Bear in the cities

Today we (Amber, Elle, and I) were watching some Disney clips on Youtube when the one we are watching (Hakuna Matata) finished Amber started to get excited and said, "The bear in the cities, can we watch the bear in the cities." I just looked at her and asked her which one she was talking about. She had said the same thing a couple of days ago and I couldn't figure out what she was talking about then either. So this time she was able to point at it on the side menu of related videos. The "bear in the cities" was the Jungle Books Bare Necessities. I laughed so hard when I saw what she was trying to say. It is so cute I don't think I will correct her for a little while so I can hear her say it a couple more times. That makes me a bad mom but it is so funny to hear her say it and sing it.

Losing my brain

The other day I decided to take the girls to a pet store to see the animals. They both had a really good time and we got to see all kinds of pets, some strange/unusual (spiders, ducks, chicks, and scorpions). Amber really seemed interested in these unusual pets. Later that day while I was going through some papers on the table I found a bill that somehow had gotten mixed in and was late. After finding the bill the following conversation took place:

Me: I have lost my brain.
Amber: Where is it?
Me: I wish I knew.
Amber: Maybe you left it at the pet store place. *long pause* You gave it to the spider.
Me: No, I don't think the spider has my brain and if it did I don't think it would help it much.

I thought that that was the end of that but a while later and after we had talked about all kinds of other things she just blurts out.

Amber: Mom, the spiders ate your brain.

I have no idea where that came from and I don't think that she has any idea what a brain is but it was still rather funny. Ever since seeing the spiders she will talk about them. Sometimes they are scary and other times they aren't. She sure does have a good imagination and kids sure do say the darnedest things is all I can say.

Hormone food

I am not sure if it is just me or not but right before a certain time of the month (aunt flow*) I really crave/must have something. It usually ends up being Cafe Rio that I need. The pork burrito (black beans, mild sauce, enchilada style with extra lettuce) usually does the trick but occasionally it is a pork salad that is urgently needed. If I don't end up going and getting my hormone fix, as it has come to be called, I am fine (read:or I am just grumpy,testy, mean and/or emotional) but I am more pleasant to be around if I do (J will vouch for that). Does anyone else have a hormone food (aside from chocolate - because we all need chocolate right!?) that they crave or is it just me?
*sometimes being a girl isn't so fun but there are a lot of reasons why I love it.

one balloon

Elle turns 1

How, oh how, is it possible that it has already been a year since my baby was born!? I can't believe a year ago today I was in the hospital with my 6 lb. 14 oz. baby and now she is closer to 20 lbs. This year has been challenging, fun, and fast. I feel lucky to be Elle's mom and I can't wait to continue to watch her grow and change. She has kept me sane on those potty training days and other days that Amber has been hard or I have been down. I sure do love her and am glad that she is my daughter. Enjoy the pictures and the video (sorry it's long).
A Year of Elle

Cut it all off

Amber and Elle got their hair cut today. Amber kept asking to get her hair cut and it is getting long and hard to keep out of her mouth and face so I thought why not. Elle has been sporting a mullet for a while now so I thought that we would try and rectify that since we were going anyway. When I asked Amber how she wanted her hair cut she kept telling me: "I want it all cut off." I am not sure what she really thought that would be so I helped her decide how short to go. I think that it looks really good on her. When it came time for it to be Elle's turn I was worried that she was going to cry the entire time and not hold still. Kandice thought that it would be easier if I just held her on my lap and she could cut. So that is what we did and Elle didn't seem to care one bit. It went so smoothly and without any tears. :) Now I just need to decide what I want to do with my hair so I can go back in and see Kandice. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them.

I forgot to mention that this was Elle's first hair cut. Amber got her first one when she was 6 months old and Elle is almost (in 5 days - aahhh) a year. I don't know why but it is so strange to me how they can be so so different from one another. You would think that I would understand that they are different children but I guess I just expect Elle to be like Amber because that is what I have experienced before. They have been so different from each other from day one and it is fun to see the differences as they grow. Here are some fun pictures to see the before and after of both girls.

Mother's Cookies

Is it lame that when I found out that Mother's Cookies closed down I was really sad? I thought of all the yummy cookies that I craved every couple months and how I had been eating my entire life where just gone. I just couldn't believe that they weren't at the store anymore. Like these and my favorite these. The part that was hardest was that I didn't know that they had closed up and so I missed buying as many as as I could find before they were gone. I didn't get the chance to saver the last cookie or last bite. But then as I was researching online I found sites that were selling these treasure at a high price. And then when I was really tempted to indulge and get a couple I found this article. Kellogg's was going to be making Mother's Cookies! Yippy and yahoo because really it would be sad if they were gone forever. Now I just have to be patient and wait for my cookies to return in June. I think I can make it but now that I can't have them, I want them more than ever. I am weird that way. It is like when I am pregnant and want to do things that I am not supposed to or when I am car-less and feel like I have to go somewhere. I guess I just need to be happy that they will be back and I just hope that they taste the same.