And All is Well

2nd Annual Birthday Interview

I got this idea from our friend Joanna, who interviews her son on his birthday every year.

What is your favorite food?
Those Chinese ball thingies at that restaurant. Yummmmmmmm.

Do you know what those are made of? Shrimp and tofu.
I don't believe you. What's the next question?

What's your favorite color?
I have three: black, pink, and red.

Isn't it unusual for a 6-year old girl to pick black?
No. I like it because it helps me fall asleep. [Not to mention its the favorite color of her alpha girl friend Gina.]

What's your favorite holiday?
Halloween. The trick or treating - you get candy. And sometimes chocolate eyeballs.

What's the difference between being 5 and 6?
When you're 6 you're older, Mommy! [She apparently was in a literal mood.]

What was your favorite part of kindergarten?
You get to go on field trips. My favorite was Home Depot. And the zoo.

What's your best subject in school?
Spelling and math.

What's the hardest word you can spell?
Discover. D-O-S-C-U-V-E-R. Is that right?

Pretty close. Who's your best friend?
I have three. Ellie, Christine, Ethan, and Gina. [Yes, that's 4. Spelling and math?]

What's your favorite book?
Jack and Annie! [The Magic Tree House series, which we read and listen to on CD endlessly. Although the Boxcar Kids are number two with a bullet.]

If you were magic what would you do?
Watch TV.

You don't have to be magic to watch TV. What else?
Make food out of nothing.

What are your favorite sports?
Soccer! Swimming! Golf! Boxing!

When have you ever boxed??
On Wii Mommy! I really, really want a Wii.

What's your favorite word?
E-L-L-I-E. and L-O-V-E.

What's your least favorite word?
H-A-T-E. And N-O-T-H-I-N-G. [My budding existentialist.]

What was the worst thing that happened when you were 5?
I know. When I was asleep and got a bloody nose. No. Oh man, I was 4 when that happened.

Didn't that also happen a couple of days ago?
Yes, but I was half-awake. Oh, I got stung by a bee! [That happened Thursday, fresh in her mind.]

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Doctor or firefighter. No, the gummi factory, I still want to do that.

What's the biggest problem in the world today?
When you have 2,000 earthquakes in one minute? Oh, no, oil spill. It kills birds.

Give me three words or phrases to describe Daddy.
Funny. Brown hair. His hands are shaky.

Give me three words or phrases that describe me.
Funny. Nice. Beige skin.

Who's funnier, Mommy or Daddy?
Exactly the same.

What's your best joke?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Eileen.
Eileen Who?
Eileen over to tie my shoe!

Last year's interview is posted here.

Best Friends Forever

Instead of a Chuck-E-Cheese style birthday party, Lily opted (for the 2nd year in a row) to have a special day with her best friend Ellie (thank you, thank you, thank you!). We planned to go to the movies, but it was just too hot to want to leave the house this afternoon. We watched the DVD of Enchanted instead.

Car temperature at 7:08 pm. In the shade!

Went to the salon, where they opted for matching green nails and I went with Dulche de Leche. Lily helpfully observed "Every time you are here you get beige or red, beige or red, beige or red. You need to mix it up some." Mix it up some? That's what I get for letting a 6-year old get a manicure - I didn't get my first manicure until my wedding day!

Cheeseburger tacos at California Tortilla, and then on to Carvel. Lily's choice. I lobbied for Mi Rancho.

Absorbed.

Ellie's spending the night. These two have been best friends since they were 3 months old in daycare together, and are still going strong even after a year in different kindergartens. They still swear they are getting married to each other, although Ellie did get all giggly when we ran into a boy named Skylar at California Tortilla. She actually said "Don't worry, he doesn't even know my name." I'm now convinced their bond is unbreakable.

Happy Birthday Lily!

The birthday weekend has begun. Last night neighbor kids came over for cake (and the parents for beer and a battle of the iPods). Today, Lily's best friend Ellie comes over for an afternoon of girly stuff and a sleepover.

We let Lily decorate her own cake.

A little too much blue frosting.

Holy Crap!

I found the exact bowl on eBay! I love the internet. Apparently the magic search word was melmac. And, it comes with a little platter so this whole trying experience has a silver lining.

On its way, priority mail, to Florida as I type. Of course, this sets back my eBay shoe scheme by $11.99 plus S&H, but anything for my dad!

No!! Not the Green Bowl!!!

For probably the last 50 years my father has had an apple and yogurt for lunch every single day. For probably the last 45 of them - certainly for all of my memory - he has used done so using the Green Bowl. It's faded from dark olive to light, has lost its shine, and has been superglued at least once. Well, today my mom reports that it fell on the tile and broke.

Grieving.

My mom assessed "You would have thought he lost a treasure." But Lee and I are upset too. I've asked her to save me the bowl. And I'm going searching for a replacement on eBay once I can figure out what to search for. "Green bowl" returns more than 13,000 hits. "Green plastic bowl" returns only 84 hits, including this one:

Close but not close enough - too minty and the divider is a problem. Don't worry Dad, we're on it.

More Cell Phone Photos

I couldn't figure out why these photos were on my old cell phone. And then, I remembered...

Shortly after Lily was born, I went on a Nutri System diet. I should have known better, but I needed a jump start. It promised "restaurant style food delivered right to your door" with a money-back guarantee. I was so busy and tired that I needed the prepackaged food so I wouldn't have to plan or think. I knew the food wouldn't be great, but I figured I could do anything for two weeks. Even vacuum-sealed pizza.

I was so wrong.

Didn't look so bad.

I thought "Maybe it'll look better after I microwave it. Maybe it'll triple in size after I microwave it."

I asked for my money back.