This weekend our friends Brian and Amanda came to visit. Here I am with "baby Natalie". She's growing up so fast...

Talking

Elsa is interested in predicting our conversations lately. Here's one she just told me about:
"Mommy, I didn't want Daddy to pick me up and bring me out here after my nap. Next time I will walk out of your room all by myself and I will say 'Mommy, are you in the office?' and you will say, 'No, I'm in the living room!'"


Earlier, on the city bus, she told me about this scenario: "Mommy, if I'm sitting on my knees and the bus stops and I FLY through the air, then I will get hurt and you will pick me up and say 'oh, are you okay?' and I will cry and we will go back to the water park and I will put my head in the water and I will say 'oh, that's better.'"

Miss Vocabulary

Elsa and Daddy were drawing this morning...

Elsa: "what are you writing daddy."
Daddy: "I'm writing 'I love Elsa.'"
Elsa: "...I'm going to write 'I love Grandma.'
She'll appreciate that"

Mexican Super Star

Did we tell you we were going to Mexico? I was a little confused about the difference between "Mexico" and "our hotel" - they both have a swimming pool and a beach, right? I got a lot of attention because I was just about the only "guerrita" (loose translation: little white girl) around. Ladies touched my face and my hair and little girls followed me around. Daddy's wondering why he didn't get equal attention...isn't he blond and blue eyed, too?
Words I learned this week:
hola = hi
gracias = thank you
adios = good bye
mucho gusto = nice to meet you
bebe = baby

Elsa and Lincoln go to the Park

1. Choose a hat from basket.
2. Put on crocs.
3. Climb into parent-powered wagon.
4. Ask dad to bring trike too.
5. Ride to park.
6. Play!

Purple Girl

Two days in a row Elsa was actually interested in helping to select her own clothes. The tights gave her the idea of wearing a dress: "Not that dress, Mama. I want a beautiful dress," she said when I picked out a blue dress that I deemed appropriate for a day of playing with Grandpa and Great Uncle Jerry who are currently pouring a new sidewalk and building a new porch at Grandma and Grandpa's house... Ironically Elsa did not get her clothes dirty until she came home and slid down the hill beside her slide in our yard!

Style

Mommy said I had to wear long johns if I wanted to wear my new shorts...