B Chronicles

more than enough bubbles

yeah, i know perfectly well that you are not supposed to put soap in the tub when you use the jacuzzi, but it makes TONS of bubbles! How can I resist??

Nails by Lila!!!
(one hand of mommy's nails)

sometimes i feel like my life is that commercial for Bad Idea Jeans.

and one picture that Lila took of her shoe.

Today she wanted me to dust off a pencil jar, and she asked me to "undust it." Which really, makes more sense.
We also went to the park a billion times over the last few days, where all she wants to do is play on the slides and play "Mommy, You're the troll!!" And run screaming from me while trying to watch her hair blow. DO i have a picture of her at the park you may ask? no, i don't!

toofick

in a "rare" moment of weakness, I let Lila suck on a tea tree oil toothpick. Under close supervision, of course. This might have been the highlight of her week.

The Preposterous Potato

Last night was Lila's stage debut. Her preschool had a spring show, and allegedly the kids did a dance and sang a song and performed a play. What Lila did was dance a bit and then scan the crowd for Mommy, and when she found me, some tears started spouting, but she very bravely held back. She stood up there like a trooper and waited until it was all over to collapse in a blubbering heap! We are all proud of you Lila!

Sometimes when i get nervous, i stick my hands under my arms and then smell them really quick like this ...
(she also spent a large amount of time picking her nose but we didn't get a picture of that!!)

This was the most heartbreaking thing, the crying potato! I just wanted to go scoop her up and hug her!

what Lila takes to bed 2.0

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mommy's Christmas stocking
wooden orange
plastic rock
golden book "The Little Mermaid"
hardback version of Pinocchio
a tiny white stuffed dog named "Sarah"
Giselle doll as big as she is!

trip to the princess store (a.k.a. the disney store)

we decided to go downtown today, to the disney store on michigan ave. Very exciting! We let Lila pick one thing to buy. She just kept looking at stuff, saying, I want to buy this, I want to buy this, I want to buy this. She was deciding between a yellow belle dress and a blue cinderella dress when we looked at the Giselle dolls. She immediately decided that's what she wanted to buy. The doll is almost as tall as Lila, and made of velvet or something. Lila carried her to Soupbox, where we had lunch, and she carried her down to the subway, and she carried her up to the brown line, and she held her on the el, whence Lila immediately fell asleep! Giselle already has "subway feet" and Lila brushed her teeth, but hopefully she will stay out of the bathtub.

waterpark! waterpark! (or, everybody wang chung tonight)

Yesterday was our trip to the Mayan Adventure Waterpark at the Holiday Inn Elmhurst. Or as Lila's mommy and daddy call it, "Hell on Earth." No, really, it wasn't that bad. But I think, when you make a reservation on the "waterpark side" with a balcony overlooking the park, they should mention that, by the way, there will be a 6 foot loudspeaker right outside your window blaring hits from the 80's and Beach Boys, until 10 pm. And, also, it is about 97 degrees up there. But, Lila thought it was very excellent. We got there, checked in, went swimming. (Along with, by the way, about 10,000 other people.) Lila rode around the "lazy river" in an innertube with me for a while, which is actually pretty fun, but she kept getting chilly. Then we went over to the sprinkler area and played in there for a while. After dinner we went and played in the sprinkler area some more. Every 10 minutes or so, a huge bucket of water gets splashed over the top of the play structure, but Lila wouldn't go anywhere near that, she just sang her mermaid song whenever it happened. Finally we tried to go to bed, but, no one got any sleep until they turned off the music. Inside outside usa, indeed. In the morning we went back to the waterpark and lila skipped around in a circle and basically stayed in the same 5 foot radius for about an hour. I guess if you enjoy dancing in ankle deep water to duran duran this is the place for you! and, luckily, this IS Lila's idea of about the funnest thing ever. (You can splash all you want and you don't get into trouble!!!!)

little edie

For a while, Lila preferred taking her meals in her room, wearing a fancy gown, sitting in her dirty chair. If she just had a headscarf and ate some potted meat, the whole thing would have a decidedly "Grey Gardens" flair. Luckily I don't think Lila has seen that movie yet.

Lila's brain

I'm you and you're me, ok?

"happy valen"

I don't know why, but Lila finds it very hilarious when she leaves the ends off of words. Maybe it has something to do with the sugar high she's on today. Candy rulz!
This is the doll she got today. Her name was Amelie but Lila immediately changed it to Vanilla. Of course! Vanilla has not yet been ushered into Lila's inner circle and therefore spent her first day on the floor. However the new Barbies from the Grandmas have already been to the bathtub party! That would be "Strawberry Hair" and "Borrow".

This shirt is now the only one she wants to wear. Somehow it is "pretty" even though it is covered in mysterious stains.