Giant Burrito, A Movie and La De Da

This is what Darwin looked like watching me sleep almost constantly through this sinus infection (paint inhalation poisoning). Darwin thinks he is being all sneaky like sitting with his bum hanging off the ottoman. Dogs are not allowed on the furniture. At least that is the rule. Unless I am too lazy or sick to enforce it. Maizie kept me entertained reading Ranger Rick and watching the first season of Jeff Corwin's Adventures. I still feel quite nasty but I am almost full of energy again. As you can all see from my last meme. Sometimes I get obsessed. I know. I know.
Tonight our good friend Jason came over. Maizie talked us into playing a game of Whoonu before we left for dinner. I have to point out here that I won...again. I swear Maizie loves watching grown ups pick out there most favorite things. This game never ceases to fascinate her. In the picture below she is giving me her look that says, "Argh! Do you ever stop taking pictures mom?!"
At Moe's Jason ordered a meal called, 'The Home Wrecker'. I can only imagine why it was branded with such a name. Jason ate the biggest burrito I have ever seen.
Maizie and I watched in awe as he devoured every last bite. My belly hurts just thinking about it. Jason described the burrito as, 'bodacious, delectable and scrumptious'. Yum.

Strangely enough Maizie dug through my purse and found the Saf-T-Pop mentioned in my last blog post. She opened it. Licked it a few times and then never touched it again. At least it is out of my purse.
This is the circle at our Target store that Maizie insists on standing in every time we go there. Recently she was able to touch the top. I thought that deserved a picture. Luckily, she did too. As you can tell Maizie is still on the up and up. Our mornings are still very slow and she often requires a mid morning nap but no vomiting and no headaches. I am praying it lasts.

After dinner we went to see a dollar movie. Maizie chose Penelope. My main interest in this movie was the decor in Penelope's bedroom. I wish it was mine. I loved it. Did I love the movie as much as Nim's Island?
Not so much. It did have a certain charm and whimsy to it that I appreciated. The "Disney like" plot was a little annoying. Trying to explain what a double mirror is to Maizie was harder than I would have thought. Maizie was able to get the gist of the plot but some of it was too fast for her. She has read enough fairy tales to see where it was going. A curse was placed on the baby and she was given a pig nose. Everyone believed the love of a man would break the curse. Once Penelope learned to love herself despite her looks the curse was lifted. A decent message with no major cursing or freaky stuff. Maizie's review was, "I liked that movie. Can I put together a puzzle with Jason when I get home?" Typical kid...always moving on to the next exciting event.

Maizie Imitates Her Hero Jeff Corwin

The sun was out again today so we took off for the dog park. Maizie is totally in her element at the dog park. She is more outgoing there than me. Here are a series of questions she asks of every dog owner.

*What kind of dog do you have?
*How old is your dog?
*What is your dog's name?
*Does your dog know any tricks?

Maizie follows up with a kind comment like, "Your dog is pretty." Every once in a while she will say something like this, "Do you know that your dog is a bully? Sometimes our dog Stella is a bully." She does not say these comments to be mean they are simply observations.

Everyone is cool with Maizie and answer her questions despite being asked them repeatedly. Maizie has her favorite dogs and owners who she no longer asks the same questions. With those special few she moves on to more in depth dog question and answer sessions. The dogs that play with her and show her attention are her favorites.

At one point today she sat on the bench with her head down and said, "Ma, I am so sad." We were at the dog park! Maizie is never sad at the dog park. I asked her why and she said, "The dogs won't play catch with me." It was true, there were about eight dogs there at that moment and all they wanted to do was run, wrestle and sniff.

We sat on the bench for a while and Maizie took this shot of us together with the iPhone. I thought it was cute.After a while most of the other dogs went home and Maizie was able to roam. Searching in a mud hole she found a long worm.
I watched as she gently put the worm over the stick.

Next, she looked at me with the biggest smile! "Look! Look! It is a snake! A beauty! See it! See it!" She was working like Jeff Corwin, searching for a "snake" and placing it over the long 'hook' so I could get a close up look. Maizie was so excited with her find. After I looked and took her requested photos she dug a hole for the "snake" and put it back in its little home.

To an observer this is just one more kid playing in the mud. But, for me this is another one of those dazlious moments that I breathe in and appreciate. It is progress in playing.