Daddy's Little Girl

In celebration of Father's Day, Adam wanted to have brunch at Cane Rosso.  We have heard how fab Cane Rosso is for months but given it's reputation for a lengthy wait and it's location in Deep Ellum we hadn't gone.  Cane Rosso (red dog) is named after the owner's red vizsla, Zoli.  What's up with us picking restaurants that people name after their dogs?  Although if my dad were to ever open a BBQ joint it would probably be named Charlie's in honor of his beloved shar pei, so who am I to judge?

Adam of course didn't pick this as his father's day brunch spot due to the name, he picked it because it was featured on America's Best Bites.  Who knew that one of the best pizza places in the U.S. was in good ole Dallas, Texas?  In my opinion, it was better than any pizza I've ever had in New York or Chicago...yes, I said it.  BETTER than Chicago...sorry Adam!

I was a little worried what Maison could eat given her dairy allergy until I noticed they had Nutella pizza.  I've never seen a pizza place in Chicago serve Nutella pizza.  I'm just saying...Maison is certainly Daddy's little girl....she loved it!

YUM!  Nutella

Helping Daddy open his presents

And of course, you have to dance it out when you have a tummy full of sugar...

Happy Father's Day Adam!

Donuts for Dad

Adam had his first school party experience today at Donuts for Dad.  Maison was so excited that she got to wear a 'party dress' to school today and that Daddy was going to school with her.

 Once they got to school, I don't know if Maison was more excited about Daddy, actually getting to eat a donut, or the gift she had made for him.

Happy early Father's Day!

Super Swim Master

 "I got this one for mastering Super Waterbabies."

"I'm so happy I think I'll dance a little."

"Look at me and my ribbon!"

"Mommy said lay it down for a minute so that she could see it."

"Mommy is so proud of me!  Next week I start Extreme Waterbabies....I'm so excited because Emma's Mommy talked the instructor into moving Emma up so that we could stay together.  I'll be back at the end of the summer to hopefully report that I'm excelling at Extreme WB!"

Acute Limping

Maison's friend from swim class, Emma, parents invited us over for dinner and to swim.  The girls had been swimming and playing on the play set all afternoon.  After dinner, they were sitting nicely enjoying their popsicles:

While we were sitting at the table talking, the girls went to climb up the ladder on the playset and then we heard mass hysterics.  Maison was screaming bloody murder and crying.  She said she fell going up the ladder and hurt her leg (shin).  At first I thought she was fine but then she started limping.  She was trying to continue playing but really couldn't walk normally.  Maison rarely cries from bodily injury, in fact, she didn't cry when she cut her eye on a brick (see Brick Eye) so it was a little alarming that she was making such a fuss.  Considering I saw a third grader break his femur (largest bone in your body) while kicking a soccer ball at recess, I wasn't about to just assume a limping child had not broken something.

So off to Acute Kids we went, agreeing along the way that if the x-ray showed a fracture we would say thanks but no thanks and head to Children's hospital.  Luckily it was just a bruise.  So no treatment required other than ice and rest.  They told us she should be fine in a few days but they would have the orthopedic specialist review the x-rays and call us on Tuesday after the holiday.  We are praying that they are right...the last thing we need is another health problem with Maison.

Soccer is SO Exciting!

Maison was so into watching my soccer game that she decided to learn a new sport...

Finally, a Good One!

Finally we got a school picture that looks like a school picture:

But what's up with Mais's bow?  It was on properly when I dropped her off.  Not sure why they felt the need to 'restyle' my child but I'll take it as a successful school pic!

Bluebonnet Baby

Maison's 2 1/2 year old bluebonnet pics:

Our sweet little bluebonnet baby....

No hop in your step

The first thing I think of on Easter Sunday is not Easter baskets or egg hunts, but going to have Easter dinner at Camp Gooey's!  Despite the horrible weather and Maison not feeling well we wouldn't miss it.  Maison was greeted by oodles of presents and another Easter basket so I thought she would start to feel better but she just really isn't herself today...definitely missing the usual hop in her step.

"Look at that!  Mickey Bowling."  

Checking out my Easter basket from Nooey & G'Daddy

"Can I open this?"

HAPPY EASTER!

Multi-media Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny left Maison with all kinds of non-sugary goodies: Books, DVDs, coloring books, stickers, playdoh, silly putty, and all kinds of fun things.

Minnie Mouse waiting on Maison to wake up.

"Oh my gosh...look at this!"

Checking out a Max and Ruby coloring book...

"The Easter Bunny knows I need glasses to see my new movies!"

Reading Dr. Seuss:

The Easter Bunny certainly has gone multi-media. I remembered when he just brought candy and toys...boy have times changed!

Empty Handed

We took Maison to the neighborhood egg hunt this afternoon.

What better way to wait for the egg hunt to start than a visit with the Easter Bunny?

Lined up and ready to go!

Mommy explaining you didn't need to open each egg before getting another one.

Now they got the hang of it!

"Look, Mommy...I got one!"

A basket full of eggs!

We opened all the eggs and every one had candy in it. James was very happy because he got all of Maison's candy and she went home completely empty handed, literally! The neighborhood asked that the kids turn in the empty eggs so she didn't even get to keep those to play with. I got her all dressed up for this???

Working the RUN-way

Maison had her modeling debut this morning on the Nordstrom's runway. She was one of the models in the Kid's Easter Fashion show.

She had a great time playing with one of the other models while waiting in line for make-up...

Was such a big girl during make-up....

"I want pink sparkly lip gloss"

"Does this look pretty?"

And after a VERY LONG wait she literally ran down the runway!

Of course Adam caught the entire thing on video:

As a special treat, the models got a 'meet and greet' with the Easter bunny...

"Bye, Bye Easter Bunny"

Eat your heart out Gisele...there's a new girl working the runway!

Brick Eye

When I picked Maison up from school today she had a black eye, a cut in the corner of her eye, and a scrape across the entire eye area. I literally blurted out, "OMG! What happened to her eye?" Both of her teachers came over to explain to me that Maison was running on the playground and fell face first into a landscaping brick and the corner cut her eye. It was all I could do not to burst out crying when they handed me the official report they have to file with the state regarding the incident and when the school director came over to assure me Maison was ok. I was fuming to the point I couldn't speak and all I wanted to do was to make sure my poor baby was ok.

Maison seemed perfectly fine and was more than anxious to tell me what had happened to her, "I hit my eye on a brick." But I couldn't help but think horrible thoughts of how close of a call this was. The point of impact missed her eye by a millimeter, she could have been blinded, she could have gotten a concussion.

Maison looked like a celeb who had just had plastic surgery as she rode home in her Ray Bans to cover her "eye owie":

And she was certainly pleased when Mommy wanted to document her injury:

And even more pleased with all the attention: