Just a Little Slice

Feb 26-It's how we roll

Breakfast at the Socha house is quite an experience.  Ok, every meal at our house is an experience *wink*  Alex usually ends up sitting *on* the table for just about every meal.  He will scoot his little tush over to whoever has the food he's decided he wants and just take it right off their plate  *sigh*  

Feb 25- Watching, waiting.....soon to be barking

My Sydney girl.  She spends most of her day (well when she's not sitting at my feet) sitting on the couch in the living room watching out the window.  She watches for the mail man, she watches for the UPS truck, she watches for birds, cats, deer, leaves, grass growing *wink*  and then she barks...and barks....and barks.  At anything and everything :)  Good thing she's a sweetie because the barking can get a little tiresome, especially when it wakes up sleeping children.  But I love me sweet Sydney, barking and all, she's such a good pup!

***can you see her coat just getting ready to fall off?  She's all ready to shed that winter undercoat and bury my house in gray and black hair :/

Feb 24- Yay!

I finally found some much needed "me" time and got down into my stamp room to stamp...just for me!  I brought down my trusty sketch/color combo book and just had fun!  I managed to make 3 birthday cards today while both kids took their afternoon nap.  It was such a nice, relaxing way to spend my afternoon.  Wow, have I missed my stamps!!!

Feb 23- spell my name

I found these (super yummy) cinnamon alphabet cookies today while I was at Trader Joe's.  We had them as a special treat after dinner tonight.  Well you *know* we just *had* to dig through the entire tub of cookies to find all the letters of Elizabeth's name.  Really what can be more fun than eating all the letters in your name???? We discovered that the tub has numbers too so you know that we had to find the number 5 for her to eat too.  Funny though, Alex just got random letters...guess it's only required if you actually know how to spell *wink*

Feb 22- We love the dentist!!

Dentist day today!  I am very lucky that Elizabeth LOVES to go to the dentist.  I'm talking she counts down the days until she gets to go again.  She opted to go back for her cleaning all by herself today too- cause she's 5 now and a big girl- she no longer needs me to go with her.  She did fantastic with her cleaning and she got a clean bill of health!  After her cleaning she brought Alex over to show him how to brush teeth.  "Aly" has some BIG teeth (um well he *is* an alligator after all) so he needs lots of brushing.!  :)

Feb 21- Love, Elizabeth

Phew, it was a long time coming but I *finally* made the thank you cards for Elizabeth's birthday (I know, I know....it's been a month but hey life's been crazy).  Elizabeth wanted to address and sign her name on every card.  I helped her spell all her friend's names and she got to work.  She did a great job!  Some friends got "Elizabeth", some "Eliz" and some even got the full "Elizabeth Socha" :)  It was serious work writing out all those cards.  Phew it was exhausting *wink*

Feb 20- Bye Daddy

Chris is off to TX today for a few days.  He's off to a pharmacy compounding class (that sounds awesome!!!) in Houston.  It's a tough day for the little lady....she is SO torn about how she's feeling right now.  She has been looking forward to him leaving because she was told she can sleep in my bed with me while he's away--which of course is *so* totally exciting for her. BUT (and this is a huge but) for her to be sleeping in my bed it means that Daddy isn't here :(  You can tell she's not sure which she wants more-the bed sharing or her daddy to stay here.  Ugh, such tough dilemmas.  Safe trip Chris, you will be missed lots!

Feb 19- she's a big girl now

The little lady is getting tall!  Her pants are starting to get a little shorter , the shirts are starting to show a little belly.....time for new clothes!  She announced to us that she needs to get "big girl clothes" since she's no longer a little kid.  So off to the store we went to get some new big girl clothes.  She picked out quite a few adorable outfits (yes, *she* needs to pick them out otherwise she won't wear them- just ask me how many outfits we have in the closet that she's never touched :/).  We still need to get the pants with adjustable waistbands since she's a skinny little thing but the pants are a perfect length and thankfully that belly is properly covered up like it should be!

Feb 18- Eggpant Parm

That eggplant must have been extra awesome this weekend because Chris made it again today.  He's never been an eggplant fan but this recipe has shown him the love.   Elizabeth only like the actual eggplant, once it's "parm" and you add the cheese she won't touch it (silly girl that's the best part!!!).  So some plain eggplant for her and eggplant parm for everyone else.  We invited Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Marco down to enjoy it with us (since it's a fried item I can't touch it this close to my surgery).  Once again, HUGE hit!!  This recipe is a keeper!!

Feb 17- favorite things

A nice mid-afternoon snack of all Alex's favorite things.  He could drink an entire 6 pack of these yogurt drinks in one siting if I let him.  He LOVES them!!!  He pulls them out of the refrigerator and hands them to me saying "more"....and he'll just keep pulling and pulling.  I don't know where he puts it all since he really isn't a "big kid" (he's only about 20 lbs) but man can he EAT!!!  I am in trouble when he gets older....but I guess it all balances out since his big sister practically eats nothing.