She is my daughter!

No- those are not half eaten. That is how they looked fresh out of the pan. And while they may be just about the ugliest cinnamon rolls ever, they were yummy and delicious. :) And made from scratch.

We went to the carnival and fireworks for the Fourth. Bin loved the carousal, but was more then willing to abandon it when she heard that there was a teacup ride. After the teacups, she shouted, again, again. :) Another funny thing, when her daddy went to buy the tickets (while I waited with her in the ride line), she shouted his actual name after him, not daddy. This is something new that Cutie has not actually noticed, but Bin has done it a few times.

And then it was time for fireworks. The last time we went to fireworks, she pretended to sleep through them, eyes firmly shut, her daddy's hands over her ears. This time, the first firework startled her, she climbed in my lap and then she started watching. She eagerly pointed to them and said, "look, daddy, look! Fireworks." And when they ended she asked "more fireworks?"

More cute stories: After we went to the beach (for father's day), despite our sunblock, I, of course, was massively burned. I think if I spent the day at the beach in a burqa, I would somehow still burn. Bin noticed my skin, peeling away and with the most concerned, intense look, asked "mama, are you ok?" It was the cutest, sweetest look, as she seemed honestly concerne with my funny looking skin. I told her I had a booboo but would be fine. She then said, you need medicine and went to her little play doctor kit and pulled out some medicine for me. See, KJ, she does love me!

In the weirdly clever, I changed my toe nail color from purple to green while Bin was sleeping. The next afternoon, she got out her markers and colored her toe nails as well.

Philosophical question- is it possible to be happy where you are at and yet still regret the road you took to get there?

That's all for now. New snapfish pics of Bin and her daddy putting together a puzzle. She is actually very good at jigsaw puzzles. And she thinks they are the neatest thing ever.

Pool time

Bin has decided she likes playing in the pool. In the community pool, the tiles are old and randomly discolored. Bin used them like a Rorshach test. She found dogs and cows and sheep in the shapes. Then she asked me, "What does a cow say? It say Moo! Moo!" then a minute later "What does a dog say? Woof" She did stump herself on the bunny question. I answered hippity hop. Which led to another tricky one- what does a hippo say? :)

New Nickname

Turns out Red Eyes has a nickname at work. They call him Cutie. So, henceforth, he will be called cutie on this blog. After all, too many nicknames just gets confusing. :) And he turns a lovely shade of red whenever cutie is mentioned.

To clarify, the pic on the last blog is the homemade bread I made.

What kind of freak am I becoming?

Bin stories- as we were grocery shopping, she picked up the hot dogs and holding it up, like it was a person, she announced "I am sailor moon! (something I couldn't understand) And that means you!" The sailor moon quote is I am sailor moon, champion of justice, and in the name of the moon, I will punish you. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil. And that means you."

Right now she is taking swimming classes. So far, it is half an hour of her screaming to get out, followed by her screaming to get back as soon as I pull her out.

Other family stuff- Red Eyes is enjoying his job, though the 7 am start time is still a bit of a challenge. He is also now trying to update our hurricane kits. Apparantly, from his safety prep lessons, he has learned we do not have enough water for a hurricane, so we need to rectify that. :)

Home from Mesa

NEW SNAPFISH PICS POSTED!
Well, we are back from Mesa. Bin was very upset that grandma wasn't here when she got home. She says she misses grandma, but when I asked if we should go back, she said "No, I got my tea sets." The child can now have tea for 19 (that is 5 4person tea sets with one cup lost).