There Can Be Too Many Snow Days!!

1/29/2012 11:29:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
I didn't think it was possible (at least not as a kid) but there can be too many snow days. Especially when they follow a holiday to make a full week off with no school for Lexie but still work for Mommy. We did manage to have fun. Here is a quick look at our 9 days off - 6 of them with snow!
Lexie loved getting ready. Then she "played" for me while I got ready.
Next she had to decide what was the best head gear. This?
Or maybe the Hawaiian Snow Girl look?
 No? Well at least the reindeer earmuffs where getting closer to what was needed.
 Finally we got serious and went with the warm child look!
Now we were ready to head out into our winter wonderland.
 Lexie couldn't wait. She dropped to the ground as soon as we stepped out of the garage, right there in the driveway, to make her first snow angel.
Then she begged for a ride down the street. How could I resist that happy face? But soon it was time to get down to the serious business of making a snowwoman or rather snow princess. What? You didn't think we'd build anything else did you?
You can see how serious Lexie was. Once she found this red nose she was useless to me. She thought she was so funny...which she was.
 She was a total goof ball....
 But we finally managed to get Princess Snow Sara (still her favorite name) completed.
 I tried for a little sculpting since it was really cold and still snowing making the snow pretty wet.
 She looked pretty good once her hair was done!
It was starting to snow even harder and we already had a good 6 inches! But we headed into the backyard to play with Kaboodle a little bit. She LOVES the snow!
 Every time I let her out she would roll and then lay in the snow. She must have some Husky in her.
 Lexie decided to be a pink princess snow dog for a while....
 then she wanted to climb the tree like she does for her "pink tree" spring shots. There was no spring to be found and the only pink in the tree is Lexie.
We had been out for a couple of hours and my snow princess was finally tired enough to head in for some hot chocolate....thank goodness because I was going in with or without her!
 The next day we had more of an ice storm than snow storm so we were looking for more indoor activities, like hoola hooping....then naturally Lexie had to do some cleaning.
 And you can't be home bound without a little horseback riding...in the living room....in your Mrs. Clause dress while pushing your baby buggy with your feet.
 Naturally a tea party was in order.
 When we were finally able to drive 3 days into the Great Blizzard of 2012, our first stop was the grocery store for some much needed staples....like chocolate, with a caramel apple thrown in to make sure we had something healthy. All of this was needed for our tea party with Belle and Rapunzel. When one has the royals over, one must have more than one source of chocolate you know.
 Somewhere in this week of weather I had to take out the trash (why I thought they would pick up when we could barely make it to the curb I'll never know.) Lexie having been in the house (and yes in her jammies) all day decided she HAD to help me.
 For some reason on the way back she decided to protect her gown. I'm cold just looking at this!
The next morning I was serenaded with Frosty the Snowman....
 At one point we went out to check on Princess Snow Sara and Lexie thought she should be dressed as a princess too. We weren't out long and she had a bodysuit on under it so I thought why not? Clearly I was losing my mind!
 Poor Princess Snow Sara was now an Ice Princess.
 My princess was a Goofy Princess.
 As for the rest of our indoor activities, well of course lots of TV was watched and many a board game was played but Lexie's favorite activity is still dancing...
 and tickle fights that I ALWAYS win...because she lets me.
 We also got a chance to play with this wonderful building kit Mollie, Jeff and their daughter Dinara (also from Aktau Kazakhstan) sent to Lexie for Christmas.
 It was very engaging to build and fun to watch the marbles race down the tracks.
 Thanks Mollie & Jeff for saving my life during one of our last days of surviving the great Blizzard of '12.
Did I mention you really can have too many snow days?!
Happy Snow Days!!

Merry Christmas to All

12/23/2011 11:57:00 PM Edit This 3 Comments »
A very simple wish from our home to yours....
Peace, Love and Family.

Lexie is telling Santa that she only wants a Nutcracker like Clara in the ballet. Even Santa had to ask twice.
Blessings and a Merry Christmas to all!

Best Gift A Mommy Can Receive

11/28/2011 11:54:00 PM Edit This 0 Comments »
Lexie gave me the best gift tonight and she doesn't even know it.
Let me set the stage first. I picked her up after her first day back to kindergarten following our trip to Texas for Thanksgiving (yet another post I owe.) My girl had a busy day because on Monday's they learn Chinese from Ms Jenny and then after school she has Drama with Ms. Stephanie. I was picking her up to take her to her Tae Kwon Do class with Grand Master Yi.....yes, Lexie is one busy 5 year old.
So she tells me she won a sticker in school today because she called out the longest "V" word.....veterinarian. I told her how proud I was of her then off she went to kick some butt...in a respectful, disciplined way, of course. After we got home tonight, we were snuggling down to read a book with Kaboodle chewing on her bone by the bed. Lexie noticed there was a little blood on it and she was worried about Boo. I told her I'd take care of her. She said....

L-"Mommy are you a Veterinarian?"

M- "Nope, I'm just a mommy but I'm sure I can take care of this. But honey when you grow up you can be a veterinarian or doctor or teacher or anything else you want."

L- "I just want to be your daughter when I grow up Mommy."

Oh this girl melts my heart. I am the luckiest mommy in the world because she is my daughter.
Best gift ever!!

My Little "Peahawk"

11/02/2011 10:47:00 PM Edit This 3 Comments »
Some of you may remember on a couple of trips to the zoo Lexie was all but stalked by a peacock. So when I saw this costume I just knew it was the one for Lexie this year.
Lexie just loved it and she had a ball wearing it.
It was fun that it could be worn up or down and the hat was just adorable.
Of course Lexie's favorite part was the make-up. It turned out different every time I did it but Lexie didn't care. She drove me nuts all day asking when it was time to put it on.
We did lots of fun activities for Halloween but I'm sad to say I still don't have the time I need to get it all written down. So soon, very soon you'll see a LONG post with lots of pictures. But for now here is one last picture of Little Ms Peahawk.

According to my FIVE Year Old....

10/21/2011 11:55:00 PM Edit This 4 Comments »
I have been collecting these little pearls of wisdom since right after Lexie turned 5 (which was 6 months ago.) I have neglected her blog worse in the last 6 months than I did the first year she was home and I was adjusting to being a new mommy. When I realized how many amazing moments I've missed posting in the last 6 months it made me so sad and I vowed to post some of those events....but I don't have time tonight. So I'm posting these little Lexie tidbits and promise to do a big catch up post as soon as I possibly can. No really - I will. After all, Halloween is just two weeks away and her costume is way cute. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy these amazingly insightful observations by Lexie...

Now that Lexie is FIVE, she likes to inform me of things she can now do or things she now knows - with absolute certainty. Like tonight she was getting ready to brush her teeth. She must set out all her "equipment" first - the Ariel toothbrush, pink princess toothpaste, princess floss stick, big kid pink mouth wash (which she's told me is for princesses only,) princess washcloth and her check list and pen. Yup, all of this to brush her teeth at night. After applying the much coveted pink princess toothpaste on poor princess Ariel's hair (aka the bristles) she tells me "Mommy, five year olds hold the brush down at the bottom not at the top like babies." Good to know....

Another night as she was brushing (it seems to be a time when five year olds do their best thinking) she explained to me that "five year old princess ALWAYS floss their teeth starting on the top, in the middle." Another fascinating five year old fact.

As we were driving who knows where, I was informed that she is an EXPERT on cows, princesses and counting. How they connect I have no idea but I know where to go if I need any advise on these subjects (but the princesses where a no brainer.)

We went to register Lexie for her summer school and she was very excited to be moving up into the kindergarten room - even though she won't be a REAL kindergartener until the fall. She told me that we needed to celebrate this big event by going to her favorite Chinese restaurant. What bigger event is there to celebrate that signing up for pre-kindergarten?!
I took Lexie & my mom to see the Children's Theatre rendition of a musical Sleeping Beauty and we loved it. Great cast, terrific music, creative props & staging and the musical itself is way better than Disney's version. I bought the CD to play in the car and I'm so glad I did.Our favorite song is the hello song. It goes "Bonjour, that's hello or good day in French, buenos dias also good day in Spanish, Boker Tov is good morning in Hebrew, konnichiwa hello in Japanese." She/we sing it all the time (since it gets stuck in your head very easily) and the other day she told a friend of mine that she now speaks French, Spanish, Hebrew and Japanese and of course English too. I'm so relieved to know I just have to know how to say hello in a language to actually speak it.

A few mornings after seeing the show I wake up to hear a very sleepy "Boker Tov Mommy." So sweet.

I hear shouts of "Mommy, Mommy come quick" from Lexie in the bathroom. Expecting the worst (which as we all know it can be REALLY bad if shouts are coming from the bathroom) I run in to find her reclining on the pot. She says "Look Mommy because I am five I can sit all the way back on the toilet." What!!

She can also see into the silverware drawer without her step stool now so her big chore of putting the clean silverware away is way easier according to my five year old.
I wore a new shirt that was slightly lower cut than normal for me(which is not low cut at all) and Lexie says "Mommy don't show the line" as she pulled the neckline up almost choking me. Oh the modesty of a five year old.
 
One of her BIGGEST accomplishments as a five year old is snapping....as in her fingers. She can snap now which she'd been working on for what seemed like months. But as soon as she turned five - snap! Who knew I was wasting our time trying to teach her to snap when she was just four?!
 
Okay, enough wisdom from my then 5 but now 5 1/2 year old. I will do my very best to catch you up on all the excitement in our lives over the last six months in a big, picture filled post.....
COMING SOON
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