according to Elise,

So, once again, Elise cracks me up with little things she says. These ar all just within the last 24 hours... Enjoy:

(After a pretty serious Leg workout yesterday...)
Erica: Ugh...Elise I'm sore this morning
Elise: No. You're just a mommy. You not a sore

(at 2am, Adam backing out of Elise's room after a quick cry/soothing session)
Adam:Goodnight, Elise. I love you
Elise:Night night, Daddy. Close door very quietly.

(Elise sitting in the sun yesterday)
Erica: Do you see the sun shining on your legs?
Elise: I have hair all over my legs. Just like Daddy (we're just all thankful she didn't say
" just like Mommy"!!! It probably wouldn't be a huge surprise, though!)

(After a successful potty visit yesterday)
Elise: Oohhh, mommy. THREE poopies. One big, one medium, one wittle. MY Poopies

(Working on the letter "B" together):
Erica: Blanket, Elise, B-B-B BLANKET
Elise: Yep, Mommy. B-B-B GWANKET

(just moments ago...)
Erica:Elise, are you SURE you don't have to go potty. I don't want you to have an accident in your panties
Elise:You not have accident in YOUR panties, Mommy, either.
Erica:yep, that's the goal....

Sorry, dad!

I've been telling my dad for about 2 weeks that I'd put these two pics in as a main blog entry so he can print them...but, like a lot of things these days, I keep forgetting! Here you go. Sorry again!

Nana's visit

Adam's mom ("Nana" to the girls) was here a week or so ago and we (as always) had a great time with her visiting! Nana stayed home and played with Elise so I could take a nice (and SLOW) grocery run, we had our favorite ice cream (Yeah for "Ye Olde Fashioned Ice Cream Shoppe"!!), visited the Middleton Plantation again, hit the local Farmer's Market, etc...a great three days. =) I'll stick a handful of pictures on here from her visit and add some details as captions...
A goat in the petting zoo portion of Middleton Plantation. He was cool
The gardens are breathtaking!
It's easy to see why there are 100's of weddings here every year!
Ainsley was sleeping happily, so the three of us posed together
Elise loved the animals, adjusting her sunglasses in the shade!
Nana also gave elise her first guitar!!! She LOVES it...and it's pretty loud, fyi. look at that concentration
The first daddy/daughter jam session...ok, not really. =) Elise loves listening to us play, so it's fun for her to try to play on her own, too. Thanks, NANA!

Tuesday, 11:30pm

I should be sleeping right now...Ainsley is a little sick, Elise is 2 1/2, I need my energy during the day. But I CAN'T STAY AWAY from the OLYMPICS! Even though us "Right Coasters" have to stay up late, I know there are a lot of us staying up past 'bedtimes' for the next few weeks. So, I made myself comfy, put in my Crest Whitestrips, and finished dusting the downstairs while I'm watching. The US Women gymnasts just finished Round 2 and did very well. Everyone is pleased and it's almost time for Michael Phelps to swim again...I won't sleep until 2am at this point...it's just soo good.
I think little Shawn Johnson is adorable, but I can't help thinking of Fivel (from "An American Tail, circa 1986) when they show her...it's cute, and this isn't the best picture of Fivel for the comparison, but you get the idea...

Favorite new phrase..

Although not grammatically correct, Elise has warmed my heart twice in three days. Being 2 1/2, she loves her independence and she often says, "I ok. I do it ALL BY MYSELF"....(not in a bossy way, just informing us of her abilities.) A couple days ago, she took it to a new level of cuteness by saying, "I do it all by myself and you do it all by Mommyself".
"Mommyself"...how great is that!? Webster may not love the word, but I do.

The Lingo...

I love the Olympics. I really do. I love the competition, the teamwork, the "we all rally together for the spirit of our country", etc... but it makes me laugh to listen to ourselves as we're watching the Games every evening. In keeping up with friends' blogs, several have written about the AMAZING Men's Swimming Relay victory on Sunday night, the disappointing Women's Gymnastics showing in the prelims, the great show in fencing for the US Women, etc...and it cracks me up to read us all throwing stuff out there like, "too bad she over-rotated on that landing. All she had to do was stick the landing and she totally would've made the event finals", "Michael Phelps really uses his lower body strength to push him through the water better than most swimmers", or "The Chinese women really hold their tuck in well during the synchronized diving, but those Germans blew that one." You get the point. Very few of us would know that stuff without listening to the NBC commentators and watching the slow-motion shots, but it's fun to think we really know what we're talking about! Another lawyer in Adam's office (26 years old ish...) played big-time college water polo and was watching that competition today at their office. She has played with and against most of the women on the US team and REALLY knew what she was talking about. But it's fun and humorous all at the same time. It really is great to watch these 'kids' (because, seriously, the vast majority of the athletes are close to 10 years younger than us!) excel and to see a country totally divided by politics, College Football rivalries, and environmental zeal come together and all enjoy the same stuff for a few days. It's encouraging and cool and makes us a little patriotic together. Yay to Armchair Olympians! GO TEAM USA!

Woo-see

Our good friends across the street left yesterday for a week's vacation and we volunteered to 'pet-sit' their hermit crab, Lucy. ("Woo-see" acc. to Elise). She LOVES this little thing and would be happy to watch Lucy crawl around the kitchen floor for hours. I guess it could be worse, it could be a nasty, smelly guinea pig/hamster/ferret or something...we want her to be exposed to nature and animals and to not be afraid of silly little stuff, so I'm fine with having it around. However, it seems like once The Rettigs reclaim Lucy next week, the Moseleys will be heading to PetSmart for our very own crustacean...=)