Chef Nadine's Special

I don’t even know where to start. I have not written for two weeks now and it seems like a life time.
Mor-mor is here visiting us for a month and Naddie is having a blast with her and loves having her as part of her routine.
Unfortunately though the first couple of weeks of Mor-mor’s visit we all had some kind of bug or pink eye or virus. That is Murphy’s Law. We hardly ever get sick but ever since Naddie started day care and is attending the “house of germs” we seem to catch whatever she brings home. We must have an invisible sign on our forehead that says: “GERMS ARE WELCOME.”
Other than that we have had fun this weekend. We took Naddie to the beach with my friend Amanda (see pictures) and she just loved, loved her and the water. Most kids run a way from the waives but Naddie loves to run into them. She really is a water baby as I already mentioned. The problem is that she does not fear the water at all so I really have to keep an eye on her. Well, I would anyways, but double that. We set up our little tent and put our towels down and she just took off. Ran towards the water and told us bye, bye!
We also got to hang out with aunt Lisa & cool uncle G on Saturday. Naddie was going 90 miles/hour for about two hours and than she crashed at the end of the day. She also did this really cute thing when Lisa gave her mini purse to her, she put it on her shoulder, grabbed my keys from the table and headed to the door while saying bye, bye! She just loves pretend plays now. We got her a little wooden kitchen and she is cooking and tasting and making me taste…..
Her vocabulary is expending like crazy. According to her doctor she should know 17-20 words. Let’s just say she actually puts 3 words sentences together. How many words she knows I really don’t know because I lost count.
Her weekend quotes:
* I see you (While taking a bath and hiding from me)
*Soyee (She said sorry after she tooted and I said excuse you!)
*Excuse me (The second time she tooted front of all of us)
*Ball
*Box
*Bath
*OK
*Outside
I think I will start a “Quote of the week” as a tradition on her blog.

Happy Father's Day!

A little girl needs Daddy for many, many things:Like holding her high off the ground where the sunlight sings! Like being the deep music that tells her all is right when she awakens frantic with the terrors of the night. Like being the great mountain that rises in her heart and shows her how she might get home when all else falls apart. Like giving her the love that is her sea and air, so diving deep or soaring high she'll always find him there.

LOVE YOU DADDY!!!

Pre father’s day

So much to tell, so little time.
Naddie and I took Will out to brunch today. We are going down to Oceanside tomorrow, so we celebrated daddy today! I decided to do something we normally wouldn’t do. We had brunch at the Marriott in Newport Beach and than walked around Fashion Island a.k.a. Fascist Island. We did some window shopping and checked out some kitties ready to be adopted. I know what you are thinking, but NO. We did not adopt any of them. I think puma would disown us and Naddie would become more of a little dictator than she is now. Speaking of …..
She is really showing a very strong personality, however Will can handle her and she even listens to him, but not me. I am a different story.
All the changes and all the new things she is learning and showing are so important. I feel like I need to remember them and celebrate them. There are just too many and they are happening so fast. Sometimes I watch her playing and this overwhelming feeling comes over me. She has changed!! Within a few hours! She changed!
She is talking so much; sometimes I personally think toooo much. She is even making decisions. She answers with YES or NO to our questions. She sais “Oh boy, oh boy” when she gets excited or “plane” when she hears one or “miah, maih?” (Which is what is that in Hungarian) when she seems something new. Or she sais “Teddy” when she sees the Bear or “daddy bye bye” when we leave in the morning or just “bye bye” when someone goes by.

Just having fun

The captain, the 1st Mate and the survivor of Belle the boat

What a great day we had! We decided to take Naddie to Newport Beach where we had a great walk, some frozen yogurt with fresh strawberry & kiwi and than took the ferry to Balboa Island and back. To top off the day, Will suggested that we get on a boat that takes tourist around the bay and out to the open water. He and Naddie had a blast but ask me…..! I’ll tell you! I think the open water is not quite for me. It got a bit rough and my stomach ended up in my throat.
I keep telling Will that we should go to Catalina for the past few months, but knowing what I know now I think I will just hold that thought!

Carpooling or hair pulling?

After filling up the car with $70 worth of gas I have decided to carpool with a coworker from Nutrilite. She lives 2 minutes a way and she is good company and a very sweet girl.
She also teaches ballet to little girls starting with age 2. I think we might try it out with Naddie as I think it would be good for her. She already loves dancing anyways, why not explore ballet?
We had a great and busy weekend. Spent lots of time outside and on the beach. We also attended a wedding on Friday and Naddie just loved the flower paddles. As the little flower girls were spreading them around she kept picking them up and putting them in a plastic cup she found.