Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Gigi turns 1.5 years old on this fun holiday! I took the top picture this past weekend to document Gigi's half birthday.

Yesterday we had lunch with a friend that I have known since before she was born! Michelle Fichtel Graves is the daughter of my parent's good friends Karen and Mike. When we were growing up we went on vacations together and, since we lived in different states, would see each other about once a year. Michelle now has an adorable 22 month old, Ashleigh. Since we both live close by we thought it would be fun to get our daughters together. And what fun we had! Ashley is so talkative and happy! She sang many songs and entertained us with complete sentences! I was so impressed. Gigi and Ashleigh hugged each other non-stop. I think they are on their way to becoming great friends!

I hope all you have a wonderful Valentine's spent with those you love.

Bye bye processed food

Today was gorgeous. Thought it was spring. We went to the park and rode the slides. Here are some pictures. Also thought I'd throw in one of the Gigi "talking" on my cell phone when we were at the mall.

Now onto the good stuff...

I've had another epiphany about life. Yesterday I was at the Affair of the Heart with my friend Jehan. We were having a jolly good time and stopped to eat some lunch. Lunch choices at the Oklahoma Fair grounds are not that exquisite but at least I had an option between a strawberry crepe and a hot dog. Do you know what I chose? A hot dog. Why? you might ask. Well, the reason is because I eat hot dogs about 3-4 times a week. Add on to that Mac n' cheese and then frozen pizza and you might suggest that I'm turning into a processed food foodie. Isn't that horrible? When the lady at the hot dog stand handed me one of the most giant hot dogs I have ever seen in my life the lights finally clicked on. I've got to stop the processed food before I myself turn into a giant hotdog. I used to be such a healthy eater. I read in Parenting magazine that 54% of moms surveyed said that their eating habits have improved since having a baby. I wonder how this is possible because mine have plummeted. So, I am now adding onto my list of self-improvements that I will no longer eat (very many) processed foods. I think I'll allow myself one processed food day per week and that will be all... Let's face it, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is just too good to say goodbye to for forever. But hotdogs I should have no problem with.

Art Museum

Georgia is taking a class at the Museum of Art. The class meets twice a month and is surprisingly fun. The first time we went Georgia finger painted. This last time we made a puppet. The class began with the teacher reading a story that was very similar to the song "Old McDonald has a Farm". She asked the children in the class what their favorite animals are and then took them on a tour of the museum pointing out animals in the different paintings. When we returned to the classroom each child (and parent) created an animal puppet. Georgia, Rodolfo and I decided to make a bee. At the end of the class we all sang "Old McDonald" inserting each of the puppet's sounds. It was really fun! Here is a picture of Rodolfo, Georgia and her teacher. And there is also one of me and Georgia. Apparently the teacher is kind of famous. She just finished being on the reality show "The Biggest Loser".