Egg Coloring 2009

Last Sunday we colored eggs. Vi and I went to Safeway (my favorite grocery store) to get all the essentials. If you can believe it they did not have the infamous PAAS egg dye. We must have walked around the store for an hour (and because of this I kept putting more and more food into the cart...hmmm, conspiracy?!). Finally I thought maybe we should jsut use food coloring. So we went to the baking aisle (I needed a map as I never go down the baking aisle) and added food coloring and vinegar to the cart. We got home and strted teh process...hard boiling the eggs and then letting them cool. The neat thing about the food coloring is that on the back they give directions on how to make a ton of colors (6 drops of this and 2 drops of that). Well, I must say they were the coolest eggs ever! I will forever dye eggs using the old fashioned food coloring. The eggs were so vibrant.

When I grow up...

Lately Vi has been talking about when she grows up...here are a couple of funny stories...

A couple of weeks ago Vi asked if she had to have a kid when she grew up. I told her no, she can if she wants to but she doesn't have to. She said good because she doesn't want any kids. She went on to ask how you don't have kids (um...yeah...i'm not quite ready for the sex talk)...since I am so quick on my toes I said you can go to the doctor and ask for special medicine (thank you to whoever invented the birth control pill, you have helped me out yet again). She seemed to be happy with that answer but then moved on to getting married. Do I have to get married? she asked. I said no, you don't have to. She said good, she doesn't want to get married either. So apparently at the ripe ol' age of 5 she has decided that she is not getting married or having any kids. Only time will tell...hopefully a lot of time!

Tuesday on the way home Vi and I were talking about school. She said she doesn't like it and doesn't want to go back because she doesn't like doing jobs (everyday they have to complete 3 jobs which are usually worksheets or projects). I said just wait until you grow up and have to go to work. She proceeded to tell me she will not have to work because she is not going to have any kids so she won't need any money. She said she was going to be a teacher. Wow, I thought, that is really nice. She then went on to say she wanted to be a teacher so she can make other kids do boring jobs. Yes, that is right...if she has to do boring jobs she is going to make sure others will suffer too...

A Visit from Grandpa Sam and Aunt Tina

This past week Sam and Tina came down and stayed with us. We had so much fun! We ate at one of Tina's fav places in AZ, Oreganos.






We went to the new World Wildlife Aquarium. They have a couple of Touch Tanks. We got to touch Starfish, Crabs, Sea Urchins and Sting Rays. It was very cool!!






Here is a pic of Eddie, Tina and Vi from when we were at the zoo. Vi loves her Aunt Tina!







We went to a Cubs Spring Training game. We sat right on the 3rd base line. It was Sam, Tina, Eddie and I. Vi was in school. It was a beautiful day. Very sunny but breeezy so it wasn't too hot.







We are very happy that Sam and Tina came out to visit. Hopefully they can come back real soon!

Artist

Vi is getting so good at writing and drawing. She came home from school last week and showed me the attached picture. She did it all by herself. When I asked her what her teacher thought of the pic she said, oh i didn't show her this picture. Well at least I didnt get a note home from the teacher!

First week with Lily

We have very quickly fallen in love with Lily. She is such a good girl, it is maddening that she was on the "kill list"! She is obviously still getting used to us but she is doing amazingly well. We are still watching her and Stella closely to make sure they are fine together but so far so good. The only tthing we really have to watch is that Stella doesn't play too rough. She isn't being mean, she just needs to realize that Lily is smaller. As you can see from the pics Lily and Vi and too cute together! Lily will let Vi hold her and she sleeps with her. This is something that Stella wants nothing to do with. Lily is going to the vet today for a check up.

We are very happy to have found her!!

Skating Party

Last Saturday Vi went to her first birthday party. Her friend Isabelle turned 6. The party was at the roller rink. Vi had never been on skates before. Her feet are so small, I didn't even know they made skates that small but they do. The first couple of times around she was holding our hands or holding onto the wall. After that though...no need for mom and dad. She was skating all by herself! When she fell she just picked herself up and kept going. And you know Vi...even on skates she was dancing to the music :)

Welcome Lily!

Eddie and I have been talking about getting another dog for awhile. Wrigley was not a good fit for our family but we have always liked the idea of two dogs. Well, today we found a dog! She is a little girl Vi has named Lily. She is a daschound/beagle mix and is a whooping 15 lbs. She is very calm but loving. We had a couple of barks from Stella when it came to dinner time but we quickly worked through that. The dogs are good together because they do not bother each other. Vi loves Lily...and Lily is really good with Vi...so far so good...the shelter we got her from is great and really wants to place the rigth dog with the rigth family so they will be in close contact. We are very excited to have Lily as part of our family!