Yo quiero ir a Mexico

We want to go to Mexico so bad. Jenelle took her floaty into the bath tub yesterday. She had such a fun time. She pretended she was floating in the ocean. All she needed was a pina colada. Jenelle always talks about our past vacations. We're looking at our finances right now. We were thinking we were going to skip the vacation this year. You know because of the economy and everything. Well, I'm so sick of this economy! I think we need to go on vacation especially this year to get away from all the bad news. It really gets me down some days. You can't turn on the tv without getting some horrible news. House prices are down. The markets are down. The unemployment rate is up. Obama is spending us into disaster, etc. Curt and I need the relaxation of the beach.

Jenelle has learned quite a bit of Spanish this year at school. It would be an educational trip! Yeah, that's it. Jenelle is so cute. Every time she hears someone speaking Spanish she gets this huge smile on her face. She thinks she is so cool because she is learning something that Curt and I don't know.

Crazy Hat Day

It was crazy hat night at Awana this week. Jenelle really had fun with it. She is so crafty. We just took a regular hat and added flowers to it. She wore it everywhere! To Bally's, the grocery store and the library. She was so cute. I made my hat while she was napping. When she woke up, she was very disappointed with my hat. Not crazy enough I guess.

Jenelle loves Awana. What doesn't Jenelle love? She is almost finished with her book. Only 8 more sections to go!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day. Jenelle exchanged valentine's with her friends at school. She hand made each card. We were out at the store and we looked at all the boxed cards. I asked if she wanted to get TinkerBell or something. Nope. She said she is making the cards. She made pink cards for the girls and green cards for the boys because boys don't like pink. Jenelle is very in to scotch tape right now. She closed all the cards with about 8 pieces of tape each. You would need a scissors to get those cards open without ripping them. I eventually caught on and limited her to three pieces of tape per card.

Just to let you know how much she loves her tape:
She dropped the scotched tape and it broke. It just came apart. Nothing big. Well she had huge tears coming down her face. I snapped the thing together and off she went all happy. It's nice to be able to do something simple to brighten her day. How long does mom get to be super hero anyway?

The picture above is the mocha chocolate torte that Jenelle and I made for Valentine's day. I'm always looking for new recipes on the internet and who doesn't like a lot of chocolate on Valentine's day? Jenelle and I thought it was great! The torte was delicious, but very rich. A little piece goes a long way. Yum! Next year I think we'll make something a little lighter and a little less chocolaty.

Inflation out of control at our house

Jenelle has had a loose tooth for a while now. This past week she has been wiggling it like crazy. Yesterday she woke up and the tooth looked funny. It had moved and I could see a lot of her gums. I had a feeling that it would fall out that day. I was expectantly watching her at every meal waiting for that tooth. Nothing happened at breakfast. Nothing happened at lunch. Nothing much was happening at dinner. I got up to get ready for Awana when Jenelle's excited screams brought me back to the table. The tooth fell out! She smiled at me with a mouth full of blood. She wasn't even phased by it. If you look close at the picture you can see she lost her right front big tooth.

Jenelle said "I'm going to get a $1000 from the tooth fairy." My reply was, "If the tooth fairy is giving $1000 per tooth, I'm going to be putting some of my teeth under the pillow." The fairy brought her $2.00. Which she is saving to buy herself another webkinz.

A little tennis and a little racquetball

Yesterday was the nicest day! It was 60 degrees. Jenelle had a play date over at Emmeri's house. So Curt and I hit the tennis courts. A lot of people had the same idea. We took an open court with a little ice on it. Curt slipped on the ice. He did a beautiful tuck and roll. Since he broke his wrist last summer he has learned to tuck and roll. He no longer puts his hands out to break his fall. We moved to a different court. We don't want anyone getting injured!

It was so great to be out in the middle of winter playing tennis. It was even more fun because I won. Curt and I are very evenly matched at tennis. Normally he wins the first few matches of the season. It takes me a while to find my game after a long winter. But we've been playing racquetball at Bally's for three weekends in a row now. So my game is in full swing. Curt better step up his game if he hopes to win. I won't mention who has been winning at racquetball. :)

I'm glad to see January over with. Now I can look forward to Spring. That groundhog better see his shadow tomorrow. Or not see it. I can't remember which one is the good news.

Rainbow Fluff

Last summer Curt took Jenelle to Ace Hardware. They were handing out free WebKinz. First I guess I should explain what a WebKinz is. They are cute stuffed animals that you take online. You create a room for your webkinz. You feed it, love it, buy it clothes, furniture and food. You work odd jobs to earn money for your pet. You get the idea. A total time drain, but lots of fun.

Anyway, Jenelle did not want the WebKinz from Ace, but since it was free Curt brought it home. That Persian Cat sat around the house unused and unloved for months. Yesterday Jenelle wanted to take her online. We now have a virtual home for Rainbow Fluff. Jenelle bought her cat a sink and gave her a bath. She is buying Fluff healthy food. I answered 50 trivia questions to help her earn some money. She painted fences and earned a few bucks.

So I don't know how often I'll be posting to the blog because Jenelle will be wanting computer time now.