Mr and Mrs Awesome

Kahlan is still too young to be in the Ballet West's Nutcracker, so I took her to go see it instead! It was our first Mommy daughter date, and we had a great time! We went to the Saturday morning show, because I knew that was the one where nobody minded kids talking and screaming at exciting parts! Glad I did, because she had lots of questions and comments. They had a few firework type special effects, and all the kids got SO excited!  I told Kahlan which parts I was in as a dancer, and it was cute how impressed she was. My favorite comment though, was when the lead Arabian ballerina started dancing, and she made a sound effect like "Ooh la la!" The actual sound effect she made was funnier, but I can't remember exactly what she said! The meaning though was clear- "she's a pretty, sexy ballerina!" Ballet West's Arabian dance actually was my favorite, out of all the other versions I have ever seen! Gratton said that when Kahlan is actually in th...

So my little guy is going through a new stage, a clean stage. He goes and runs in the mud and literally rolls in the dirt and rocks, and picks up bugs like most little boys. Then he comes to me exclaiming, "mama" and holds out his hands for me, looking up expectantly. I always laugh because I know what he wants. He wants me to clean his hands and arms and whatever else he got all dirty. We're still in the car driving to Vegas, and he got messy doing something. He made me wash his hands and feet with a wipe, and then I just gave him the wipe because he still didn't seem satisfied. You can see in these pics that that made him really happy. Silly kid.

So we're driving through Vegas to California, and gratton wanted a drink at the gas station. I watered down some sprite and gave it to him. In the car, I glanced into the back seat and saw him doing something very interesting. He took the straw out and was putting his snacks (crispex and berry cereal) through the straw hole.. He was very proud of himself. I was mostly worried about him dumping it everywhere. I didn't want to stunt his creativity though, so I let him keep doing it. To my surprise, he didn't spill any, but instead let me know when he was finished, so I could take it away for him.