Monday, May 11, 2009

"I only cried a little, then I stopped."


Adelaide has been talking about getting her ears pierced for the last couple of months. She reminded me on Saturday that what she really wanted for her birthday was to get her ears pierced. After Aaron drug his feet and asked her many times if she was sure and then made a big deal about looking at her pretty ears without earrings before we left, we made it out the door and to the Treasure Coast Mall with Jammy Lamby and Blankie in tow.

She never wavered in her conviction to go through with it, however she did get a bit nervous while we were waiting for helper #2 to check out other costumers. You can see how she was squeezing her arm... I thought she would leave a bruise!

She didn't cry initially and had it not been for the 9 or 10 year olds in the back ground that said "She didn't even cry.", she may have toughed her way through it.
She shows everyone her earrings and tells them "I only cried a little, then I stopped.", which is very accurate. She cried for less than 15 seconds and in those 15 short seconds 4 big tears managed to roll their way down her cheeks. She wiped them off and said "I wanna see them!"

Pete and Repeat

Here is Dax going through the list of some of the most common words we hear from him on a daily basis. CAR is the word we hear most often... after getting a bunch of Matchbox Cars from the Easter Bunny he is obsessed to say the least. I made the mistake of letting him watch Disney Pixar's Car in the van and now he throws a fit 'til we put it back in (the girls have watched Cars at least 10 times in the last week).

Adelaide's 5th Birthday

Adelaide is 5 already, it doesn't seem possible but she is. We took her to Disney on the 8th and did a quick visit. We were in and out in 4 1/2 hours...seemed more like 10. It was crowded and HOT, I think the temp. topped out at 96 and we were there for the worst of it 12:00 to 4:30.
On Saturday we had a birthday party fit for a princess. I made her a Cinderella cake and we played princess inspired games, Kiss the Frog, Poison Apple (like hot potato), and Magic Carpet Ride (like musical chairs). Kiss the Frog was my favorite and I think it was a toss up for the girls between Kiss the Frog (they liked putting lip-stick on) and Poison Apple.



Kinderfest 2009

Mia recited the poem 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' by Cecil Alexander