Alexander's first tooth!

Yay! Alexander has finally cut his first tooth! It's not like he eats baby food anymore anyways so we thought it was about time. *g*

Imagination

Alana, with her Nana:
A: "Allegia gave me a headache."
Nana: "That can't happen."
A: "It did. A pipe ran from her head to mine, and she gave it to me."
N: (confused) "Who is this?"
A: "Allegia. She's my imaginary friend. Allegia hit me in the chin and I bled. I told her that wasn't nice, so she apologized and now we're friends again."

Good Thinking!

Alana, randomly at lunch: "I'm really glad we picked a house with TV and drums!"

Adults Just Aren't That Smart

So Alana (3 1/2) had a cold, and my sister Kim was feeding her some soup.

Kim: "You need to drink the soup to keep yourself from getting sicker."
Alana: "No, it's the anti-bacterial stuff that keeps you from getting sicker."
K: "Excuse me?"
A: "It's the anti-bacterial stuff that helps you get better."
K: "I thought that's what you said."

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!