Sure, but late 20's sounds better.

As we're eating the first of our Super Bowl snacks a few minutes ago, Lucy says, "Mom, can you give me this recipe when I'm a teenager? I want to make it for my own kids".

Camilleisms

• Over the last week or two she has come in our room in the middle of the night saying she had a "scary sleep story" (bad dream)...sometimes about a "sharptooth" (tyrannosaurus rex) and sometimes about other things. We are obviously big fans of The Land Before Time movies.

• When she is frustrated by something she is trying to do, she says "GOLLEIF!" - which seems to be a hybrid of "golly" and "good grief".

• Waking up with a stuffy nose yesterday, she tried to breath out of it and proclaimed that her "nose is locked!"

• Her favorite stories are from the "Strawberry Shortcake Storybook Treasury". Therefore, she always says "berry" instead of "very". As in, "this stinky trash can has berry, berry bad breaf".

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I call her my enchilada buddy. This cold weather has made me want enchiladas a lot. Instead of buying them at Rosa's, which is always tempting, I've started making them at home. Neither Kilian or Lucy care for things with much melted cheese (weird, huh?) so Camille and I wind up eating them alone until Brad gets home to finish them up.

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Finally, I wanted to share how cute Camille and her cousin Zachary looked while chatting on the porch a few days after Christmas.

Kids at Play

The kids received some fun Christmas gifts in the "making stuff" category, which I love. The pictures were taken in Houston, the day after they received them, but they have all been used many times since we've been home.

Kilian doesn't own a single Lego, but Lucy does. She is very good about keeping them off the floor and away from Oliver (so far).
Kilian and I are so different. These "Pixos" come with ideas and instructions and I would follow them to the letter if I made one. He always changes it up and makes things a little bit different from the example.
Soon I'll post a video of the "band" we've formed at our house with the musical gifts they received. When are the next auditions for America's Got Talent?

Also, my goal is at least 10 posts per month - I'm set for January now!

Risky Business

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Over Christmas we got to do some more riding at Aunt Sue and Uncle Lolo's place again. This year it was bareback. All those beautiful trees prove we were not anywhere near Lubbock.

Should I file charges?

OR

Should I just file his little fingernails?

Early on Tuesday morning while I was trying to get Oliver back to sleep he scratched my eye. I tried to go back to sleep, but it felt like there was an eyelash in my eye and it was watering like crazy. I went into the kitchen to make sure I could still see, and I could if I forced my eye to stay open. I researched corneal abrasions online (with my right eye) and decided I needed to see a doctor.

So, after some antibiotics and 24 hours of a tight eye patch to prevent my eye lid from opening, I'm pretty much as good as new. Eyes heal quickly - and Oliver is way too cute for me to hold a grudge.