This is me participating...

My filipino cousin (I call her my "filipino cousin" because we're not actually blood related, but her step-mom is my mom's 1st cousin. So that's cousin in my dictionary), Jamie did 7 random things on her blog and didn't tag me (or anyone else) because she said that we'd (her cousins/friends) would probably not participate...so this is me participating, because I thought it was a great idea for a blog...
These are seven random things that happened over the weekend:

1) Alexa doesn't walk in public or I should say in strange places, which means hotel lobbys, fast food restaurants, anywhere outside, etc. And in this exact example, Casa de Fruita off the 152 on the drive between the bay and LA.If you put her down, you can't walk. She'll be holding on with her kung fu grip. It's hilarious.

2) I fall for gimmicks! There's a special on a polish dog sandwich at Wienerschnitzel for 99 cents! Is it really that good, or is it that fact that I love hot dogs (especially with rice, eggs over easy, tomatoes and bagaoong(sp?)? Either way, this is a darn good sandwich. Totally worth the 99 cents, because I'm a pretty good eater and I can't finish the sandwich. We had some before we left. Sam always gets the mini corn dogs. Those are heart attack and a half, and those are good too. Do you see? I think it's a hotdog thing.

3) Alexa doesn't drink or eat anything unless you've shown her that you're willing to eat/drink it too. For instance this SunnyD that Sam's been drinking.
She wouldn't touch the thing last week. But since Sam's been enjoying it around her all weekend long, she WANTS IT NOW. BTW, this is 5 seconds in the lobby without freakin' out. But like I said...5 seconds.

4) Alexa takes a whole lot of persuading to eat something. But once she finds out that the "something" is good...WATCH OUT NOW! She'll snatch as much as she can get and shove it down her throat! Don't even think about trying to get it back. She'll fight you for it!

5) Paper makes me happy. :) I love paper. I love all the different textures, sizes, prints, solids, dies...I love it! And I think that the love is hereditary. Alexa is truly in love with paper! Always has been. Her whole 15 months of life! Whenever she gets close to paper she is drawn to it. Likes to rip it, crunch it, throw it everywhere around her. This is the one mess that I don't mind. I figure that she's developing a relationship with paper. Getting to know how it feels. Like different kinds. If she's fussy, just give her a napkin. It spares me like 4 minutes of quiet time.

6) One of my good friends Christine Yap, nicknamed me "Cornelia". Obviously because I'm corny. I entertain myself. I suffer from only child syndrome. So I do stuff like slap my own knee and catch myself being the only one laughing at my own jokes. I just come from a very comedic family. I do stuff like tell Sam to pick up the bananas and pretend she's a monkey. Then I bust up laughing! The funny part to me is that Sam LISTENS!!! So sad. So sad. The great thing is that she's pretty strong about people that talk crap about her. She learned to say, "They must be drinking haterade". Thank you uncle Slim for that.

7) I hate coming back home from a weekend getaway, or vacation. All it means is that I have to unpack, which leads to more laundry, and it also means that I have to get back to work. And once I get a sniff of relaxation, it's really hard to go back to the daily routine of the week. It's obvious that Alexa doesn't like it either.

And I had to add this random pictures that Sam took with her camera.
She takes awesome shots. Like this one of Alexa brushing her teeth on Oct. 29th. She loves to brush her teeth!