Bad Dora!

This afternoon Carlie and Dora went to Play Park to play soccer. I guess all started out well until Dora pushed Carlie down. I didn't actually see it happen, but Carlie insisted on it and proceeded to put Dora in time out (with a blanket because it was cold out there- her words, not mine). That Dora better watch it, or we will call Dept of Homeland Security and have her deported. (Of course, they would probably just give her full medical benefits and a monthly check and send her on her merry way.)

Good Morning!

For a Monday, we had a really good morning. Noah is now having solids for breakfast. On today's menu - oatmeal and prunes. The prunes made their presence known around 6:45pm. Whewee. Carlie just dined on her typical Cheerios breakfast. I think I forgot to eat breakfast now that I think about it.

Who's Gonna Go?

Yes, I'm talking about American Idol. Last night's performances were quite good for the most part in my mind. You can probably find them on youtube if you're interested. I think Sanjaya should go. His singing and "grooving" were a little much. Blake's beatbox rendition of "Time of the Season" was awesome. And, what was with the girl in the audience crying during the performances. A bit disturbing. It reminded me of Elvis footage they always show on television with the girls screaming and crying. Don't know if this girl realizes these people are far from Elvis. But, whatever floats her boat. Blake and Melinda are, in my opinion, the top 2. Glad Melinda got a haircut so her neck looks longer. Lakisha did not do well last night, definitely bad song choice. I could go on, but I won't because some of you reading this don't even watch Idol, but maybe I can convert you. Buwahahahahahaha......

Paging Dr. Carlie

I spent the morning putting the wagon together and taking Noah to the "doctor" about six times.

Heartbeat: Good
Blood Pressure: Good
Mom, what is she doing to me??
Ears: Good, All Healthy

Happy Birthday Carlie, Part 2

Yesterday was Carlie's actual birthday. We went to Spaghetti Factory, and when we pulled into the parking lot, she said, "but El Maguey is my favorite restaurant." We should have gone there. After we sat down and were waiting for our drinks, this waitress clearing another table was carrying all the dishes in this tub. Well I guess she tripped or something, and the dishes went crashing to the floor sending sauce down Carlie's and my back and dumping noodles all over Carlie's chair. Luckily neither of us were injured by the dishes. They were very apologetic, and the sauce residue wasn't that bad. It didn't result in a free meal or anything, but we didn't give them a hard time about it.

She opened all of her presents when we got home. My cupcake cake looks a little silly, but she didn't care. I guess I was a little distracted in the afternoon watching hoops rather than frosting it. Whoops.



CODE BLUE CODE BLUE!
I need the paddles STAT!!

Cinderellie

Carlie played dress-up with her two Cinderella outfits she got for her birthday. And, those glass slippers keep "breaking", but she always has the other one in her pocket. Once I caught her sitting on the floor in the kitchen with a rag singing "Sing Sweet Nightengale" as she wiped the floor. She cracks me up.

Happy Birthday Carlie, Part 1

We had a birthday party in Newburgh for Carlie so that Grammy Dobbins could attend, and of course so I had nothing to clean up. What a nice break that was. She got lots of fun stuff, although I think her best gift was Season 2 of House on DVD. Yes, I was quite surprised when she opened that, especially since we have never even seen the show. Turns out, there was another birthday party going on, and one of the kids saw the present and just put it on Carlie's pile. Oh, and there are better pictures than this, but I had to use someone else's camera to take them. They were copied on a read-only disk so I am unable to rotate them. I doubt you want to read the blog with a permanent head tilt.

Children's Museum

This is a little late, but we went to the Children's Museum while in Evansville with Aunt Michelle and Meredith and Caroline. It is very similar to the Magic House but on a smaller scale. Carlie had fun with her cousins.

This is a nose, and the kids are, you guessed it, BOOGERS! (Who comes up with this stuff??!!)
Sliding with Meredith...
Water fun with Caroline...

Carlie Goes to the Dentist

This actually occurred on February 28th, but I had to download the photos from Grammy's camera because I didn't have mine with me. Carlie did such a great job at the dentist. She has been going for a year now and each visit they do a little more. Last time she just rode up and down in the chair. This time she actually let them look in her mouth and count her teeth. She did such a great job. I was very proud of her.

I'm not so sure about this...
Hey, this is fun!
Open wide...

Mesker Park Zoo

Yesterday we went to the zoo since it was the nicest it has been all week. We were practically the only people there. The nice thing was our STL zoo membership provided us with free admission, and free is always good in my book. Carlie did not like the bird area too much because they were flying around. She didn't care for the nocturnal section either since it was pitch black in the room. Noah camped out in the stroller most of the day. He had no complaints.


We didn't tell her that this Burmese Python could probably eat her in one swallow...
Noah with Pawpaw and the goats...

A trip to Mt. Carmel

We went to Mt. Carmel with Grammy and Pawpaw to visit extended family so they could meet Noah. I didn't get any pictures of Uncle Ron and Aunt Barb, but did manage to get the kids with their Great Aunt Donna, and Carlie with Cousin Brenda.

Carlie's First Basketball Game

Carlie got to attend her first basketball game on March 1st when the Evansville Aces played Drake in the MVC tourney. The Aces lost as usual, and they are now on the hunt for a new coach so if anyone out there is interested, you just let me know. Rumor has it Bobby Knight is being considered, although I think our lack of alumni donations will prevent that from happening (among other things). Back to the game, Carlie said she enjoyed the game more than her hotdog, but I tend to wonder since she was ready to leave at halftime. It's clear she is going to need to watch the full 12 hours of coverage provided each day of the opening rounds of March Madness so she can become a basketball junkie like her mom. (Dad still needs some work with that as well so he can actually beat me in a bracket contest-hee hee)