Adios!

Wiggle worm

Since I am going to be in sunny you-know-where this weekend, I give you an early treat. This post. Underwhelmed? There's a club for that.

My big girl is back to her sweet self, fake laughing fits included. My baby is pulling up to her knees and doing Down Dog, go core strength. Jake is busy doing our taxes and working late while I am carbo loading in preparation for nothing in particular.

The girls came to visit me at work this with their nanny. Not too many moms have a bowling alley at work (unless said mom works at a bowling alley) so after visiting with my colleagues, we bowled. Nori scored a 101 and out of nowhere started trash talking the pins saying things like, "oopsie daisy, bubble gum!" in a you suck kind of way. We followed that up with lunch at Subway in the Student Center, St Paul campus style. Nor & Hen are going to think this is normal day at the office for me.

Nori has a bulletin board hanging over her bed with some family photos on it and she told me that when she feels lonely, she looks at the picture of me and tells herself "mommy always loves me, no matter what!". How sweet is that? I better enjoy it before she breaks out the darts. Some idiot (me) also taught her to say, "too hot to handle, too cold to hold" which comes in handy when holding a fro-yo tube or eating snow. Jake & I just realized that her name is an anagram of our favorite Bobby Brown song, Roni. Also, our favorite pizza topping.

2 days until vacation! Truth is we have a good amount of painful travel time ahead... airports, flights, layovers and customs, all with a wiggling, wanting-to-crawl baby before the fun starts. But once we settled in it is beach, pools, sun, books, guacamole, and cuddles with my little ones for a week straight. Look for me waving to you!

Playing Mr. Fox at swimming lessons

made in MN with child labor

Henley Cate, dream come true!

Who's that girl? Quien es esta nina?

suck it, pins!