Rainbows among us.

It is so interesting to watch your child's personality develop over the years. Sometimes I think, "wow, she sounds like me. Or... yep, that is totally Marcelo." But then more often than not.. it's just all Bela. When we saw the rainbow on Monday, I said "Rainbow, you are just beautiful!" Bela looks right at it and states, "Yes! You must tell us where you got that dress!"

Bela'sBytes - June 3, 2011

Bela: "Mom, do you want to hear a song that me and my friends made up yesterday at school?" Me:"Sure!"

Bela then begins singing:

"Can you hear me? I am following my dreams. Yeah. Oooh. Every time I look into your eyes. I feel like I am paralyzed. Yeah. Ooooh."

Abruptly stops singing. "Mom, we were wondering what 'paralyzed'means?"

So I tell her. She then says: "Ooh. We better find another word that rhymes with eyes. Maybe denies. I will tell the girls what paralyze means."

BelaByte - May 16, 2011

Bela had to spend a little time in the Nurse's office at school for redness in her eye. She gave me this little nugget on the drive home from school.

"Mom, I read this poster in Nurse Baker's office today. It said that kids need 1 hour a day of activity. So I will be doing 1 hour of piano a day I guess from now on."

Bela's Bytes - Bunny Bites

"I am saving the butt for last." -Bela got a dark chocolate bunny from the Easter bunny this year. It was solid and quite challenging to bite into. So Marcelo cut it up into pieces and put it in the refrigerator. She and I were snacking on it, and she showed me a piece that had a round little bump on one side. (the tail)

Bela'sBytes - April 26

Bela is on Spring Break this week, and we are considering going to see HOP the movie. I was looking up the movie's ratings on parenting website. Found out that it is rated PG for some rude humor, words are used like "stupid" and "idiot." I told Bela what I found out. She said, "Mom, I think it's like a life lesson. Some kids might see that in the movie, and their Moms will say.. 'we don't use rude words like those sweetie.' and then the kids won't use those words, because they will see how awful it looks in the movie."

Bela'sBytes - April 12, 2011

Bela: "Mom, a few week after Easter, I am going to be taking the SAT 10 at school. Please please pray for me. I am really nervous about taking them."

Me: "Sure honey, I really know you will work hard and do great!"

Bela: "Thanks. Mom, what are SAT 10's?"

Bela'sBytes -March 24, 2011 Part Two

Bela "Mom, today could you buy brown eggs?" Me: "Maybe, why?" Bela: "I just think they are so cute!"

Bela'sBytes - March 24, 2011

Bela: "Mom, if we are called brunettes, what are blondes called?" Me: "Just blondes." Bela: "Oh, I thought that they would have a better name. You know we have brown hair, and we are called brunette. They have blonde hair, and all they get is 'blonde'?"

Bela'sBytes - March 22, 2011

"Mom, in the olden days.. DID money grow on trees?"

Bela'sBytes - March 9, 2010 *Heads up - gross!

"I'm not going to say 'vomit' anymore. It's too gross. From now on, I will just say barf." -Bela, after having a bout of food poisoning in the middle of the night.

Bela'sBytes - March 7, 2011

"Mom, I have a new codeword for having to go to bathroom. Next time we are out somewhere, I will just say: 'I have to go P.E.' That way no one will know what we are talking about."

Bela'sBytes - March 2, 2011

"Mom, did Dr. Mindy use a fake arm when they put the jelly on my gums? It looked like a scarecrow arm!" -As told to me by Bela later in the day after her dental procedure, and a dose of laughing gas.

Bela'sBytes - Feb. 23

Bela watched as I entered a Disney movie sweepstakes to win a van. She was watching over my shoulder and said, "You are entering a sweeps to win a van? Mom! Then we'd have 3 cars!!!"

Bela'sBytes - Love Notes

Found this note on my bathroom door this morning.. (she was about to shower)

Bela'sBytes - Feb. 5

"I wish they had cake stops, not just water stops." -Spoken after doing the Melbourne and Beaches 5K.

BelaBytes - TRAIN Jan 19, 2011

We have about 30 minutes to kill after school gets out and Bela's piano lesson begins each Wednesday. So we usually park and hang out in the car so she can get a jump start on her homework. Tonight was spelling word review, so I called out the words to her. One of them was "train."

Bela says, "Mom, wait a minute. Is it "train" as in "choo choo?" I reply, "yes." Bela: "Oh good, just wasn't sure if it was train, like choo choo, or train as in train your dog."

BelaBytes - December 2010

"I totally get the Sloppy, but what about the Joe?" - Spoken while we were eating dinner.. you guessed it Sloppy Joes.