"You can share my money!"

We went to exchange some things at the mall today.  Anna LOVES to go to thru the car wash and asked once again if we could go.  She also has become quite the lazy speaker, meaning that she decides to omit some letters in words and we've been working that lately.  I told her the other day that if she called me "Moh-ey" instead of "Mommy", I wouldn't answer her until she said my name correctly.  Here's how the conversation went today in the car.

Anna: Moh-ey...  Moh-ey...  MOM-MY.

Me: What is it?

Anna: You're car is SO dirty.

Me: Yes, I know.

Anna: You nee' to take it to the car wash.

Me: We neeD to?  Well, if you hadn't had insisted that we eat chicken at the mall, then maybe I'd have some money to take the car to the car wash.  But I don't have any more.

Anna: You ran oudda money?

Me: Yep.  I ran ouT OF money.  Can you say "ouT" with a "T" at the end?

Anna: OUT? Tuh, Tuh......   Moh-ey...  Moh-ey...  MOM-MY.

Me: Huh.

Anna: You can share some of my money from my sock.  I can give you some so you can take the car to the car wash!  Tha's a good idea!  I have lots.

Me: ThaT's a great idea!  But we'd have to go home and get your sock purse, and since Grey is already asleep, maybe we should just put him to bed.

Anna: Oh.  But you can SHARE my money with me!

Me: Thanks Anna. 

ONE.

We celebrated Grey's first birthday yesterday with all the family(local and some out of towners).  We had a good time and aside from a little fever that we have been passing around (I haven't gotten it yet), rushing out to the grocery store at about lunchtime after going to a friend's baby shower that morning, and making cupcakes 30 minutes before everyone got there, everything was great!  We were a little more "low-key" with Grey's gift.  If you'll remember Anna's first birthday gift (back when this blog was very young) was a outdoor climbing structure and slide.  Grey's not quite agile enough to handle something like that so we opted for a manly riding toy.  These photos are straight out of the camera, so please excuse the dark ones.  I was lazy.

Anna was a great helper opening presents and making sure Grey knew what he was getting.

This is one of his favorite balls that happened to surface from all the tissue paper.  Of course, it had to be throw.

Nana and Grey.

Fire?

Papaw and Anna giving Grey some pointers on how to tackle the chocolate.

How 'bout a hole in the center with a spork?

He was pretty nasty and needed to be hosed off in the tub.

A Riddle.

What do you get when you have kids that sleep a TON for two days?  

Answer: Two kids that don't sleep a wink for the next two days.

A tough one huh?

Conversations.

Lately with Anna, it's been all about birthday parties and Christmas.  The only reason I can think of is because Grey's birthday is coming up and she has watched some movies/shows recently about birthday parties and presents.  Since everything is about her of course, she likes to tell me the plans for these upcoming events...even though they are not so "upcoming."

Anna: Mommy, you totally forgot something for Christmas.

Me: What did we forget?

Anna: I nebber got my Peter Pan movie or my binoculars!

Me: Didn't you ask for those after Christmas had already passed?

Anna: No, just the Peter Pan movie after Christmas...but I still need my binoculars.

Me: Why do you need binoculars?

Anna: I need them to look far far away to Nana's house to see what she's doing.  And then I can lay down under a tree and look at birds with them.  

Me: Then what?

Anna: Then I can watch my Peter Pan movie with my binoculars!

Me: Then what?

Anna: Then we can have a party just for me! And I can get presents!  Mom, my birthday is coming UP and I need to have some cake and a fairy party for me!  

Me: Well, your birthday is very far away and Christmas is even further.

Anna: oh.

That horse...

Here is Anna on the horse when she was Grey's age.  She was actually 9 months in the one taken outside in the grass.  She was a little older, maybe 11 months, in the ones where she's surfing.  Grey has a ways to go when it comes to mastering that horse....

My new camera...

 My new camera came in the mail Saturday!  Sort of.  It came in the form of an escrow refund check.  Now if I can only convince J that it REALLY IS a camera and not something else.  :)  If you can squint my eyes a little....  I'll let you know how that one works out.  It's not the mother of all cameras, but it's a VERY nice upgrade from what I have now.  And what I have now is pretty nice.  :)  I may be selling it if I can the convincing is a success.

 

Little Miss Immune System.

If they had a pageant for who has the best immune system, Anna would win.  Yesterday, I got a little bit of cabin fever (it doesn't take long) and we loaded up in the car and drove around to scout out places for photo shoots.  I really like doing this and it usually takes me to places in and around town that I've never been before...even though I've lived here pretty much my whole life.  So we went to get the car inspected, went to Sonic, then away we went.  Anna fell asleep after a little while and I just kept stuffing Grey with graham crackers.  We had been out for about 45 minutes when Anna woke up and was complaining about her throat hurting...a normal occurrence.  We headed home soon after that and she began with an inconsolable cry.  As we pulled into the garage, I got out and opened her door.  She immediately threw up everywhere, then again, then again, then again.  You should have seen Grey's face.  Of course, Anna freaked completely out after that.  We got her undressed in the garage and into the tub.  She was sick until about 8-9pm when she finally crashed, slept the entire night, and woke up completely normal.  A four hour stomach bug.  The last time she had it, it lasted only about 4 hours as well.  I wish I had that kind of immune system...I mean, I know she still got the bug, but she can lick it in no time.  It's the same with just about any other sickness.  Now Grey on the other hand...

The Rocking Horse.

These are all pretty similar, I posted them all because I liked the slight differences in their facial expressions.  

I have a many pictures of Anna on this rocking horse.  There is one that I put on her first birthday invitation and thought it would be fitting to try Grey on the horse and see what happened.  Of course, since it's all about Anna, she had to join in as well, which was fine.  I was just mainly seeing what Grey would do on the horse and to give him a little practice just in case I decided to actually take him somewhere neater than our entry way or backyard to take his picture on the horse.  I stuck Grey on the horse and Anna jumped on right behind him and helped him stay on.  Grey thought it was pretty fun.  I kept telling Anna to stay on and help Grey stay on since I knew he's not coordinated enough to just sit there yet.  (Anna was surfing on this thing when she was Grey's age!  Funny the difference between girls and boys...or at least mine.)  After I was done taking some pictures, Anna tried to be funny and slide off the back of the horse.  As she slid off the back, Grey slid off the side and hit his head on the bookshelf.  I didn't get shots of the aftermath.

This one's a little out of focus, but still cute.

Poor Grey.

He's like a Barbie head that just happens to have a body...or at least Anna thinks so.  She was "braiding" his hair yesterday.  There will be a day when he gets real sick of this.

This is a good one...

Bad Mommy Moments

When I have some time, I want to read some other, more recent posts on this blog.  :)

I was probably a version of this about 5 years ago.