Update

so we took the germans down the street to teach them to ride the dirtbikes. before too long, kim (22 year old male), was whooping and hollering having the time of his life. he thoroughly enjoyed himself. anne did well also. she learned to ride the last time she was here in feb. of 08.

such wonderful young people. some of the members from church invited them over and spent some time with them on saturday afternoon into saturday evening. they had a good time and enjoyed meeting new people.

we took them to do some last minute shopping on the way down to the nogales us/mexico border. they were able to purchase everything they needed and were quite impressed with the barnes & noble bookstore in tucson. we left them in nogales about 3:00 p.m. i haven't heard from them again, but am quite sure they made it home okay.

today, monday, i had victoria all day. her mommy, who has m.s., had an appt. with her neurologist and a 3 year-old just isn't something to have along on that type of thing. so she stayed with her nana. she has a bit of a cold, so we downed some benedryl to take care of the soupy bits and slugged through our day.

i am not above bribery, especially when it comes to naptime for a little one that didn't sleep well the night before. i know she didn't, because she kept waking me up to "tuck her in." i finally gave up and lifted the sheet to let her sleep what was left of the night with us. she's so spoiled.

so i bribed her. sue. me. but seriously, how many 3 year old little girls will take a nap so they can have a manicure/pedicure. she knows to pick out her polish before sitting down, including searching through all 3 carousels. you never know where that perfect color is hiding.

i want to make sure to teach her things, so today we talked about the art of tipping, and thanking the technician for their skillful work. they just love her in that shop. everyone is very nice to her when she's there. they even changed the satellite t.v. to cartoons just for her. for a little bundle of raw energy, she sits as quiet as a church mouse when it comes to her nails.

here she is:

here she's observing the delicate work of applying a flower to those tiny, little toenails.

she's a tomgirl. mostly tough as nails, but appreciates the finer things in life. :-)