Bat

Piglet's really into blocks these days. She can play with them for hours... which is great for me. The other day I came out of the shower in the morning to a very proud Piglet who had just made this. Guess what it is? A bat! Pretty realistic looking, don't you think? And she wanted a picture before breaking it to make something else.

Meeting Santa

Today we took Piglet to see Santa with a few of our friends. To be honest, I have always been a little freaked out by people in costumes. Little halloween costumes are alright but I still can't go near Snow White or Cinderella at Disneyland. Even the thought of being close to Santa creeps me out a little bit. But I didn't want to project my fear onto Piglet so we took her. Well, she didn't seem to mind. She gladly sat on Santa's lap for a good amount of time and conversed with him. I wondered what they were talking about while snapping away these pictures. Funny but even going through these photos made me feel a little queasy but I won't go there...







Piglet and a friend

Christmas card

The past few years I've designed our Christmas cards. It's one of the things I look forward to every holiday season. Nothing fancy, just something simple which is my preference when it comes to most things. Well, this year, I've been too tired to think about it. And with Christmas quickly approaching I was even contemplating not sending out any Christmas cards. Then I started playing with Piglet's gingerbread house photos a few days ago and ended up ordering these through Shutterfly.



Although I'm impressed with their quality and turn-around time, I could've easily done this at home. For some reason I believed that their photo cards would have some kind of a card stock backing. This is not true. The back is like that of any photo papers and I don't like writing on it. Yes, I'm one of those people who need to include a handwritten message with every card. So now I have to go and cut out some card stock paper to attach it to the back just so I could write on it. Guess I'm pretty hard to please. Next year I'll be designing our cards.

Conversations

2.5 is a great age. I love being able to have real conversations with my daughter. Almost every day there is something that I explode into laughter about. Here's what happened today over dinner while I was explaining to Piglet that my husband will be back home by tomorrow morning from his business trip.

Me: "Guess what Piglet, when you wake up in the morning, daddy will be here."
Piglet: "I wanna show him [something, I can't remember what] right now!"
Me: "Well, he's not here yet. He's in San Diego trying to catch a plane."
Piglet: Looks at me with a wide-eyed, shocked face, "But an airplane is too big to catch!"

Did I mention this is a great age?

Fun facts- almost 30 months, oh my.

I had a cute idea for a family holiday gift that included some fun facts about Piglet but it didn't really work out. So I decided to keep the list for myself for some self-amusement years from now. I like asking Piglet for her latest favorites, often to distract her from boredom in the car, and thought it'd be fun to keep it around. When she was born, I actually created her an email account. Yes, I'm dorky. And I [try to] send her an email on her birth date every month, just a little something from mama. I used to be much more consistent... and want to keep it up for as long as possible. At least now she/I can look back on this little blog, hopefully. Anyway, here goes the list.

fun facts about Piglet [as of this moment!]

height: 3’ 1”
weight: 30 lbs.
favorite color: purple
favorite book: mouse shapes, poetry
favorite food: pumpkin pie, oatmeal
favorite fruit: yellow raspberries
favorite vegetable: broccoli
favorite shape: rectangle
favorite animal: bats
favorite tv show: blue’s clues
favorite toys: blocks, playmobil, little people
favorite number: 10
favorite letter: A
Favorite drink: any juice except for tomato
favorite saying: i don’t like it!
favorite movie: mary poppins
favorite flower: peony
favorite song: jingle bell rock
favorite city: waikiki, hawaii
favorite restaurant: hakatamon [japanese]
favorite ice cream flavor: mint chocolate chips
goal in life: to touch the ceiling
cannot live without: my pink blanket
dislikes: loud noises, spicy food, sleeping
if i could name my baby sister, it’d be: Gulia
What i want from santa: an airplane toy

Piglet's going to be a big sister!

I am 10 weeks pregnant. It sorta explains my absence here the last few weeks. I'm tired but I'll take that over constant nausea any day. It's been a little more difficult to feel connected to this baby since Piglet gets all my attention during the day. When I was pregnant with Piglet, I remember talking to her [aka. my belly] a lot. Sometimes I wonder if that's why she talks so much. Anyway, I got to see the baby for the first time a few days ago and it was just as exciting as the first time. I'm very grateful for that.

Gingerbread house

Today Piglet and I [along with a few friends] made our very first gingerbread house. It was from a kit which included everything- the house, icing, and candy. Very convenient! Piglet did this for over an hour. I'm amazed at her concentration and attention span! I got tired before she was done.

A toothpick is a great tool [according to my perfectionist mommy]...


And I agree!


I'm so good at this I don't even need to look in the candy bowl.


SEE?


Love this gooey stuff!


Back to work


What do you think?


This is so fun, can we make another one? [She really asked this...]


That's enough pictures, mommy!