hello from the land of sick....and snow

Hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day!! We went to Joe's Shanghai in Queens for soup dumplings and scallion pancakes and it was wonderful. I think I could eat those every day for the rest of my natural born life.

Alli - week 3, down 8 pounds. sweet! I have even made an effort to walk. Despite living in the arctic.



I usually bundle up Brooke and head to Cove and do two-four miles depending on the temps.

All us girls have had a lovely cold with lots of flem thanks to Brenna. Jeno has been lucky enough to escape it!

Poor Brooke is a total Mama's girl, even more so when she isn't feeling well. At close to 8 months, she loves to be held until she falls to sleep. Yes, I know, I am creating a little monster, but if you could hear the scream on this child, you would hold her too. Plus, she's damn cute to look at up close and personal like that.

Brenna is as independent as they come. She wants to what she wants when she wants and how she wants. If she wants to paint, she does it. Even if it means breaking into my Claudine Hellmuth paints (which are not washable in any way shape or form - FYI) and knocking herself out. Trust me, I walked into the kitchen to find her and a sea of teal foaming out of my sink. Then I turned around to see where the actual damage took place. My Valentine's Day red table cloth.

PERFECT.

She knew I was PO'd cause she kept saying "mama don't be mad at me" so I told her it was wrong and that she was going to buy me a new table cloth from her money in her Hello Kitty wallet. At first she was adamant about not using her money and I explained that she ruined something of mine so she would have to replace it. So she says, "then you won't be mad at me???" and I say "I'm not, just a little disappointed, you should have asked", and she says, "you would have said no, you are ALWAYS busy with baby Brooke".

Break my heart. She was probably right.

So I didn't have her replace it, in fact we saved the red one for when she wants to paint, and we are painting together even more, and she is very talented.

Leave it to a four year old to give me a life lesson.

I'll leave you with a few newer pics of the princesses.






Have a lovely day!!
xo!!
Chris