"What You Do Today, Mom?"

"What you do today, Mom?
What you do today?
What you do today?
Mom, what you do today?"

After answering every way I could, I finally said, "NO."
Ami giggled after that.


Here's a close up of Larry's Christmas shoes...

So many things have gone on this week so far.

The weather has been comfortable so we've been playing outside a bunch.

I really feel like I am understanding ...  
I don't want to say 'life.'
I don't want to say 'the world.'
Maybe I'm just understanding my being.

I feel like I just learned to sign water for the first time... shit is connecting.

Of course I'm not 5 or however young age Helen Keller was.  I'm old and now just getting comfortable.
I'm learning and being productive.

Last night I went to Karaoke and sang a Pearl Jam song for the first time ever.   Even Flow was in the know and dude... I want to perform.
I know being Eddie Vedder is not the way to go, but it did feel good to sing a song I'm so comfortable with.
I was telling Jenna, I was thinking at one point that my derby name should straight up be "Eddie Vedder" (it shouldn't).

Before Karaoke, Ami, Ollie, and I went caroling with Billy, Trish, Jolie, Gabby, Larry, Bean, Moo, and Alix.
We went to the Heritage Houses and sang.
I got to see my art students.
Ami got into it the very last house out of the 4 or so that we went to... Here, she is reading the lyrics as she's singing (trying to repeat the words I'm singing).

After caroling we went back to Trish's work to take pictures:

We also had band practice for the first time since Ollie was born. I played guitar. Larry learned a few songs on keys.

I think this will be good. I think it'll be very good.

Ollie also had her 2 month check up. She is doing really well!  Her statistics are:
Head: 5th percentile (this is ok since I have a small head, apparently)
Weight: 30th percentile (10.8 lbs)
Length: 80th percentile (Wha!!!!!!   My tall ass baby, wha??!!)

The doctor said she is a very chill baby while she examined Ollie. Ollie didn't cry or fuss until she got her shots.  She calmed down quickly, though.

We also went to Story Time at the library; again, Santa came.
And Craig was there as Santa's helper.

She didn't want to talk to Santa or get near him...
Ami was just like, Yeah, that's my Santa, he's here.

Craig gave her a stamp and Miss Pat was the Story Time librarian.

Ahhh.  I love that kid.

New Song!!!

And it's about pizza!

Was Craig hungry?  Perhaps...

In the morning before practice, Mike, Ami, Garry and the Bean went to Foode for breakfast. OMG. I really wish I had some now. I say this a lot. It's always true.

Ami was really tired and quite grumpy.
Can you tell?

I told her she looked like Joon.  She wanted to wear the helmet.

Poor grumpy girl...

Ahh.. yummy biscuit.

I want the egg biscuits sandwich and potatoes and biscuit w blueberry butter. Please!!!
I think we're going back next Sunday.

Ami says, "I drive?"

When we were in the car, Ami asked to watch, "Bob" (What About Bob?).
Papa said, "I'm sure if you ask Momma, she'll say yes."

We got home and Ami asked me, "I watch Bob naked?"
Haha, then she asked me to watch the Simpsons.

I said, "Yes" because I needed a nap.  I got a little one in.

Other than breakfast, Ami and I hung out at home, sprucing up. Ami played in her room most of the time.

And this is how she plays, ha ha, still naked from snuggly tv mommy nap time.

She ate some of Nina's Curry, brown rice and beans, and grape tomatoes.... eating it up..  w some raisins for dessert.
And she didn't have any problem accepting that it was nap time.
We go through the plans... what we're doing after she wakes up.

I think she likes that.

On our way to Nina's we were listening to Stereolab.
We've been listening to Stereolab a ton. I want to be in this band.

Haha and on my way to practice, at the light from rt. 3 to rt. 2, I saw this cd tossed out of a driver's side window it seems.  I wanted to pick it up and listen, sure it was a mixed tape or a boyfriend's band.

These practice pictures are from last week, I think.

And this is our Pizza song we wrote today.  I wish you could hear the keys...