was afraid with each bite that the saucy noodle would fall on the rug or, worse, the upholstered chair she was sitting on. I said, "You're stressing me out, Lexi." To which she responded, "I know, Mama. Just calm down. Calm down."

While sitting on a VERY crowded bus, the young man next to us flashed Lexi a big grin. She turned to me and said, "He has a smile."

Lexi removed her gloves and took a look at her nails and then commented, "My nails are getting scratchy."

L: "Gla gla. Klo klo."
Me: "What does that mean?"
L: "It's Spanish."
(I guess she thinks Spanish just sounds like a lot of gibberish?)

"My heel is hurting because I ate too much dinner last morning."

--"How old are you?"
--"3! I'm a sunbeam!"

"Laura moved to Florida? But she's my aunt! She belongs to me!"

A conversation with Dad about a character on the Curious George PBS show:
L: "That's Compass."
Dad: "What's a compass?"
L: "Compass is a bird. He's a homing pigeon."
(we were floored when we heard her say *homing pigeon*)

After Lexi had calmed down from a fit of crying:
"I have another tear coming out."

First Snow!!

HOORAY! It is the middle of February, and New York City has FINALLY gotten its first real snowstorm of the season! Unfortunately, there was quite a bit of freezing rain in the mix as well (we could hear the ice actually hitting our windows as it fell from the sky), but we did get several inches of snow. Lexi could hardly wait to put on her snowpants (which happen to be last year's pants... since we still haven't had snow, I just could not break down and spend the money on pants we might not even use) and get out in that snow! The minute we walked out the door, she ran over to the snow that had not yet been shoveled and fell right down in it!

 

The slides were extra slippery today...

 

...but a large accumulation of snow on this slide made it difficult to make it to the bottom.

 

This slide proved to be nice & slippery!

La Artista

Today I sat down next to Lexi while she was spending her daily time at her little desk. We decided to draw some people, so we talked a little bit about what a person has: a head, some legs, arms, eyes, mouth etc. I told her I wanted to see her draw... so she did - all by herself! I just lovelovelove the cute little people she drew- bodyless heads with legs & shoes (she had to run into the other room to get one of her shoes before she actually added them to the picture). She has spent an awful lot of time today filling up page after page of her little people- with no adult help at all.

Another Birthday!

Today is Aunt Laura's 25th birthday! We were happy to be able to be with her! We all made the trek to Borders Books to meet Strawberry Shortcake, and then headed to one of our favorite restaurants Sosa Borella in Midtown for a delicious lunch. Later in the evening at home we had some brownie sundaes and sang Happy Birthday. We love you, Laura!

Strawberry Shortcake

One of the joys of having a daughter is being able to revisit my own childhood and its happy memories. It seems as though many of the toys I grew up with are making a comeback of sorts: My Little Pony, Cabbage Patch Kids and Strawberry Shortcake, just to name a few. Today, Borders at Columbus Circle was holding a "release party" for the new Strawberry Shortcake movie. We decided to stop by, expecting to wait in a long line to meet Strawberry and Friends. When we arrived we were pleasantly surprised with a full blown PAR-TAH! There was virtually no line to meet Strawberry, where they took a Polaroid and gave you a frame craft kit, little tables and chairs set up for the kids to make their frames & color pictures, yummy cupcakes from Crumbs bakery accompanied by milk in spill-proof cups, hosts from Radio Disney emceeing the event, and a HUGE pink carpet laid out with a plethora of soft Strawberry decorated pillows. They also gave away some free t-shirts, and, if you bought the movie (thanks, Grandma Susan!) you got another big goodie bag of fun treats. At noon they screened the movie, but we decided to leave by then.

Aunt Laura & Lexi with Strawberry Shortcake & Orange Blossom

Aunt Allie & Lexi working on a picture frame

Lexi & her aunts dutifully coloring their pictures for a free t-shirt

Happy times!

Feliz Cumpleanos

 

 

My wonderful husband.... today he is 30. Tonight we went out with some friends to an exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum that we have been wanting to see for some time: From El Greco to Picasso, which was a wonderful collection of Spanish paintings... and since we both served missions in Spain (no, we were NOT in the same mission), we have been wanting to visit the museum for sometime. We followed that up with dinner at a yummy burrito place. Matt's not one for a huge group gathering, so, no, I did not plan any big thing to celebrate the end of his third decade.

However, last week, the women of my family were all able to gather at our home. Great-Grandma, Aunt Barbara & Cousin Liz, Nanny Susan, and Aunts Laura & Allie, me, Lexi & baby-girl-in-utero...... and Matt. It is my personal opinion that since he grew up with 8 brothers he is now getting a dose of life with women (albeit, a very LARGE dose!). The ladies picked up some pizza and a cake on their way to our apartment, and so we were able to have a little birthday celebration for him. He (and I!) was pleasantly surprised by the thoughtful gesture.

Happy Birthday Lovey!