After almost 3 years...

Who would have guessed it. After 3 years of being petrified of the Merry Go Round, as were walking through the Irvine Spectrum mall, Elizabeth spied the Merry Go Round. I figured we would have to walk the usual way around it to avoid Elizabeth having to even "look" at it--since she was always so afraid of it we couldn't even walk next to it--suddenly she announced, "I wanna go on it." I did a few double takes and probably asked her four times to be sure, "You want to go ON the Merry Go Round?" Yep, she wanted to go on it.

So she did. About half a dozen times. And as you can see here she decided that she also wanted to ride with Michelle, Emma's mom. She loves Michelle, especially since Michelle carries her around the mall whenever Elizabeth asks. I figure that the degree of Elizabeth's adoration is someone linked to the amount of time you spend carrying her around.

I have a lot of video of this day, but my new "not so "Incredible" Droid Incredible has a problem linking video to the internet. Stay tuned.

Holly and Elizabeth

Holly gave Elizabeth a real treat last week when she headed down for a visit. Did Elizabeth love her? Oh yes. Her only complaint was that Holly had to leave. When she woke up the next morning, she said, "I want Holly EVERY DAY". Yeah, me too.

E and K in White

Here are Elizabeth and Kaila donning their white "twin" dresses.



If you haven't seen Elizabeth in a while, I can tell you this--she is tall.
The other day she was in the bathtub and looked up at me and said, "I have long legs", oh, yeah she sure does. She is about 40 inches tall --which is in the 90th percentile for height and she weight 36 pounds-about 80th percentile. Not too shabby!

And a Fine" How Do You Do" to you too!

Ballet Saturday

Saturday morning is now "dancing class" day. Elizabeth just started a "Tap, Jazz and Ballet" class-much to her sheer joy.

The class is adorable with a mix of tap, jazz and ballet. A lot of the fun is in the equipment as well as the dancing. She is madly in love with her new "tap" shoes and if she had her way she would be tapping her way through the world all day.

When she woke up and I told her "today is dancing class day", she literally twirled around and screamed "hooray hooray, thank you mommy, thank you mommy!" It really was the cutest thing.

And after class the fun continued with lunch with her buddy Maria at her favorite "Ruby's" Diner--which happens to have a gorgeous view of the lake in Woodbridge. Who would think a cheap burger joint could have such a pretty view.

Maria and Elizabeth also managed to sneak in a visit to the toystore and the Sticky Fingers Candy shop.

Oh, just another day in Kiddie Nirvana.

Random Photos

I am just posting a few photos that I haven't posted yet. Actually I have hundreds of these...just haven't had a chance to post them. Yeah, time--where does it go?

A few photos from a month or so ago down after dinner at The Rusty Pelican. Elizabeth liked the boats, no surprise.





Here are Elizabeth Kaila and Sophia three girls all were in China together --we basically all met on the same day, November 5, 2007. We all traveled home on the same day some two weeks later. What an amazing time that was!







Just a few photos of Elizabeth showing her involved with one of her favorite foods.




She likes frozen yogurt but not as much as she loves sorbet.

A few photos from a couple of months ago, at Kaila's 4th birthday party. Kaila, Elizabeth and Emma.



Kaila and E sharing a meal together.

Trek to Disneland

Yes, we took our trip to Disneyland during Elizabeth's break from school last week. Did she like it? Yes and no. At first she was excited and then she saw Goofy, who was undoubtedly a lot taller than she had seen him on t.v. She freaked a bit and decided that she wanted to go home. "I no like Goofy," she cried. "I wanna go home." Luckily for us, Minnie showed up and saved the day. Minnie was smaller and "pretty" as Elizabeth would say. We had to wait on line numerous times to let Elizabeth hug Minnie.

Elizabeth was a little disappointed that Minnie "didn't talk". "Minnie is quiet", Elizabeth said--"she no talking".

The rest of the day was sort of hit and miss, but generally she had a pretty good time. Luckily her friend Mei Mei was with and that helped Elizabeth fear level.

The girls also flipped for the face painting as you can see below--who needs all the rides in Disneyland when you can get your face painted like a Princess?



Elizabeth was pretty darn sacked out when we got home. She plopped into bed that night and didn't move until the next morning.



Elizabeth loves her facepaint. But here is a hint--don't take a nap while wearing face paint unless you want pink and purple sheets









Mei Mei was really compliant when it came to face painting, she didn't move a muscle while she was being worked on by the makeup artist.




Mei Mei showing off her exotic princess look with mom,Patty.