Thankful for Thanksgiving

I had a great weekend. When I put Sentayehu down for a nap on Thanksgiving I went to take a bnapo myself, but just as I was about to doze off my best friend Debbie walked into my bedroom. She and her boyfriend Todd drove from Florida to surprise everyone. It was awesome. We got to do the Black Friday sales in our old tradition. She also came with me to get Sentayehu's photos done. Here's a sample.

Fizzy Lizzy

I pretty much feed Sentayehu foods that are good for her. Rarely does a cookie, candy or cake pass her little lips. It makes it easier that she doesn't like the sweet treats. However, she loves soda. How I wish she had never had it at all. When we went shopping the other day I saw Fizzy Lizzy. All natural soda. The only sugar that is in it is from the fruit itself. I got her the pineapple thinking that I would like that too ... ummm ... not so much, but she liked it and had it over two nights. It has little bits of fruit floating around in it. Seems pretty healthy. I think that next time I will check out the raspberry lemonade.

If you are interested you can find out more here.

A Streetcar Named Desire

A friend saw this little car being disCARded and took it for Sentayehu. After coaxing her into the house last night with the promise of allowing the car to come in I was able to get her upstairs into the apartment. She woke up this morning and started looking around saying, "Where car?". I had cleverly hid it in the hall closet. I took it out again this evening. We were going to go for a walk but it was pretty wet out. The car is sitting in the living room and she practially spent the entire evening in it - just sitting there. Well, she was playing with the keys. And the sticker eye fell off and she took a good deal of time to repair it. She wanted her snack in it (she wanted her dinner in there, but I think that after losing that battle last night she didn't try it again) and she drank her before bed milk in it. She always lies on the couch with me and drinks her milk. Ah, we will see how long the desire for the car lasts.

A Little Shopping (Cart)

After picking up Taye we went grocery shopping. It was hard to get her to go into the store because our friend gave her a toy car to ride on and it was in the back seat of the car with her. She really wanted to try it out. I promised her we would do it after shopping - and I "sweetened the pot" by telling her she could push her own shopping cart. She did great for a while, but everything fell apart when she kept abandoning her groceries and running in the opposite direction that we were going. After numerous warnings I had to load her groceries into my cart and put her in there too. It was quite a work-out. I will be sure not to let her push a cart unless we are just picking up a few things. You live and learn.

posting from my cell phone

I missed posting yesterday. I hope everyone had a good Veteran's Day. I am attempting to post from my cell so we will see. You may get a better post tomorrow.

Motherhood is ...

Your kid spilling mango milkshake with tons of ice-cubes ALL OVER your lap - it leaking through to the back of your pants (nice visual) while you are at someone's house that you barely know on the way to a shopping trip to Target and BJ's. You can't cancel the shopping because you really need milk. To top it off your friend tells you it doesn't show, but when you get home and take them off ... you can only imagine what everyone walking behind you was thinking!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Tonight was PTC and so I got home at 8:30. Kinda late, but just so I have a post for NaBloPoMo I decided to put this up. Will see you tomorrow.