"Balls In Your Mouth..."

Yesterday, I got Ami a new toothbrush- Abby Cadabby!  It had matching toothpaste and she was so excited.

She's been so enthusiastic about brushing her teeth!!

Last night our car died.  Ami and I were on our way to pick up the Papa from work. It was drizzly and dark and the car died at the light on to the main road. 

Elijah brought Mike to me and Mom came to bring Ami and myself home. It sounds transmissiony which is trouble. Anyway, Mike took care of things.  He is so freaking amazing.

This is my family in the early morning; they are so beautiful.

Mike took Ami to gymnastics where she did really well!  Mike said she followed directions and enthusiastically showed him what she can do.  She HAS been doing scales randomly throughout the house.

I got a little more sleep and did the dishes before our lunch at Guru with Larry and Moo..

Ami actually ate more than rice and naan this time!  She had dal and aloo methi and chana saag.

And of course, "Noodles."

Gabby met up with us after lunch and we went to Miller Farms for a hayride and pumpkin picking at the patch.

Bean!!!

Ami described the hay ride as "dunky, like the train!"   Bumpy?

Looking through the pumpkins!

We found some awesome ones!!!

While Mike and I were driving Moo to his car at Guru, Mike and I started singing, "Balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth..."
It's Jimmy Fallon's BP protest song (Tar)Balls in Your Mouth.  BTW, Eddie Vedder sings, too.

I think Moo was singing it, too...  It's such a good song!    Haha...

After we dropped Moo off, we stopped at Michaels for some paper and at Mike's shop for his paints.

He's preparing for a show he's submitting art for with the folks at Jack Brown's. The show is going to be at Foode in November.  It's really exciting :)

Mike and I were hungry for pizza so we stopped at Roma's and got some P-I-Z-Z-A....

...and some cute little squishy, bouncy animals from the machines.

We got home and Ami and Mike took a bath.  She specifically asked for Mike, not me.
During the duration of this long bath session, Mike called me in the bathroom.  Ami was singing, "Balls in your mouth..."

Ah...    Balls.

"Where's My Awix?"

Saturday turned out very different than I had intended. 

It was too early to go to the market (I was so tired!) before Marilee came so we just kind of chilled. 

Then Marilee called at like ten and asked if she could come at 2. I said yes.

This means I couldn't go swimming and Ami didn't go to gymnastics. It meant we could go to the library, though.  It was a pretty good walk.  Weather was alright and we got some much needed exercise.

Marilee came and said I need to take more chlorophyll. She also said we're trying to cook this baby to at least 6 lbs. If she's anything under, her sucking ability is hindered and the worry of keeping her weight up would be a stressor... especially if she is tongue tied like Ami was.

After Marilee and her assistants left, we got ready to meet Alix at Coldstone Creamery.

The whole drive there, Ami asked where we were going.

She asked if Moo was going to be there.  I told her I didn't know.

It turns out... He was!

She ate a kiddie size chocolate cup and when she was done, she dug into Moo's ice cream.  

He was very sweet about it.

She examined this gummy bear for like... ten minutes, haha.

Then we went to Target to get her some much needed new shoes.  Dude. Her feet grew last week.
Her new shoe size is in another section.  She's such a big girl!

She picked them out herself!

After our Target visit, we went home and waited for Mike to get home to go to Moe's house for an impromptu curry dinner.

On our way, Ami asked, "Where's my Awix?"

Oh, so freakin delicious!!!

"Where Is Your Ice Cream?"

Today is Mike and my 5th wedding anniversary.

The day kind of started when I woke up at five a.m. due to a full bladder.
I then drank 20 oz of water and ate some peanut butter puffs while looking up the Goons on my phone.
I forgot about this band and that I like them.

Ami was awesome at gymnastics today. She tried stuff she learned in class and had a great attitude.

It was towards the end she got pretty cranky.
We came home, she had a snack and she crawled into bed. We read Put Me In The Zoo then I popped in some Joe Scruggs. She was out.
She uses a little Fisher Price cassette player if you want to make her a tape.


Then we went to Moo's house for the most delicious curry dinner EVER.

On our way there, I shot this video...

I wish I could eat at Moo's house all the time. Moo's mom is a terrific cook. I had the best fish ever. OMG.

After dinner, we went to Carl's for some frozen custard.
Billy got a cherry chocolate slushie float. I got a small strawberry sundae w nuts. Mike got a chocolate malt shake and Ami got a kiddie chocolate cone.

Halfway through, Ami wanted to trade w me. I didn't mind and we did.  Then our ice cream was gone and she  asked Billy if she could have some of his ice cream.  Billy shared.
Then she asked for Mike's ice cream.
As she was holding Mike's shake, she asked Mike, "Where's YOUR ice cream?"

It was a lovely end to a lovely day.