Interesting...

I found this look-alike metter on somebody else's blog and decided to give it a try since so many people have such strong opinions on who our kids look like. Most people believe Samantha is a combination of both of us, that Alexandra is the spitting image of Nacho and that Jonathan looks like me. Personally, except for coloring, I think all of our children look alike, especially as newborns. And I think it's that coloring that makes people believe they look like one of us more than the other - Lexi definitely has Nacho's dark hair (but my eye color) and Jonathan is fairer skinned, like I am.

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Isn't in funny that based on this, Lexi looks the most like me? I have no idea what the base this on and I've gotten different results using different pictures (but always get that they looked more like me - from 2% to 7%), but it is interesting. And I guess this shows that all three of our children are the perfect combination of both Nacho and me.

Good news and bad news

The good news: (and I'm almost afraid to say this for fear of jinxing myself)
Jonathan is sleeping through the night (9 hours) this week! He's always been a good sleeper and started sleeping 6 hours a night at 1.5 weeks, but a full night of sleep is just awesome. And he's started giving social smiles, which are the best. He finds Samantha especially entertaining.

And since I mentioned Samantha, on to the bad news. She seems to have come down with the stomach flu. She's in good spirits, but just about the time we think she's over it, she gets sick again. She's got a lot of the symptoms of influenza (the real flu) but not the fever. Does anybody know if you can have the real flu without the fever? Hopefully she feels better soon, but for now our days are being spent with her going from her bed to the couch and back again.

A little taste of summer

If you're living in California right now, you wouldn't believe it's the middle of January - we're in the mid 70's today and it's just beautiful. After picking up the girls from school today I decided it was the perfect time to take them to the park and let them burn off some of the extra energy they've been storing up. It was so nice out and it reminded me of how our summers are. I used to be one that loved cold, rainy weather, but that was pre-kids when I could turn on the fireplace, stay in my pjs and watch movies/tv all day without any guilt. Now I can't wait for the warm summer days where we can get out of the house. So we've had our little taste of summer and I can't wait for the days where the sun sets later than 5pm and it's actually warm enough to go out in short sleeves. I'm sure they'll be here before I know it!

Public Service Announcement

For all California drivers (well, all drivers, I guess):

FYI - putting your cell phone on speakerphone and holding it in your hand does NOT constitute hands free cell phone use while driving! And if you're going to do it this way, don't hold it high enough for a cop to see you.

Oh and while I'm at it - if there is a car in front of me, tailgaiting me won't accomplish anything, except piss me off. Where exactly do you think I'm going to go?

And one last one - please learn how to merge and how to use a round-about. Honestly, they're not that hard.

Thanks!

Thank goodness!

I never thought I'd be so happy to see school start up again. I wasn't looking forward to the early mornings again, but boy was I happy to kiss them goodbye this morning. Don't get me wrong - I love my kids and love spending time with them. But between the excitement of the holidays and welcoming their new brother and then the boring week that followed, they've had a bit of cabin fever. In years past, we'd solve that problem by letting them run around the park until they had burned all that extra energy, but this year it's been too cold to take the little one out for that long, so I'm sure the girls were beginning to feel like caged animals. Which meant they started acting like them too. I never knew there was so much to fight about, but my girls figured out there was. (and I'm sure my parents are laughing at this right now - because Chris and I were never like that, right? ;) )

So they happily went back to school to see their friends and play to their hearts' content. And we missed eachother, so we were all refreshed and happy to see eachother at pick up. And best of all, they're so exhausted from it, all three of my kids are napping right now!

Knock knock

Why oh why did I ever teach my kids about knock-knock jokes? I did it once to make Samantha laugh and they have turned it into a whole new game. The only problem - they don't really get the art of the knock-knock joke. Do you remember the old one from grade school that goes like this:
"knock-knock"
"who's there?"
"banana"
"banana who?"
"knock-knock"
"who's there?"
"banana"
"banana who?"
etc
"knock-knock"
"who's there?"
"orange"
"orange who?"
"orange you glad I didn't say banana?"

So this is the one I told Samantha..and has been retold to Alexandra. But they don't get that the funny part of this is "orange you glad I didn't say banana". So their jokes go something like this:
"knock-knock"
"who's there?"
"candy cane"
"candy cane who?"
"aren't you glad I didn't say plate?"
followed by endless giggles from them. Who knew all you had to do to make a knock-knock joke funny was pick random items you see around the house? And they go on like this FOREVER!

.....but there is nothing sweeter than listening to them laugh, so I'll continue to listen to their jokes and pretend to find it as funny as they do.

Having a bad day??

Then this should make it better! I don't care if it's gas or not, I still think it's the most precious thing in the world.