Goofy Hair Day

Sweet Pea had "Goofy Hair Day" at her school this month. We colored her hair with washable markers! I was pleasantly surprised to find that they washed completely out with mild soap and water. I may even have to try this again this summer - and Sweet Pea and I can have matching goofy hair!

Spring Pictures

This weekend I took Sweet Pea to my favorite park to snap some spring pictures. She did pretty awesome :) I'm sure I'm a wee bit biased, but, I think she is absolutely beautiful!

Have you met Baby Monster?

Sweet Pea has had an imaginary friend for quite some time now. It has been really interesting to see how Baby Monster's persona changes throughout Sweet Pea's development. She even manifested into 2 imaginary friends at one time: Baby Monster and Big Girl Monster. You can imagine their differences. Baby Monster still used a binky and wore diapers, while Big Girl Monster didn't use binkies and wore panties. Baby Monster is definately always around when Sweet Pea feels nervous or uncomfortable - like, the first day or preschool. But, she's also pretty much around all the time. Baby Monster is a girl, and has had several different appearances. Once when Sweet Pea looked out her car window and told me Baby Monster was running alongside our car, I asked what Baby Monster looks like. Sweet Pea told me she has purple skin, white hair, and big ears.

Miss Technology

Sweet Pea got a hold of my new iPhone and figured out how to take pictures with it. 137, to be exact. The next day, she was admiring all of her photos, and she accidentally turned on Siri. She told Siri, "Text all my friends." Luckily, Siri didn't understand. My future apologies to all my friends who get a text begging for fruit snacks!

Jingles the Elf

We started a new tradition this year - we introduced the "Elf on the Shelf". It's a pretty cute idea - the elf arrives at your home from the North Pole shortly after Thanksgiving, and each night he reports back to the North Pole to tell Santa if you've been naughty or nice. When he returns, he usually lands in a different place in your home. Sweet Pea finds this hilarious and loves looking for him in the morning. Right when he arrives, you have to give him his very own name, so he can get his magic. We were a bit worried about this, because in the weeks leading up to his arrival, Sweet Pea kept saying she was going to name him "Stinky Pants". Luckily for the Elf, she was feeling nice when he arrived, and she named him "Jingles" :)

Jingles loves hanging out on the Christmas trees. One morning he was with her mermaid Ariel, and Sweet Pea was NOT happy about that. In fact, she was pretty mad that Jingles didn't ask Sweet Pea if he could play with Ariel!

Enjoying the Christmas Tree 2011

Miss Sweet Pea is LOVING having the Christmas tree up! She's always rearranging the ornaments and admiring the tree. Here's a little video of her with the tree this year:



And in case you forgot how cute she was last year, here's a little reminder:

Unicorn Breath

This evening I was talking with Sweet Pea after I had eaten some lasagna and garlic bread. She told me my breath smells like unicorns.

Good to know.