Can Fries Be Cute???

The new Happy Meals come with the cutest little fries and healthier options like apples.

These fries were just adorable and perfect amount for a wee one.

Had to do photo op to show it off.

...and who doesn't love monster fries???

Moon Wishes

Last night, leaving Papa's house, Bailee looked up and saw the moon. I looked down at her in her stroller, and she had her eyes closed. I asked her what she was doing and she said (while squinting) "Making a Wish!"

So she secretly made her wish before we left. Then the whole way home she looked for stars and we made wishes. The wishes went a little like this..."Star bright, star light...no mom, Star NIGHT...let me make this wish I wish tonight..."

A few of my favorite wishes she made were:

*...I wish for hugs for daddy

*...I wish Kristin came back (her old sitter)

*...I wish Mommy and Daddy can go to orchestra and play!

*...I wish Ashley and Rob can borrow baby Ellie (our friends baby)...so they can meet her.

Then she named the star she was watching out the car window...

And she named it Karlos K. Krinklebein (after the fish from Cat in the Hat.)

Honest Abe...

Bailee said she learned about Abraham Lincoln at school the other day. We asked her all sorts of questions, and where he lived...her reply "In a Lincoln Log House."

Welcome Spring (and the weekend Snow)

We are supposed to get our first snow of the winter tomorrow, so I made a Spring wreath to celebrate?

I am the Shampoo Nazi...

We all have heard of the Soup Nazi, well, I am the Shampoo Nazi.

For some reason, when I am stressed, or even celebrating, I like to buy new shampoo. A new scent seems to be a great way to get an easy pick-me-up. I am one of these people that never uses the same shampoo two days in a row...you should see our shower. I usually like to have at least three different choices in the shower every day. One choice is always a 2-in-1, for the quick, lazy days. Then I have my "just shampoo" day, usually for a bath, it rinses better. And I also like to have a separate shampoo and conditioner, matching set of course, for those special days....or the winter days when static is at its worst...you have to use a separate conditioner. Sometimes, though, I like to have two sets of separates to choose from. Somewhere in our tiny bathroom, there about one tiny square inch for Ben's shampoo. Poor guy.

A friend recently sent me some great shampoo and conditioner from California. Great for a speedy surgery recovery! This is "green" shampoo, it smells great, cleans great, and helps save the planet...awesome.

One day I noticed the bathroom smelled like my new shampoo...and it was Ben who had just showered. Hmmm...I walked by, took a whiff, and sure enough...he used MY shampoo. Not only does he have to fight for space for his things, but getting in and out of the shower is an obstacle course for him...avoiding all the shampoo selections, not to mention choices of bodywash and soap (we have to have choices there too!) And now, I am stalking him and trailing him like a hunting dog tracking a bird...just to see if he smells like me.

I am the Shampoo Nazi...I see everything. You walk by smelling all good and all, but I know, I can tell.