We had a wonderful day at the zoo with friends today. The weather was beautiful! The girls were cute! And I forgot my camera! Oh, well. Cell phone pics are better than no pics, right?
first dress of the season (and other milestones)
It’s official. Dress weather is here in Nebraska. I’m so glad this one fits. My daughter is growing too fast. It’s a size 4 and some of the 4s in her closet will barely make it to June. I found the cutest fall jacket for her this weekend that’s a size 5 and the sleeves are too short. I am not ready to buy size 6 clothes!
Already this year we’ve crossed a few milestones. Bella has been sleeping in a Big Girl Bed for a few months. She no longer looks small in it. Yikes! She’s also swimming like a little fish and has graduated to the Eel level at the Y. She’s doing simple math, and get this, she’s already reading.
I’ve encouraged the swimming lessons, but everything else has been her doing. She insisted on the new bed and refused to sleep in her toddler bed until we bought one. Yep, she slept on the floor until we could get up to the mattress store.
She’s completely in love with letters and numbers. I got her a Leap Frog dvd about the “silent e” because I was having trouble explaining the concept to her. Something just clicked and after a few different dvds, she just started reading. Whole books at a time! Of course, now we have to watch what we leave around so she doesn’t ask, “Mom, what’s a hooker?”
You can find the tutorial for the flower flip flops here. A close up of the Liberty of London dress is here.
I have to include a hair shot in this post, because Bella’s going to get her first haircut soon, hopefully this week. It’s never been cut and needs a little shaping. I think this milestone is the most difficult for me. I’m still leaving it long, but it kills me to cut any of these curls.
happy easter!
my weekend
Last week, my husband and daughter were both sick. I repeated this mantra over and over: I will not get sick. I will not get sick. I will not get sick.
IT WORKED!
I spent a lovely weekend with friends. You can read all about it over at julie-k. In the meantime, I’m still repeating my mantra. We’ve got a busy week ahead. No time to be sick!
happy new year!
christmas 2009
big man in a red suit…
…little girl in a red Husker hat.
blizzard of 2009
Did you know that blizzard conditions are because of high winds and not total amounts of snow? I didn’t until I moved to Nebraska. Those Old Nebraska winds were kicking it up this week and made some really beautiful snow drifts.
The last picture is Bella’s artistic interpretation of a snow drift.
Overall, we probably only got about 14 inches of snow. As you can tell, the wind blew drifts much higher. It also blew right down to the grass in some areas. You’ve gotta love Nebraska weather. It can be so beautiful!
my two favorite huskers
We got this hat for Bella for Christmas, but couldn’t wait that long to give it to her. She’s been asking for one all season. In fact, she’s been wearing T’s hat for the past few weeks. Now she has one that fits!
