Tuesday Tell All - Reality TV

I know it's Saturday, but I haven't had time to blog all week. And I still want to do the Tuesday Tell All, so here it is.

Which reality TV show would you want to be on and why?

Top Model, hands down.

Hahahaha, just kidding. Although, I *am* really good at smiling with my eyes, Tyra.

As much as I would love to say The Amazing Race, I know I wouldn't do well on it. Which is too bad, because I love to travel. Marcelo almost applied once, but you pretty much have to sign your life away, and you have to be able to leave your job for like 3 months, so that was a no. But I've told him a million times that even though I have no doubt that he would do great in all the challenges, he wouldn't win. Why? Because he's nice. Really nice. Like, "Oh, it's okay, just go ahead of me" nice. And it's a race.

If I lived in a different neighborhood, I'd say Extreme Makeover Home Edition. But, I don't want to live here forever, so that's another no. Soooo, I would have to choose What Not to Wear. Who doesn't want a $5,000 shopping spree? And I would love for them to teach me new ways to do my hair and make-up.

BUT, I just want to throw it out there that I really think they should have a show like Dancing with the Stars for normal people. Like, Dancing with the Average Joes, or something. I would love love LOVE to learn how to ballroom dance.

Diaper Check

Diego has become quite the diaper checker. He's a lot closer to Marcelito's level than I am, and is usually pretty close to him. Because of this, he usually smells Marcelito's poopy diaper long before I do. At first he would just sniff the air, then run to me and say, "I think Baby Marcelo has a poopy." Then, I would go over, check Marcelito's diaper, tell Diego he was right, and announce that I was going to go change it.

But now, instead of just sniffing the air and guessing, Diego checks Celo's diaper himself. Once he sees the evidence, he tells me, "Baby Marcelo has a poopy. Change it Mommy, change it."

He's a good helper.

Tagged!

7 Random/Weird Facts About Me


1. I can't stand the sound of teeth against a metal fork. Or the squeal of a metal fork against a porcelain or ceramic plate. Or two kinds of metals rubbing together, like a fork and knife. Just talking about it gives me goosebumps, makes the hair on my arms stand up, and sends shivers down my spine all at once. This is why going to the dentist is PURE TORTURE for me. When they take a little metal instrument and scrape it against my teeth.....eeeeek. Hate it. Marcelo is the only person I've ever met who has this same problem. Although his isn't quite as severe as mine. At least neither one of us will ever intentionally scrape our fork through our teeth like my brother used to do to torture me. (Or he'd rub his silverware together just to see me squirm in my seat.)

2. I think I've said this on here before, but I'll say it again. My feet are black. They're darker than the rest of my body. In the summer, they look like a whole separate ethnicity. In the winter, they just look like they have a perma-tan. Whenever I go to the pool or to the beach, I put SPF50 on them just so they won't get darker. It's quite embarrassing.

3. When I was 9, I got stung by a scorpion. I still have a bump on my right arm from it. I still remember everything about that day, down to what I was wearing. Maybe I'll post the whole story another day.

4. I think Swiss chocolate is the best chocolate in the whole wide world. I LOVE chocolate. All I have in my house right now is Colombian chocolate (Chocolatina Jet) and I eat one almost every single day. I need rehab.

5. I have a really hard time hiding emotions in my face. If I'm upset, my bottom lip sticks out. It's uncontrollable and it's a dead giveaway. So I bite it to try to hide it.

6. I have a thing for tweezing my eyebrows, pulling out splinters, and pulling weeds. Something about getting the root out is so satisfying. Weird, I know.

7. My mom calls me Surina. It started out as "Princess" (preencess, with a Spanish accent) when I was little, and then turned into, "Prinsurina" (preensurina), and then got shorted to "Surina". A lot of times she just calls me "Sur".

I tag: All the "RHMs" that haven't done it yet. You know who you are.

Two Minutes

Every time we go anywhere, I give Diego a 5 minute warning when it's time to leave. I tell him "It's time to go home in five minutes!", then a few minutes later I say, "Two minutes!", then "One more minute!", and then I tell him time's up, and it's time to go. It really helps to avoid meltdowns because he already knows it's coming, and as soon as he hears the 5 minute warning, he knows he better squeeze in a little more playtime because it's almost over.

So now, when he wants more time doing something, he tells me, "Two minutes, Mommy. Two minutes, like my hand." And then shows me his two little fingers. I'll say, "Time for lunch." And he wants to keep playing, so he holds up his two little fingers and says, "Two minutes!" Sometimes he pushes it and says, "Three minutes. Like my hand." And shows me three fingers (in case I don't know how many minutes 3 minutes is). It's adorable. He makes me smile.

Tuesday Tell All - Celebrity Showdown

List your top five favorite celebrities and why you like them. It can be someone from the past, present, or anywhere in between.

It's so hard to choose just five!! So I'm cheating.

FIVE FAVORITE COMEDIANS
Steve Carrell - He doesn't even have to say anything and he has me laughing.
Amy Poehler - Ditto the Steve Carrell comment
Ben Stiller - Everyone says Marcelo looks just like him. Not true, but he still cracks me up.
Joel McHale- From The Soup. This guy is hilarious.
Ellen DeGeneres - I'm just now starting to like her more and more. She's funny and I think she has a big heart.

FIVE FAVORITE ACTORS/ACTRESSES
Meryl Streep - She is just an amazing actress. And something about her reminds me of a younger version of my grandma.
Johnny Depp - He's also an amazing actor. A bit of a weirdo in real life, but an amazing actor nonetheless.
Shia LaBeouf- Such a good actor!! He's going places.
Reese Witherspoon - Great and seems down to earth.
Will Smith - Not even really for his acting ability. I just like him and his wife because they seem like great people.

FIVE FAVORITE SINGERS
Carrie Underwood - Her voice gives me chills. Amazing.
Faith Hill - Also a great voice and the fact that she's married to Tim McGraw (another favorite) doesn't hurt.
Michael Bublé - Love his voice! Very soothing. "Everything" is currently my ringtone.
Josh Groban - Same as Carrie Underwood.
Bono - I like his music and his hummanitarian work.

FIVE FAVORITE PEOPLE FROM HISTORY
Jesus Christ - This one just goes without saying.
Joseph Smith - I am forever grateful to him for his life of sacrifice.
Gordon B. Hinckley - He'll always have a special place in my heart for being the "prophet of my youth".
Anne Frank - Her story has always touched me.
Abraham Lincoln - I like everything I read about him.

General Conference

For those of you who read my blog and are not LDS (Mormon), and are interested in getting a better idea of what we're all about, this weekend's General Conference is a great way to find out more about what we believe.

This is what the Church's website says about General Conference: Messages of inspiration and guidance will be delivered by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and general officers of the Church.

There are four sessions. Two on Saturday, and two on Sunday. On both days, the sessions are at 12pm and 4pm Eastern Time. Each session will have a different set of speakers covering many different topics, music by the Mormon Tabernacle choir, and will last two hours. If you're interested in tuning in, you can watch by finding the closest meeting house in your area, or if you want to stay home, you can watch it on BYUTV (Dish Network -channel 9403, DirecTV - channel 374), or watch or listen online at either of these websites:

http://www.lds.org/broadcast/gc/0,5161,8176,00.html
http://www.byub.org/programaz/program.asp?id=571

Lashes

I know I take way too many pictures of my child's eyelashes, but I can't help myself! One day he's going to be like, "Mom! Stop!" So I need to do it while I can. Plus, every time I try to get him to look at the camera, he looks down. So these are the shots I end up with.

I also know I post way more pictures of Marcelo than I do of Diego. I am not showing favortism, I promise. It's just that Diego runs too fast for me. And when I try to take a picture of him, he automatically does this:

So, Celo it is.