i still have tons of cute pics on flickr that i need to talk about. when we went to see santa at the bass pro shop, someone was there with there dog, so of course the girls said we needed to bring pepper and of course we did! as soon as we got there it was raining and pepper got wet, and when we walked in santa had jsut left on his lunch break for an hour! and of course, i had forgotten her leash (thought we'd be in and out) so while the girls did the other activites, color pages and frosted cookies, ect....i got to carry around a stinky wet dog....every time i set her down, she took off, typical...and she even got so excited when someone reached down to pet her, she peed on the floor, typical.....but in the end, it was all worth it for the girls to get their picture!
(someone the other day looked surprised when i said that i let the girls pick out their own clothes....really?... you thought i did this)
TOMS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!
this last weekend was toms bday weekend! starting friday: i got up and did school with the girls and tom got to sleep in. when he was up and ready he said he wanted to take the girls out. they left at 11 and went to frozen yogurt, burger king, i don't know what else, but they were gone for 4 hours, i cleaned the whole house, it felt so good! then when they came home shreya invited them to go out to stevie Bs for pizza, so i took them over there while i went grocery shopping. they got home at 7 and fell asleep as soon as their head hit the pillow!
saturday was tom's bday. me and the girlys got up and made biscuits and gravy and eggs. then we went to the girl's cheer game, then we went to see chipwrecked, then we went mexican for lunch, then back home to pick up pepper and straight out again to the park. then home at for ice cream and cookies. the girls got tom an angry bird stuffed animal, they have been begging me to get him since xmas....i've been saying no, but when the clairs here went out of business and they were 75% off, i finally caved....and they got him double stuffed oreos....he was happy. they are glad he has a stuffed animal to sleep with at night now....i just didn't seem right for him to sleep with out anything.....
on sunday i made tom his birthday dinner and deseret. the dinner he picked was cannolones from Uraguay and they were sooo yummy! the deseret was a flop, but at least i had ice cream and those double stuffed oreos!
it was a fun weekend! tom said it was the best birthday he's ever had!
oh and the girls made him the cutest cards with pictures of them and him that they drew and halle wrote, "dada, i love you. U R the best." and then she spelled it all out for kiki to write on her card!
ps. the girls have 2 "black babies" and 2 "blond babies" they each have one of each and have been carriying them everywhere for a few weeks now. to the movies, to church, strollers for walks, in the car, buckled up. its so cute! kiera's black baby is even named Kizzy...isn't that the baby from roots? made me laugh....they are the baby alive brand that drink and pee...what more could a kid want!?!
Monday, January 30, 2012
santa and pepper
Thursday, January 26, 2012
showing off some xmas presents
we have had some fun days lately...here's some highlights:
when lynn was here we did "fun friday" every friday, home made pizza and playing....when they left, i had to keep the tradition going...i told the girls they could each pick a friend to have over on friday after school till 7pm. we have had so much fun doing this and the girls look forward to it all week! we make home made pizza and i let each girl either make a pizza or a calzone. most of the girls that have come over have never done it before so they love it! a couple weeks ago we had a couple girls from their cheer squad over. it was fun to have brand new friends over the house! and its made cheer more fun for the girls to feel like they have lots of best friends on the squad!
favorite things to do are usually nails, make up, and dancing!
the monday after new years, tom had off. when ever he has off, he takes the girls out to breakfast. they love their date with daddy.
we got out monopoly and played most of the day!
we got a few games from grandma for xmas too, mouse trap and the squinkies game. it is so fun to have kids old enough to play games. we play a game pretty much everyday and have a pretty fun collection of games now!
a couple saturdays ago we took pepper to a dog park. the girls were thrilled! i was scared to death being around all the big dogs. so was pepper. she didn't move from under my legs or off my lap. but someone brought a litter of 7 wk old , german sheperds, 8 of them. kiki was in heaven with them crawling all over her! i was grossed out, i'm really not a dog person, but she was so happy , i kept a fake smile on the whole time.
i turned the extra room in our house into a mini house for the girls. i put all their new baby stuff from xmas in it, cribs, high chairs, a little table, with their tea set from grandma, their kitchen, strollers, ect. the girls love it and love to be little mama's in their little "house". everytime i walk by the room it makes me happy to think about what a dream life the girls have. i have the happiest memories from my childhood and thats what i'm trying to make for my girls too!
shreya had a girls night on saturday. the girls had so much fun. dinner, made snow globes, and painted and played! it was an awesome "late-over"!
cheer is turing out to be sooo fun. its a dream come true for me to get to be there coach. i seriously can't think of anything better. the girls tell me all the time they love me being the coach. we have practice every wedn. and a game on saturday. we have learned about 20 cheers that we do throughtout the game. then at half time the girls do a hip hop dance to music i found youtube and then at the end of the game, i put on the music and line up up on the side line and have the girls run out one at a time and do cartwheel, splits, or jump kicks. we usually go through the girls 3 x, they love it so much!
tuesday, after having had rain for about a week, it was in the 70s and sunny. we stayed out front on the drive way from 12-6pm. after school some neighborhood kids came out. in 6 hours, we had so much fun, we did jump rope, chalk outlined our bodies, put on music and danced. got the my little ponies and made chalk cities on the drive way for them and house. rollerbladed, raced, got out the beach towels and unbrellas and laid out....it was awesome! so relaxing and fun. i love my girls so much. they make my days so much fun....what would i do with out them? everyone always asks what i would do if they said they wanted to go to chool... ..seriously?.......school or getting to play all day with your mom, sister, and your puppy.....i dont' think they'll be asking any time soon.
Misc:
-the girls have decided to make their beds everyday, including re setting up all their animals so it looks nice....who are these kids....i've never made a bed in my life!
-halle, "i love ice cream more then anything in the world!" kiki, "more then God, halle? HE MADE YOU!"
you know the katy perry song, "your hot then your cold, your yes , then your no"
the other day i listened closely while halle sang it and she sings, "your hot then your cold, theirs a nest in your nose"
ok, back to school work. now that i've got the lap top at the table with us for school, i might do more updates....
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
DIY skateboards
i bought these skate boards at a yardsale last year and held on to them to give to the girls for xmas. this last year, i saved everything i got at yard sales and thrift stores to give to the girls for xmas. i ended up finding the girls some cool stuff. these boards cost a few bucks each. then i took the girls to micheals and said they could each pick out their favorite scrapbook paper for something i was making them for xmas, but didn't tell them what it was. halle picked a paper with cupcakes on it and kiki picked one with peace signs. then i cut up a hello kitty activity book i had already and modge podge it on the boards and viola...custom made skateboards! they were so happy. especially cuz james is a really great skateboarder, so they know if they practice they can get good too. and james got a board for xmas this year too....the girls have used them a lot, mostly for sitting on and riding down hills, but they are getting better at skating on them too. i have used halle's board a lot too, its actually really fun, never tried it before, but maybe us girls will get good at it this year.
christmas break
it was hard to get halle out of the boots and skirt, she looked so cute as a little skater girl
christmas
it will take me awhile to blog about all that happened over christmas, but i figure i should start wrting some of the highlights so i don't forget. this is halle in some of her new christams stuff. the shirt, the tights, the purple boots, which she told me was one of her favorite presents. i just happened to be at the goodwill one day and saw a pair of pink and purple boots, new with tags, sitting next to one another. i scooped them off the shelf into my cart under a big shirt to hide them from the girls....i always keep a big shirt in the cart with me at thrift stores to hide stuff from the girls....when the girls weren't looking i took a peek and crossed my fingers that at least one would be the right size....turned out the purple pair were halle's size and the pink were kiera's size, exactly....i was so excited. the girls have worn their boots almost everyday since christmas.
also, notice halle' s streaked hair, al ittle red in it. tom bought the girls these hair colors that you rub on hair. it so cute!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
fav. quotes of the week.
kiki's quote of the week, "your the nicest mom in the world to stay home with us everyday!" sometimes kiki says the sweetest things to me that make my day!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
christmas eve treats
cookies for santa claus...
carrot for the reindeer
and doggy treats for santa paws on the little plate. santa left a little note for the girls thanking them for the treats and for leaving pepper out of the bathroom so they could play with her. we all opened PJs for xmas eve. grandma lopez bought halle size 5....luckily she got a pair from grandma garrett. halle asked me, "when you get old, do you get more forgetter?" i said, "yeah, why?"...."cuz i think grandma forgot that i'm 6 , not 5".
poor grandma lopez, losing her mind and her sweetest grand child has to point it out to her...
christmas eve was so exciting. we sprinkled oats and sprinkles, reindeer food on the front lawn, read xmas stories, ate cookies and hot chocolate....you could feel the excitment and magic in the air.