New Link

I've been wanting to change my blog look and title for a while now and I just finally got around to it. Unfortunately, I kept having technical difficulties trying to change this site, so I went ahead and created a new one. I will no longer be posting on Love My Life. For now on you can all find me here. I hope you all will make the link change in your bookmarks and blog rolls on your own blogs and continue to check in with me. Please leave me a comment and let me know you found your way to my new place!

Mmm, Mmm, Good!

One thing I really like about Amanda is that she is always willing to try new foods. This is one of the many ways she takes after Aaron. He is always trying to get me to try a bite of one exotic food or another but my teeth stay clenched and I always refuse. Lucky for Aaron, Amanda is always game. This weekend Aaron decided to grace us with his new love...SUSHI. I won't touch a piece of cooked fish, let alone raw! Amanda however, was all over it!


Here she is trying real hard to get the hang of the chopsticks.


She dips it into the soy sauce/wasabi mixture...


...and in it goes. She absolutely loved it!!! She'd polished off a good helping of it when Aaron mentioned that the fish is wrapped in seaweed. Suddenly, she did a double take with her eyes real big and said, "Seaweed???". She had no problem with the thought of eating raw fish but for some reason seaweed had her feeling a little iffy.


Mmmmm, doesn't he just make it look sooo good???

Easter Egg Decorating

Chaaalie!

I saw this on another blog and just had to pass it on. I couldn't help but watch it over and over. That accent is so incredibly cute!

Broken Boy

Austin broke his arm at school today. He was playing basketball during P.E. when a large kid accidentally stepped on his foot and slammed into him. Of course, he threw out his hands to break his fall but instead he broke his wrist. Unfortunately, it is his right arm and he's right handed. The next six weeks should be interesting.

Ceol 's Craic!

I am a daydreamer and most of the time when I dream it is about the many places I want to visit in the world. My latest travel obsession has been Ireland. Of course, I have been spending way too much time on the internet "planning" my trip to the Emerald Isle. I know I won't be taking this trip anytime soon but I will get there someday. You can imagine my excitement when I heard on the radio that this weekend the sixth annual Los Angeles Irish Fair and Music Festival was being held at the L.A. Fairplex. Aaron and I went and although it wasn't quite as exciting as I imagined (not much lives up to my imagination) it was still a lot of fun. We got to see Ireland's tallest Irishman strolling around the Fairgrounds.
There were lots of booths set up selling interesting Irish/Celtic wares. I was excited to buy a necklace with a Celtic symbol that represents the three phases of womanhood; maidenhood, motherhood and the Crone (wise old woman).
There were several of these huge, awesome fairy statues that I loved.
The water fountains were all sporting GREEN water.
We got to watch several Irish bands perform, including Gaelic Storm (above) who appeared in the movie Titantic (remember Jack and Rose partying down in steerage?). It is simply impossible to sit there and listen to these bands without your toes tapping and your hands clapping!

By the way, if my title's got you wondering, "Ceol 's Craic" is Irish Gaelic for "Music and Fun".

So Funny

Last night Lauren and I had the following conversation:

Her: Mommy, when I'm at school I'm always surrounded by boys and I don't like it.
Me: What do you mean?
Her: Like when we have to sit down on the floor for story time the boys always have to sit right by me. They even push each other out of the way to sit by me.
Me: Really?
Her: Yeah. There's a little boy named Austin who always sits by me even though he made a commitment not to.
Me: (Trying hard not to laugh) He made a commitment? Who made him make a commitment, your teacher?
Her: No, another boy.
Me: And does that boy try to sit by you when Austin doesn't?
Her: Yeah

I'm not sure which I find more funny, the fact that my little girl has boys fighting for her attention at such a young age or that she has incorporated the word commitment into her vocabulary.