So as most of you may know I am officially a college graduate!!! And Maleah is my biggest fan by far...In fact after the ceremony she told my that she cheered for me and said "go mommy! go!..." With that, since then, every time she hears or sees something that resembles a "gra-jashun," she asks me, "is that that your 'gra-jashun' mommy?"

Among other things, she was recently Tinkerbell for Halloween...which I didn't mind because "tink" doesn't wear pink! (wow...I didn't mean to rhyme) She was so cute because anytime she was in her costume she would introduce herself as being Tinkerbell...Needless to say, her first "trunk-or-treat" experience was successful, minus the fact that she was afraid of every kid dressed-up as spiderman, but that's beside the point ;)

And once again, I am realizing that my baby is getting older. The other day, while having a play date at Chik-fil-a with ronda and vincent, I had one of my "my baby is growing up" momments: they were Playing in the playground, and coincidentally my Maleah was playing with another "Maleah". While simultaneously conversing with ronda, I noticed the game my Maleah and the other Maleah were playing...my Maleah was the "mommy," and the other Maleah was pretending to be a dog...and in that moment I had to stop my conversation when I realized that Maleah was playing with another child, appose to just playing next to another child. A person without kids may be thinking "Why are you so excited about this?" but this is a milestone in Maleah's development. It was like watching a flower blossom.

And blossom she will as we enter the 3rd year of Maleah's life...I know, I know... I can't believe it either...but time waits for no one...

My little Chef!

So this is Maleah's sanctum, her kitchen. It is probably the best toy investment her "Papa Sid" ever made. Not to mention the fact that she will sit and watch the food network with me as if she's going to try the recipes in her own kitchen. I said all that to announce that today Maleah and I baked a pizza together (an eatable Bobalee pizza)...It was very exciting! She had her little apron on and her job was to put the cheese and pepperoni on top of the pizza (a very important job!). Even though she was eating the toppings more than anything else, she was very proud of what she had done...my little chef...Normally dinner is her least favorite meal to eat, but because she made the pizza, she was all about it; she at a whole slice! You could really tell she liked her pizza because she was humming and dancing as she ate it...and every few bites she would say, "I made this mommy." She has become quite the homemaker. Anytime some one is doing house work she'll bust out with her Maleah size swiffer sweeper, vacuum, or mop...and then she'll say, "I helping..." The moral of the story is...she'll probably make a good wife someday...years from now...Oh but I don't want to think that far...that means that I'll be old...plus I need to get married first;) Until next time...that is the update on Maleah!