Baby Spanish!!!

We finally got a video of Mayzie and her squealing. The first time she started doing this Blakeslie said, “It’s Ok mom – she’s just talking baby Spanish.” I love them both!!!

Snakes!!!

I took Blakeslie on her preschool field trip to the Animal Ark pet store. I thought it was going to be a little corny, but the kids got to pet and touch all the animals. The kids loved it! I was so surprised by Blakeslie’s boldness especially with the reptiles. She was the first in line to pet the gekos and snakes. While the lady was describing the snake Blakeslie was standing right in front of her and the snake got within an inch of her face. I was dying in the back of the crowd trying not to scream. I was so proud of her. All she could talk about for days was the snakes at the pet store so we had to take Dad back to show him. We also restocked her fish tank – Flip, Flop and Steve finally died – we only had Red and Sox left so we got them some buddies.

April Fool's!

April Fool’s was so much fun! Blakeslie totally got into the day of tricking. In fact, she was sad she couldn’t still pull pranks today. Blakeslie kept putting a fake spider all around the house for Chip and I to find and we stuffed a “fake Blakeslie and Mayzie” reading to trick Dad. She thought she was pretty funny! Mayzie’s little joke involved Tootsie Rolls, her diaper and her big sister – I’ll let you figure it out on your own. I made a silly dinner with a meatloaf decorated like a cake, the drinks were Jello, and Blakeslie was totally unsure about her “dirt” dessert. I made her go dig up some dirt from the garden earlier in the day, so she thought it really was mud. She wouldn’t try it until Chip did.

All of you professional cake decorators don’t look at the meatloaf cake too closely. How sad is it that the first cake I ever decorate is made of meatloaf and potato frosting. I actually burned my fingers trying to hold the pastry bag full of very hot mashed potatoes!

What a great day!