Sleeping Bella and Prince Daddy

Daddy and Bella have a new game...Sleeping Beauty. Bella pretends she is Sleeping Beauty and lays down on the floor, couch, bed, wherever and pretends she is under a spell. She can't talk, move or open her eyes until Daddy (aka The Prince) gives her a kiss. She'll lay there forever totally still until she gets the kiss. Why didn't I think of that game. A totally silent (with the exception of an occasional giggle) and still 3 year old for as long as you want! Sometimes Daddy gets a bad rap, but this time...he's a Genius!

Merry Maid

I was mopping the floor this afternoon when Bella looked at me with a big smile and said, "Thank you Mommy." I said, "For what?" and she replied, "For making the floors so shiny!"

I might mop more often if I always received such an enthusiastic thank you.

Rockette sur la Tête

Most kids get gum stuck in their hair....but not my kid.....

Clever Girl

"Look Mommy! My feet are on backwards."

America's Next Top Models

I was putting my make up on this morning, Bella by my side as usual digging through my make up bag. She said she wanted to put on make up too. I said to her what every mother says to her daughter, "You don't need make up. You are beautiful just the way you are." To which she replied, "You are too. We're both FABULOUS!"

Nothing makes you feel more beautiful than sharing a conversation like this with your fabulous 3 year old daughter.

Ritzy Wrangler

Bella announced on the way home from school today, "Mommy, I want to be a Cowgirl." "Really? Why do you want to be a Cowgirl?" I replied. "Because I have a hat." I asked, "Why else would you like to be a Cowgirl?" and she said, "Because they wear a scarf."

I guess it's true what they say....It's all about accessorizing.

Dr Feelgood, DDS

Bella had a dentist appointment today. This was only the second time she had been, the first being 6 months ago and she wasn't too thrilled about it that time. But today, she seemed more than happy to be there. When they called her name, she immediately opened up her mouth wide and kept it opened wide all the way back into the office. She gladly showed the dentist how she brushed her teeth, she laid back in the chair and let them examine her mouth, smiled and said "Cheese" to show how they all lined up straight. When we were all finished, she took off right out of the office and straight to the "Treasure Chest" to pick out a prize. So that's the reason she was being so cooperative. The Treasure Chest! I didn't really even remember that part, but she obviously did. Maybe I should suggest that to my dentist. A little Treasure Chest by the door for his patients that were well behaved. Stock it with adult treats....maybe some expensive chocolates or little mini bottles of wine. It sure would make my visit to the dentist more pleasurable if I knew I was getting a reward at the end. I think I'll bring it up on my next visit.....

Genial Greens

My kid loves broccoli. If you ask her what her favorite thing to eat is, she says "broccoli and carrots'. Every mothers' dream. So tonight I made her chicken, noodles, carrots and broccoli for dinner. As she ate her dinner happily, she stopped to study the broccoli and remarked, "It looks like little trees. And they're all hugging."

I think she's destined for greatness.

True Love

Tonight I asked Bella to pick out a book to read before going to bed. She picked out one of her favorites "Olivia" and I picked out the new book she got from Grandmommy for Christmas, "On the Night You Were Born"... a beautiful book that is about how special my daughter is to me (and her Grandmommy, I'm sure). As I got closer to the end, my eyes started to get teary, a lump formed in my throat and I could feel my heart swelling. After I read the last line, I just looked at Bella and without saying a word, gave her a soft kiss on the cheek. She looked me straight in the eye and said, "I love you too Mommy" and gave me a hug.

Words cannot explain how I felt. My beautiful daughter FELT what I was feeling. She KNEW at that moment that she was loved. I can't think of anything that I have done in my whole life that was more satisfying than that one moment. WOW! I will hold on to this feeling for the rest of my life.

Bella Hilton

This morning we were getting ready to head off to school and I put some shiny 'lipstick' on Miss Bella (really lip balm to help heal her terribly chapped winter lips). We were just heading out the door when Daddy came over to give his little girl a kiss goodbye. She turned her head and then gave him the Heisman hand and said, "No Daddy! My lipstick!"
Look out Paris! There's a new girl in town.