Cheer clinic

We registered Nina for what she believes was a piece of heaven. The chance to be smothered with attention by a whole squad of cheerleaders from Matt's school. As an added bonus, she learned some basic cheer moves, a little dance and had the chance to show off her new skills at halftime of the football game. During the whole experience she was all smiles and starry-eyed. Apparently we will be repeating this next year.

I guess I asked for it

Matt was putting new sheets on Nina's bed when all of the sudden she starts screaming. Apparently he didn't let her jump on the bed before he put new sheets on (don't worry that it was sheetless all day). I go in to help Matt finish and she is hysterical. I try all kinds of things to calm her down, but nothing worked. So finally I was frustrated and I said, "Just pee on it tonight and we'll change it again tomorrow, then you can jump on it without sheets" (don't ask me why I said that, it's a long, painful story). We finished putting her bed together and went back downstairs. Later, I read a much calmer Nina her story and kiss her goodnight when she gets this little grin on her face. I asked her what was so funny and she said, "I think there's pee on the bed, so maybe we should change the sheets." Yep, after Matt and I went downstairs, she peed on her bed so that we would have to change the sheets again. Just like I told her to do. Score one for Nina.

A tough one for me

Normally, as you all know, I have been okay letting Nina wear pretty much whatever she wants. But when she requested this hairstyle, I had a really hard time agreeing. She asked for one half to have a french braid and the other half to be in a ponytail because "we've never tried this one before". It boiled down to pride. I feel confident that nobody has ever accused me of picking out any of Nina's special outfits. That's not so obvious with this hairstyle. I thought it was possible that people would think I'd totally lost it and forgotten to finish her hair. So although it may be debatable whether or not I'm crazy - it's not because of this hairstyle. We're just trying new things over here.

A Sneak Peek

Rachelle took our family pictures on Saturday. This is a small glimpse of Nina's level of cooperation .






To be fair, she did cheer up and actually had one or two decent shots.

Yes I let her wear this to school

After all, she had a good day.

A little hint

Here is how you can tell if Nina is having a good day. Most of you know what I mean by "a good day". The difference is subtle, so pay attention:

A bad day


A great day


Bummer, another bad day. Don't let the face fool you.


Most likely a fabulous day


Another good day


Excellent day


Yeah! Another good day!


Darn, not so good


Did you catch the difference? So here's the hint. If you see Nina dressed in an outfit that you would guess she put together herself - you can bet that she is having a great day. However, when you see her dressed in something that matches, that's appropriate for the weather, that doesn't include tulle or snow boots in the summer - then please console me and offer me some type of chocolate to cope.

Our little tradition

Last year Nina and I went to the Broncos game together.


We went again last night.



I think I like this tradition and I hope we can do it again next year.