Weekend fun

Work has been crazy all week--by all week I mean Monday and Tuesday. Monday I had to run a workshop on campus for new students, and it ended up being larger than anyone anticipated. Than Tuesday I had to MC an event on campus--which went well until the closing when I suddenly said it was 2005. Huh? Where did that come from? :)

So I have not had a chance to update everyone on the weekend fun. My friend and I took our kids to the Salsa Fest in Tempe. It was a blast!! I got to try like 50 different salsas. Some were great. Some I am not sure why those people were in a competition--but to each their own.

My friend and I were not really big fans of paying $7 for burritos, particularly for the kids who were probably not going to eat much anyway, so we went to Chick-fil-a. This was the first time I had taken Danica into Chick-fil-a. We had always gone through the drive-thru, so I knew she loved their food. But I had no idea how much she would love their play area.

She had so much fun that she did not want to stop to eat--which if you know Danica really is a feat. She usually can't wait to eat. She also got to go on her first slide ride with on of my friend's kids and seemed to love it.

And yes I finally had a chance to post a picture. Aren't you all impressed? :)

Crazy Weekend

Danica and I went to Tammy's softball game this weekend. Danica ran and ran and ran. I do not actually know what happened at the game because most of my time was spent watching Danica.

But Danica also had a blast. She found this man hole cover just outside the field that made the greatest sound when she danced on it. And she danced and danced and danced. This I enjoyed because she danced in one place that I could watch from a seat. :)

Hopefully next time my niece Jess will be there too. She can run and run and run after Danica. :)

I promise pictures soon. I have some great ones to share on my phone but I am still figuring out the best way to get them off my phone and onto my computer. :)

Where is your nose?

Danica is learning new things. This week she is learning where her nose is. When you ask her, she smiles and points to her nose.

She however is not learning to let me take pictures any better. I tried for a long time yesterday to get her to do it for the camera but to no avail. I promise to post a picture though if I can get her to do it for the camera. :)

Utensils required

Danica has firmly decided that she is a big girl--and big girls get to use spoons and/or forks. Big girls do not pick their food up with their fingers. As such, Danica has decided that all food must be eaten with a spoon or a fork. No more being fed by mommy or daddy. So meal time has slowed down for us as Danica tries to figure out how to get everything on her spoon and/or fork.

This morning she was eating a banana. Usually she eats bananas so fast we miss it. But today, she had to get the banana on the spoon--definitely takes more time.

And I tried to give her some banana with cashew butter (which she loves), but I was not allowed to feed it to her. I had to put the banana on the spoon so she could feed it to herself.

So that was my adventures this morning. Now my mission is to find a better fork and spoon combo for Danica's little hands. The ones we have are not working out well. :)

One, Two, Three...Five!

Danica has always shown a preference for counting books, particularly with Grandpa reads them to her. She has even started to take our fingers to point out what needs to be counted on the page. But lately, as she is starting to talk, she has started to count things. We hear her little voice say one, two, three (pause) five (very excitedly). For some reason, four has been eliminated from the counting line.

And lately another funny Danica-ism has started. Danica has learned how to play ring around the rosies with her friends at daycare. And she is obsessed. She wants them to play it with her all the time. And she runs around the house saying "ashes, ashes" which is the one part of the rhyme she can say. So she will be standing in front of me saying "ashes, ashes" waiting for me to get to the part where "we all fall down." At which point she falls down and giggles.

So here is a little update on what is going on over here. I have made it a personal goal to update more often--and with pictures when possible. :)

Picture

I know I have been horribly bad at updating the blog. Life has been crazy to say the least. But I thought if I shared a super cute picture of a super cute little girl you would all forgive me. :)

Update

Yes I know that I have not been blogging lately. Here are the updates:

1) Danica had her 15 month appointment. She is healthy and happy. She is still making us laugh on a daily basis. She likes to dance (the ABC song on her activity table is a favorite right now). She likes to sing--but we only have a few words that we can understand (hi, bye, me). She loves to play where's Danica (hiding until we say Where's Danica).

2) Work is crazy, and so is class. I am taking two classes and helping to TA another. I love TAing and I am starting to look at opportunities to teach in a college. Wish me luck.

3) Corey wants to go to culinary school. He is planning to start this month.

I would tell you all more, but I am in a class. I know--if my students did this I would have to get after them. :)