Dora Plate

It's no secret that Mallory is a Nick Jr. kid. Her current favorites are The Fresh Beat Band; Yo Gabba Gabba!; The Upside Down Show; Go, Diego, Go!; and Dora the Explorer. When one of these shows come on, Mallory gets so excited; most times loudly proclaiming her elation with a big "YAY!" and sometimes then followed by the flailing of her arms. When she gets the arms going, you know she's PUMPED. Now we just need to teach her to run while she's doing this and she'll be like the kid from Home Alone.

My mom was in town on Friday/Saturday, and us girls went shopping at Target of course. Mallory scored a gift from Mamaw: a cool Dora plate. I didn't show Mallory who was on the plate before dishing her lunch of veggie soup, so after a few bites she started to recognize the image. "DOH-DOH!" I was able to get a little bit of her saying Dora's name on video, but she was a little preoccupied with a certain show.

Happy Valentine's Day

Last night while watching The Bachelor,  I made these heart-shaped treat holders to pass out to my female co-workers today. Even though I had plans to make these over a week ago, I procrastinated on buying the candy to put inside them until yesterday; bad idea. I went to two different stores and stared at empty shelves where the good candy used to be. So I improvised with single-serving Oreo Cakesters; delicious and perfectly portioned. Happy Valentine's Day!

BFF

Belly, Belly

What Super Bowl Game?

Mallory would rather be outside

Twirling

Wonder what these taste like...

...definitely not candy

My runner

She didn't want to go

Lovin' on Nama

Not Good Enough

As most of you know Mallory has been a fan of Elmo ever since she was little, little. It was love at first sight back then, and continues to be the case to this day. She now knows how to say his name, "Momo," which is adorable and I need to try and get it on video.

Her fascination for the red, furry monster has somewhat turned into an obsession lately when it comes to what movies we play. Though we have a pretty diverse collection of Elmo DVDs, they are getting a little overplayed (according to the adults) with as often as Mallory asks to watch "Momo." So last night in my attempt to distract her while I made dinner, I decided to put on a Veggie Tales DVD that we haven't yet seen. Within the first five minutes she was already over it, bringing me an actual Elmo DVD and repeating his name to me until I finally gave in to her request to change the movie. Sorry Veggie Tales; you're just not good enough for Miss Mallory.

Leo's Name, Silly Style