telly ride, part 1

oh heaven on earth.

like a thomas kincade painting, but better.

we have had quite a bit of change happening in our family and thought it would be a great time to do thanksgiving a little differently this year. nonni, papa, tio, megan, the daisies and i, nini, jj, auntie and uncle jerry came to "telly ride" for 5 days of nirvana. it all came to an end much too soon. while we still have one more day, i am already mourning our departure. i hope we can make this a family tradition. the easiest, stress-free, most family-oriented and purest holiday we have ever had. what is left of our family is the strongest most beautiful, unbreakable, steadfast bond.

i never want to leave.

on the way up, we stopped in ouray at a great little chocolatier. i bought two turkeys for my little turkeys.

this was the windiest road i have ever experienced in my LIFE. i always thought i had an iron stomach, but the altitide and twisty turns really got to me. i actually had to have papa pull over so i could hurl...not fun :(
titter was scared and had little "protect" her. little said, "titter, i'm not scared...should i be?"

we stopped in durango and in the front of someone's yard were 8 DEER! just hanging out. beautiful.

just life

eeh, gads, it's been too long since i've posted.
no excuses, just life.
happening at warp speed.
nothing new, and nothing no one else experiences. just life.
titter finished preschool and is off to kindergarten, little is potty-trained. completely on her own schedule, practically over night. no thanks to me. she simply enjoyed contributing to my mass of wrinkles and gray hair.

this big girl is gunning for my job. she (FINALLY, MOM!!) got a camera and will rarely be seen without it.

and little would prefer to be pampered than to actually have to work at something.

a couple daisy girl anecdotes:

when the girls are in the middle (or beginning, or end. it's hard to tell when one ends and the other is just beginning) of an argument, i do not want to hear tattletaling and am often found saying, "work it out between the two of you, or else i will throw xyz away!" titter responds, "it's all little's fault. she needs to work it out between the ONE of her. i'm serious!"

our new word is antagonize/antagonizing. every chance they get, i believe they do it just so they can use the word/act out the word. in the car the other day:
titter: moo-oooommmm, little's antagonizing me!
little: i am NOT. only i am antagonizing mySELF. let me DO it.

interview with little

1. What is something Mommy always says to you?
ummm, i love you

2. What makes Mommy happy?
um, being happy. but what makes elli really happy?


3. What makes Mommy sad?
ummm, when we hit somebody

4. How does your Mommy make you laugh?
ummm, when we laugh together


5. What was your Mommy like as a child?
i babysitted you when you were a baby.


6. What is Mommy’s favorite thing to do?
you like to work doing the computer.


7. What does your Mommy do when you're not around?
you just walk from school.

8. What is your Mommy really good at?
teaching us how to jump.


9. What is your Mommy not very good at?
not very good at teaching us how to snip stuff.


10. What does your Mommy do for her job?
go to work to make money for us to go to the mall. weeeeeee!!!!!!!

11. What is your Mommy's favorite food?
worms and bugs!


12. What makes you proud of your Mommy?
when i go to the big girl class and then i go potty in the toilet. oh and poopy, too.

13. If your Mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
a mean lady (ooh, that's not good)


14. What do you and your Mommy do together?
go to the mall

15. How are you and your Mommy the same?
when we have, like, we have, like i don't know. (that's my valley girl!)


16. How are you and your Mommy different?
we change clothes


17. How do you know your Mommy loves you?
you just be yourself



18. Where is your Mommy's favorite place to go?
you like to go with us


19. What does Mommy like about Daddy?
he goes to work


20. Who is Mommy's best friend?
US!

interview with titter

1. What is something Mommy always says to you?
i love you

2. What makes Mommy happy?
being nice and being good to your sister


3. What makes Mommy sad?
when we hit and bite and do mean things


4. How does your Mommy make you laugh?
by doing silly things like making funny faces, ok?


5. What was your Mommy like as a child?
you liked ballet


6. What is Mommy’s favorite thing to do?
to hug and kiss and one more thing...and spank (ooh, that needs some work)


7. What does your Mommy do when you're not around?
she goes to costco, does peeatees (pilates), and you go to stamp club

8. What is your Mommy really good at?
ooh ooh i know! stamping. OH! and helping your children!


9. What is your Mommy not very good at?
i know! she's not very good at, well, playing baseball, or golf. and she's not very good at listening (ouch)


10. What does your Mommy do for her job?
money. she makes money and then spends it on her girls.

11. What is your Mommy's favorite food?
enchiladas (ooh yummy!)


12. What makes you proud of your Mommy?
when she hugs me and kisses me.


13. If your Mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
you would still be mommy.


14. What do you and your Mommy do together?
we stamp.

15. How are you and your Mommy the same?
when we do things that one of us is doing. like when i'm pretending to be you and you're still you, then we are both the same.


16. How are you and your Mommy different?
when we don't do things that the other is doing.


17. How do you know your Mommy loves you?
when she says, "i love you."



18. Where is your Mommy's favorite place to go?
home!


19. What does Mommy like about Daddy?
when he brushes his teeth. yup.


20. Who is Mommy's best friend?
just me!


(stay tuned for little's interview tomorrow)

you don't know how much i love my little girls

especially today.

on any other normal day, i abhor pop-ups. we have a good pop-up blocker, but this particular one...popped up. titter was right next to me and she said,

mommy! that looks just like you!
what?! how?
...and then she pointed. to her chi chis and giggled.





what i love even more is, in a previous post, this was daddy!
i think i win :)

you are not my mudder

this morning, one funny and one beautiful thing came out of little's mouth:

she sleeps with me, so the first thing this morning, she opens her eyes, smiles and says, "thank you for being my mama, mama."
i wanted to cry.
she says the sweetest things all of the time. i've always said she has an old soul. she is such a diplomat. she does not like inequality. she wants everyone around her to be happy, and has a keen sense when someone is down or emitting sad/mad/blah vibes - she just comes up to give a big hug. my god i love that little girl!

now the funny thing:
mama, how come we don't have a mudder in our house?
what? aren't i the mother?
(laughing) you silly mama! you're the mama, the mommy, not the MUDDER!
(and she walks off laughing!)

what's a ho?

one day, titter and little were at my parents and my mom was getting ready for some fancy shindig. titter was "helping" nonni get ready and nonni asked her:
hita, can you hand me my hose?
ok nonni. but, what's a ho?

from this point on, we refer to them as nylons. not hose. it's all a matter of semantics.