Bulimic

Check out this new trick my daughter just learned:

Here she is thinking about. Toying with the idea. Giving mommy a tease


Then she gets her fingers in there, for a few good gags. She abandons it for a while, though, because It's more fun to wipe your hands on your face. Make sure you get enough spit on there so your face is nice and shiny



And then she goes for the full monty. I don't think you can hear the sound effects of her gagging. But let me tell you, it's gross



And 3 seconds after that last video was taken she puked up her whole dinner all over me, my couch and my hand. This couch STILL smells like barf.

Thanks Bibi!!

P.S. Yes, that is the Gilmore Girls on in the background. Loser, much?

Cream Cheese

Evi is obsessed with Cream Cheese. If I have her in my arms when I open the fridge and she sees the contain, she whines and grunts and points at it. Sometimes I give her some. Sometimes I don't. This day I did.


Here's the end result:



And here.



And finally, here is a video of her eating chicken pieces off the floor. The best BEST part of this is the look on Raya's face. She's just begging for the release command so she can lick that plate clean. Look at how she licks her chomps. Delish

I went on down to the Crimp 'n Curl. . .

Who (besides my sister Sarah) can name where that quote comes from ?

So the other day I got distracted for a moment and I found baby girl doing this . . .



With the end result being this
















I think she's the funniest girl in the world.

And here she is trying to get Raya to play with her.















I should tell her that putting her dog in a toy prision is a less effective way to win over Raya's heart.

Book Review: The Teeth May Smile, but the Heart Does Not Forget

The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget by Andrew Rice



I started reading this book because I thought it would be interesting. A Son going back to Uganda to avenge his father's murder that took place in 1972. I must admit, I knew only a little about Uganda and what went on there under the rule of Idi Amin.

In the history aspect, this book was very VERY good. It talked about not just the history of the family of the murder victim, but also about the family and history of the murderers themselves and Uganda as a whole. How it was "discovered" by the English and under their rule until the late 1960's. Then how coup after coup took place ultimately leading to the horrific 8 year rule of Amin.

I was very happy that this book was not a gory expose about the horrific nature of Amin. From all accounts he was a BAD GUY, but this book didn't go into detail about all those murders (estimates are between 100,000 and 300,000 killed under his rule). Granted there was some talk about *some* people that were murdered, but it was not gory and quickly passed over. This book is not about the atrocities of war.

This book is about Uganda. Yes, it focuses on one man's struggle to find his father's killers, but ultimately it is more about the country of Uganda as a whole. After all the things that they had done to them by their presidents and rulers(the greed, money filtering, warmongering, etc) the everyday Ugandan just wants to move on. They are willing to forgive (if not forget) and hence the title. Many look at their actions as apathy, but others realize that they are just tired. They just want to move on a hope those things never happen again.

I said that this book was mostly about Uganda and not about Duncan Laki's search for justice. GOOD THING because if this were a "stick it to the murderers" story, we all would leave very depressed. Which I did sorta leave anyway. Because the ultimate fate of the murderess is (of course) a twisted trial and ultimate acquittal by a corrupt police force, investigators lawyers and even judge.

That put aside, I really liked this book. It was very informative and I can say that I learned a lot about a place I hereto previously only knew a little about. In the end, of course, I was sad. I was sad for all the injustices in the world. Especially the injustices that a leader does to his own people in the name of "the good." Let's hope Uganda stays away from that type of "good" for a long while.

Imma Let You Finish

Confession: I watch MTV and VH1. ALOT. I know, I'm like the TV equivalent of a 13 year old.

But did you watch the VMAs? Did you watch open mouthed when Kanye went off? Do you know what I'm talking about? If you don't, here's a video of it:



Look at her poor face!! SAD!! Anyway, people are of course making fun of him. Because Kanye is a huge egomaniac. And there's this website making fun of him, and I love it. Here are some of my faves:


Find more at http://kanyegate.tumblr.com/

Imma go make dinner now

Conversations With Marcelo

Me (at 9:45 am): Marcelo? Are you back in bed?

Him: Yeah! I'm tired! I played with the baby all morning!

Me: You know what I did? I made you breakfast, washed TWO loads of dishes, finished folding the laundry, cleaned the kitchen, put dinner in the crock-pot for tonight, made you breakfast, brought it to you, and am now cleaning it up.

Him:. . . Right, so we both were busy this morning.


I'm sure I'll laugh about this SOMEDAY.

Picture of the day:



Try finding a cuter baby. JUST TRY!

P.S. She TOTALLY looks like those "American Girls" dolls in this picture. Like the Samantha doll. Am I right or am I right? Look for yourself.
It's those two little teeth.

Book Review: Young Woman and the Sea

Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World by Glenn Stout


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was amazing. Interesting history, woman's lib, robbed childhoods, this book has it all. Did you know that Trudy Ederle invented the bikini 20 years before French engineer Louis Réard did it in 1946? She actually swam the Channel in one because she found that it had less drag than any other suits she tried.

Also, did you know that Native Americans invented the crawl, or freestyle stroke? For years the breaststroke or sidestroke was thought to be superior to any other swim stroke until the Americans showed up at the Olympics and blew everyone out of the water. But this book talks about how it was discovered by an artist and displayed to the world at the world's fair (If I'm remembering correctly)

And while all that is awesome and interesting, this book is about Trudy. A New York native of German descent who fell in love with the water on the Jersey shore. About the struggle of women to be treated as equals. About this history of swimming. About the fear of water. About the geological makeup of the Channel itself. About the rights of athletes. This book honestly is so amazing and will suck you in within the first few pages. I'm not kidding. If that story about the fire in the ship off Long Island doesn't get you, I don't know what will.

I really want some of you read this so we can talk about it! You will not believe what happens at the Olympics in 1924. And you will NOT believe what happened the first time she tried to swim the channel. But ultimately this is a story about one woman's triumph and how she succeeded when everyone tried to tell her to get out of the water. LITERALLY. Oh, not only did she succeed, she SMASHED the record. A woman. An American Woman. Oh, and did I mention she was 19? Yeah, she was a teenager.

This is the Seabiscuit of 2009. I'll go on record as stating that right now. Makes me happy to be a swimmer. And by the way, it's ok to be chubby if you are a channel swimmer. Maybe I should look into it?

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