Jam Session

Because these photos are too precious not to share...

You Want What?

"Mommy, what can I be when I grow up?"

"Molly, you can be anything you want to be."

"Well, can you give me some options?"

Options?

A Day in the Life - February 21, 2010

Saturday was a very busy day and the start of indoor soccer.  While I wasn't able to take a photo every hour on the hour, I was able to capture some of the highlights of the day:

8 a.m. - Sound asleep...

9 a.m. - Believe it or not, just one hour later... wide awake and ready to go at the soccer field.

9:20 a.m. - You're trying to get my attention so I can take your picture.  Most of my pictures of you are a blur... you were EXCITED!

11 a.m. - After a great game (your team won!) and a quick change, we dashed over to make it in time for ballet...

After that, we zipped home, had a quick lunch, changed... then at 2:30 p.m., it was off to watch cousin Avery at her dance competition.

6 p.m. - Ellie and Lily arrive for pizza and sleepover and "Mary Poppins" and lots and lots of coloring!

... which was followed up this morning with a jam session... at 8 a.m.

Rock on, Molly Paige - rock on!

Supersize Me

Molly,

Very rarely have you met a food you don't like.  We're extremely lucky that you're not a picky eater.  You like squash and edamame, love carrots and applesauce, and you will try most things, even if just once.  (The rare exception is bananas -- you don't like bananas.)

And when you hit growth spurts, you REALLY eat.  Like this past week... one night I had to work late.  You and Daddy called to chat...

  Daddy:  "Molly, how many chicken nuggets did you eat?"

  MP:      "Six!"

  Daddy:  "How many bowls of applesauce did you eat?"

  MP:       "Two!"

  Daddy:  "How many carrots did you eat?"

  MP:       (Pause)  "A lot!"


Then tonight, when I picked you up from Y-Care, you were eating some corn chips and animal crackers.  We got home and you had two string cheese sticks and a Capri-Sun lemonade.  Then we had Costco chicken for dinner (two big helpings), mixed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots), applesauce, and mashed potatoes.  And you went to bed without a peep.

You grow, my little Peanut.  You grow.

Love,
Mommy

Weekend Project: Save the World

So, continuing Molly's recent theme of saving the world, one elephant and dolphin at a time, we had the following conversation about a week ago on the ride home from school:

MP:  "Mommy?  You know those cans you have in the basement?"

Me:  "The old formula cans?  Yes..."

MP:  "I want to take one of them and decorate it and then write on it 'Donations for Haiti.' Then I want to put it on our front table so that whenever people visit our house they can put money in it and then we'll send it to the people in Haiti who need it."

So, I figured this would be a 10 minute project...

I was wrong.

She asked me "Where's the can?" and "Can we get the can now for Haiti?" about 100 times... until I schlepped downstairs to get it.  I covered it with paper and she did the rest.  After a good 20 - 30 minutes of serious marker work, this is what she came up with:

"Mommy, see - they are wearing the coveralls." 

(How do you know the word "coveralls?") "Molly, why are they frowning?"

"Because they had the earthquake, Mommy."

This is so ridiculously sweet that all the spare change I can find, I'm donating to Molly's Fund. 

Love you, Peanut.

Jammie Jam

These pajamas are ridiculous!

(And by "ridiculous," I mean "ridiculously adorable."  I would have killed for a pair of jammies like this when I was 5... or 35...)

Our Schedule

I haven't done a "Day in the Life" post lately... and those have been some of my favorites -- like our BUSY day in October or our adventurous Halloween.

Next up - this Saturday:

- 9:30 a.m. - Molly's first indoor soccer game

- 11 a.m. - Ballet

- 3 p.m. - Cousin Avery's dance recital/competition

- 5 p.m. - Babysitting for friends/sleepover!

(Yeah - it's the last one that's the killer!)

Stay tuned for photos...

Little Girl, BIG Heart

It's been a really fun weekend, Molly -- not only was today Valentine's Day, but you had Friday AND Monday off for Presidents' Day.  (Who knew that Presidents' Day was worthy of two days off?)

Unfortunately, Mommy caught the stomach bug you had, which made me a little less energetic on our Friday off together... but we still had a great time.  Highlights of the weekend:

- A trip on Friday to the library.  Our new favorite book:  Violet the Pilot.  Way too cute.

- Friday night, watched part of the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver. You asked LOTS of great questions and it was a fun way to teach you about the world.

- Saturday, we went to Michael's to paint a Valetine's Day frame... for $1!  Thank you, Michael's!!!

- Last night, it snowed... so today you offered to help me shovel the driveway.  I figured that would last all of about 3 minutes.  But you helped me shovel the driveway.  The whole driveway.  And you did a great job!  As Daddy was "supervising" out his computer room window, you kept telling him, "I'm doing a GREAT job, Daddy!"

- We had such a great Valentine's Day too.  We went to Hallmark (you, Daddy, and me) on Friday to pick out cards for each other... then we exchanged them this morning.  You wrote "You rock!" on mine and "I love you!" on Daddy's.  Your genuine love and affection are so overwhelming - Daddy and I are so amazed by you every day.

- After breakfast (I turned breakfast twists into heart shapes!), you had some quality painting time downstairs... and were totally engrossed.

Wonderful weekend, sweetheart.  Love you.