Convo with Boo

Isabella: mom, can I have some chocolate milk?

Me: sure, get out the chocolate

Isabella: mom, we should call Scarlett handsome, that's what Pres calls her brother. Handsome.

Me: how about we call her princess?

Isabella: ok, but I think we should still call her handsome.

Me: chuckle

Isabella: mom, does Daxton like chocolate milk?

Me: I'm sure he does

Isabella: can he have chocolate milk?

Me: sure, but he's in heaven

Isabella: mom, when he going to come back alive? Was he little like Scarlett? Can Scarlett have chocolate milk?

Me: not for a long time. Yes he was little like Scarlett. No Scarlett can't have chocolate milk. She's too little.

Isabella: but Daxton can. He's not too little. He's my brother. Mom, I miss my brother. I miss Daxton. I want to see him again. When can I see him?

Me: when he comes back alive in a long time you can see him.

Isabella: mom when he comes back alive after he died when he was born he will come back alive ok?

Me: ok

I love that she feels him and his spirit here with her. I love that she refers to him as "my brother" and I love that she "remembers" him, even though she didn't meet him on this earth. Such a sweet little girl. Melts my heart.

Back in the saddle

As I was on my morning run, just a mere 6 miles (at a fair pace), but not the 16 I ran in Saturday... I noticed the business of the morning. The hub ub of daily living. It was early, like 6:30am and there were many people getting ready to go about their day hustling from here to there. It was a nice observation. It is a new day a new month a new year.

I am training for the Phoenix full marathon. Call me crazy. I know I am. You don't have to call me crazy. I thought about getting a sticker that said 25.8 miles and putting it on the back of my Yukon, just to piss all the runners out there off. I must insert here that I have run a full before. In fact this will be the third full j have trained for. You may remember (if u are a die hard follower) that 3 years ago I was training for the Sedona and on my last long run I injured myself so badly that I couldn't walk for days (literally) and didn't run for a year (steroid shots physical therapy no running and sweat and tears).

So I am glad to be back in the saddle again. Brings a smile to my face. I am going to try to shed a few of these extra pounds n see if that won't shave some time off my clock ;). Today a sub 4 (less than 4 hours) marathon would really make me happy. We will see what tomorrow (and race day) brings. I have enjoyed my runs with various people/good friends and conversations. The training is always WAY harder than the marathon. Feels good to train, to have a goal, to push myself beyond personal limits. Here's to a sub 4!!!

Here are some pics for your enjoyment and pleasure ;)

Isabella's Birthday

My little Princess is 3!!! I can hardly believe it. And since the last 17.89 posts have been about her, I will just post some pics from her birthday party. It was quite the bash. She got lots of fun things and really loves her "wagger" (it is a stick with strings on it LOL!)

She loves the two twins. She can't stop talking about A.Z. and his hip hop (from Angelina Ballerina). In fact, Dora and Angelina brought her Christmas presents this year, she just couldn't fathom that Santa Claus did!!! She loves to take Macey for a walk. She can make Mac n Cheese by herself (the little microwaveable ones, but she is really close to the stove top one too). She loves to help in the kitchen, from dishes to baking cookies to making dinner. The other day I was chopping green peppers and she really wanted to help and so she started ripping the green peppers into tiny pieces.

I totally used them and no one was any the wiser. She loves anything princess, tutus, skirts (not the same thing), shoes, dressing herself, books, movies, etc. She loves to go to the museum, eat peanut butter sandwiches on the couch while watching a show before nap time, and snuggling right when she wakes up. Most mornings you will hear her asking mommy or daddy to lay by her in our bed and snuggle. She loves it!

She is a big helper to her little sister. She is quite opinionated... just ask her. She likes to make up songs and hip hop and dances and she loves to sing them songs and dance them dances. She is sweet as candy and tart as lemon juice. But we love love love her and wouldn't trade her for the world.

We really love her.