When Isabella met Luke <3

She fell in love. She has been talking about “baby Luke” ever since. She watches the video over and over. Now she wants a sibling. She says she will push the baby in the swing and bring me clean diapers. Well then, if it’s that easy, what are we waiting for??? Just kidding… We will wait till she is of actual “baby-taking-care-of” age =) Luke sure is cute though and pretty tempting…


She fell in love. She has been talking about “baby Luke” ever since. She watches the video over and over. Now she wants a sibling. She says she will push the baby in the swing and bring me clean diapers. Well then, if it’s that easy, what are we waiting for??? Just kidding… We will wait till she is of actual “baby-taking-care-of” age ;-) Luke sure is cute though and kind of tempting…

A weekend full of LOVE

Valentine's Day was a big deal for us this weekend. Friday Isabella had her school party where she passed out/received valentine's and candy and then had a HUGE lunch with all her friends. I got to sit in a tiny wooden chair and eat lunch with her and her friends. There was a lot of joking around, some potty talk, and a great big mess to clean afterwards. She had a lot of fun and I was able to see her interacting with her classmates. Very cute. Minus the "poo poo" talk.





That night Devin's parents had us over for a Valentine's Dinner. It was delicious and Isabella had a good time eating candy.



Saturday night, Devin and I had a couple hours to ourselves. He picked up my favorite wedge salad from the steakhouse, and made chicken picatta. We also opened a bottle of wine that we had been saving for a special occasion.

He's Here!!!!!!!!!!

Luke Richard Hansen
2/16/09
8lbs. 11oz. 21 3/4in.








Megan was a champ. Mommy and baby and Daddy are all home and doing great! I'll let Meg blog about the birth experience.

Heart's-a-burstin’

Isabella has this new obsession about whether or not a person/fictional character would be nice to her if she was their daughter. Maybe she's shopping around for a new, nicer mommy or maybe she just thinks that everyone should be nice to her even if they're not to others. I just don't know. She has asked this about the parents in the movie Matilda, and about Rhianna, Lady GaGa, and Taylor Swift. I have no idea why, but she needs to know how they would parent her.

Last week, I found what I thought to be the original CARTOON Snow White on ONDemand. However, it was actually the 1987 British version, w/real people. But she liked it and didn't know the difference, so whatever. We all remember the evil step mom that tries to kill Snow White (why are these kids stories?) and looks in the mirror to see who is the fairest of them all, blah blah blah. Well, in the car yesterday Isabella asked:

“Mommy, if the step mom was my mommy, and she was mean to me, I would tell her she was beautiful and then would she be nice to me?”

But before I could answer she added:

“What if I told her she was handsome? Would she be mean to me?”

I think answering her own question. I love her reasoning.

Yet another Heaven conversation:
My mom picked her up from school the other day and she asked about Teddy, our family dog who was put to sleep in May (devastating to all  ).

“Grandma, who is going to give Teddy food and water in Heaven?”
Grandma: “God provides as much food and water as teddy needs and he can run around and play all day with his other dog friends. Teddy is very happy in Heaven.”

Isabella, “I didn’t see any food or water when I was in Heaven.”




Grandma, “Um, when were you in Heaven.” Maybe slightly creeped out…

Isabella, “When we put flowers at Nana’s in Heaven.” She thinks the graveyard where she visits her Grandma is Heaven.

Thank you Supernanny Jo xoxoxoxoxo

We created the "bead jar" a couple months ago. There are 3 lines on the jar, and "beads" (I say beads loosely because they are actually x-mas bells) to fill the jar when she has done something "bead worthy". She normally gets one bead at a time, and on special, special occasions/when mommy is in a really good mood, she gets two at a time.

Here are the rules:

The first line- she gets something that has been taken away back...please DON'T open my linen closet upstairs!!!!

The second line- One toy at the dollar store. Love love love that place....for toys only. A little lead never hurt. Just kidding. I think.

The third line- 4 toys at the dollar store (because that is how old she is), or a big toy at Target or something. We rarely hit the 3rd line...

A typical "bead getting" day consists of these things:

*Gets herself dressed


*Brushes her teeth (yes that is a Spiderman electric toothbrush)


*Brushes her own hair...normally resulting in a mullet type do. Mommy does it over, usually. Sometimes I'm too tired to care.



*Finishes her breakfast or at least eats till she is full.



On special, special, occasions, she cleans up her room or the downstairs mess. These are my favorite "bead worthy" chores and have been known to be worth two beads! When she does clean up, I begin to wonder if she is too young to vacuum? It's a light weight vacuum. Obviously, I would carry it upstairs for her when she was done with the downstairs.

Again, thank you Supernanny! When I do implement the "bead" jar, life with a drama mama preschooler is a little easier!!

Not making it easy...

It's hard to follow my #10, #9, and #8, 2009 resolutions when stuff like this keeps happening:

2009

I realize New Years Resolutions are supposed to take effect January 1st, but I couldn't decide on NYE what I wanted to work on this year... until today. Yes, there are 10 things, because chances are I will only follow through with 1 or 2. I'm OK with that though. It means that I've changed a little from 2008. Here they are in order of importance, #10, clearly being the least important:

10.Play fetch with the dog.

9.Take the dog to the dog park.

8.Take the dog for a walk.

7.Stop buying Isabella a toy EVERY TIME we go to the store.

6.Donate 80% of the toys filling ALL the closets and storage cabinets in garage.

5.Save money.

4.Stop being selfish with the laundry. Devin needs clean underwear too.

3.Make dinner for everyone, once a week.

2.Play with Isabella instead of finding chores to do while she plays.

1.Stop laying w/Isabella till she falls asleep. And STOP moving myself and my blankets, pillows, and snoogle into her room @ all hours of the night when she wakes up. She is four. She can sleep alone.