Falling asleep is hard to do...

Belle has been having a hard time actually falling asleep lately. Our bedtime routine:

Have a snack of applesauce or fruit or something. Brush teeth and go potty. Then she gets tucked in and I turn on her music (currently a Phantom of the Opera/Johnny Cash cd Tren made her).

Well last night I headed to my room right after tucking her in. I have been reading the Stephanie Meyer TWILIGHT books (love them! freaking love them!) so I jump in bed and READ! I shut the door just a bit and began reading. I left Rooster in Belle's room, at Belle's request. I can hear her Phantom music WAY too clearly so I hollar at her to turn in back down. She can't hear me since the radio is right next to her bed. So, I go in and turn in down and tell her not to mess with it or it gets shut off. I head back to my room. A few minutes later I can hear a Johnny Cash song on that is also my ringtone when Tren calls me. Belle knows this and I can hear her call out to me "Momma its for you!" as if it was my phone ringing because Tren was calling. She laughed at her funny self. So, I too quitely laugh and get back to my book. A few minutes later, I can hear giggling and then some footsteps and pouncing and Belle squeals. Then I hear Rooster come to my door and I hear her sniffing and snorting. I quietly pull the door open, thinking Belle is out there too, but instead.... this is what I found.



(This picture is kinda crappy because I was using my phone and I didnt want her to wriggle out of it before I got a picture.) If you notice her front right leg has a pony tail wrapped around it too, pushed up to her 'thigh'. I called Belle and she came rushing into my room with a little smirk on her face. Trying to be serious and not laugh, I asked her how Rooster got into her sparkley shirt and Belle said "I put her in it,... don't you think she looks soooo beautiful?... I wanted her to look fancy for bed!" As you may know, Belle can go from being in the real world to being in her world in the matter of a split second! That is exactly what she did in her confession. She forgot she might be in trouble, but who cared?...Rooster looked fancy and that was all the mattered to Belle. She is nuts! And I love her!

16 Questions

I am going to start asking Belle a series of questions with each new year. I weighed her and measured how tall she is. She is a mean 33.5 pounds and 42.5 inches tall!! Here are the results of the questioning:

1. What is your name? " Bellami Bea Bare "

2. How old are you? " 4 "

3. What do you like to do for fun? " I like to play in the spring and sometimes in the winter I like to wear a skirt and tank top. " (she did this today and learned that if there's snow on the ground you should wear jeans and boots!)

4. What is your favorite color? " pink "

5. What is your favorite song? " Twinkle Twinkle Little Star "

6. What is your favorite thing to eat? " Peanut Butter and Jam "

7. What does "I love you" mean? " That you are sweet and you are family "

8. Who is your best friend? " Oakley "

9. What was the hardest thing you had to do today? " Clean my room "

10. What is your favorite toy? " Polly Pockets! "

11. Who is your hero? " Tren " (priceless)

12. What is a secret? " When you get someone a present but you don't tell them what it is "

13. How many brothers/sisters do you want? " 4 brothers and 4 sisters " . (yikes!)

14. What are you most scared of? " Monsters "

15. What is the most important thing to you? " The thing that is the most important to me is not telling people that I love them and to keep it a secret ". (I think she got all these questions going into one thing here... ?)

16. What do you want to be when you grow up? " A ballerina "

I can't wait to see what she says next year! I wanted to come up with some questions that required more thought, but I was unsuccessful. I will keep a tally of them as I think of them throughout the year.