N: [in her sleep] My choc-o-late. Where'd MY choc-o-late go? Chocolate....

E: If the earth starts spinning backwards then the days would get all mixed up and go the wrong way. That's my idea.

New Year News

The truth is that I've just been so busy enjoying my girls and life in general that I haven't made any time to keep up to date with posts and/or photo management. In the coming weeks I'm going to try to make this a priority so I can be sure to document my favourite recent moments.

1. Naomi spends most of her time saying "Me too! Me too!" She says it just as she gets the feeling that something 'may' be about to happen. For example, Evelyn says "Mom, can I..." And Naomi chimes in with "Me too! Me too!".

2. In the same theme, Naomi is in the heat of the 'my' and 'mine' stage. Which includes, as Evelyn moves in to hug me, "My mommy!" Evelyn has cleverly nicknamed her "Myomi".

3. Naomi chipped her front tooth. I have no idea how this happened. But, I did walk into the living room this weekend to find her standing naked, fully upright, on top of Evelyn's 'ridable' 2ft tall pony "Princess".

4. And you really have to see the picture to appreciate this one, but Naomi will wear boots (I mean, just boots), weigh her arms down with about 9 purses/bags full of all those misc. small toys that step on in the middle of the night and stifle profanities, and make you follow her around the house with the shopping cart saying "Shopping day today. Come. Come.."

5. And if you haven't figured it out by now, Naomi is pretty much always naked.

Alice and Bob in Wonderland

When Evelyn saw these she said:

"Mommy? The next time you go to work can you ask them to make a movie about why I can't pick up puddles? Remember to say please..."

Watch it here:

Alice and Bob in Wonderland

Or here:

On the afterlife

E: I asked god today if he died and went to outerspace or stayed in the ground. He told me he stayed in the ground.

Trying to figure it all out

E: Where do seeds come from?
A: Plants produce seeds during their life cycle that fall to the earth and grow the next season, or are moved around by bugs and animals and 'planted' in different areas, or harvested by humans to plant in gardens.
E: No...I mean how did the seed get there?
A: It grows inside the plant, just like you grew from a 'seed'.
E: No. You guys aren't listening. How did the FIRST seed get here?
C: Some people think that energy from the sun and water from the planet reacted with some type of matter that started the first living thing that evolved into all the different plants and species we know today.
E: [Irritated stare]
A: These are really big questions Evelyn, and we don't actually have all the answers - I mean, the world doesn't have definate answers.
E: I just can't stop thinking about it. How did seeds get made?
C: A long time ago there was a factory that made one of each kind of seed that started the whole process. We don't need that factory anymore.
E: Oh. OK.

Things that make me realize how dumb I am

There was a time in my life where I actually thought I was pretty smart. How naive of me.

Check out this job description written by one of the speakers coming to PI's Q2C festival.

Evelyn says:

"So when Naomi is done nursing and your 'nurses' don't make milk anymore, are they just for decoration?"

Little Evelyn

When talking with Rob:

E: Well...are you still a kid?
R: Sometimes.
E: Do you have to ride in a car seat?

I Tweet

http://twitter.com/anya_5

A Stage Presence

Evelyn had a dance recital on Sunday as a season finale to her Ballet and Irish Dance Lessons. After the first session, I went into 'the green room' to help with her wardrobe change... and heard this:

random little ballerina: what happened to you? where did you go?
E: (looking perplexed and slightly annoyed) I was performing.

spring

Just Photos

Zack "Billy" Bryson takes the chairs challenge

Snotty but cute

Lily does it best

From It's not me. It's you.