Meow or Treat!

When Hannah woke up this morning, she asked me (her eyes barely even open yet): "Is it Halloween this morning?"

Me: "Yes!"

She immediately perked up and jumped out of bed. . .

Hannah: "What did the sun dress up as?"

So sweet! In her little mind, she thought everybody and everything was going to dress up for Halloween :) Wouldn't that be cool?

The awesome parents that we are, we tried to convince her that Howie dressed up as Koda, and Koda dressed as Howie, but she didn't buy it. She is too smart! She asked me what my costume was, and I told her I didn't have one. I told her to think of something I could dress up as and she barely hesitated before telling me I should be a DOOFUS or a TOOTER! Hmmmm. . .that shouldn't be too hard! I would just have to raid Matt's side of the closet!!! :p LOL But, by the time she sat down for a wholesome healthy breakfast of Boo Berry Crunch (sorry mom!) she was fine with me just dressing up as "the best mommy ever" ;) No cape needed.

She patiently waited for trick or treat time. . .filling her time and belly with candy we already had in the house. . .

When it was time to trick or treat, she was asking what the moon dressed up as? Since there was NO moon out, I told her the moon dressed up as the dark sky. :)

We stopped by Granny and Papa's house first, where she was loaded down with candy and cookies. . .and of course, a new pair of knee-high princess socks. Huh? Well, doesn't everyone get cool knee-high socks for Halloween? Hmmmm. Well, she LOVED them and I think they are adorable! You guys are missing out. . .

I'm so proud of my baby! She was such a cute, polite little trick or treater :) She made sure to only take ONE piece of candy when offered the candy bowl, even though I am certain she wanted more (lucky for her the people always told her she could take another piece); and she always said thank you!

We only went to a couple of houses in the neighborhood. The houses are spread really far apart by our house since everyone's lots are on an acre or more. But it was just enough to let her experience Halloween and beg for candy! :) After every house she would ask "Are they coming to our house now???" And when we got home, she had fun handing out candy to the kids, but every time I shut the door, she'd ask "Why didn't they come in?" or "Why didn't they want to stay and play with me?" Awwww.

Ever have one of those moments. . .

She looks so sweet and innocent, doesn't she? Don't let her fool you!

Have you ever had one of those moments where you REALLY wish you could crawl under a rock and die of embarrassment??? and/or pray that CPS is not going to come after you after your toddler made some comment that could be misinterpreted???


Well, as the mama of a three year old, it is bound to happen to me at SOME point! And the other day, it happened. I would like to say it was the only time I've been embarrassed by Hannah's comments in a public restroom, but alas. . .it is not (if you are still with me by the time I get to the end, I will share that little gem with you, as well).


Moving on. . .


I may never show may face in the JCPenney restroom ever again! Well, I might just have to wear different shoes next time, for as far as I know, the lady in the next stall probably only knows us as the weirdo with the black and silver sandals and pink nail polish (note to self, a pedicure is LONG overdue); and the OVERLY observant and vocal (read: LOUD) little girl with the pink sandals, sharing the very large stall next door. I avoided crossing paths with the woman in the restroom after the incident. At least I think I did? Who's to say the woman was not lurking behind the display of bedding outside the restroom, eager to catch a glimpse of the AWFUL mother of the sweet innocent child who said **_(this embarrassing blank is filled in below)____** in a public restroom!?!? I am pretty sure if I were in that woman's shoes I would've been curious, too! Er. Well, I mean, the Terra BEFORE having a toddler would've been curious! But since I now know how innocent little toddler minds work, and how WEIRD their innocent comments sound and how it may be misinterpreted by strangers since they are not fully privy to said toddler's mind like their mama is. . .


Anyway, now that I've totally lost you, let me back up and paint this very colorful picture for you. . .


Once upon time, I had the grand idea of having Hannah's portraits taken. She was such a doll! She smiled and laughed and posed so perfectly. Afterwards, I took her potty before we left for the long ride back home. Seemed like the right thing to do. We don't need any puddles in the car. Little did I know what Hannah had in store for me in that restroom.


Into the restroom we went. . .We were all alone. Thinking back, I wonder: Why, oh WHY couldn't Hannah have had the upcoming conversation BEFORE some poor unsuspecting lady entered the stall next to ours? I guess *someone* up there has a really BIG sense of humor. I probably deserved it. I am sure I embarrassed my mom a time or two in my life ;)


So right after the woman entered her stall, Hannah says (sounding very accusatory): "Mama, SOME people do not know how to wipe their fanny very well"
(Yikes! I hope the lady next door doesn't think Hannah is implying SHE doesn't know how to wipe???)
Me: "Well, I am pretty sure most people do."
Hannah: "NO! SOME people DONT know how to wipe so well!"
Me: " Well, I am sure some people are learning."
Hannah: "Like little kids?"
Me: "Yes, exactly!" (for a brief moment I felt relieved since I dodged a potentially embarrassing scenario!) And then. . .she dropped a bomb. . .I swear it was happening in slow motion. . .I heard the words come out of her mouth, and I wanted to grab them and shove them in my purse before anybody heard! But unfortunately for me, that is only possible on cartoons. . .


At the top of her lungs, in GRAND excitement, just as I was zipping up my pants and was turning to flush Hannah says:
"Mmmmmmmm! Mama! YOUR FANNY SMELLS GOOOOOOD!"


She looks at me all sweet and innocent with a cute smile across her face, waiting for my reaction and a thank you. *Blink *Blink *


Oh.My.Goodness.


WHAT!?!?! The HORROR!!!!


Did she really just yell to the world that my "fanny smells good"??? Yep. She did.


Did the lady next door hear that? Yep. She did.


Did the lady gasp in horror? Um, I think I heard her gasp!?!? Oh dear, the lady thinks Hannah smelled my fanny!


Was the comment still echoing through the whole bathroom? Yes, it was! In fact, I am pretty sure the clerk outside the bathroom probably heard her. . .and anyone within a 10 mile radius who is not hard of hearing, heard her! It was THAT loud! AHHHHHHH!!!!!


I was speechless. Does the lady next door think I made my daughter smell my fanny? Should I yell out to anyone who's attention was now directed at us and let them know that my daughter did NOT just smell *that*!?!?! That my daughter was nowhere NEAR *that* at any time relevant to her comment???


I frantically searched for a secret escape hatch that would lead us right to our car before anyone saw us! I looked for a window to climb out of. ANYTHING! I was picturing the lady next to us, picturing my poor daughter smelling *that*! Probably dialing child protective services from her cell phone, and whispering a description of my feet. . .


Let me assure you, Hannah was nowhere NEAR me at the time she said it! She was on the opposite side of the very LARGE and spacious stall! I have NO CLUE why she chose to tell me that *that* smells good! Thanks, Hannah. Really. Thank you for the compliment. Mommy loves compliments and I like to smell good! But I can certainly go the rest of my life never hearing those words out of your mouth ever again, and be perfectly content. Really. LOL


I dropped the subject, ran out of the stall, quickly washed our hands and ran out of there. No need to come face to face with the woman who thinks I am raising a fanny sniffer! (I thought only dogs do that?)


Why did she say that? The only thing I can think of, is lately Hannah has been telling me I smell good, or my arm smells like strawberries, or my hair smells like candy, or my clothes smell like flowers. Perhaps she figured that was one base she had not covered yet, and wanted to be sure I knew that she thought ALL of me smells good! Bless her heart. She tried to compliment me! But dear me, she chose the WRONG setting to try THAT compliment on for size!


Now I can add that incident to the time Hannah proclaimed to the whole bathroom at a restaurant that the lady next door was tooting REALLY LOUD; repeatedly commenting that "somethin' smells! Mama, what is that SMELL!?!?!" "What is all that NOISE, Mama? Why is that lady tooting so loud?" All despite my begging and pleading that she please whisper! Yep, another glorious time where we had to scurry out of a restroom before coming face to face with the poor lady in the stall next door.

Welcome to Mamahood! :)

Please, remember this story the next time you judge a mama in the stall next to you in the restroom!

I know now that I am never safe. I anticipate being misunderstood and embarrassed at all times. But I wouldn't trade one second of my time with my daughter for anything in the world :) Embarrassing, misunderstood moments, and all :)

Seagulls love Fatburger. . .and I love the beach!

A fun day on the beach in San Diego :)

I love looking for shells and lucky glass (but we didn't find any lucky glass on this trip)

I love the sand

I LOVE the waves and water, no matter how chilly it is on my piggies

Did you know that seagulls love Fatburger cheeseburgers and iced tea!?!?

Who knew? Well, I certainly did not know. . .or I would have never left our lunch unattanded in favor of dipping our toes in the ocean :) Those sneaky little birds stole our lunch! We only had a couple bites each, before we ran down to the water, anticipating our lunch would be safe on the beach towel. . .wrapped tight in the paper bag. I guess we learned our lesson! Seagulls devoured our burgers and fries, then washed them down with some iced tea.

Next time you go to the beach with your lunch, remember. . .

Don't bother putting the straw in the cup. They will just yank it out, toss it aside, and jam their beaks into the lid and slurp it up! And in case you were worried the birds' lack of posable thumbs would deter them from being able to unwrap the cheeseburger, think again! In some sort of freakish beakish bird way, they tear through the bag and paper and gobble up the cheeseburgers, ketchup and all! Teaching them to use napkins and to clean up after themselves is going to be really difficult. . .so don't bother. But it was a very useful tool in figuring out which bird ate our lunch! One of the birds had huge blobs of ketchup all over her beak, and the other had the wrapper in his mouth. :) The one who drank our iced tea is still at large. . .

The scene of the crime. . .

BUSTED!!! Mr. Seagull, with the burger wrapper in his mouth, and Mrs. Seagull with blobs of ketchup on her beak (though it's too hard to see it in this photo)!

I can eat a snow cone as big as my head (with a little help from the parents and sharing some with the sidewalk)

What? I never posted anything from Disneyland?

Disneyland Post #1 (of 3, hopefully):

FOR SHAME! I never got around to posting any Disneyland photos! (We went at the end of April, for Pete's sake!) Bad mama! Well, here are photos of Hannah and all the friends she made there :) What a magical experience for us all. It was an awesome vacation (minus the day we lost due to me having food poisoning, but you don't want details about that, I am sure)! We can't wait to go back next year :)

Hannah met all her favorite characters. . .and even some she does not like! (we found out she is NOT a fan of Captin Hook and the Mad Hatter)

Hannah adopted some Toy Story babies

Feeling. . .not so well the second day. . .but Hannah and Matt went to the Disney Store while I slept and Hannah picked out a cool Mickey Mouse tank top for me, to make me feel better :) And of course she talked Daddy into buying her a few hundred other things for her. Only thing they didn't buy was an umbrella, and they got rained on on the walk back to the hotel :) They had fun despite not being able to go into the park that day. Luckily I felt better the next day :)

Here she is with Buzz! We kept missing him the whole time we were there and she kept asking about him. We were afraid we would never get to take a photo with him. . .until the last day! We lucked out. Her trip was complete!

Hannah refused to speak to the Mad Hatter or tell him her name. . .so he called her Roberta. She did not like that. :)











Not only did Eeyore take a photo with Hannah and sign her autograph book, but he even danced with her! It was so adorable.
The Fairy Godmother was not granting any wishes that day. . .but Hannah got her autograph :)



They make a cute couple :) Never thought Matt would ever find anyone with a bigger head than his! LOL


We also got to see our old friends, Jess and Sandy, while we were there :)

Hannah attacked Jess with the killer snake he bought her at Rainforest Cafe. . .

I have more to share. . .stay tuned!