First Day of First Grade!!

My Bella girl is a first grader today!

And the ladies know it's all about the outfit...

Let's start with the FABULOUS shoes: Twinkle Toes

TV does such a great job of advertising...

she has been asking for these shoes for MONTHS!

Then we have the hand stitched yellow tee with ruffled collar...

And her skinny jean bermuda shorts...

(can't see in this picture)

When choosing a backpack Bella looked right over the princesses

and hello kitties...and chose:

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS*

(*side note: did I ever tell you about the time she said she wanted to marry spongebob and have little sponge babies? ew. maybe it's time for the talk about the birds and the bees. haha)

Today was her BFF's first day of school too.

Except that she is moving in a couple weeks so she won't

be attending Bartlett Elementary.

So sad.

George wants to go to school too. All day he has been asking, "Where's Bella?"

She is riding the bus and I was watching her to make

sure she got on okay and forgot to snap a pic.

Oh well.

I am loving the nice quiet day but gotta admit I'm having some anxiety about her eating lunch at school. And getting back home on the bus. And is her teacher kind? And will she make friends? And...And...And...

Time to go do some yoga.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Zhu Zhu Pets, But Were Afraid to Ask.

You know the zhu zhu pet craze of late 2009? (pronounced, of course, zoo zoo)

We didn't go crazy but each of our children received a zhu zhu pet from Santa.

Of course after 3 weeks the zhu zhu pets were stashed in a dark bedroom corner.

Until now!

We have revived interest in zhu zhus! {yay?}

And why exactly am I blogging about these darn things?

Aside from the fact that they are sort of funny...

Kung Zhu!

These are the fighting zhu zhu pets.

And Bella wanted to spend her allowance on one.

A "good guy" of course.

Here were some questions for her:

Me: So how are these different from your other zhu zhu pets?

Bella: They have a hurt eye.

Me: You need a new one because of the eye? I could take a marker and mark up one of the ones you have...

Bella: {exasperated tone} Mom, they got it from FIGHTING!

Me: How do you know if you got a good guy?

Bella: {losing interest in my questions} they are red and the bad guys are blue.

BUT {renewed interest in conversation} Shayla's zhu zhu pet was a good guy but it turned bad.

Me: ??

Bella: My Kan Zhu's name is

Cotton Candy Bruise Monster.

'nuff said.