Ella Kidshine

I took some video but for some reason it runs like it is in fast forward mode and there is no sound. Not very useful for trying to record a solo. I'm trying to figure it out.

A better picture of Max's shiner.

Max's shiner :

Okay, so those of you who know me will look at these pictures and think, "Wow, poor child he inherited his mother's horrendous under-eye circles." or "Well, Max really must be getting up early. Learning to climb out of his crib is not agreeing with him." Seriously, the pictures don't do the bruising justice. He looks bad. I was at Pottery Barn Kids today letting Max create havoc with their displays when I made a non-thinking, side comment to Max, something like, "Oh, your poor face." One of the sales ladies over-heard and walked up to me and said, "Yeah, what happened to him?" I explained about how our family has bad luck with slides and parks, etc. Max bonked his nose trying to climb the slide last night at the Ward Picnic. He howled up a storm and then decided to try and climb a tree. After my explanation, we quickly left the store. I didn't want to be there when the CPS agents arrived if the clerk didn't believe my story. I'm just glad she couldn't see the bruises on his back from where he fell climbing down from his high chair yesterday. Whew.

Mom strikes back...

What is Max so unhappy about, you ask?

What does that pouty face mean?

It means that Max will not be able to exit the house anytime he feels like it. He will no longer force his mother to chase him down the street.

He will no longer play with the garage door opener. Open, shut, open, shut, open, shut, open, shut. It never gets old.

All in all, I'm quite pleased with m'self.

Make A Wish...

Ella's friend had the best idea for her birthday party. She had a fundraiser 1K race and then donated all the proceeds to Make A Wish Foundation. What a fabulous idea! I wish I would have thought of that before I threw two big birthday parties. Maybe next year, we'll do something similar. The kids all really loved the race and Ella came in second in the girls division! Go Ella!

Surprise!

Robert surprised me this week with a night at the new Wynn Hotel on the strip. We ate fabulous sushi at Yellow Tail in the Belagio Hotel with a famous lead singer and his wife. She wore a fabulous designer dress and I carried my Target purse and wore my H&M jacket. (I scrubbed the Max food smears off prior to dinner.) Nevertheless, it was a wonderful night even if I felt a bit out of place. I posted some pics of our view and the fabulous mirror in our hotel room. It took up the whole wall. I want one.

Ella celebrates!

The broken thumb and subsequent blue cast is all a distant memory now. We celebrated Reynolds' style--with FOOD. Ella helped me make these brownies and insisted on the "words" on the brownies. As Ella says, "Like a birthday cake, Mom." Although it was an agonizing decision for her to choose between brownies and a slurpee. She decided that she would rather have a slurpee on a warm day and that she could do chores to earn the slurpee, so it wouldn't be that hard to get one when she wanted. Robert says he is glad her cast is off because, "she can hit hard with that thing." :)