Kaiya saw me light the grill. She didn't come back outside until I was ready to take the chicken off the grill. When I opened it up, she exclaimed: Mama! I didn't know that fire turns into chicken! She was utterly amazed. And it was just too cute to correct.

Tony's cousin, Becca, watched the kids at the mall play area yesterday while I promoted our Extreme Makeover Event from the mall booth. Kaiya and Kaleb both enjoyed playing and Kaiya made some friends while she was there. She had been playing with two Hispanic girls and at one point ran over to Becca and said, "I am calling them Indians and I am the Sailor." She had just watched Pocahontas that morning. Nice. Disney is teaching my child about different skin colors. I think it is time to intervene.

Need some help!

Doing some research for our Extreme Makeover Event on Saturday. Here's what I need... leave me a comment with 5 things that are on your grocery list each week (or however often you shop). I need these to be items other than staples (i.e. bread, milk, eggs, meat, fresh produce).

Gonna post this on Facebook too...we'll see what we come up with!

Some good reading!

I came across this article today and thought I would post a link here. Dr. Josh Axe is a Maximized Living Doctor in Nashville. It's so hard these days to sift through marketing terms on labels. He breaks it down:

Natural Doesn't Always Mean Non-Toxic

Don't wanna forget these ones...

Kaiya's had a few gems lately:

To her babysitter while we were at work: "I've got to get out of this house."

To me at the end of a night where she had passed an unusual amount of gas: "I can't help my toots mom."

To Tony & I: "How does a baby get out of its mama's tummy?" We pause and look at each other because we're not sure how much to disclose. While thinking about what to say, she says: "Does it come out of her ring?" I assume this has something to do with the conversation we have had about being married before having a baby. And we decide at this point that she must be told the truth. Cause this is a child who will keep on asking. The last time we tried to gloss over something she looked at Tony and said, "You've got to be kidding me. You are joking." So we told her. She said, "Oh. That's silly." And that was the end of the conversation. Thankfully.

Summer Lull

I've got the summer lull, I guess. Extreme lack of posting going on here. We are living & breathing the office right now. Complete craziness.

For now, check this out: ruthephotography.blogspot.com. Some really cute kids made the header. And check out her other pictures... I'm so proud of her - it's natural talent!

Actually... let's make this post all about Ruthie! Wedding countdown is: less than 2 months! Kaiya is going to be a flower girl and I found her dress at Burlington Coat Factory for $12.99! The lighting in these pictures is terrible and makes the dress look yellow... but it is a very light ivory. I was super excited about this deal -- it was missing the sweater that went with it, so the sales associate offered to take $5.00 off the already low price.