The Perfect Tree

Typically we wait until mid December to pick out a Christmas Tree but this year, since we were in town, we went earlier. It was beautiful out and we decided to stop and pick out a tree after a day of running around. As typical, Anthony had fallen asleep in the car seat but we were sure he would wake up for the big event. Picking out a tree is a big event in the Adams' Household - so he was not going to miss it right? Wrong - he slept through the whole thing. We did snap a quick picture of him next to a random tree, just for the memory of it all.

Look Out Punky Brewster

I have been waiting for the day this starts happening, Alexandra is started to dress herself. Typically, she is really good. I am not one of those moms that has to have everything match, so Alexandra dressing herself is not a problem. She has her favorite shoes "sprinkle shoes" that she typically wears each day. We have had an usually cold few days, so Alexandra was going through her drawers and found some "prize possessions" to assemble for her school outfit. She asked me "how do I look" - which she asks everyday. I told her beautiful, that I love her outfit. Then she asked me "do you know why Flounder is my sleepy time friend?" I thought long and hard, but could not really come up with the answer so I asked her if she was pretending to be Ariel today. I really did not get it until I heard her response. "No silly mommy - we all have strips!" Not sure if you notice, there is a theme to her madness - everything has strips.

Halloween 2009

This year we went to Aunt Jeanette's house for trick or treating. Alexandra dressed up at school as Super Girl and Anthony was superman!

It's About Time

I have been getting the evil eye from Anthony for weeks now when I eat something. Lately, he has started screaming and hitting things to get my attention. You see the problem is, Alexandra and Anthony are almost three years apart, so I can not remember when I started food. Since he is six months old now, I thought I would give it a try! First on the menu - sweat potatoes. Let me tell you - he loved it! Either Alexandra was a lot younger, or Anthony really has a handle on this eating thing. I do not think he wasted a single drop.

Check out my new Specs

Alexandra loves her daycare, they are always making such cool things. Right now her "artwork" still consists of a lot of random lines and some pretty good circles. Today, she came home with her newest invention - glasses!

Annie Lives On

Alexandra is totally obsessed with the movie Annie. She has seen it at least 100 times and knows every word to every song. We took the opportunity to take her to see a live show at the Alhambra Dinner Theater. She was so excited - almost could not sit still. She was signing along with the performers. Absolutely loved it! A great time for Alexandra, Mommy and Daddy.

Happy Birthday Mommy Disney ~ Here we come

Today might be my birthday, but today is not about me, it is all about Alexandra. Since Anthony has had so much of the focus lately, we thought it was time to do something with just Alexandra, Mommy and Daddy. We had never been to Disney, so this was the perfect opportunity. Anthony got dropped off at Oma's ~ she was on duty for the day. We drove from Cocoa Beach to Orlando early in the morning. Daddy and I had discussed this, we were not going to tell Alexandra where we were going, it would make for a really long car ride. There is only so many times I can hear "are we at Disney yet?" When we pulled onto the main road and she started seeing all the Disney signs and Characters ~ it was starting to sink in. Something big was going to happen ~ but she was not sure what yet.

After getting our tickets and making our way through the gates, we instantly greeted by Daisey ~ Alexandra was very impressed. So, like good little soldiers, we waited in line for about 30 mins to have our picture taken with her. What happened to the days of the characters just randomly walking around the park? Now they are assigned areas, you have to wait in line and they get "snack breaks." The next stop was the parade and then story time with Belle. She just could not believe all the princesses were at one place ~ so exciting. She was not thrilled about the long lines and the heat, but she loved the experience. Daddy and Mommy really enjoyed watching her. Her favorite part was the Dumbo ride and of course ~ meeting Minnie and all the Princesses.

Alexandra loves Disney and was completely spoiled rotten during the whole thing. She deserved it ~ she has been very patient with the adjustment of welcoming Anthony to the family. It is hard going from center of attention to sharing the attention. I can only hope that she was always be patient with her brother ~ time will only tell.