Ila's Song

Ila has been extremely vocal lately, and that includes her stream of consciousness songs about "seahorses and horses going up up and mommy said don't cry." Here is one I caught the tail end of. Do you think she has a future in songwriting? (You have to let the page load for a minute before pressing play).

I finally uploaded all the movies from my phone, so expect more soon!

Most Random Stocking Stuffer Ever

And Everyone Said We Were Crazy... (and I agree)

This year, or last year now that it's 2011, we hosted our first winter camp session for our advanced and hardcore surfers. A couple of them didn't make it because of the massive snowstorm, but those who did enjoyed some epic winter surf. Disclaimer: I didn't take all these photos, but I did make the movie at the end...

 

My Husband Is Funny

Check out Ross' newly released surf humor site: http://www.simplesurfer.com/. If you at all consider yourself a surfer, wish you were a surfer, or know surfers, you just might pee yourself.

1st Haircut

Ila's hair has been taking it's sweet time to grow, and even though there are still a lot of even shorter pieces, it was starting to look a little too mullet-like. I think it turned out pretty nice! It's amazing how much older she looks.

Boys and Girls

Here you see Addie in William's bed pretending to be the baby while Ila is tending to her needs as the mommy. Meanwhile, William and Robert are just being boys.

The Most Confusing Potty Book Ever

Last week at out trip to the library down the street, I saw a few books about going to the potty and tossed them in the basket with the others. It wasn't until "Once Upon a Potty" became her favorite book that she wanted to read over and over again, that I realized a couple very disturbing things about this book. First off, the little curly haired child on the front cover was actually a BOY and it turned out it was a book for BOYS learning to go potty. I later saw the tiny print at the bottom, but my first realization was his wee wee. My next complaint is that the potty looked like a giant tea cup. Did they not think about the combo of using a giant tea cup as a potty and then illustrating the poo poo to look like chocolate soft-serve?! I think we just set Ila back in her potty training a few months. Lesson learned: fully inspect books you bring home from the library before it's too late.

* I would also like to apologize to her babysitter that night who was the first to read this book to Ila.