Romeo's Tune

Luke and Cooper.  Cooper and Luke.  Both of these little brats Romeos are "in love" with Makaela!  Since when did True Love start in First Grade?!
Makaela told me that Cooper was in love with her (again... still...whatever!).  We have given her many helpful suggestions, such as, "You can't date until you're 35".  And, "If a boy is in love with you, he needs to have an interview with Daddy".  This time I came up with the best line yet:  "You should toot in front of Cooper and if he's still in love with you, then you will know for sure that it's true love."  Makaela promptly replied, "Is that how you got Dad?"

100 Days of First Grade

Makaela celebrated 100 days of school today!  They had many special activities planned, including the following questionaire: 

My favorite thing to do now is:  going to 1 grade

In 100 years, my favorite thing to do will be:   reading a lot

My favorite food now is:  choclet kace (chocolate cake)

In 100 years, my favorite food will be:  ches  (cheese)

My favorite TV show is:  spunsh bod  (Sponge Bob)

In 100 years, my favorite TV show will be:  the news

In 100 years, I think my job will be:  a ples girl  (a police girl)

In 100 years, I will have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.

In 100 years, I will be living in:  heven  (heaven)

In 100 years, I would tell young people:  you are nice to me

I guess I know what she thinks of her parents since I spent all last weekend reading and love cheese;  and Studbucket always has the news on!

Here's my favorite part-  A picture of her Now: long, blonde hair and cute pink dress.  And a picture of her in 100 Years: not near as tall, very short but still blonde hair and boobs!  Check it out:

At least they aren't sagging.

A Love Story

Makaela just celebrated her 7th birthday!  As we were getting things ready for the celebration, she tells Bad Grandma that Luke (a boy from her 1st grade class) has a crush on her!  Acting naive, Bad Grandma asks, "What's a crush?"  Makaela responds, "It means he's in love with me.  He looked into my eyes and I looked into his."  OHMYHECK!  Yep, she knows what a crush is.  Move over Justin Beaver, here comes Luke!

Smurfin' Grandma

Merry Christmas!  We had a wonderful dinner with my parents last night!  Studbucket smoked a turkey and it was mouth watering delicious!  While doing the dishes, Bad Grandma asked me if I had bought the Smurfs movie for Makaela....with that look on her face saying "I should have checked with you before I bought it."  Of course I knew better too.  Bad Grandma took Makaela to see the Smurfs at the movie theatre TWICE.  Then during family reunion, I came across a stuffed Smurf at the candy store....yep, here comes Bad Grandma carrying Smurf AND Smurfette.  I put mine back.  She can have all the smurfing glory!  Whatever!
Christmas morning came with my copy of the Smurfs stashed away in the closet to return to Wally World. Makaela had a great Christmas- from Wii games to a new razor scooter, turquoise sequined boots, even a digital puppy.  What got the biggest response??  You guessed it, the stupid Smurf movie!  (Although it was the super cool blu ray package, I had just bought the dvd.)  Makaela screamed with excitement and threw herself into Bad Grandma's arms (literally)!  Bad Grandma just smiled an "I'm sorry" over Makaela's shoulder, even though she really wasn't.  I stuck my tongue out at her like any grown up would do.  Smurf you, Bad Grandma!  Smurf you.

A Christmas Story

Last night for Family Night, we added some decorations to the tree and perfected our Christmas Letter.  My husband then told Makaela a Christmas story about when he was a little boy.  The story is about him and his sister, Cori, sneaking into the living room on Christmas Eve and hiding behind the tv to see Santa when he came and they both fell asleep.  Cute story.  Santa came- they missed the whole thing.  So he starts the story off, "When I was about your age...".  Makaela quickly interrupts and asks, "When you lived in a barn?"  She is really is curious about her Daddy growing up on a farm!  A few months ago, we asked her if she knew where everyone is from.  She answered that she was from Colorado and I was from Idaho and Daddy was from a farm!
Back to last night- after the story (and much laughing on my part), she wants to tell her own story.  Her Dad asks her, "Do you remember a story from when you were a little girl?"  She thinks for a few seconds, then says, "I can't remember that far back."

We're Off To See The Wizard!

Makaela watched The Wizard of Oz for the first time tonight.  It was so entertaining watching it thru her eyes!
Let me back up a minute- she is deathly afraid of costumes and mascots, we narrowly escaped Halloween this year.  Parades and sporting events are touch and go.  Disneyland is out of the question!
Back to following the yellow brick road- she loved it!  Every time something new happened, she had to tell us all about it.  The munchkins were a little creepy, but she fell in love with the show and the story.  Once she realized that they were all costumes, she was braver than ever!  We'll have to find a Dorothy costume for Halloween next year!  (Bad Grandma's dog, Smitty, can be Toto!)
Her favorite part was the Cowardly Lion.  At first she was afraid, but just for a minute- because then she saw what a scaredy cat he was- crying and wiping his eyes with his tail.  She was rolling on the floor!  She also LOVED Dorothy's red shoes, since she has a pair just like them from Bad Grandma for Christmas!  My favorite part was when Makaela told me how Dorothy ended up in Oz- she got twirled up in a tomato!

Get Your Lemonade

Makaela wants to buy the movie "Chicken Little"- she saw the preview on another movie.  She doesn't remember that was the first movie she ever went to.  Yeah, she thru a fit and we left early.  Maybe that's why I don't like the movie.  Anyway, I told her we would have to order it from Amazon dot com (since it's surely not in any stores).
When?
Maybe on payday...
 LIGHTBULB!  Let's open a lemonade stand!  We could do it on Saturdays when people aren't working (sounds reasonable!).  We could charge 10 or 3 dollars.  Mom, do you have a desk?
No.
How are we going to get a desk to make the lemonade stand?
I don't know.
Maybe we could buy a wagon (there goes the P & L).
Mom, do you have a blank sign?
I don't think so.
Do you have a sign with stuff written on it?
Not sure.
Do you have any kind of sign?
No.
We could glue a bunch of papers together and then put them on the lemonade stand.
What is the name of lemonade stand?
 "Get Some Lemonade" (good branding, action required).
How will you market it?
What do you mean?
Like advertising...
What's advertising? (Is she our daughter??)
You know, commercials to tell people about your product or service.
Mom, you KNOW where we live....and how many people there are!
Oh!  Location, location, location!
Yes.  (Not too bad for a six and a half year old!)

Just before that conversation:  Mom, do you like Spongebob or Patrick?
Spongebob.
Me too, because Patrick is a dork!  One time his brain fell out!  (I know alot of people like that.)  Mr. Crabs is a nice boss.
No, he isn't Makaela!  He just pretends to be nice to poor Spongebob, but he takes advantage of him.
Uh-uh, Mr. Crabs is nice!  Besides, I've watched a lot more Spongebob than you!
Well, I've had a lot more bosses than you baby girl!