More of Salem & Brody

Salem spent quite a bit of time with her pals Brody, Zane and Aiden this weekend. (I heart you, Sylvesters!) Some super cute bits of their day, brought to you by my dear friend, Venessa, Brody's mom:

1. Salem is teaching Brody the proper pronunciation of "margarita." her example, "Right before she went to sleep, my hamster made a taco and a margarita. She made a big mess and I had to clean it up."
- Anybody got an idea where she was going with this?


2. She tried to convince Brody that I'm 115 years old. He didn't buy it.
 - Way to go B-man! Thanks for getting my back!!

3. Kelly, Aiden's mom and also a dear friend, describes my kid: "O my God! someone shrunk Uma Thurman! oh wait never mind, that is just little sally pants!"
- I think Salem would love to grow up to learn that she was compared to Uma Thurman, I know I would! 

4. Salem and Brody, a photo first date:  

 

5. All the little toe-heads lined up for their photo-op:

Strike a Pose and Work It!

Salem and her buddy Brody out collecting bugs with the nets that were given as party favors from baby June's birthday. Isn't that a cute idea? June, bugs, nets, butterflies, springtime. I love how Amy can tie in a whole theme!

You can really tell the kid is totally posing for the shot. Kills me!

Security Cameras and 1984

A strange conversation in the car yesterday:

"Hey mom? When you see one of those cameras, the white kinds on top of a telephone pole, make sure you make a mean face at it."

me: "Why make a mean face?"
her: "Because there are mean people watching us inside those cameras. One time a mean person in there made a mean face at Helena (her friend) and that's bad. Those camera people are bad! They cause people to have accidents"
me: "How do know about these cameras?"
-- no answer --
her: "Will you tell me when you see a white camera on top of a telephone pole?"
me: "I'm not sure you should obsess about these cameras. The people that see through them are only doing they're job to be sure people don't break the law and that others are safe."
Under my breath, I heard myself state, "Although, I do think it's sort of a weird invasion of privacy, like 1984 or something"
her: "See! You DO think those camera people are bad!"

oops.

Poker Face

I jumped in the shower this morning before I woke Salem up. She must of heard the water as she got up, knocked on the bathroom door to say, "Good morning mommy!!" It was a statement wide-eyed and full of sunshine.

Later, I fixed her breakfast and put her flavor-of-the-month show on. I ran to the bathroom to continue getting ready for work. The door was closed but I could hear the TV singing with the kid's morning program. As I was putting my mascara on, there was a knock at the door.

"Hey mom! Poker Face is on!"

Lady GaGa is Salem's summer fav. It's funny to hear a little kid get excited about pop music, it reminded me of when I was 5 and got excited about M.J. and rollerskating.

M.J. - R.I.P

Salem's Career of Choice

Salem has announced her desire to be a dentist when she grows up. I must say that it's a good path for her as she has more fun visiting her dentist than making cookies.

Work Request

Salem is going up to see her best friend Lola today. This event has been on the forefront of her mind for weeks, as Lola has been on a summertime odyssey visiting grandparents and the like.

As I woke her up this morning the first thing out of her mouth was,
"Is it Lola day? Are we going to Lola's? Today?!!"

me: "Yes, but not until mommy gets off of work."
her: "But you could go to work and work fast to get all your stuff done, then come get me and we could go!!"
me: "It doesn't work that way, babe. I have to stay there until my work day is over."
her: "Well, your boss is out of town, right?" (This is true, my boss is indeed out-of-town.) "You could just leave early...he won't even know!"

I thought to myself, gee, this kid is years away from being employed and she already has a ditching-work plan in place. Greeeaat.

me: "Well kid, bosses are smart. They always know if you're doing your job right. Just like Santa Claus; he always knows."

her: "Except Santa Claus is nice!"

I left it at that.

Rainbow Painting

Salem made her daddy a father's day painting. It had some green hearts with blue dots inside them, a green grassy hill, pink sky, a purple cloud, and a giant rainbow-filled hot dog.

her: "Because daddy likes hot dogs and rainbows."
me: "Who doesn't?"