Monkey see, Monkey do

All kids imitate their parents. It can be either charming or horribly embarrassing, and sometimes both.

Since she was teeny-weeny, she has always loved her "computer", a Speak'n'Spell we got for free at a yard sale. These days, she'll wander around the house making "business calls", stopping to type furiously on her computer, moving a gel wrist rest around like a mouse, and then picking up where she left off on the call.

With complete seriousness, she'll tell us "Can you try to be quiet, please? I'm on the telephone!" Since she generally does a pretty good job at being quiet when we're on the phone, it's hard not to comply .

Ouch!

When we run our errands on the weekends, I usually drive and Keith will bring his laptop so that he can do work in the car. A couple of weekends ago, Keith didn't bring his laptop. He turned around and told Alana that he didn't have it so they could chat. Alana said, "Oh Daddy, I'm so glad that you didn't bring your computer today so that you're not ignoring me!"

Ouch!

Chill

Alana has an imaginary friend named Allegia (no, we don't know where the name came from either). One day, I was taking the kids out on some errands and Alana told me that Allegia was sitting in the passenger seat next to me. I asked, "Oh, really?" and she answered, "Yeah, because she just wanted to chill out with you."

Alana's first skis

Alana now has her own skis! It was so cute watching her try on the boots and of course, she insisted that she wanted the pink skis. *LOL*

Wiggly Worm

I don't remember Alana being quite as wiggly as Alexander is. It is so hard to change his diaper most days!

I Love Mochi!

Alana absolutely loves mochi, a sweet rice flour confection that you roll in crushed peanuts and sugar. In fact she loves it so much that she came up with a cheer...

Me, me, me, me
I love mochi!

Timmmbbbeeerrrr!

In the past month, Alexander has learned how to crawl and has progressed straight through to cruising. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite mastered standing up by himself yet though. He'll be standing up, holding onto a chair, and then forget to hold on anymore. His bum will wobble a little bit but he won't think to sit down. Suddenly, it will be like someone called "Timmmbbbeeerrrr!" and he'll just tip over with a thud. I'm sure this is not unique to him but Alana was always more cautious and didn't let go until she was much more steady on her feet.

Alexander kisses

Alexander has taken to blowing air kisses (smacking his lips) and waving bye-bye at everybody.

Your own cocoa

Alana was out skiing with Tommy, Jo & Keith last week on a very cold and windy day. After taking a long arduous run down from the top of the mountain, they made their way inside for some french fries and hot cocoa. As they were munching away, Alana asked Keith if they could go up for another run. Keith said he was too tired and it was time to head back home. Alana thought about that for a few moments and then said, "Maybe if we get you your own french fries and hot cocoa you would be not so tired."

Pancake

Alana asked us today what was under our skin. We answered: our muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves... She said, "Oh. Is that what makes us not a pancake?"