Miss Wendy strikes again

Here Rivi, let me show you how to really make those cheek-bones pop.


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Shabbat Shalom

Saying the blessing over the Shabbat candles with Grandma Rivi.


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Happy Wednesday

All dressed up for Rivi, Aunt Dana, and "Baby" Ollie to arrive this afternoon! Please note the lipgloss tucked into the top of her dress. A lady is always prepared.


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Darkness

There is a sign near the door of the multi-stall bathroom at Lola's summer daycare that read "please turn off lights when you leave".

Which is exactly what the person who left the bathroom before me did. Only I was STILL IN THE STALL.

Without the lights on, the windowless bathroom is pitch.
black. dark. Not "allow-my-eyes-to-adjust-dark," but full-blown "can't-see-ANYTHING-dark".

Not enough light to find a cell phone, or wipe, or make it to the door on your own to turn the lights back on without a certain risk of major embarrassment.

I waited it out. It only took about 3 minutes before someone else came in and I was saved. We both got a big chuckle out of the whole thing. Perhaps she laughed a little more than I did. But by that time my legs were numb from sitting still - so I had other things to worry about.

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Princess Lola

She told me she was dressed up to go to the ball with her "daddy-prince".


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The Closer

Lola is a bit on the slow side when it comes to eating. Or rather, it's not that she is a particularly slow eater - but she takes a while to get going. As a result, it is not uncommon that that we are still sitting at a restaurant, long after everyone has finished, the check has been paid, and our friends have to leave.  It's part of her Six Phase Restaurant Dining Plan. 
Phase 1: Begin to eat side dish while refusing main dish
Phase 2: Stall, play, want a cuddle, use the potty, play with silverware
Phase 3: Demand dessert while still refusing main dish
Phase 4: Eat entire dessert
Phase 5: Begin to eat main dish
Phase 6: Insist on eating every last bite of main dish even though everyone else is gone and mommy would really rather throw everything in a to-go box and take it home. 

Here we are in Phase 6 at a recent lunch at Corona's with some friends.


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Inefficiency

We're heading into the uncharted waters of toddler independence. There are a whole host of things that Lola now insists on doing herself.

One of these things is putting on her own underwear in the morning, a task which can sometimes take upwards of 15 minutes and still end unsuccessfully. It would seem that with only 3 openings in the underwear and 2 legs on her body that the possibilities for error would be limited. Not so. You'd think she'd be hungry for breakfast and throw in the towel quickly. Not so. Me, on the other hand, I've started keeping granola bars in her top dresser drawer so I don't pass out from morning hunger during this demonstration of self-sufficiency.


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