Wish I May

Last night Ethan and I were driving in the car and there was a beautiful crescent moon shining in the sky. I pointed it out to Ethan and he exclaimed, "There's a star too! It's the first star--can I make a wish?!"

Ethan and me: Wish I may, wish I might, wish upon this star tonight

Me: Don't tell anyone your wish - keep it a secret!

Ethan: Or else it won't come true! How do wishes come true? Does Santa hear them and them just drop stuff out of the sky?

Me: Well, some wishes come true but if you wish for something outrageous it might not, like if you wish for a million dollars.

Ethan: Right. Or if you wish to be all grown up or to have a birthday every day. But what if you wish for a camera or a cell phone?

Side note: The camera wish may come true since Ethan has a birthday coming up and he constantly wants to take pictures with my camera. The cell phone? Not a chance! Being all grown up? No way - that would mean missing out on conversations like this.

Grandma's Little Dancer

After Emma's ballet/tap class today a new little girl looked at Emma then looked up at me and said, "Are you her grandma?" With a forced smile and a controlled voice I said, "No, I'm her mom." She looked at me with a puzzled expression, kind of looked me up and down then walked away. I realize I am technically old enough to be a grandmother, but my children aren't even old enough to learn about sex, let alone make me a grandmother!

While driving home I told Emma that her new friend thought I was her grandma. She laughed and said, "Why did she think that?! Grandmas are OLD. Grandmas are about sixty-one-twenty-ONE-HUNDRED years old." Well, I'm glad to know Emma doesn't think I'm THAT old, although I am quickly approaching the big 4-0!

Dreary Day

In the top picture you can see the beautiful mountains, as seen from our front yard. Below that you can see a hint of the mountains covered in polluted winter air. It's called inversion - since we are surrounded by mountains the pollution gets trapped in the valley until a storm blows the nasty stuff away. I used to be slightly aware of it and notice that I had a low-grade headache and the need to clear my throat. Now it is constantly on my mind. It aggravates Ethan's asthma as his little lungs breathe in all the crap. It pains me as I listen to him cough. Days like this make me want to live somewhere else, preferably by the beach. The weather forecast doesn't show a storm for nearly a week. I know, earlier I was complaining about the snow and now I am wishing for it. If it makes my little guy feel better then please, bring on the snow!

Frosty - Finally!

The kids have wanted to build a snowman ever since the snow started to fly back in December. We've either been running around for swimming lessons, soccer, something else or it's just been tooooo cold to be outside (according to my weather standards). So anyway, today was a decent day so we went to work and built this little snowman. It's a lot of work, especially when I have to do most of the building, so we ended up with a little guy. Alex named him Frosty.

Then while I was taking pictures Audi jumped up, grabbed the celery stick hanging from Frosty's mouth and took off running. She also snagged the carrot nose. In a panic I told the kids to catch her! I warned them that if she ate celery, her you-know-what would be more stinky than it already is! We had to trick her with a dog treat to get the veggies away from her.

Discovering New Heights

David walked into the family room a couple of days ago and found Audi perched upon the back of the couch. I love the way she tilts her head to the side when we talk to her.

A New Rendition of Jingle Bells

In December Ethan spent a few days at KinderCare while I was still working. He was very excited to spend time with his "old" friends. Apparently they spent a lot of time learning this new song . . .

1 to 116

I wish that was the reading on the scale when I step on it, but that's only in my dreams! I'm hoping this will be my year of being more committed to exercise and being healthy. We got a Wii for Christmas (from us, to us) and recently purchased Wii Fit. It's awesome! I had no idea what it would be like and how much I would like it. I keep telling the kids, "It's my turn!" but I'm embarassed to say I tweaked my ankle yesterday while hula hooping.

But anyway, that's off the subject. I am at work and we have been completely slammed today--so many students trying to register which is a good thing but it's exhausting! It's just after 3:00 and we finally had a few minutes to breathe. I looked out the windows and saw the blizzard that is taking place outside. Bleh!!! I am not enjoying this weather. We were marveling yesterday at the high and low temperatures we have experienced over the past year. In July we drove through Barstow and the thermometer in our car went up, up and up all the way to 116 degrees. Yesterday morning as we drove to church the thermometer went down, down, down all the way to one degree! I was actually hoping it would go lower so I could see if it was programmed for negative numbers. Bundle up and stay warm!