Chores...Fun?

 Daddy was unloading the dishwasher and Alanna BEGGED to help.  She has been wanting to help for some time, so we decided it was time to let her learn.

I put the silverware drawer down in a lower drawer and (after getting all the knives and scary things out) I let her go to town.  SHE LOVED IT!!!  She did such a great job putting each thing where where it went.

 I was so proud of her and she was so proud of herself too!  I put the camera away and turned around to hug her and then discovered she had reloaded the dishwasher with every piece of the silverware.

Good first try I guess. ;)

 

Tuesday Funnies:

(yeah, yeah, I know...it's not Friday, but these things happen ALL THE TIME and I forget about them by the time Friday rolls around.)

#1 - As I'm getting dressed, Alanna comes in my room and says "Oh, mommy your naked!!"  I told her that I was, but that I was getting dressed.  She asked what I was putting on (my bra) and I asked her if she remembered what it was called.  She thought for a second and then said "Oh yeah!  A boobie sack!!"  I almost wet my pants laughing so hard.

#2 - Alanna has started to really fight nap time.  The only time she falls asleep is if we are driving.  Yesterday I was so frustrated that I ended up loading her up and driving around for a good 15 minutes.  She talked for the first 10 and then got pretty quiet.  I thought she was almost asleep, but then yelled out "Mommy, where are we going????"  So much for that idea.

#3 - As I'm putting Alanna to bed, she pats my head and says "Mommy, can I call you "talks a lot" cause you do talks A LOT!!!  (there is a robot on disney channel called 'dance a lot' and I'm pretty sure she got her idea from him.  Either way I was cracking up!)

Monkey Monday:

 

Curly Sue:

 Alanna and I went to visit Nana and Papa last weekend and of course Papa wanted to mess with Alanna's hair.  She doesn't have much, but she has enough to play with. He decided to try and straighten it. 

(on super low of course)

She stood up there so still and and so big.  She loves to get her hair done by Papa!  That day we learned two very important things. 

#1...Alanna's hair grows SO weird.  A long rat tail in the back and super short on top.

 #2...We prefer our girl with her natural curly hair!!

POO POOS? NO!:

 My Uncle Joe (Alanna calls him "Gunkle Doe") invited us out to dinner while we were in Arkansas.  I told him I was craving a pupusa, so that's what we had!  YUM!!

Uncle Joe asked Alanna if she wanted to go and eat pupusas with us and she got this crazy look on her face and said "poo poo's? NO!!!!!"  It was hysterical!  We had to explain to her that pupusas were a food and not 'poo poo' like she was thinking.

The pupusas were GREAT, but come to find out, Alanna LOVED the chips and salsa!  She ate the whole first basket of chips they brought to us and a good amount of the second one.

The next day, she was telling everyone that she had 'pusas" with Gunkle Doe.  It was a fun time.

 

FORGIVE ME!

I have been out of town and completely neglected my blog while I was gone.

Things will resume as normal tomorrow...stay tuned!

 

SNOW DAY!!!!

Very rarely do we get snow in West Texas.  But about 7pm yesterday, it started snowing these big huge beautiful flakes!  Alanna couldn't wait to wake up the next morning and play in it!  She said she wanted to make a snowman.

So the next morning we bundled up and went out side!

Alanna insisted on wearing her boots!  HA!

For anyone else besides Texans, this looks like a pretty wimpy snow, but for us this is A LOT!!!

 First, daddy showed Alanna how to roll the snow around to make a ball. 

 We started our baby snowman and had plans to make a baby, a mommy, and a daddy snowman.

Tah-dah!  Here it is.  Alanna's first snowman!

 We started to make the other snowmen, but soon realized that #1 we didn't have enough snow (HA!) and #2 we were REALLY cold (Alanna took her mittens off!) and we needed some hot cocoa!