Blah-Blahs + Nana and Mommy Day!

How's the New Year treating you? I must say...I am thinking this is going to be another great year for the G6! There are a couple ventures in store for Husband and I but nothing is concrete so I'll keep you in anticipation until we're a for sure GO on it.

Big realizations

• Madi is potty trained. This is the first time that I have not been pregnant while potty training and essentially the first time not pregnant in 10 years.
• YEP, my 9 year old turns 10 this year (in 19 days to be exact)! Husband and I keep telling her that her birthday is cancelled and she has to stay 9. She keeps telling us "it ain't happenin'!" Why do they have to get bigger and older?
• She received as a special gift from Mommy, Twilight. I don't think I have to link that you should know by now what that is. C'mon now! She finished her last Chronicles of Narnia book and begged to move on to Twilight. Now, please don't misunderstand...she is only reading Twilight - I think the rest of the series is a bit above her emotional capacity. Not saying that Twilight is filled with mature emotions but if you have read the series you know it may not be totally appropriate for a 10 year old. Twilight has an ending and it's happy. She can read the rest later....much later.
• Right before break, I registered Dev for Kindergarten...don't get me all weepy. He is SO excited (surprisingly) to go! This year we are homeschooling him and he's met one of the Kindergarten teachers Mr. Kelley and thinks he's "rad". I registered him for half day because it fills up first; we can decided later to enroll him in full day as there are 2 classes for full day. Ms. Rust is the half day teacher and her twin sister taught Nana at our old school. The Rust Sisters are pretty well known in our community. They teach swim and ski lessons to lots of kids in our area. So, he'd be happy with her either teacher - if he was in full day I would cross and double cross for Mr. Kelley. He is AWESOME. Isa helps him in his class during recess. Nana harasses him all day as her class is across from his - he loves it!
• Nana LOVES to read. Her and I spent the day together yesterday and I asked her "what are you most excited about this semester?" And, she said "our summaries for reading. I'm reading a really cool book!" For reals? It took Isa until 3rd Grade to love reading (or at least like it) - after reading the Indian in the Cupboard - she found her reading niche Fantasy Fiction. BUT, Nana is pretty aware of what she loves to read - it usually includes a mystery or a princess. And, she is a hard cover snob! I find that amusing because I love me some hard cover books too!

Speaking of Nana...her's our special day!

My Aunt sells handmade bags - I am sure I've ranted and raved about them numerous times on here. I work for her when she needs me. This weekend she had some unexpected out of country guests + her kids who are all grown came in for the holidays so it she asked if I could work. I was happy too. Isa was at Izzie's for a sleepover so Nana asked if she could come with me. I didn't think she could hang all day with me - she usually likes her down time with a movie and her blankie but YAY! Nana and Mommy Day!

She read for a good hour with me then hopped on her DSi to play her new games. She sipped hot cocoa and cuddled up under our booth. She loved playing Petz Dogs and Petz Horses. She showed me how she earned stuff for their homes/rooms by winning the games on there. She also brought her new Barbies - Bella (from Twilight) and a blondie one that came with one of her new Barbie rooms. Yep, we played Barbies too.

She set up the display for me. She did the wallets, coin purses and cosemetic bags. Good work, Nana!

The market was dead. Dead. Dead. But, they did pretty well considering. We ate dim sum for lunch at the market and read together. It is always fun to hang out with my 2nd biggest baby! She talked lots about soccer. She really really wants to get better (it's her New Year's Resolution!) and to score goals. I asked her if she wanted to play another sport because our local club is offering 2 sports for 1 and she said "no, I just love soccer." Thanks, Nanny Bananny for hanging out with Mommy! I love YOU.