MOMENTS LIKE THESE

are why we keep a blog.

1.
Eating in the basement of the Shake Shack a few weeks ago, there was a TV on playing some football preview show. Bella's dad was watching a bit of it, and Bella suddenly noticed it in between bites of her hot dog. They were showing clip after clip of some good tackling that had been going on. Bella saw a player knock another one to the ground and said, "Oh no!." Then she saw another tackle. "Oh no! Mommy, he knocked that man down!" She was very concerned about this. Then another tackle. "He not supposed to do that!" she said to us all. It made me wonder who had a better grasp of football: me for thinking those were tackles, or Bella for thinking it was wrong to knock someone down like that.

2.
At a little party for our friends' twins in Brooklyn, Bella was focused on the cupcake she was sure she would get, When she finally got it, she licked the icing, took a bite of the cake, and then announced to her dad that she was done. "No way," I said. "Yes way," she replied.

3.
Bella developed a funny "chk-chk" sound that she makes when she is satisfied about something. It's the sound that you make when you put your tongue against your front teeth and suck: "chk." So now when she finds something she was looking for, or gets an answer correct or completes some task, she signals her satisfaction with her "chk-chk-chk" sound.

4.
Today on the way to school, Bella and her mom paused to watch garbage trucks in action. They continued on, but Bella told her mom, "I have to go back to do something." So they walked back to where the garbage men were working, and Bella said, "Excuse me. Excuse me. You need to wash your hands when you're done."

DIEGO, DORA & BELLA

Bella has become a big fan of Dora the Explorer and (especially) Go Diego Go. She is now allowed to watch one program a day on the computer, and typically chooses a Diego episode. Baby Jaguar is her favorite. So today we went to the Childrens Museum of Manhattan, which is about 10 blocks from our apartment, where they had a floor of nothing but Diego and Dora activities for kids. Let's take a look!










Bella with Diego and Baby Jaguar.









Working at Boots' fruit stand.










Say click! Take a pic!












And finally with her dad's favorite character, Swiper Fox.
Swiper, no swiping!

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN