6.28.2005



Meghan got Mia this dinosaur at the Children's Museum of Richmond. Mia takes the thing everywhere. It goes on every car trip and in every store. When she eats breakfast, he's usually standing somewhere close by. She's asked me what his name is a couple times. I told her it's up to her to name him, but I can tell her what KIND of dinosaur he is. He's a brachiasaurus. Yesterday we went to Target for a few things and the woman that checked us out asked Mia what her dinosaur's name is. Mia said, "bray-kee-saurus." Too cute. Posted by Hello

Posted by Deir at 07:56 | |

6.27.2005

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"Hi, what's your name?" That's the dialog she's come up with so far. Neither of them ever answer the question though. Hehe. Posted by Hello

Posted by Deir at 20:06 | |

6.23.2005

Little Gym

Mia and I went to The Little Gym today. She had so much fun! I did, too, actually. They have all those giant foam gymnastics pads and various gymnastics equipment. The instructor started the little ones out with a warm-up. They jumped and galloped and did all that fun stuff. They played with a parachute (which was my favorite part of gym class when I was younger), and then they learned some gymnastics skills. First, they learned to bend their legs to jump from a taller mat to a shorter one and to also bend their legs to stick the landing. The next skill was on the uneven bars. The tots were to hold on to the lower bar and drop to their feet. Mia didn't have any room to drop, though, she held onto the bar with her feet flat on the floor.

At least she won't be picked last for basketball.

Posted by Deir at 16:46 | |

6.21.2005



Excellent photography...even better model, I think. ;) Posted by Hello

6.20.2005

Batman Begins, Shyla comes to an end.

Rus and I had date night on Saturday. Grandma #2 came to pick her up Saturday morning and kept her overnight. We went to this neat Mexican place called Nacho Mama's and it was DELICIOUS. The salsa was the best and I had a BLUEBERRY dacquiri!! YUM. After that we went to a late showing of Batman Begins. That movie was SO cool. I really liked the plot and all the characters. Christian Bale was an EXCELLENT Batman, definitely better than any of those before him. I knew I would be impressed with him, though; he was excellent in American Psycho.

Sunday (Father's Day), mom picked Mia up from Sheila's and we met them at her house before heading to the "picnic" at my grandparents. Rus had a good first Father's Day. Except for the driving to and from VA Beach....but it was good company, and Mia was nicer than she usually is coming off a visit with Grandma #2.

Finally, Shyla is no more. Well, she IS, but apparently she's just a "visitor." I asked Mia about her tonight and she said, "Shyla went home." She's welcome back ANY TIME.

6.16.2005

This is my goggy.

I'm glad Mia has a vivid imagination, because we won't be getting a REAL dog any time soon.

Whenever she gets a new baby doll, she never can come up with a name. But today, she introduced me to her dog. Her name is Shyla. Shyla is a purple little dog and wouldn't you know it? She's shy....and also a burn victim?? Not quite sure how that happened, but I'm happy we can provide her with a safe and happy home.

6.12.2005


Mia picks up a hairclip in the bathroom.

"What's this, Mommy?"

It's a hairclip, Mia.

"Mia not need this, Mommy?"

No, Sweetie, you don't need that.

"I have lots lots toys in my room?"

Yes, you do.

"Good deal. That's good deal, Mommy."

I'm glad you think so.

6.11.2005



She told Rus, "I be ca'tain, you be ca'tain." Posted by Hello



Aye, aye, ca'tain! (notice the framed fingerpaint art in the backgound) Posted by Hello



Upside down :) Posted by Hello

6.09.2005

USN, SSA, DMV... busy day.

Rus came home from work mid-day to take me to Fort Lee to get my official Navy Sailor Fan Club card (my military wifey ID that gives me the medical benefits and permission to go on base to shop). He went back to work and I headed to the social security office in Glen Allen because apparently it's the closest one? and then I went to the DMV in Glen Allen from there. Um. Home? I-295? I got lost. It was fun. Thank goodness I have a cell phone!!! Anyway, I'm Mrs. Rus on paper now, too. I'll be venturing down to the beach tomorrow and I'll have a chance to change my name & address with several other places, as well. Good times ;)

After a busy, busy day, naturally Mia and I played some hide-and-go-seek to unwind.

Here's how that went down:

Mia: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..ok! I coming!
[I wait on the other side of the couch and sense Mia coming]
Me: RAAAAAAAAH!
Mia: AHHHHHHHH! Again, AGAIN!

So that goes on a few times; I run out of hiding places.

Me: Ok, Mommy will count now, you go hide.
[Off runs Mia...clearly NOT tiptoeing]

So I started in the rooms I knew she wasn't in.
Me: Miaaaaaaa? Where did Mia go? Hmmmmmm.
Mia: Come on! I in HERE, Mommy!

And you know? She's not NEW to the whole hiding concept. She throws the covers over her head with me standing right over her and will remain UBERquiet until I tickle and tickle and tickle. I guess with the covers, she KNOWS I know where she really is. With the hide-and-go-seek, she probably just doesn't want to be "lost", so to speak.

Such a sweet girl :)

6.02.2005

"Thank you for calling Pizza Hut, we're OUT OF PIZZA!"

If they had said that the first time I called, I wouldn't have had to call customer service and make a complaint. JERKS.

We had decided to order pizza last night when Rus got home from work. Pizza Hut is delicious and pretty close to the house, so I called and asked for specials. The only one they have right now is the dippin' strips pizza for $9.99. I ordered a medium pan pepperoni lovers, and a medium pan meat lovers (yeah, we're carnivores), and an order of breadsticks with absolutely NOTHING on them.

"Ok ma'am, your total is 28.48, your pizza should be there in 35-45 minutes." Score!!

Five minutes later...

RIIIING! "Hi ma'am? Someone just called and ordered two pan pizza? I'm sorry ma'am, but we're out of pan pizza. Okaaaaaay, hand-tossed is fine. "I'm sorry ma'am, but we're out of hand-tossed, too." Okaaaaay, what DO you have? "We have thin-crust, ma'am." Ooh. Cancel the order please, thanks.

[Pizza Hut dippin strips commercial plays on TV in background]

So I called back and ASKED if they had Dippin' Strips pizza available. "We sure do!" I placed my order with a smile on my face and that was that...

or so I thought.

Fifteen, I'm sorry...FIFTEEN minutes later, Pizza Hut called again and they are VERY lucky Rus answered the phone. "Hi, Sir? We've been trying to call your house, but we're out of dippin strips pizzas, too. WHAT?!

If your job is making pizza, if the name of your restaurant is PIZZA Hut, do you THINK you could keep the stuff in stock...on A WEDNESDAY NIGHT??

And that is total bullhonky that they tried calling the house. We have CABLE internet, and we weren't on the phone with Domino's QUITE yet. Invalids!! So we placed our order to Domino's...yum, yum, yum! (they'll be getting our business from now on) and I called Pizza Hut's customer service (complaint) line. They're sending a coupon for a "free large pizza with up to 3 toppings" that will never get used. I'd rather pay for Domino's than deal with Pizza Hut ANY day.

On another note...today's Thursday. Why does it always rain when I have to go grocery shopping? Argh.