Wednesday, November 21, 2007

100 things about Ali

I got this idea from my sister. She had seen the "100 Things" blog I did, and she did one about her girls, my amazing nieces Lily and Mia. You can check it out here: Lily & Mia 100 things. So I am stealing that idea. Here is 100 things about my amazing daughter Alison:

1. Her nickname is Ali

2. Her middle name is Donna, after my aunt

3. She shares her birthday with Elvis

4. She was very small at birth for a full term baby; 5lbs, 14 ounces, 18 inches

5. She was breast fed

6. She started walking just before she turned 1

7. She started walking the day we got her shoes

8. She started talking very young and has never stopped

9. She didn't crawl until she was 7 months old

10. She didn't get her first tooth until she was 10 months old

11. She didn't have much hair until she was over a year old

12. Alison is a perfectionist

13. She won't do anything until she knows she can do it right

14. That goes for vocabulary as well

15. Ali is a riot

16. She started saying "yankees suck" around 18 months old

17. She loves Big Papi

18. She tans incredibly well

19. Her hair lightens up in the summer

20. Ali is incredibly brave

21. Ali is a drama queen

22. Ali is a girlie-girl

23. Ali is a tomboy

24. think playing in dirt in a dress and make-up

25. Ali tries to sneak putting on make-up before school

26. She is kindergarten

27. Ali HATES mint

28. She loves strawberry milk

29. She plays with her ears when she is tires

30. She got her ears pierced for her 3rd birthday

31. She had been asking to get her ears pierced since she started talking

32. Ali loves science

33. Ali is showing strong early math skills

34. Ali will need a math tutor by third grade

35. Ali colors very well

36. Ali likes to make crafts

37. She is very creative

38. Ali likes raw vegetables

39. She loves peas in the pod off of the vine

40. She LOVES fruit

41. She would rather eat fruit than candy

42. She loves to be read to

43. She is close to reading herself now

44. She loves kindergarten

45. She loves High School Musical

46. She loves Hannah Montana

47. She loves the Naked Brothers Band

48. She used to say Pipa for Pizza

49. She said Pack kack for back pack

50. She called "the Hundred Acre Woods" "The Hungry Naked Woods"

51. She loves church

52. She asks fantastic questions about God

53. She once said (in the middle of Walmart) that "God and Jesus must have the best bike"

54. She used to use "God told me to" as an excuse for things

55. She was hospitalized once when she was dehydrated from a stomach bug

56. She knows a little bit of German

57. She learned more Spanish from Dora than German from me

58. She was born in Florida

59. Right now, "Anfony (Anthony) Caroline and Austin are, like, my BFFs"

60. Anthony is her "boyfriend"

61. Austin is his twin brother

62. Caroline was her first friend in kindergarten

63. They have the same Tinkerbell backpack

64. They look alike

65. They are adorable together

66. Ali is a Daisy

67. She LOVES her afterschool program

68. One of the staff members reminds her of her dad (he wears the same kind of pants)

69. He handles it very well considering he is like 22 and has Ali following him around

70. She loves to take pictures, usually with my camera

71. She is very caring

72. She is an absolute sweetheart

73. She can be a devil

74. Especially when she is tired

75. She thinks her uncle Pete is one of the coolest people in the whole world

76. She thinks she is my image consultant and tries to tell me what to wear

77. Her bottom 2 front teeth are starting to get loose

78. She loves to go to the Doctor

79. She loves police and waves at every police car she sees

80. Same with fire-fighters

81. She loves tattoos

82. She used to give herself sharpie tattoos

83. She is the coolest kid I have ever met

84. She likes the movie Tank Girl

85. Which she tricked her grandmother into letting her watch

86. She likes the Ramones

87. She gave Uncle Douglas the finger

88. She loves her cousins

89. She makes friends wherever she goes

90. She brings happiness to everone

91. She has allergies

92. She loves soup

93. She loves to swim

94. She loves the beach

95. She loves to swim

96. She has green eyes

97. She had roseolla when she was younger

98. She stepped on a fire ant nest when she was little and was stung on her feet and legs

99. She has 3 great-grand parents

100. Ali is amazing


Sunday, November 11, 2007

100 things

I saw this on a blog when I was sick, and I thought it was neat. Here are 100 things about me.

1. I have crappy lungs
2. So I get bronchitis easily
3. I get hives sometimes
4. I have very straight hair
5. My hair is dark brown
6. My hair has been green
7. and blue
8. and purple
9. I have 6 piercings
10. I had a few more, but they closed
11. I have 5 tattoos
12. I may get more tattoos
13. I like to knit
14. I can sew
15. I can not crochet
16. I like crafts
17. I love photogtaphy
18. I can not draw
19. or paint
20. or sing
21. but I love to sing
22. I am tone deaf
23. I think best when I am walking
24. I like to bike ride
25. I like to rollerblade
26. I like to canoe
27. I have canoed the Saco twice
28. I lke to sail
29. I love to swim
30. I was the captain for the swim team my Sr Year of High School
31. I was in colorgruard in high school
32. I learned to fence in college
33. I was a Dj in college
34. I was in a sorority
25. I was a little sister for a fraternity
26. I usd to give blood all of the time
27. I have low Iron and have not been able to give in years
28. I have lived in 5 states
29. I have been in 4 countries
30. I can be messy
31. But I want to be neat
32. I have ADD
33. I am impulsive
34. I am creative
35. I take meds to help me focus
36. I am very clumsy
37. I have a cat
38. She doesn't like anyone but me
39. I like cheap towels
40. They absorb better
41. I like plants
42. I have a lot of plants in my house
43. I am allergic to beef
44. And pork
45. And lamb
46. and I don't like shellfish
47. But I love fish
48. I love to read
49. I get the local newspaper at home
50. I love to bake
51. I can cook too
52. I worked at the Middle East downstairs in Boston
53. I have been a waitress
54. I have been a Nurses Aide
55. I have worked in customer service
56. I have worked at a music store
57. I have worked at a bookstore
58. I was a lifeguard
59. I taught swim lessons
60. I worked at a gas station
61. I can do my own brakes
62. I like to get dirty
62. I like yoga
63. It has been years since I have been to a yoga class
64. I think my daughter is the coolest kid in the world
65. I love the movie Tank Girl
66. I love the movie Princess Bride
67. I love all kinds of music
68. I have seen the Mighty Mighty Bosstones more times than I can count
69. I was at Mike's last show with the Dropkick Murphys
70. I have a ton of allergies
71. I like brussel sprouts
72. I love baked potatos
73. I love cheese
74. I am a suprisingly poor speller for an English teacher
75. And I hate grammar
76. I love the Red Sox
77. I can't really trace my family history back, we are mutts
78. I have a cousin in Canada who traced one part of my family back to Germany
79. We used to have corned beef and cabbage for Sunday dinner, so I must be Irish
80. I don't like domestic beers
81. I have a very low tolerance for Alcohol
82. I like Guinness
83. I have a Guinness every St Patrick's day
84. I LOVE Halloween
85. I love shoveling
86. I like gardening
87. I like science, but only when I can do experiments
88. I am very bad at math
89. Math is my enemy
90. Gravity is my nemesis
91. I go to church
92. I like to dance
93. I like people
94. I tend to have a short temper
95. I took kickboxing before
96. I took dancing lessons
97. I love to tango
98. Cha cha was my second favorite
99. I like adventures
100. I love being a mom

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Halloween

I am so far behind on blogging, I have had bronchitis for 6 weeks! I am getting better, but now I am bhind on EVERYTHING! The house is a mess, I have papers to grade and blogs to do. Argh! I will try to do an update blog sometime this weekend. However, here are the Halloween pictures!

Here is Ali the black cat with Auntie the witch:

And here I am, DJ AB, Kool Ade (so named by my boss)

My boys loved it. The taught me how to tie the bottom of my pants into my laces so my pants don't drag when I walk. Although you can't see it, I had a gold tooth. Plus all kinds of bling!