Disney On Ice ---

Forgot to post this earlier, but recently the family enjoyed a trip down to Providence to see Disney On Ice, which the kids enjoyed very much. Cousins Emily and Dillan were brought along as well. A funny thing we parents noticed is that we got Ella and Eliza into the car, drove all the way to Providence, got them in the arena, all without either one of them even once asking us where we were going or what we were doing. This was great because when the characters started skating out on the ice it was a complete surprise to both of them. Guess we just have trusting kids! :) The show was two hours long with an intermission, and none of the kids ever appeared to get bored.

The Camera Returns ---

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For awhile we've been without camera. The digital camera we had bought wasn't working and we really couldn't figure out why. It had been sitting peacefully with no one bothering it and just stopped working. Come to find out it was because we were using regular batteries and the camera didn't like that, it wanted to be fed with rechargables. We obliged and now the pictures can flow once again. To view pictures that were being stored on the camera all this time click here.

Rodgers Sweet Tooth ---

It seems that Eliza has inherited the Rodgers' Sweet Tooth, which was actually first evidenced when Jannai was pregnant with her, Jannai developed a rabid appetite for sugar heavy foods, something she did not experience when pregnant with Ella Grace. With Ella it was all vegetables, which Ella ate in abundance once born. Eliza on the other hand, while enjoying healthy foods as well, craves candy above all else. Most every morning she wakes up and the first word out of her mouth is, "Candy." She's taken to hording and stealing candy lately, any which way she can. To make matters worse, she doesn't suck on the candy to enjoy all it's flavor, she chews it and moves on to the next one, meaning she cannot be left alone with a bag of it. Fortunately she does enjoy good foods as well, so it's not too hard to redirect her grazing habits, it's just a matter of keeping any and all candy under lock and key, and keeping an eye on her.