Swan Lake

Jovie is truly a little ballerina. Her favorite book right now is "Hooray for Ballet" and she dances to any kind of song and talks about "romantic tutus".
Here's a little movie: http://youtu.be/VO2OV9Be7Hg 
She says, "This song has a lot of feelings."

Poor Ikey

There's a flu epidemic in this country, but (knock on wood!) we haven't been very sick. Regular old sniffles and a little coughing is all, but Ikey's little lymph nodes on his neck are so swollen again. He had this last year during winter and it looks so creepy. He says it doesn't hurt, but it does bug him when I ask him to stick his chin up so I can look. We went to the doctor for this last year and his pediatrician said it was just his immune system at work, so I'm banking on that again this year. If you're a health professional though and you're worried about this at all, let me know asap and I'll take him in to the doctor.

Ikey has been working hard with his flash cards and letter games and he's starting to sound out words. He gets really excited about being able to read by himself. We finished reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" and just started "Fantastic Mr. Fox".

Third ski lesson

Ski class was at the top of the gondola this week, so we didn't see any of it.

 

 

 

 

 Todd says it makes him really nervous to give Ikey to someone and just walk away, but it doesn't seem to make Ikey nervous at all. He's the small person in the green coat who is not looking for his parents.

Maybe I need to define "polite"

The lady seems a little young to be gross, but she's potty trained now, so it turns out that she's old enough. Whenever someone in our house gets a little inappropriate with their conversation or name-calling, I tell them that it's only polite to talk about bathroom issues in the bathroom.

Jovie: Mom, I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to the potty. Pot, why do you have poop in you?
Aimee laughs
Jovie: Mom, the Pot said it's because I pooped in it. I can talk like this to the potty, can't I?

I guess you need one safe room in the whole world to say whatever comes to your two-year-old mind. You've been warned not to strike up a conversation with my kids in the bathroom because it won't be polite.

Ogden's Union Station

We visited the car museum and the train museum at Ogden's Union Station with our friends Breezy, Alyssa, Gracie, Kade and Sophie. We ate lunch at Union Grill and we were the craziest crowd there with only two moms and six kids.

3 seconds of fame

Here are my three seconds of fame. I have twelve left to burn I guess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plvu-Ncdp5g

Second Ski Lesson

Ikey and Kenny on Jan 18. Not too cold today!

Todd said, "You're so lucky to go to ski lessons this morning."
Isaac said, "I'm the luckiest person in the world! I feel luckier than someone who gets a present, or has a newborn baby or gets married."

He had second thoughts about that, because he was kind of heartbroken that he didn't get to go with Jovie to play with Grandma Pat and Grandpa Joe this morning.

Ikey had a private lesson today because Charlotte didn't come. I couldn't see much of the lesson so who knows if he learned anything, but Kenny did. Kenny said that Isaac is "so funny." He said that the gondola had a full load of kids and adults and Ikey climbed on and got everyone's attention and said, "Hey guys! How cute am I?" and pointed at himself with his thumbs. I asked Ikey about that and he said, "I did that because I was trying to be funny." I asked him to recreate the moment.

I told Kenny that we were watching the videos from last week and Jovie said, "There goes a pink skier!" Ikey said, "That's Charlotte. She's the only one in my class. See that snowbank? We call that a Charlotte-Catcher." Kenny laughed and laughed. I said, "That's your joke right? You made that up?" He said that must be Ikey's joke because he hadn't heard it.

After I dropped Ikey off, they announced that "Extra" was filming at the resort and they wanted a crowd to meet Mario Lopez ("Saved by the Bell" "Dancing with the Stars") and I am, of course, a huge celebrity chaser, so I stood in a background shot and was interviewed briefly about Lance Armstrong's admission of doping. Since I am Lance's biggest fan, I said something supportive, although I've thought of a thousand better things to say since then, not to mention a million more flattering things to wear. Also, I am not as beautiful as Mario Lopez and I never wear so much makeup, but I would have if I had known.