Funny Lily

Lily: Mom, is it tomorrow today?
Me: Nope, it'd today today.
Lily: That's what you said yesterday.

Happy Birthday Tyler

Sorry you have to work all day & late into the night. We'll celebrate Friday!

Year of the dragon

Happy Chinese New Year! Ella's class celebrated with a parade, party, and many other Chinese New Year traditions.

Did you know that the Chinese people celebrate New Years by cleaning their house on New Years Eve? It's supposed to help get rid of bad luck.

They also give red envelopes full of money to relatives and friends.

I like both of those traditions.

Formerly known as Tiara

Tiara has changed her name again. She now prefers the name Barbie. She assures me that this new name is her last and final name for all the rest of the days.

I can't decide which is more embarrassing;
1) The odd looks I get when I call my unusually (but very cute) dressed daughter Barbie in public.
or
2) When she loudly and repeatedly calls me Barbie-mom in public.

Tiara

If you haven't heard yet, Lily has changed her name. She now goes by Tiara. Tiara is her new name "for all the rest of the days" (her words.)
This is not a name I would have even considered for her. The upside, when I tell Tiara she needs to clean her room or get dressed, or take a bath, she obeys immediately. Whereas when she was Lily, she was not so fast to mind me. I do have to specifically call her Tiara in order to get such a favorable response, but I'm not going to complain about it.

Speaking of names, Ella just informed me that she will be naming her daughter "Dolphatillia" because she loves Dolphins.

2012 has been awesome... until today

Here's just a little snippet of what today has been like. We are hoping the weekend brings better things.