A future American Idol??...
My kid just loves to sing! She sings all day, in her crib at night, first thing in the morning. That little voice has got to be the purest sound in the world. She loves The Wiggles and Barney because they sing and dance all the time. She knows almost all of the songs. She doesn't know all the words, but she does a pretty good job at pretending she does. We're actually taking her to a Wiggles concert next month. You don't want to even know how expensive the tickets were. I don't even know why it was so important to us to get good tickets. For some reason, we wanted to get as close as possible to four sweating, middle aged Australian men singing assanine songs. Go Figure!
On another front, we're trying to introduce the potty chair to Court. I bought her a Potty Time video and a book, and she seems to understand the concept, just not the idea that she's supposed to do it someday. She sits on her chair fully clothed, but the minute you suggest taking her pants off, she comes unglued. The other day at my parents' house, she said she had to go poo-poo, so we took her pants off and put her on the chair. Her little bare butt looked so darned cute on that chair...I just about died. But she didn't like it. She peed two drops into the chair, then got up, ran away, and peed on my mom's carpet in the living room. I don't think this is going to go well....
Monday, March 27, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Tag, I'm It!
Apparently there's this online game of tag among bloggers, and I'm it! I have to answer some questions so that my so-called "audience" knows more about me. Well, prepare to snooze, because it's not that entertaining folks! And I don't know how many people even read this, but I have to follow the rules.
Four Jobs I've had:
1) Installing glove compartments on the truck assembly line at a Toyota manufacturing plant. I actually only worked there for 7 days before I walked off the line in tears.
2) Accounting Manager at Pets.Com. It should have been illegal to have that much fun at work!
3) Library Assistant at Green Library at Stanford University. I basically got paid to study. It was great!
4) Cashier at Tri-City Sporting Goods - now this was my favorite job because it's where I met my husband!
Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over
1) Steel Magnolias (I'm a sap, what can I say)
2) Friday (Chris Tucker used to be a comic genius)
3) The Abyss
4) White Chicks (that dance off scene gets me every time!)
Four Places I've Lived
now this is especially boring. I've never left my beloved Bay Area
1) Fremont, CA
2) Palo Alto, CA (Stanford dorm)
3) Hayward, CA
4) San Lorenzo, CA
Four Places I've Been on Vacation
1) Disneyland (most romantic vacation I've ever had with my husband..can't wait to take Court)
2) St. Lucia - honeymoon
3) Kauai
4) Puerto Vallarta
can you tell I like beaches?
Four Websites I visit daily
1) People.com
2) eonline.com
3) babycenter.com
4) realityblurred.com
wow, that made me look bad
Four of my favorite foods
1) Pho'
2) seared ahi tuna
3) french fries
4) popcorn
Four Places I'd Rather be
1) Slanted Door in SF
2) Wine tasting in Napa Valley
3) Curled on the couch watching movies with my husband
4) Anywhere with my kid
Hope you're not asleep yet...Thanks for reading
Apparently there's this online game of tag among bloggers, and I'm it! I have to answer some questions so that my so-called "audience" knows more about me. Well, prepare to snooze, because it's not that entertaining folks! And I don't know how many people even read this, but I have to follow the rules.
Four Jobs I've had:
1) Installing glove compartments on the truck assembly line at a Toyota manufacturing plant. I actually only worked there for 7 days before I walked off the line in tears.
2) Accounting Manager at Pets.Com. It should have been illegal to have that much fun at work!
3) Library Assistant at Green Library at Stanford University. I basically got paid to study. It was great!
4) Cashier at Tri-City Sporting Goods - now this was my favorite job because it's where I met my husband!
Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over
1) Steel Magnolias (I'm a sap, what can I say)
2) Friday (Chris Tucker used to be a comic genius)
3) The Abyss
4) White Chicks (that dance off scene gets me every time!)
Four Places I've Lived
now this is especially boring. I've never left my beloved Bay Area
1) Fremont, CA
2) Palo Alto, CA (Stanford dorm)
3) Hayward, CA
4) San Lorenzo, CA
Four Places I've Been on Vacation
1) Disneyland (most romantic vacation I've ever had with my husband..can't wait to take Court)
2) St. Lucia - honeymoon
3) Kauai
4) Puerto Vallarta
can you tell I like beaches?
Four Websites I visit daily
1) People.com
2) eonline.com
3) babycenter.com
4) realityblurred.com
wow, that made me look bad
Four of my favorite foods
1) Pho'
2) seared ahi tuna
3) french fries
4) popcorn
Four Places I'd Rather be
1) Slanted Door in SF
2) Wine tasting in Napa Valley
3) Curled on the couch watching movies with my husband
4) Anywhere with my kid
Hope you're not asleep yet...Thanks for reading
Monday, March 06, 2006
She Loves Me! She Really, Really Loves Me!
Ok, I apologize for the Sally Field reference, but I am almost matching her fabled jubiliation.
Courtney repeats about everything we say, even things we don't want her to repeat, but for whatever reason, she would never say "I Love you" even though we have said to her about 50 times a day since the day she was born. About 2 weeks ago, out of the blue, she started saying it to the pets. I'm not going to lie. I took it personally, but I figured it was a matter of time before she would say it back to us.
A few days ago, she finally said it back to me. "Luhhh you too!". And sometimes she would even hug me while saying it. But I always had to say it first. Then, last night, for no apparent reason, she came up to me an hugged me unprovoked, and said "I Luhh you Mommy". She then did the same thing to my sister-in-law, Casey's grandma, and then went into the kitchen and said to Casey. I lost it! The tears began to flow. This from a woman who didn't even shed tears at her own wedding or when her daughter was born. It's just something about this little being, who is the center of my universe, hinting at the fact that I she may feel the same way. It's just too much!
Ok, I apologize for the Sally Field reference, but I am almost matching her fabled jubiliation.
Courtney repeats about everything we say, even things we don't want her to repeat, but for whatever reason, she would never say "I Love you" even though we have said to her about 50 times a day since the day she was born. About 2 weeks ago, out of the blue, she started saying it to the pets. I'm not going to lie. I took it personally, but I figured it was a matter of time before she would say it back to us.
A few days ago, she finally said it back to me. "Luhhh you too!". And sometimes she would even hug me while saying it. But I always had to say it first. Then, last night, for no apparent reason, she came up to me an hugged me unprovoked, and said "I Luhh you Mommy". She then did the same thing to my sister-in-law, Casey's grandma, and then went into the kitchen and said to Casey. I lost it! The tears began to flow. This from a woman who didn't even shed tears at her own wedding or when her daughter was born. It's just something about this little being, who is the center of my universe, hinting at the fact that I she may feel the same way. It's just too much!
Friday, March 03, 2006
Leave her alone, she's being quiet!
That's my new favorite sentence. I am amazed by some of the things I let Court play with just to keep her quiet, while I take a shower, do the dishes, make her breakfast, fold the laundry, etc...
It's getting harder and harder to keep her entertained because she's just so darned curious and active. And it's getting harder to say no to her when she wants something she's not supposed to have, because she'll throw herself on the ground or give you puppy eyes and say "Pweeessee!" It kills me.
My husband gets so mad at me, because I will let her play with my $20 MAC makeup brushes to clean out the lint from the wall fan, or let her unwrap all of my tampons, take every Q-Tip out of the bin and put them back, take all the DVD's off the shelf and open them, open and close the bathroom louvre doors a million times during a rousing game of peekaboo, put on all of my plastic bracelets, but baby powder on the dog...really anything to keep her quiet for just a little while. I know it's not a good idea, and I will pay for it later, but I say not to any of the real "dangerous" things she wants to do!
Here's a pic of her during one of her favorite pasttimes, taking all of her clothes out of the drawer and putting them on Gamma's head! Look at the evil in her eyes.
That's my new favorite sentence. I am amazed by some of the things I let Court play with just to keep her quiet, while I take a shower, do the dishes, make her breakfast, fold the laundry, etc...
It's getting harder and harder to keep her entertained because she's just so darned curious and active. And it's getting harder to say no to her when she wants something she's not supposed to have, because she'll throw herself on the ground or give you puppy eyes and say "Pweeessee!" It kills me.
My husband gets so mad at me, because I will let her play with my $20 MAC makeup brushes to clean out the lint from the wall fan, or let her unwrap all of my tampons, take every Q-Tip out of the bin and put them back, take all the DVD's off the shelf and open them, open and close the bathroom louvre doors a million times during a rousing game of peekaboo, put on all of my plastic bracelets, but baby powder on the dog...really anything to keep her quiet for just a little while. I know it's not a good idea, and I will pay for it later, but I say not to any of the real "dangerous" things she wants to do!
Here's a pic of her during one of her favorite pasttimes, taking all of her clothes out of the drawer and putting them on Gamma's head! Look at the evil in her eyes.
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