It starts

Eliza and I had the following exchange today:

Eliza: Mom, I has a hungry.
Me: You mean you are hungry?
Eliza: No, its my hungry, mine!




This also happened:
Me: *Smash a spider into the carpet repeatedly with a shoe*
Eliza: Stupid Spider!!
Me: *ROFL*

She's so funny!

P.S. What do you think of the new redesign?

A Mixed Bag

We have a very, very busy weekend. Eliza is sick. We think she has an ear infection. This is her right after her fever broke.

Notice the rings around her eyes, her dewy glisten from the fever breaking. Well, this is what she was doing.

The joys of toddlers. You turn around for one second and they are scaling the furniture. This adds a whole new element to the equation.

Takin' Care of Business

Awesome, rockin' news! Today in the car Eliza kept on singing after the radio stopped. Was it a dumb Wubbzy song? No! Was it "Boom Boom Pow"? Nope! It was "Takin' Care of Business"!! Super cute!

In other interesting news, a few minutes ago Claron referred to a mosquito as a "bird of prey." I think he is losing it.

Totalitarian Toddler

Many bloggers give their kids fake names on their blogs because they are afraid of stalkers. I've seen cute names... Little Sister, JJ, Muffin, Flower, etc. Eliza's name would be the

Totalitarian Toddler

She loves to be the boss. I'm convinced one day she will take over a small country and force them all to eat Craisins, watch Potty Power and clothe themselves in all things Princess. Oh, an they would definitely all wear purple, plastic heels aka "purple shoes" regardless of the blisters. Beauty is pain and even my 2 year old gets it.



Here she is contemplating strategies to take over the world:

P.S. I put up a new post on my other blog.

IMMD

I read this site called "It Made My Day" (IMMD) and basically it is all of these little win moments or funny things.

Here are my two for the day:

1- I was in the left turn bay and as soon as the light turned green the woman behind me started honking. After that, she passed me going twice the speed limit in a SCHOOL ZONE! I caught up to her at the next left turn and she had a bumper sticker that read "May all beings treat each other with kindness and compassion"! Really!?! IMMD



2- I saw a Siekh man walking his daughter home from school. He was carrying her pink princess backpack and his matched is turban perfectly! IMMD

Blast from the Past

Doesn't this make you want to have a baby?

She's only a few weeks old here. I miss my baby!

Arggghhh... It's Halloween!

So, the original plan this year was to be Melman (the giraffe) from Madagascar. We had everything ready, but a week before Halloween we tried on the costume and it was a flood! Eliza apparently has grown many inches in just a short time and it was waaaay too short. So, this is what we came up with:

We had a great time trick or treating. We missed trunk or treat because Eliza decided it was time for a nap. It was a great Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch - Irvine

We visited Irvine this weekend. It was great to see Clark, Lilly and Violet. We went to the pumpkin patch. I can't decide which picture I like better.

Isn't she getting so big?!

Warning: It's a RANT!

You can thank the LA Times. I was reading today and some guy wrote a letter that he was mad that he couldn't bring his dog to work. Why did he feel slighted? Well his boss brings his toddler in once in a while... and of course, what's the difference?

I just don't get it. I've actually experienced this multiple times in different situations, and let me make my feelings perfectly clear.

CHILDREN ARE NOT ANIMALS, AND ANIMALS ARE NOT CHILDREN!!!

Don't get me wrong. I'm a naturist. I love animals, but your animal does not in any way deserve the same rights and privileges as a child.

Animals are animals, and they deserve to be treated well, but not to the detriment of humans. I'm not saying you should beat your dog and leave it outside, but I am definitely saying that my child deserves a seat over your dog at an airport. I am saying that your dog does not have any right to be in a grocery store (including Costco), drug store, or any store (besides Petco) AND my child definitely does! I'm saying that you have NO right to look down your nose at my child for being a child, all the while coddling your dog. Oh, and don't you DARE act like my child will give your precious pooch germs.

What I want to know is: When did people forget what it is like to be a child? When did they lose touch with the wonderment of childhood? When did society decide that is it is not normal for a child to be just that, a child? Children are noisy and messy and sometimes crazy, but they are not a bother. In fact, children are the most amazing creatures in this world.

I've decided I'm no longer going to apologize for my child. Most of the time, she is an absolute angel, but she is still a child. And, unless she chucks a canned good in your face, you're just going to have to get over it. When she giggles wildly because she thinks the balloon at TJ's is hilarious, you'll have to get over it. When she shrieks at how great she thinks your dog is and points and you make an evasive maneuver, you'd better hope that I'm in a good mood because I may just call you out.

P.S. Don't bother leaving me comment about how great your pooch is and how he deserves rights because even if I like you, I'm going to delete your comment.

Along Came a Spider

Dear Itsy Bitsy,
As you know, we are not friends. In the past, we've definitely had our run ins. There was that time in 1992 when you sat on my shoulder and smiled, causing me to shriek and tear off my shirt in front of my grandfather! We met again in 1995 when you camped your entire family under my bunk at camp and took nips at will. I ended up with tons and tons of bites and a severe allergic reaction. I know that over the years I have taken down tons of your friends and family, but really!?! You bit my baby! And not just once, but like 15 times. Don't worry. The war is on.

I do need to thank you for one thing though. You sent us to the doctor today. While there, the doctor told me that they had a few H1N1 vaccines and asked if I wanted one for Eliza. My answer was, "Absolutely!"

We are still not friends, but I am not going to bomb the house this time.

Yours in hostility,

Little Miss Muffett (aka Amanda)