Reflectology

I've been introducing Maria to herself in the mirror.

I say "been introducing" because we've done this several times now, and she still acts surprised each time. Over and over she gives me a look that says, "And where have you been hiding this adorable little thing?" -- and then proceeds to babble politely to Mirror Maria in what might as well be French, "Enchante bebe. Dooly dooly frig frag?" Who knows how many times till the introduction takes, and she's offically introduced.





I find that I'm just as excited about showing her to herself as she is about meeting herself. I get a little giddy pointing back and forth from her nose to her reflection's nose, thinking "Is she getting this?" I want her to comprehend both that the girl in the mirror is really amazing -- and that she is the girl in the mirror!


I'm thinking maybe God has had His big hands full getting me to come to these same conclusions about myself.

Yay Jay

Okay my Alaska people, it's Jay Hakkinen's 4th Olympics. For those of us from the Kenai Peninsula, Jay is our claim to fame. My husband just rolls his eyes every time the Winter Olympics comes around and I get to say, "I went to high school with that guy..." Judge me if you must, but when you're through with that, you should watch Jay in the Olympics for two reasons. First of all this guys rocks. The first line of his bio on the official site says he's the most accomplished American biathlete in Olympic history. Second, he's one of the good guys. Read up on him and root for him:

On the official site for the Olympics

Wikipedia

His own site

P.S. I stole the photo from the official NBC site. I figured it was okay because I don't make money off my blog, but just in case it's not okay...don't tell on me.

We might watch a tad too much HGTV here

Anna loves her some HGTV. Rather than a.m. cartoons she'll watch back-to-back design shows. She loves cooking shows as well: Giada at Home and the Barefoot Contessa in particular. That and the fact that she is potty trained are my proof to the world that she is domesticated.