So Shoe Me

Amelia and I were walking into school this morning.  She bent down to pick up a dandelion:

When she went to pick it the wind picked up and blew it all away. 

She sighed and said "oh well, the wind just took all those wishes."

Amelia's swimming abilities have taken off!  She has been taking lessons for almost a month now at the new club we joined near our new house.  She signed up for a class of 3 kids, but the other two hardly ever show up, so Amelia's getting essentially private lessons all summer. 

What do you think?  Think she likes it?

After she launches herslef into the pool, she SWIMS all by herself to the edge of the pool.

Me: Um. There's a pretty big credit on my macy's that's not mine.

Macy's girl:

Oh! yes, you paid $165,000.00 on the account.

Me:

yes - didn't you wonder why someone would pay that much when they only owed $68.00

Macy's girl: I

think it might have been a glitch. Did you check your account to see whether or not you were missing that money?

Me:

I miss that money every day. I dont' have that money in my account. Who has a Macy's bill that big anyway?

Macy's girl: You would not believe what we see around here.

[30 minutes of attempts to fix it]

Macy's girl:

Ok, we're going to try and figure this out, but in the meantime, don't spend that money.

Me: um. ok

Amelia's new bed time ritual is to call out with various ailments in an attempt to garner sympathy and get us to sleep in bed with her.  Some of them are hilarious.  Here are the most recent ones:

• Her throat hurts because she swallowed a tooth.
• Her leg hurts because all the bones are gone.
• She has a "crump" in her toe.
• She has wood chips in her heel.
• Her foot hurts because "it has no power".

 

Amelia went to a waterslide birthday at a friend's house today.  It was 105 degrees, they had a waterside in their backyard and the kids spent the whole time in the pool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flanked by her school friends, Lauren and Julia.

 

The funniest part was the little neighbor girl who spent the majority of the party up on a ladder trying to see into the party.  She just sat there wistfully and sadly for almost an hour.

 

Amelia then stepped on a bee which stung her foot.  And we learned she is NOT allergic.  (yeay!)  But that she handles pain about as well as her mother.  After about a 1/2 hour of "OUCHIE OUCHIE OUCHIE" during the party, she found some princess clothes and all was well with the world.    Happy Bithday Alex!

 

So, as we all know, I'm still trying to replace those orange Cole Haan sandals.  

Some of you have refered to them as "clunky" "scuffy" and others say "yes, those are so you."  I may be clunky, but I'm not scuffy, so I do need to find a new pair.

Today on Endless (dot) com they have a whole section called "Orange you Happy - Add some color to your life" and then has a list of about 100 orange shoes.  If I can't find a replacement there, I dont' know where to look.

Wish me luck.

My friend Blythe passed on another great meme for all of you bloggers out there:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

The result:

The Questions and my answers:

1. What is your first name? Daniela
2. What is your favorite food? Green Curry
3. What high school did you go to? Hoquiam High School - Go Grizzlies!
4. What is your favorite color? Orange
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Val Kilmer (but only in real genius)
6. Favorite drink? Wine
7. Dream vacation? Italian Coastline
8. Favorite dessert? Creme Brulee 
9. What you want to be when you grow up? Personal shopper
10. What do you love most in life? Amelia laughing
11. One Word to describe you. Funny
12. Your flickr name - Dani

The other night I got home a little late and Amelia was already in bed.  Mike said she was still awake and to go in and see her because she wanted to say good night to me.

Amelia: Oh Mommy!  You're Home!

Me:  Yes I am honey (leans down to cuddle sleepy child, notices pillow is very wet...) Oh honey!  Why is your pillow all wet?

Amelia: Oh, that's just where I was crying for you.

 

 

They painted my daughter's nails at school.  Apparently, it was someone's birthday so they painted all the girls nails and they gave all the boys sticker tattos.  I don't know that I'm ok with this.  I had to sign a form permitting them to put sunscreen on her at school, but nail polish is apparently fine.

I told my overprotective mother and she's more concerned about the sticker tatoo which she sees as "gateway" ink and tells kids its ok to get tatoos. 

I'm weirded out by the painting of 3 year old girls' nails.  Thoughts?  Discuss.

Alternate title:  How a little bit of MDF can change my life.

I recently redid the closet and I think it is going to change how we live.  I think this will make me happy every morning.

And how about the shoe wall?  Hello Lover!