Dyleva

13 January 2017

Furry Friends

Always trying to find something interesting to entertain Dyleva.

Now, we are in the doldrums of winter.

I always tell them we are going towel shopping.

"Aw, Come on! That's boring! Can't we do something fun?"

Who really towel shops?

Anyway. Today we decided to annoy every single walker in the local mall, by letting our children drive around large furry animals. Seriously.

There were a couple near misses. There were a few crashes into walls.
We learned Eva drives like her mother. But in the end, Dyleva had a lot of fun.

So much for towel shopping.

The Snacks

I announce to Dyleva in the car on the way home:

"I have a challenge. You guys are going to take turns making the snack this week. It has to have 3 ingredients, 2 of which need to be healthy."

Eva embraced it. "I want to go first! Can I go first?"

She later said she was more excited about playing waitress.

Eva made us peanut butter graham crackers with mini cookies on top.

Yum! Nice job Eva!

The next day Dylan insisted he could do it himself. I heard a few crashes, and there were a ton of crumbs on the floor, but he was so proud of himself. He kind of bent the healthy rule a bit. Dylan prepared graham cracker sandwiches with starburst and chocolate straws in the middle.

Excellent creation!

I have a feeling this challenge will not be ending soon!

06 January 2017

Los Papelitos

It was one of those nights.

We were all tired.

We were all hungry

I did not feel like cooking.

We rallied and decided to go out to eat.

Good choice. We had a nice dinner; albeit high maintenance.
Nothing new there.

But at the end of our dinner, they brought us little hand wipies. It was a barbeque restaurant.

Dylan was fascinated. He carefully opened each square. He then unfolded each wipie and put it flat. Then he laid all four on top of a napkin. He wrapped up the napkin to take home.

???

With Dyleva, I have learned to just go with the flow. It's all good.

When we get home, Dylan carefully unwraps each wipie. He then rips each wipie into little tiny pieces. Lovely.

Okay.

Next, he starts to deposit them all over the house. Finally. The suspense is killing me.

"Hey Dylan."

"Yeah?" he yells.

"What cha doin?"

"Mommy, I am making every place smell good. See? Here, smell this.." and a wipie is immediately put under my nose.

"Dylan, that smells awesome. Thank you."

Meanwhile, I am sniffing my house. Sniff, sniff. Is it stinky?

02 January 2017

Mini Ball Drop

Happy New Year!!!

We were invited to spend New Years with family.

All cousins together!

Mini ball drop!

13 December 2016

The Loose Tooth

I have never seen a child so annoyed by a loose tooth.

Dylan was excited; his sister has been spinning him tales of all the magical things the tooth fairy might bring him.

But he was also bothered by the wiggly tooth in the front that kept twisting and turning.

He kept saying, "I'm just going to pull it out!"

"Go ahead." I called his bluff. "Do you want me to do it?" (hoping he wouldn't call mine! Ew!)

Dylan thought better. But began carrying one of those little cases around...just in case.

Until one day, finally, while eating it came out!

A hallmark moment. My baby.

And the tooth fairy brought him the same as Eva....

11 December 2016

Gingerbread Making 101

Every year, gingerbread houses top Dyleva's list of favorite holiday must-do's.

In fact, it was the first thing they asked to do after Thanksgiving.

I wanted to make them from scratch this year, but I was outvoted.

They wanted the kit.

So. We made the houses from the kit. Dylan chose "Tio Starch's house," and Eva wanted a Troll house.

They worked diligently for 2 days, and created their masterpieces.

Dylan's had two gingerbread men laying down on the ground in front of the house.

"Mommy," he called. "Do you want to know what my house is called?"

"Sure."

"Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Christmas. Because they are looking up at the sky and they see the stars."

"I love it!!!"

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Fast forward a week.