mila's daydreams

i just found this awesome blog and i'm loving all the photos. makes me jealous and wishing i had thought of it. what a great idea.

http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/

things that i love about my girls

i just thought i'd take a moment to pause some time and document the cute things my girls are doing right now.

Carmen:

Every night when i put her to bed she says to me, "Mommy sleep with me a couple whiles." (how she came up with that phrase, i don't know...but i love it) Then, as we lay there, she says, "mom, can i wish on a star?" And then she lifts the blinds, looks up at the sky and says, "I wish I may I wish I might, I wish for..." and every night it's something different like "I wish for things. All things." and tonight she said, "i wish for my mommy. I love you, mommy."

Carmen continues to be a good storyteller. Always concocting monsters and she describes them in great detail. From what color they are to exactly how many teeth they have and how sharp they are.

When she wakes up in the morning, she always opens her blinds in her room.

She's a GREAT big sister and always plays with Petra.

Which brings me to Petra.

Petra...

Is definitely enamored with the idea of walking. She constantly wants to lead me around the house. But, is kind of scared of the idea of only holding one or none of my hands. However, she's gearing herself up for that...and it's both exciting and sad that she'll be walking soon! Where did the time go?

Petra loves to add to the conversation. She babbles with such conviction and often puts her two cents into whatever conversation Shay and I are having. Sometimes she'll even raise her arms in the air as she talks. I LOVE it!

Petra can drum! Well, sort of. We have a drum set that Carmen got for Christmas last year. And Petra will take the drum stick and use it to hit the snare drum. It's impressive for an 11 month old.

There you have it. Just a few little things that I love about my girls right now.

Perfect Day

Living in California is really hard. Especially on day like this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

and it's fun to spend days like this with these people:

just don't let them do this:

freakiest thing ever!

Attack of the Weeds!

There is an unidentified weed that grows in my backyard. before we had it landscaped, it had overtaken an entire side of our yard. I had no idea it's stranglehold on my yard until now. It is actually a pretty weed. It has purplish greenish leaves. But it is very deceiving. Beneath the pleasant looking petals are the most insane, disgusting tree like roots I have ever seen. I mean one weed may have a trunk root that's close to 5lbs in weight. It's insane! And i'm obsessed with obliterating it. I have dreams about how to destroy it. It's like the day of the triffids:

I will figure out a way to destroy it!