Mila and Alyssa

My Conversation with Mila this Morning

2010-05-10T08:02:00.000-07:00

I had an interesting conversation with Mila this morning. She asked me why I didn't have a baby in college and I told her it was because I wasn't married yet. Here is what followed:

Mila: You were just a human
Me: Um..yes.
Mila: But when did you be a mermaid?
Me: I said married... I wasn't married in college...
Mila: I know...but when did you be a mermaid?
Me: I was never a mermaid. I've always been human.
Mila: Why?
Me: Umm because...uh cause...
Mila:(yelling) Why?!? Cause is not a reason!
Me: (Laughing) okay, you're right-cause is not a reason. I guess I wasn't a mermaid because I was born human and I don't have flippers or anything.
Mila: Vienn's Mommy was a mermaid...I saw a picture.
Me: Really? That was probably just pretend...
Mila: No, it was real...she was away from the water.

So I'm not sure where she saw a picture of my friend as a mermaid, but I'm pretty sure Summer (Vienn's mommy) has never been a mermaid. Maybe I should I check with her to make sure. Ha ha I think Mila was a little disappointed that I was never a mermaid. I love these conversations with her more and more as she gets older and starts trying to figure things out. I need to be quicker with my responses though.

Happy Easter

2010-04-24T16:52:00.000-07:00

Easter Morning! Gotta love Utah winter!

I'm trying to get caught up on blogging...so here are some pictures from Easter Sunday.

Easter was a fun, relaxing day for us. Mila got her Easter basket, then we had an Easter Egg hunt, decorated eggs, and then had dinner with some friends.

Ready to decorate eggs! This is the first year we have done that. It was fun, and she was so cute and excited!

My cute sweet girl.

Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-18T19:27:00.000-07:00

The Saturday before Easter our neighborhood had an easter Egg hunt in the Burns' backyard. Mila went last year and she loves it! It was a little cold, but she was bundled up and ready to look for eggs.

Me and Mila and ...Adam! He was so proud to sneak in our picture.

Funny kids! Love them!

The whole gang...ready to hunt.

Mila ended up finding the ones that she needed help to get. She only got a couple scratches.

She found a bunch!

She had even more fun opening them and seeing what was inside!

Mila with Grandma Hart.

Random March Photos

2010-04-17T11:23:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from last month. I only have one more final and a paper to do, so I thought I would take a couple minutes to update this blog. March was a busy and fun month. Here are some of the highlights!

I went to check on Mila one night and this is what I found. All her animals were arranged and tucked in around her and on the pillow. She is so cute and loves all her stuffed animals. She takes such good care of them.

Another hand picked Mila outfit...All ready for St. Patrick's Day.

Mila went to her friend Anna's birthday party. She was so excited and had so much fun! Mila and the birthday girl.

Mila and her grandpa. She was lucky enough to see her Grandpa and Grandma Hart just before Easter. She loves having her family around.

Fairy Tea Party

2010-03-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

Every year the Provo Library has a Fairy Tea party as a fundraiser. This year Mila got to go with her friends and she was very excited about it. I arrived late(because I was taking the MPRE) so I missed the fairy processional, but she had fun. There was a ballet performance and fairy snack(cheese, muffin, strawberry and a cookie). I know she is dressed like a princess, but this was the best I could do with moving and everything. A lot of people were really decked out...moms too.

Olive, Mila, Emma, and Abby with the fairy King and some fairies.

My little Belle...she loved the wand and the necklace she got too. I am sure we will be back next year!

Mila the Fashonista(sort of)

2010-03-09T13:51:00.000-08:00

Mila has always had an opinion about what she wanted to wear, but only recently has that opinion become almost immovable. I have tried everything, but if I want the morning to go smoothly it is easier to just let her pick out her clothes. So we have worked out a compromise--if she gets dressed completely by herself then she can pick out her clothes. I have veto power, but will only use it(usually) if she isn't dressed warm enough. So she has embraced layers, and she only wants to wear skirts or dresses. I am trying to implement "pant days" but sometimes it isn't worth the trouble. Needless to say she has gone to school in some interesting ensembles. Here are a few of them:
Not too bad, but the heart patterned long sleeve shirt is an interesting choice.

This one cracks me up. She likes to be multi-colored.

Here she is pretending to be asleep. Also in a variety of colors. Pink shirt, purple skirt, black leggings with red,green,blue, and white dots on them.

My little ray of sunshine. Oh yeah on this morning it had snowed about 4 inches. She has layers on and I asked her what she was going to do when she played outside at preschool. She responded by telling me she would stuff her skirt into her snow pants.

She had to match her Dr. Seuss book she was bringing to school(and her banana).

I love my little girl. I have no idea where this love of skirts and dresses comes from but I am trying to accept it. :-) I realized that if I don't want her to put so much emphasis on clothes that I need to stop making a big deal out of what she is wearing. We will see how that goes.

Ice Castles at Zermatt Resort

2010-02-03T10:46:00.000-08:00

I know I skipped Christmas, but I am probably not even going to try to catch up. Between Finals and Christmas I got a little behind. But I will try to post some in the future. On Saturday, January 30th, Mila and I went to Zermatt Resort near Midway to look at these huge ice creations/castles/ sculptures. It was really cold, but it was fun to walk around and look at these amazing creations. Thanks to my friend Tashina for thinking up the idea and getting us to do something interesting for once. We also had hot chocolate and pastries at a bakery at the resort and got to talk to the artist a little bit. Mila loved looking at everything.

Amazed face!

All bundled up.

Me and Mila--cold but happy.

Tashina, Mila and me.

Halloween!

2009-11-03T11:38:00.000-08:00

For Halloween we went to the Burns' house for spooky food and yummy mummy potion. Then we went trick or treating around the neighborhood. Mila had so much fun.

Making the yummy mummy potion.

Dinner time!

Ready to get candy!

Mila and Anna...hey they're both smiling!

All the kids are ready to go...

Mila is discussing something with Emma...aka Luna Lovegood.

I love this picture.

At the end of the night...we were tired, but happy. It was a great night. I love my little bug.

A Pumpkin Poem

2009-10-30T20:49:00.000-07:00

Mila learned this adorable poem at preschool. She forgot a few of the lines on this take, but it was so cute I had to post it. Have I mentioned I love this kid?

More Halloween fun!

2009-10-30T20:29:00.000-07:00

Yes, Mila has two costumes. For Preschool Mila was a leopard. She was very excited for the whiskers on her face. After Preschool we went ice skating again, and then we carved pumpkins, drank hot chocolate and watched Monster vs. Aliens(a halloween special--not the movie). It was a good day. Mila kept asking me if we were going to "shave the pumpkins." And she was so excited to go get me a butter knife to shave the pumpkin. It was a perfect fall/pre-halloween day.

vampire fangs

Her little pumpkin...she drew what she wanted carved.

Helping mommy...she was in charge of scooping.

Our finished products... a little amateur but not a bad first effort.

Hot Chocolate...Yum.

Law School Halloween party

2009-10-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

On October 29th the Law School had its annual Halloween Party. Mila has been excited about this since the last one. I have class at 10 so Mila watched class with me in a family support room. After class we went to the party and ate Pizza. Everyone in costume paraded in the front of the room...I had no intention of going up there, but once Mila saw a few of our friends up there she said "Why aren't we going up there?" I was surprised she actually wanted to go, so we went up front so she could show off her costume. After that we went trick or treating in the carrels. Mila got a ton of candy and a balloon dog. She had a blast!

My bumblebee!

Watching class with me.

Eating Pineapple Pizza...her favorite...aka eating the pineapple off the pizza.

Mila and Luke getting ready to show off their costumes.

Mila and Gideon... a bumblebee and a caterpillar.

Mila and Vienn.

Bumblebee, Minnie Mouse and Boba Fett...an unlikely trio.

Trick or Treating at the carrels.

Cute little bugs.

The best treat of the day...a balloon dog!

BYU Homecoming Parade

2009-10-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, Mila and I walked in the BYU Homecoming Parade. The Law School had two groups and one of them was the children of law students. Mila had so much fun waving and throwing tootsie rolls to the kids. It was really fun...until I had to push Mila up the hill to get back to our car. I was exhausted...we both were.

Representing BYU Law School!

Fall Fun

2009-10-22T09:46:00.001-07:00

Mila loves playing in the leaves in the fall. She has so much fun and I have fun taking her picture. I realized I take the most pictures during the fall. There are just so many good opportunities, and I love the fall!

Pre-Sunbeams

2009-10-13T10:22:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, Mila started going to pre-sunbeams so she can get ready to start Primary in January. Nobody warned me that I would have to drop her off at the Primary room. I can't believe she is getting so big...I almost cried. I thought I had three months before she would be out of nursery. I don't know what I am going to do when she goes to Kindergarten...she is growing up so fast. She was so excited to be in Primary and she looked so grown up sitting in her chair next to her friend Anna. I think she likes it...She spoke proudly about going into the "room with no toys."

Zoo Fun!

2009-10-13T09:29:00.000-07:00

More placement break fun involved going up to the Hogle Zoo on Friday October 9th with a bunch of friends from school.(Nielson's, Sheng's, Hintze's, and Wise's). Mila was so excited to go to the "Utah Zoo" because we haven't been there before.

While Sara and I were waiting for everyone to arrive, I got some good pictures of Mila and Luke.

Smiles and Silly faces.

Silly face while looking at the brand new baby elephant.

Mila and Hyrum intensely discussing something...it probably had to do with the monkeys they were looking at. They have the funniest conversations.

Trying to get all the kids to smile or even just look in the same direction is nearly impossible.

Mila and Vienn....so cute.

2009-10-08T14:29:00.000-07:00

A short video of Mila skating. I love her smile when the people say "Good Job."

Ice Skating Fun

2009-10-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, October 8, 2009 Mila and I went ice skating with our friends Summer, Phil, Vien and Sephi Sheng. It was nice because there weren't very many people and we could skate around without having to dodge people. Mila had so much fun and was really getting the hang of it by the end. She was skating on her own and even getting up by herself when she fell. She fell a lot, but she would just laugh. I'm a little sore after spending the first hour hunched over helping her skate, but it was worth seeing her happy smile!

Ready to skate!

With Summer and Vien...

Oops...It's okay!

She saw someone skating on one foot and she had to give it a try!

Mila's 3 yr Photos

2009-08-10T17:31:00.000-07:00

Mila got her 3 yr pictures taken in July. Here are the photos. I have them numbered so those who want pictures can tell me which ones and what sizes and I will order them! Just email me and let me know!
#1

#2

#4 (wide view of #3)

#5 (this is the same as #4 but just not cropped and black and white...I can crop it if you want)

#7 (I love this one!)

#9 funny picture!

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14 (wide view of #13)

#15 I have no idea what this face is about :)

#16

Another Mila video

2009-08-09T21:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a little random video. It is a little long and probably only interesting to those who know Mila...or maybe just to me! But I thought it was a cute video. She is a character!

Funny Mila Video

2009-08-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

Mila was cracking me up. I was trying to put away clothes that didn't fit her any more and she found a light up shirt she loves...

Cousin Time Part 2

2009-08-09T21:27:00.001-07:00

Mila was able to see some more Hart cousins before they left for Oklahoma. This was her first time meeting them, and she absolutely loved them...of course! They hung out and played play-doh...oh and Bergen cleaned Mila's room(Thanks Bergen!).

Mila surrounded by a sea of blonde!

Mila and Bergen

Mila and Luther (they are closest in age)

Mila trying to hug Emmett

Cousin Time Part 1

2009-08-09T20:57:00.000-07:00

Mila had a couple chances to see cousins this summer, and she had so much fun getting to know them. We both took a half day and met the Hales family at the Payson Pool. Mila loves the pool and she had a lot of fun! Mila's Uncle Robert took more pictures but here are a few I was able to get.

Spencer shares Mila's love of Silly faces!

He was cracking her up so much!

She loved her cousin Isabella and was following her around almost from the instant they met!

Nicholas, Isabella and Mila.

New York City Part 3

2009-08-09T20:33:00.000-07:00

On the last night possible we finally won the In the Heights lottery! Three tickets! Sunny and Marc were a little dismayed at my persistence at first...but after it paid off(Thanks to the Sine family as well for upping our chances!), and we saw the show in the front row for $26.50, I think they were happy. I was happy to get to do something I love to do with such great friends who normally are not musical-going people. I had to take advantage of the fact that they actually wanted to see this show. It was great show!

Me and Marc with Abuela Claudia!

Excited musical goers!

Triumphant lottery winners! (well technically Harper and Marc won...but we were happy by extension!)

On our last full day we went to Central Park. We played on the playground and rode the carousel. We also got Grey's Papaya hot dogs. Thanks to Sunny for letting me drag her around the city at my whim.

Mila had to ride in the same swing as Harper.

New York City Part 2

2009-06-19T19:35:00.000-07:00

Some more highlights from New York were playing on the piano from "Big," going to the Central Park Zoo, going swimming, and seeing West Side Story(for me...not Mila)!

The zoo had a petting zoo...Mila and Harper had so much fun looking at the animals and climbing on everything!

Mila and Harper also just had fun hanging out in the bathtub and brushing their teeth. A whole city full of activities and these were some of their favorite things to do!

Me and Ruth got front row tickets to West Side Story. We were so excited and it was a lot of fun! The only thing that would've made it better would have been if Maria knew how to speak Spanish...is New York City really running low on spanish speakers?? Really?

Mila and Abbi after swimming...cute girls!

New York City Part 1

2009-06-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

Mila and I made our way to New York City(or Nork city as Mila caled it) to visit some friends. We had a lot of New York adventures, and it was a great time. Here are a few of the highlights:

Mila with Marc and Sunny and Harper. Mila has never been so tall, and she loved it! They were wonderful hosts and we had the best time.

Mila and Harper looking at the sharks at the Natural History Museum. Woofie(her little dog) had to go everywhere with her for some reason...she hasn't been that way for a long time. It was probably because I told her Woofie was born in New York City(Marc and Sunny got woofie for Mila 2 yrs ago when we came to visit and she has been her favorite ever since).

She is making woofie bend her arms like the gorillas we were looking at.

We also went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We only stayed for about an hour because that place is really quiet...an toddlers are not. I wanted Mila to see the Pollock painting featured in Olivia. Sure enough she recognized it and said, "I could do that in about five minutes" So the goal of the day was accomplished. It probably helped that I got her excited about the museum by saying we were going to go to the same museum Olivia likes to go.

Munching on granola bars for lunch...for the record they also had fruit.