Just in case

Just in case you wondered: Cinderella is Jewish.

Sasha's First Baseball Game

And her Daddy was in HEAVEN!!

Or maybe not.

Dropout

Future Design School Dropout, I wonder?

Wahoo!

My first ribbon. Thanks to all my PA friends and family!

Feel free to order more yummy foods! Our new spring/summer products will be available on April 1.

The Beach

Sasha's first trip to the beach with Mommy.
It's amazing how much sand a 31 pound child can carry around on her body!

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My Babies

Mommy and her babies! I had my first Tastefully Simple party yesterday. I guess they really missed me. This picture wasn't planned. I sat down on the steps and they all ran over. Gee, I wonder what happened when I wasn't home!

Bed Head

Good Morning Rod Stewart.

She is our daughter!

Those of you who know Matt and I know we are VERY casual people. Sasha chose this outfit herself.

Without the hat (simply because I don't own a hat), she could be me! Or, if she weren't wearing pink, she could be Matt!

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

We were watching videos of Sasha when we first started visiting her. Holy Cow! It is unbelievable how much she has grown and changed. It is amazing! I guess I should have known by all the clothes that she has grown out of.

This is her new bathing suit. She keeps trying to pull the top down so her belly doesn't show.

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If you're a glutton for punishment...here are Aunt Kerri's pictures. (Some are repeats)

Florida

Quick, Call the Doctor!

This morning Sasha said, "My feet hurt from coughing."

So, should I call the doctor? I'm sure they would probably tell me to make sure she drinks plenty of fluids and gets lots of rest. ;)

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We had a wonderful visit with the Aguirre family. It was quite loud at times and a little crazy all the time but so nice to have family in town.

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Go Home Kerri

Kerri didn't believe me when I told her how fantastic Cake Batter ice cream tastes.

Then she tried it.

She made me go get it TWICE yesterday. You can imagine how embarrassed we were when the same girl waited on us.

Say Cheese

We took the 4 kids for pictures this morning. We won't be doing that again for another 5 years! We did get a few good ones. By the way, the mommies took very good pictures!

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We fit right in

In fact, we could have been one of the exhibits at Animal Kingdom!

Sasha obviously hasn't been to too many parades. We realized this when she decided to run out into the middle of the parade and hug one of the characters. She did this twice and Matt got "disciplined" by one of the workers (as if we knew she was going to do it).

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Pictures of "The Storm"

Sasha is having the time of her life. She loves her Aunt Kerri and Uncle Frank and Juliana and just worships big cousins Jake and Kristopher.

It is LOUD but so worth it!

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Family

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!

Could we be any cuter?

This was taken at Sea World today.

The Pickiest Eater in the World

And he eats Alligator Bites. Really. Real Alligator! You go Kristopher!

The Calm Before the Storm

It's so peaceful tonight. Sasha's asleep. Matt's away on a trip and the dogs are resting from their walk. I'm having a glass of wine and updating the blog. When I'm finished, I'm going to continue reading my mindless, trashy novel.

I need to enjoy it now because tomorrow.....the Auguirre Family will be here! Aunt Kerri, Uncle Frank, Jakob (6), Kristopher (4) and Juliana (5 months) are driving to FL as I write this entry! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. They left PA about 2 hours ago with a screaming baby who has hopefully fallen asleep by now. Uncle Frank is planning on driving through the night. Hopefully they will be here tomorrow afternoon and we'll have a noisy, but VERY HAPPY house!

Sacrifices

I swore I would never be one of those mothers that you always hear screaming, "If you don't stop, I'm going to.... If you don't stop, we're not going to.... If you don't stop, you can't.... If If If If If If...."

Well, I was tested last night. I have become obsessed with my favorite flavor of ice cream at the place just down the road. I would even consider going out in my pajamas (GASP) to get a small dish of Cake Batter Ice Cream with Rainbow Sprinkles. So, after dinner last night, I told Sasha that we could get some ice cream on the way home. As we were turning on the street that leads us to the ice cream place, she started whining. For some reason, she thought we were not going to get it. In a very 16 year old voice she yelled, "Where are you going? I want ice cream! I want ice cream! I want ice cream, Mommy!" Matt and I have been working very hard on teaching to ask for things politely and not DEMANDING! So, unfortunately, I had to tell her that I was on my way to get ice cream but because she wasn't using good manners, we were not going to get it. She cried and I wanted to cry right along with her.

Now I truly understand the meaning of the phrase, "This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you."

Oh, by the way, she used very good manners today and we did get ice cream tonight. No, I did not wear my pajamas.

Brilliant

Today Sasha was talking about her friend Matt. Matt has 2 big doggies and she was saying how we have 2 doggies, too.

She started counting, "1, 2, 3, 4. Matt and Sasha have 4 doggies mommy!"

I'm telling you, she's gifted!

She Does Listen

With all the Whys and the What's thats every day, all day, I really thought Sasha was developing an annoying habit and wasn't really listening to what I was saying. According to the conversation she had with herself in the car today, she is listening. We all know as adults, we have begun talking to ourselves a little too much. But, according to my friends, 3 year olds do it too!

Sasha's Conversation with Herself:

"Because it's time to eat. Because it's getting dark.

Because it's almost bedtime. Because we're in a parking lot."

It's kind of like Jeopardy. I'm sure you can figure out the questions to the answers she's repeated here.

Another Baby?

I almost adopted a baby squirrel today. BS (BabySquirrel) was at the playground and just kept crying and crying and crying. It was going right up to people and kids and at one point, BS followed my friend to her car and sat on her foot! She (My friend) came running back and BS followed right behind. At some point, BS climbed up the tree but we could still hear it crying.

It was time to leave and we were walking our friends to their car. I was standing there talking and I felt something on my leg! I shook my leg and looked behind me. It was BS! We (two mommies, one carrying an infant and me with my boot, and two 3-year-olds) all started running toward my car at the other side of the parking lot. Yes, BS followed us. While the others scrambled into the car, I tried to lure it away with my emergency stash of Cheezits but BS wanted nothing to do with the crackers and kept trying to climb up my leg. I made it back to the car, made sure BS wasn't on me, and drove our friends back to their car.

Those of you that know me, know how hard it was for me to leave the poor baby squirrel. I called the Parks and Recreation Department to let them know. They were going to "file a report".