a halle original hairstyle.....
"put pony tails down the middle of my head, like a mohawk, but don't pull the hair all the way through" oh and she wanted some cornrows leading up to the mohawk, i did one little braid on each side. you can only imagine her face when she looked in the mirror when i was done....christmas morning.....
then the dresses, tights, and top it off with a scarf, ready for the day, just so happened it was sunday and we were headed to church, but it could have been walmart for all they care...there's never a reason not to look your best!
i told halle that we were having another talent show at church , so she could think of a talent....fashion! popped out of her mouth before i even finished..."thats my talent!"...."i want to model, like a fashion show".....so i was thinking of maybe printing up some of these pictures i 've taken ( i have a ton on flickr) of her and kiki's most creative outfits and put them on a poster to display at the talent show. i should really get her on video one morning when she comes out and describes to me why she chose each peice and accessory.......they way they pose and strut around...its really something, especially for a mom like me....i do like make up and hair, but i've never been into clothes and accessories....funny how different their little personalities are from me.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
off to church
today
today we were driving in the car and kiki says this:
"mama, i couldn't sleep all night, i was up all night feeling so bad and sad"
i ask why
"i feel so sad that daddy has to work and doesn't get to be home having fun with us all day. its just so sad. he has to work and doesn't get to have fun"
she looks likes shes on the verge of tears, so i tell her, thats sweet kiki, and i'm sure he misses us and wishes he could be here, but i say, daddy is glad and happy that he can work and make money so we can live in a house and eat and play.
later i told tom. when i got to the part about daddy being "glad and happy", he just shook his head and said i'm not that happy about it....me and halle laughed, kiki looked confused....halle said, yeah, you have to make money so we can go out and spend it, hahahahah. i said, "yeah, and today we wasted it on the dog" (pepper got some shots)....then we were all laughing, even kiki....
Friday, February 17, 2012
valentine's day
me and the girls made this vday cake for our homeschool keepers group. the girls had fun picking out the candy and decorating!
this year for valentine's day we had a really fun day! tom told the girl he wanted to take them to the movies for a date on vday. the only movie out was something halle did not want to see, but kiki was excited about a daddy date so tom said he would have to take them on seperate dates! luckily tom was on call, so he didn't end up having to work all day. we got up and tom took halle to breakfast. i gave kiki some ideas of what we could do together and she picked take her babies in their stroller to the mall to walk around. she was in HEAVEN pushing them around, played with the puppies at the pet store and got a gumball! then we came home and switched. tom took kiki to the movies and halle wanted to do the same thing kiki had done. so we took her babies to the mall, with their stroller and did the same thing!
when we all got home, we went to the phone store, target and the sports store next door and played with the basketballs....valentine's evening and we had the store to ourselves. tom let each of the girls pick out a present for each other and for me. halle of course, picked flowers for me and kiki picked me out a minnie mouse shirt, which she was thrilled about me wearing the next day!
me and the girls made tom dessert that night, so yum! we had a great day, i know the girls will be looking forward to valentine's day for next year!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
pepper's party
pepper's party was the last friday of xmas break. it turned out to be a day about 75, and all our friends had off school, so perfect timing! i posted the party info as my facebook status, so all our friends were invited! we had a great turnout, like 30 people, which was awesome, cuz the girls were expecting that EVERYONE would want to be there! we even had a couple people bring their dogs. i forgot to take a picture of the cake, but i made a big cake bowl and frosted it bright pink, pepper's favorite color and filled it with the recesses peanut butter ball cereal. it looked cute!
planning the party was half the fun for the girls. we made dog bone collars for everyone and i had letter stickers that they put on the tags. then we bought happy 1st birthday plates and napkins and some canned dog food for pepper's cake, with a stick doggy treat, for the candle (halle's idea)....we played with the parachute, played red rover, red rover, hunted for hidden paper dog bones that i hid in the bushes, sang happy birthday, ate cake and chips, opened a couple presents people had bought pepper, someone got her a toy which pepper carried around the house for the next week! then we played sand and the kids made a huge house for themselves and pepper. and of course pepper looked adogable in her little dress that the girls got her for xmas!
it was sooo much fun. Everyone who came had a really fun time!
we are looking for a reason to throw another party, but sadly, valentine's day is going to be too cold to have it outside :(
we'll see what the girls talk me into next, keep a look out on f/b for the next big bash :)
Saturday, February 11, 2012
nutcracker
this year we went to the nutcracker. it is our family tradition. so as soon as the xmas stuff went up in the stores in oct. the girls were asking about going. they were so excited. we never go anywhere all dressed up, except to church...but to go out to eat all fancy, total dream come true for the girls. i even waved all of our hair and let the girls pick out my clothes and accessories...the girls love the show. its long and they watch and enjoy the whole thing!
more current updates:
we are actually learning a lot this year in school. everyday i tell tom, "i learn something new everyday and it's only kindergarten" ...tom makes fun of me for saying it, until the other day when he overheard me teaching them something...biggest countries, blah, blah, blah....he didn't believe me...whipped out his phone to double check me and i was right.....even tom is learning a lot in kindergarten.
kiki is so sweet, everyday she tells me at least 3 times, randomly, that she loves me. yestarday we went to a baptism, the girls were so reverent and quiet, and it was kinda noisey, halle's two friends sat next to her and talked the whole time and halle sat perfectly quiet without me even having to say anything to her. kiki sat quiet too on my lap. in the car ride home i told them how good they were and how happy i was and most importantly i kept telling them how happy that made Heavenly Father. kiki's cutest quote of the day: "mama, i want to do everything that God wants me to do". i told her that made my heart happy and she said, mine too!
i bought kiki a box of tissues for her runny nose. first time i ever bought a box of tissues for the girls. kiki held the box the whole time in the grocery cart she was so happy and every time, and i mean every time she used one that day, she came and told me, "thank you so much for buying me these tissues! your the best mom in the whole world!"....it was just tissues and they were really cheap, but it was so sweet!
halle is crazy about cheer. can't wait to post pictures. she comes up with cheers all day and the moves. and then we all have to watch and then she says, do you like it. i say yes. and then she asks if i'll use it and teach teh girls at the next practice. sometimes they are so random i can't use them ("ready, ok, i like ice cream, go team go!" ...you get the idea), but every now and then i use one of her moves or let her change one of the cheers i found online and she gets so excited!