I have been asking Laci for years now if she wanted to get her ears pierced and she has always said "No, it will hurt". I was truthful with her and let her know that it would hurt a little. In the last few weeks, however, Laci has been asking me if she could get her ears pierced. I insisted that she wait a while to be sure that, that was what she really wanted. Today we went and Laci got her ears pierced. She was so brave, she did not cry, even though she wanted to a little after the first ear was done. All the pain was gone once Laci saw her pierced ears in the mirror, she was so proud. Immediately she asked to have kitty cat earrings next, so we will be working on that one. Congratulations Laci, we love you!

This morning as Daniel sat on the potty, he produced his daily deposit. Daniel looked down into the potty and announced "Smells like chicken!". This caught mommy completely off guard and I began to laugh. I am not sure where Daniel came up with that phrase and funnier yet is the fact that he won't even eat chicken.

Today, just as any other day, I asked Daniel what beverage he wanted to have with lunch. At random, not paying much attention, I grabbed a cup from the cupboard and poured his beverage. Throughout lunch Daniel did not touch the cup and finally he says to me "Mommy this is for Laci". I realized at that point that I had poured his beverage into a cup that had Disney Princesses on it. I told Daniel that it was okay, the juice inside the cup was for him. Daniel repeated again "Mommy this cup is for Laci" and was not going to use the princess cup. Accepting my mistake, I took another cup from the cabinet and poured the juice from the princess cup into the new cup. Daniel gladly drank every last drop of the juice at that point. I guess we all have to take a stand some where and this was a subject he was not willing to budge on. Good for you Dan!

Recently Daniel has become fascinated with the ferrets. He is always over at their cage talking to them. Today apparently he came to visit them at their nap time, because I heard him singing them a lullaby. It was so sweet to see my little man standing in front of the ferret cage, gently swaying from side to side and singing "Go To Sweep" very softly. Daniel is a very sweet little guy.

This morning Daniel was being so sweet. As he sat cuddled against me on the couch Sapphire (6lb chihuahua) joined us too. I looked over at Daniel a few minutes later to see him trying to teach the dog to give him 5. It was the sweetest thing that I have ever seen. He was so genuine and very gentle as he took the dog's paw and placed it against his palm, while telling her "Give 5". Daddy happened to witness this act of sweetness too and we were both "AAAWWWWW" struck.

Today Gary (daddy) went to Laci's school to join her for lunch. Laci is simply overjoyed when we have lunch at school with her, she just gets so excited that she can hardly contain herself. Today was April Fools day so poor daddy was subject to kindergarten humor. After many of the children played the "you have a spider on your head" gag, one lucky contestant said "you have a spider in your ear". Daddy in his sarcasm replied "no, there is no spider in my ear, it's just hair". Laci in her infinite wisdom/giddy state spoke up and announced "Yes, My Daddy Has Hair In His Armpits Too!" Laci was delighted in her reference, however daddy felt as though every child in the lunch room had stopped eating and turned to look at him. I (mommy) laughed hysterically when this story was relayed to me, so I can only imagine how daddy felt as it happened. AAHHH you have to love the brutal honesty of children.

Today Daniel wrote his name for the very first time. He has been writing letters for a while now and his only problem letter is X, he is proficient with the rest. Daniel usually losses interest when I ask him to write his name but today he was on board. Daniel did a great job and we are very proud of his effort and the result. Way to go Big Dan!

Lately the weather has been warm and Laci is very aware that the season has technically changed to "Spring". I have to assume that in her mind that meant automatic warmth of the weather, good bye coats and no more snow. Well this morning Laci got quite a shock when she awoke to find the ground covered in white. Laci raced to mommy's side and exclaimed "Mommy what is that white stuff on the grass?". As I giggled I said to her "Laci that is snow" as though she had never seen it before. Laci's mouth dropped open as she GASPED, "it's not supposed to snow anymore IT'S SPRING!" I tried to explain to Laci that the weather does not have rules and that just because it is technically spring, that does not mean that the snow is over. Laci was very annoyed to see the snow and did not like the fact that it did not follow her train of thought.