My AI recap

OK, I had to put this on up since Chad and I were pretty much doing the same thing all last night. I think we rewinded like five times and nearly peed our pants!



Also, what in the heck has Paula been wearing? I didn't watch her show Hey Paula, but I heard she is pretty nutty. Although I was a huge Paula fan growing up, I'm not digging what she has been clad in. Last night she looked pregnant in that blue dress. The night before she looked like she had a necklace made of scrap metal on and during Hollywood week there was the super short shirt that showed part of her chest when she was clapping. I do have to give her credit though. She tries...the boys just wear t-shirts and jeans!

Because they're cute...

I put this one on because you can see he is making his own car noises in it. Oh wait, it might be motorcycle noises, he is very specific!

Just being a goof. He loves it when I spend one on one time with him!

Why sit on a hard seat when you can ride in comfort? This was Micah's idea.

She loves playing with her dad. Look at that grin!

Micah putting Brooklyn in a sleeper hold.

How cute is this?

I am sure they will hate this picture later on in life, but I think it is adorable!

I know I promised a video of Brooklyn's new trick, but she won't do it when I get out the camera. If I can catch it I will put it up. She claps now and it is so funny because she just knocks her fists together. She won't open her hands and then she gets this huge smile!

Well, we finally did it...we got Disneyland passes! I have never owned one and I think the last time I actually went to Disneyland was back in my freshman year of high school. Chad and I have never been together and Micah really didn't get to experience much of it the one time that he went. We decided to make that part of what we spent our tax return on and I think it will be a lot of fun for all of us. Chad is going to try and take Friday and Monday off this week and we are going to hopefully be there on Friday to play! We just bought them Saturday night online and we have to wait for them to get here in the mail. At first, Chad thought that getting one for him would be a waste, but I convinced him that it would be good bonding time with the kids and that he would probably get into it too. I know about 90% of my friends have them, so let me know if you want to meet up there for an afternoon!


In other news, I have been hearing about this restaurant in Laguna Hills called Break of Dawn. My parents finally went the other day and they raved about it. Apparently the sticky buns are to die for! It is a breakfast place and the chef there used to work at the Ritz. I love breakfast food, but Chad won't eat it, so if anyone wants to join me and try it out, let me know. It is just in the plaza next to the Laguna Hills Mall.

Also, I have been working on a little project lately. I am in the nursery, which is ages 18 mo-3 yrs and I decided to make new crayons. The bin of crayons we had were gross and smelly and broken. I got the idea from etsy to upcycle them. I didn't take pictures of my own, but you can get the idea in this picture: http://flickr.com/photos/12703778@N02/2210125424/. I did mine in solids and melted them in a pan. If you want the swirly effect, then you will want to do this: http://flickr.com/photos/12703778@N02/2209331961/in/set-72157601888101906/ and put it in the oven. The mold is from Michael's and it is 10 bucks. I ended up with 12 really cute crayons and I think it will be easy for the kids (or should I say kid, since ther is only one) to use and hold. Plus I can use the molds for just about anything else I want!

Thats all for now, but I promise on the next post I will have pictures of the kids and maybe even video of Brooklyn's new trick!

I'm so lame...

So it's Saturday and since the house is on the market, we got all of us cleaned and dressed, made the house tidy and headed out for the day before 11 am. We headed straight for the mall and planned on meandering to kill a couple hours there. We went all over the mall and stopped several places inside. Finally, we went to the food court to get lunch. We grabbed a table and then I started to head over to get a sandwich. On the way I saw a guy I recognized from high school. We smiled at each other and it looked like he was just about to say something, but then decided against it. I was glad, since I really didn't know him and wouldn't know what to say to him. So I went and ordered my food and then stepped to the side as I waited for it to be made. Then I hear behind me, "Miss, miss!" I turn around to an older lady motioning me to come toward her. I walked over and she whispered, "Your zipper is down." Ahhh! I thanked her and quickly zipped up. Oh my gosh! How long was that down? I thought of all the people throughout the mall that probably saw the lamo with her zipper down. I also realized that that dude from high school was probably about to tell me that I needed to XYZ and I totally avoided him. Oh, leave it to me to do something like that. What can I say? I have two kids and they leave the house pristine, and as much as I can try to dress myself up, I always seem to leave part of my mind behind!

10 K's

I got a blog tag from Nikki to list 10 things I love that start with the letter K. It has taken me about a month to come up with a list. K is a hard letter! Well, here we go:

1. Kids-Mine in particular


2. Kisses-Who doesn't like that?


3. Kin-That's country for family


4. Kindness-Especially when it is my kids being kind to each other


5. Knowledge-Not necessarily quantum physics, but new skills and craft are fun to learn


6. Krispy Kreme-Yum!


7. Knight in Shining Armor-Cheesy I know, but that is my Chad. You try coming up with K words!
8. K9-I'm such a dog person


9. Kicking a ball-Oh how I miss soccer!


10. Killer Deal-Well, I guess this is my new sport. I lettered in sales!

OK, so now I get to tag people. Kristyn, you will need a break from unpacking, so I will give you the letter R. Val, I think you might have fallen off the face of this earth, so I am going to give you the letter C to make sure you are still alive. Casie (I hope I spelled it right) you get to entertain your loyal readers with something without substance with the letter B. Good luck!

This is David. He just got back from the dentist.

Back-seat driver

So yesterday I took Micah with me to run a couple of errands. As I got to one intersection, a car from the far right lane decided to change it's mind and headed over to the left turn lane. As a result, it was completely blocking my lane. I let out an annoyed "What?" Micah (aka little parrot in the back seat) said "What did you say mommy? Did you say 'what'?" He knew I was annoyed with this car. That is when he went off. "Are you kidding me?" and "Just drive already!" came out, followed by an "Oh, come on!" I thought it was funny. Apparently, I have a mild case of road rage. I'm proud to say there was no name calling or swearing. If that happened, I know he would have been in the car with one of his aunties!