Garrett Girls + One

showing off some xmas presents

2012-01-26T09:08:00.001-08:00

DSC02886, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

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....

DIY skateboards

2012-01-17T18:13:00.001-08:00

DSC02846, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

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

2012-01-17T18:00:00.001-08:00

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it was hard to get halle out of the boots and skirt, she looked so cute as a little skater girl

christmas

2012-01-17T17:57:00.001-08:00

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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!

fav. quotes of the week.

2012-01-05T04:08:00.000-08:00

tom was teasing the girls, saying why would you throw a dog a party. she doesnt' need a party, she's just a dog. they knew he was kidding but they were having fun defending the reasons you HAVE to have a party for a dog. finally halle said, "daddy, we are throwing pepper a party because WE are the funnest family in the world!"

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!

christmas eve treats

2012-01-04T12:28:00.001-08:00

DSC02844, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

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.

hello kitty

2011-12-28T15:45:00.001-08:00

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lucy was so excited to get a hello kitty shirt for xmas from grandma. she has become so garrett this year!
all the girls are in new xmas clothes, makeup, hair color highlights, and tights.....cutest girls ever. we'll miss these May girls a ton! what a fun year we've had!!!

gingerbread castle

2011-12-28T12:28:00.001-08:00

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one of halle's homeschool groups was having a gingerbread house contest. everyone took their house to put on display. most people used kits so ours was the only castle and the girls thought that was pretty cool. one house was spectacular and looked like they spent 3 weeks building it, 3 story high, with candy cane pillars. looked like the white house, the obvious winner (its a homeschool group, so there are high school kids in it too).....anyways, we left early so when we were leaving we i got the lady to give us our certificates before we left...the ones everyone get just for entering the contest, but the girls didn't see anyone else get there's yet cuz we were on our way out. i got all excited about the certificate and told the girls, look, you guys had the coolest castle so they gave you a certificate. they started freaking out and jumping up and down, thinking they had won the contest. then after a min of thinking about it, halle said, "mama, i can't believe we won, i really would of thought the one with the candy cane pillars would have won".....well, halle's not a sore loser, but i thought why not boost her self confidence.....so i said, well, there's was good, but it was no castle. halle said, yeah, thats true.

christmas eve!

2011-12-28T12:11:00.001-08:00

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me and my best little buddy in the whole world.

pepper's first xmas

2011-12-28T12:09:00.001-08:00

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having a puppy first xmas is pretty fun. it was almost as exciting for the girls to know xmas was coming for pepper as it was for them to know xmas was coming for them.
yes, i know, this blog is becoming more about pepper then anyone else, but the girls ask me all day long to take pictures of them and pepper. "mama, take a picture of me and pepper doing this...or that...ect...."
half the time i do use my "pretend" camera and just hold up my hands and pretend to take a picture, but the other half of the time, what the heck....thank goodness there digital pictures.....

check out the girls cute bangs.....kiki, said, "straight across" and halle said she wanted a side swoop.....they look like more like mini me's now.

2x in the week since someone has told halle, you look like your mom. and both times halle has said, "i think i look more like my dad".

poor pepper

2011-12-28T12:01:00.001-08:00

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the girls begged me to get pepper boots for xmas, but when they saw this santa suit, they begged me to get it. really how could i say no, it was just so cute and pepper looked so re-dog-u-lous in it.

cheerleading!

2011-12-18T17:29:00.001-08:00

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this is halle back in jan. doing cheerleading. she loved it! i was glad she liked it but the coach was really boreing and had them sitting around during most of the games. halle has been asking me when she can do it again, but i didn't want to sign her up and waste my money.....i know the coaches are volunteers so i decided to call the rec. center and ask if they still needed a cheer coach. they did! so i volunteered and signed both the girls up. they were freaking out and screaming when i told them i was going to be the coach! i decided the last week of sign ups to do it, so i didn't have anytime to spread the word except to post on facebook that sign ups were ending and i was trying to recruit any of halle's friends....it was so cheap, only $15! so i got a few friends to sign their daughters up and the girls were freaking out when i told them they would know some of the kids on the squad.

i have spent some time on youtube learning some basic cheers. this is going to be a lot of fun!!! there will be no sitting around and no time to be boring. i'm really excited about this!

beautiful

2011-12-12T12:57:00.001-08:00

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this is what beautiful looks like! the girls were shut in the bathroom for an hour and they came out feeling like a million bucks! when lucy is over kiki has to tell her a few times , randomly, "iloveyou , lucy!" halle and kiki have had so much fun helping this little princess in training prepare to graduate from the garrett girls princess school and be ready to be on her own with lily in a few weeks! LUcy, i think your ready!

grandma and grandpa garrett

2011-12-08T16:08:00.001-08:00

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the girls had a great time while grandma and grandpa garrett were here for thanksgiving weekend! here's what we did:
wednesday: out to lunch, to walmart to pick out some new toys (highlight was halle got a stand up hello kitty microphone and kiki got a barbie rock star guitar, they have been having so much fun in "band practice") go see the muppets movie.
thursday: cook, watch the parade, play outside (it was in the 70s all weekend!) , eat like pigs!, play just dance, and hang out.
friday: go for a hike, went to johnny G's fun center for 5 hours!!! had pizza and did go-karts and all the indoor fun stuff!
saturday: halle made everyone pancakes, mickey mouse shaped with feather shaped pancakes, bacon and eggs, she even set the table and prepared everyone's plate! then we went rollerskating, to the bass pro shop to see santa (where this picture is taken) then went home, grandma and grandpa garrett went home!

it was jam packed with lots of fun! plus the girls love when anyone likes pepper and grandma and grandpa fell in love with pepper!

grandpa lopez

2011-12-08T15:57:00.001-08:00

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grandpa lopez came for thanksgiving. he stayed with the mays since we had grandma and grandpa garrett visiting us. we had a great time over thanksgiving!!

this picture cracks me up because lucy didn't want her picture taken, obviously, but lynn warned her she would look like a troll in the picture if she didnt' smile.....every time i look at the picture, i crack up....yup, a troll is a good word for lucy in this picture!

christmas

2011-12-08T09:37:00.001-08:00

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the nails , plus i did hair wraps for the girls and put tiny bells on the ends of them....they love the little jingle where ever they go and the compliments!

christmas nails!

2011-12-08T09:36:00.001-08:00

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fancy girls

2011-12-08T09:28:00.001-08:00

DSC02748, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

on monday we went to the goodwill....a weekly activity. and found these adorable cups and saucers. there are always tons of them there. we have a small tea pot collection and cups and saucers that we get out occassionally for a tea party, but the girls have been using these cups and saucers for every meal this week. i guess its nice to start out your day fancy and proper! they leave them on the counter all day and i refill their pots. they each picked their favorite pot, but one of these days i'll have to take a picture of the whole collection. halle asked me, "why would any one get rid of these pretty cups?" ....my answer, "there's crazy people out there, halle, crazy!!" i said it totally serious, and she just nodded in agreement.

just another day at the garretts

2011-12-07T06:11:00.001-08:00

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the girls always find ways to have fun at our house! dressing up and dancing is an everyday event!

quotes of the day:
halle, "mama, can we hang some mistletoe really low for pepper and if any dogs come over and they walk under it with pepper, they can sniff each other's butts under the mistle toe"

grandpa lopez, "what are you going to leave santa to drink with his cookies"
halle, "alcohol"

i was pretty shocked she would say this, since we don't drink, but i guess that's why she thought it would be a funny joke. the only time she has ever heard that word is when i taught them about the word of wisdom and explained to her that we don't drink alcohol....

i need to get a video of halle's southern accent....she's getting good at it and its pretty funny.

more nails...

2011-12-07T06:02:00.001-08:00

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it never gets old for the girls and i love it too, its actually really fun to do! have to post the christmas nails soon!

shreya's party

2011-12-07T05:59:00.001-08:00

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shreya, one of our best friends, had her bday party a few weeks ago. as the girls were getting all ready and accessorized for the party, i thought, i'm pretty sure lynn does not know how to get her girls ready for a party. so i called and told her to send them over and i would get them ready. lynn was of course, confused, telling me they were dressed and ready to go......no, when a girl is going to a party, getting ready is half the fun. i crimped lucy's hair but didn't get a good picture of it, it looked so long with the curl taken out of it. lucy immediately ripped off her clothes (lynn had her in a black shirt :( and put on one of kiki's shirts , we did make up, sprayed hair and clothes in glitter, perfume, necklaces, the works! when lily saw all this going on, she kept ripping at her ugly clothes, saying , "off, off"...luckily i found a pair of jeans and a princess shirt that lucy had left here to put on her and she was sooooo happy!

the party was so much fun, but i forgot my camera. it was a rockstar party, so there was lots of dancing!

shreya had adam and james be security guards at the door and they wore their suits and checked people's names off a guest list. it was sooo cute!

french manicure

2011-12-04T16:57:00.001-08:00

DSC02568, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

can any one say no to this girl? i dont think so....halle got tom to not only paint her nails, he's done that before , but to give her a french manicure on her hands and toe nails. it came out pretty good, i've never seen a french manicure on a 6 year old, so it was cute! she saw it on someone at church and thought it was so cool. reminds me of something funny she said a while back. i was telling her about the pioneers having to leave their home to go to Utah....halle said, if i had to leave my home and move somewhere, i wouldn't go to Utah, i'd move to Paris!

yeah, thats a mermaid tail on pepper...

2011-12-04T16:49:00.001-08:00

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and she wore a sea shell bra to match it.....the girls had this costume picked out the day we bought pepper....its a build a bear costume (so there is even a hole in the mermaid tail for pepper's tail)....i'm sure pepper loved it, pepper went trick or treating with us...it was better then last year when the girls made me bring the guinea pig trick or treating with us.

here, little kitty

2011-12-04T16:45:00.001-08:00

DSC02557, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i was planning on being a witch again. kiki wanted to be Ming ming....(wonder pet)
and halle the black cat. well, it doesn't take long of watching halle prowl around the house in her kitty costume (weeks before halloween) and swinging her tail, and playing with cat toys, to make you wish you were a kitty too....which is exactly what halle wanted....so me and kiera decided we wanted to be kitty's too. and the girls were so happy we were all matching! the girls had one peice black leatards.....dont' worry, i just wore black pants and a black shirt.

finished product

2011-12-04T16:36:00.001-08:00

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here is the finished product! they actually tasted really good too. kiki couldn't bare to eat hers....too scary....

making the monster bread

2011-12-04T16:34:00.001-08:00

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this kiki making her monster bread. both girls made a loaf and then decorated it. they turned out so cute for our scary dinner on halloween!

scary dinner

2011-12-02T16:15:00.001-08:00

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here is our halloween dinner. me and lynn both made stuff. rat meatballs, cauliflower brains, monster bread, eye eggs and mummy dogs.....it was so fun to have the mays with us! kiera could only bring herself to eat the mummy dogs, everything else grossed her out. i had to destroy and disguise the rats to get her to eat them the next day.
is adam the best harry potter, or what

India

2011-12-02T05:12:00.001-08:00

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every history lesson is pretending you are traveling to a different country. its really fun and i've, i mean the girls, have learned a lot! after the lesson, they have a craft. this was use Indian spices to decorate your pictures. they are still hanging up....for a few days it smelt like our favorite indian resturant. of course, we had to go out to indian food for history's sake.

when i started the lesson, i said to halle, what is different about my cooking then indian food (answer i was hoping for was the spices)...halle's answer, "indian food is so good i can't stop eating it"

kiki cooking

2011-12-02T05:08:00.001-08:00

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"mama, take a picture of me cooking. i'm doing a really good job."

(one of kiki's classic outfits!)

pepper

2011-11-17T19:17:00.001-08:00

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halle has been begging me to take a picture of them with pepper and frame and hang it up in the house. wow, for not being a dog person, i've sure done some things i'm embarrassed about....not to mention the pink shirt pepper had to wear to halle's birthday party so she would match the pink and black color scheme of the party.....

as christmas approaches, the girls talk a few times a day of what we are going to get pepper for christmas. they are going to freak out when i actually fill a stocking up for her and they find it on xmas morning. i'm excited to see how happy that will make them! well, i agreed that they could get pepper a sweater for xmas. they are trying to talk me into getting her boots. i dont' know if i can go that far.....

pepper's birthday is jan. 2nd. as the days get closer to her party, it becomes more and more involved and detailed. halle can really fixate on a topic and talk and talk and talk to me and lynn and cashiers and anyone else who will listen to her plans for pepper's party. so far, we need to send out invitations to other friends that have dogs and pepper's neighborhood dog friends. we need to get dog treats and plates and a cat pinata, ect , ect....i'm sure i'm forgetting things....but stay tuned for pictures from pepper's party in a couple months, because of course, i am going to throw pepper an amazing party. not because i've grown AT ALL attached to pepper or that i yell at her any less or that she drives me any less crazy, but because i know that halle and kiki are totally counting on it and will FREAK out when it actually happens!

primary program!

2011-11-17T19:06:00.001-08:00

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last sunday was the primary program for church. the kids got to do all the speaking and singing for the church meeting. pretty much the best sunday of the year! this was kiki's first year to be in it. she (and halle, of course) were soooo excited to get to talk into the microphone in front of everyone! we practiced their parts till they memorized them. i need to get a video of it because it was just so cute.
kiki got to go first, she did a scripture from the book of mormon:
2nd Nephi, chapter firty (30) - two, verse free (3) says, feast upon the words of Christ, for behold ...will tell you all things that ye should do.
she left a couple words out, but was so proud of herself!

halle's part:
i know the scriptures are true, and in the scriptures we learn that God commanded his people to build temples. the pioneers worked hard and sacrificed to build temples. there are now 135 operating temples and 11 under construction.

halle felt really good about herself for memorizing that and has been wanting to memorize poems and stuff ever since.

i planned a treasure hunt for the kids to do for sharing time after the program. the treasure was a big box of candy! then we stuck feathers taped to tooth picks in a pumpkin with a turkey head. came out cute and all the kids had to say something they were thankful for.

hello kitty bday

2011-11-17T18:55:00.001-08:00

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coolest cake ever!
halle designed this cake. she described every last detail of it to lynn. "i want a road, and grass, with sprinkles in the grass and on the side. flowers, purple and pink, ect, ect, ect.....
new details kept coming up day after day, till finally i told halle, lynn is going to do your cake the best she can, but dont' be disappointed if it isnt' everything you have in your head, cuz she can't read your mind.
when halle saw the cake she was totally freaking out...."its exactly what i wanted!!!" down to every last detail! thanks, lynn! this was one awesome and totally unique cake!

utah trip!

2011-11-17T06:31:00.001-08:00

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this is from the church history museum in salt lake. we spent a lot of time dancing! this was really fun, i danced quite a bit too. look at tom in his little vest, always knew there was a little latin in him somewhere.

yestarday at the good will kiki found a brand new mini backpack, hello kitty and asked if we could get it for halle for xmas. we did, very sweet.

i told kiki a while ago i wanted slippers for xmas. yestarday at the goodwill i found some and put them in the cart. kiki said , mom, can those be from me? i'll get them for you for xmas!

yestarday halle told me she had $5 left from her birthday money. then she said, i need to get something for you, daddy and kiki, so how much can spend on each of you? really sweet. she has some things hidding in her room that she bought at a neighbors yardsale for kiki and lucy. don't know how they got so sweet sometimes!

at the neighborhood halloween party there was a costume contest. halle and kiki got judged and lost. when they came over to me, of course i was shocked they didn't win (hello? shouldn't the cutest kids win?!?!) so i said to halle, you should have won, your costume was the best. (i was thinking halle was going to be very disappointed) but she just said to me, "can i go tell the girl who won, 'good job', she has a pretty costume?".......ok, whos kid is this?!?!?!?

halle said, how come kiki has a nickname and not me? i said, pick a nickname. she said ok, call me freckles! (halle btw, loves the few freckles she has across her nose!)

halle, "mommy, when my two front teeth fall out will they grow in bigger?"
me, "yes, much bigger."
halle, "do you think the space between my two front teetch will close up?"
me, "yeah, it probably will."
halle, "oh, no!!! i love that space. its so cute!"

kiki likes to crawl in my bed in the morning and snuggle for a little bit. then halle gets up and sees us together. halle's not a nighttime snuggler, so never cares, but out of principle one day, she got in my bed early one morning and beat kiki there. when kiki got up and found us together. she was so jealous! usually the girls are so spoiled with my attention that they dont' get jealous of one another but kiki has pushed halle off my lap since the day she was born, so she was in disbelief. about 10 min later watching cartoons i saw her having a very grumpy look on her face. whats wrong , i asked. kiki said, i'm still sad i saw halle in your bed this morning.

lynn has been halle's primary teacher all year. they got halle's class a new teacher a few sundays ago. halle cried that night. halle really loves lynn.

trip to utah

2011-11-04T04:56:00.001-07:00

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it will take me a long time to post and talk about all the pictures from our amazing trip to utah. i'll have to jsut do one now and then. we had a three week trip to utah in sept. tom came for the middle part of the trip. it was our best trip yet. always funner and funner as the girls get older. this year we went camping at the anderson's cabin. it was sooo awesome. this picture is of the kids after they had collected bullet shells and halle told everyone to collect flowers, uses the shells as vases and make a flower shop. it was so cute to see all the kids playing together, they had the best time together.

this week we started doing novemeber/thanksgving crafts for school. we are excited for the leaves to start falling so we can make some more colleges. the weather has been so nice, high of about 70, so perfect weather for playing outside. makes it hard to get too much school work done during the day. pepper is so spoiled with a walk in the morning with lynn, me, and the girls and then we all play outside after school at 4 adn then another walk after dinner. the girls love being outside and we LOVE teh weather here in GA!

yestarday kiki's training wheels broke, so i taught her how to ride a two wheeler. just gave her a push and off she went, she is sooo proud of her self and has been telling everyone she can ride a two wheeler now!

last week we were supposed to have Asian week for history. well, we didn't get anything done out of our actual books, but we did manage to make egg drop soup, fried rice, won tons, egg rolls, and egg fo young. the girls had fun helping me make it all and halle kept saying, we shoudl move to china so we can eat this everyday... cooking school, what the girls call it....is a major emphais in our homeschool curriculum...hahaha....that and a heavy focus on PE and recess!!

halloween

2011-11-04T04:38:00.001-07:00

halloween, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

halloween weekend started on friday with free pumpkin pancakes for kids at IHOP. we went with lynn, ally's family and another family from church. you did not have to dress up, but since the girls slept in their costumes, of course we all ended up dressed up. it was great because after we needed to run to walmart , lynn went off with all the kids and being by myself in costume, i had hopes of ending up on the people of walmart.com....

after school, all the kids got dressed up and we went to stevie B's pizza, kids eat for a dollar if they are dressed up. and then we went straight to a fall festival at the park. it was so fun, bounce houses , carnival games, and even a haunted hayride that had james and adam on the floor of the hayride curled up in fetal postition.
on saturday, tom watched all the kids so me and lynn could go yardsale shopping. we got lots of cool stuff for the kids for xmas.
that evening we all got dressed up again for the church fall festival.

on monday, we made a haunted dinner and had some friends come over. i took some cute pictures..mummy dogs, cauliflower brains, monster bread, rat meatloaf and develed egg eye balls. kiki was so grossed out, she could not bring herself to eat anything but mummy dogs. then we went trick or treating. we live in a great neighborhood for trick or treating. everyone goes at the same time and its in the middle of nothing so their's no cars in the streets. the kids were so excited running from house to house. kiki kept telling me the whole time how much she loved this holiday. second only to xmas. then back to the club house for a party, back home to make some candy trades between the kids and off to bed.
it was a fun night and a dream come true to spend it with the mays. last year at this time, i was thinking , "next year, we'll be with the mays"......everything is funner with cousins!

girls night

2011-10-21T14:38:00.001-07:00

DSC01932, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

can't remember if i ever posted pics from the last couple girls pj parties we've had. they have been tons of fun. the girls are begging for another one, so i'm sure i'll do it soon. check out the makeup on the girls!!!

sweet things i saw halle do this week:
when i was cutting kiki's hair she picked some hair off the ground and put it in a little jewelry box on kiki's shelf and showed kiki later how she saved some of her hair.
while the girls were sitting in the bath, while it was filling, kiki was sitting furthest from the faucet and was sooo cold. halle was filling a bucket with the warm faucet water and dumping it on her legs over and over, saying, i'll warm you up, i'll warm you up.
at the neighborhood yardsale, the day after halle's bd party where she had gotten some money. she told kiki , lucy and lily to pick something out at the neighbor's sale that they wanted and she would buy it for them, which she did.

she got two sets of earrings in her grandma's bd package. without even a hesitation, she told kiki, you can have a pair. i told her that was something only Jesus would do and very few people. i could tell it made her feel very good inside.

she got a few boxes of candy for her birthday and every time she takes some out i know she pours a handful of it in kiki's hand, even if i'm far off and not even paying attention, she is more generous then i would ever ask of her.

quick stories

2011-10-19T16:51:00.000-07:00

two funny things happened yestarday. i want to start writing down the funny day to day things the girls say so i don't forget. i got one from each.
at the store i told halle to think of something she wanted for me to make for dinner this week. halle describes the perfect dinner, enough to make me drool.....chicken , stuffing, mashed potatoes, and GRAVY (last thanksgiving was the first and last time halle had gravy and she fell in love, to put it mildly, she was drinking it like it was soup, saying whats this called again. oh, gravy, i love it soooo much)....so i buy all the ingreidents, she holds the gravy packets the whole time at the store and in the car.....we make the dinner, it takes like an hour, when its all ready i say, what do you want on your plate..."just gravy, in a bowl"....i explain why you can't just eat gravy. ok, so she eats it on mashed potatoes and asks for more gravy a couple times....kiera just had chicken, dipped in bbq sauce.....so i had to ask, "halle, why did you pick this dinner and then not even really eat it." halle, "i really just wanted the gravy and i don't really even like stuffing, but wanted to shove it up the chicken's butt"...yeah, thats a quote.....

a few days ago i switched all the girls' summer clothes out for their winter stuff. kiera looked through the boxes of hand me downs and took all the size 4 shirts and most of the size 5 stuff, so in the end, her drawers were full. this morning they went to get dressed and i hear kiki crying in her room saying she has nothing to wear. i keep saying, just find something, i know you have clothes, but she keeps on crying. i go in to see what the problem was. "kiki, you have tons of clothes, what are you talking about?" kiki says, "i can't wear this stuff, i need dresses!".....so i go get her a fancy winter church dress to wear today. but i don't really have winter play dresses, the way i have little summer play dresses that she wore everyday since spring. so i look at tom and say, you know what i'm going to end up doing for her.....pulling back out her summer dresses and letting her wear them with leggings and shirts underneath.....i can't stand the thought of her not feeling feminine and like a beauty queen everyday, so, thats exactly what i did, and she was sooo happy to have all her summer dresses back......and while out walking pepper this evening, a random neighbor said to me, don't you think its too cold out for her to be wearing that?......well, since i went through this dresses only phase with halle, i know i am going to be hearing that ALOT this winter!

mexican resturant

2011-10-19T12:52:00.001-07:00

DSC01999, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i put out chips and salsa for the kids with their dinner. they were so happy that it was like a mexican returant. everything is funner with the mays! halle had to get out a paper pad to take orders and helped me get everyone's plate just how they wanted it and handed them out. halle loves anything pretend!

today is halle's birthday! she is 6. in my head that number means they go from toddler to child. she is defenitly not a toddler anymore. she is so helpful and sweet i couldn't imagine not being able to spend all day with her.
tom didn't have to go to work till 4 today so it worked out perfect that he got to spend the day with us. we got up early and went to IHOP, halle's favorite resturant...i was a little dissappointed about her selection, not my favorite place, but oh well, they got their free balloons, so it made it all worth it. then, in tradition, we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. then i saw they were tripple the price of the grocery store and said for them each to pick out a "baby" pumpkin. they were happy to get a little baby and then we went to to the store to get some big mamas. then we took halle to the shoe store where we got her heels last year for xmas to pick out new heels since she grew out of the xmas ones. then we came home and carved the pumpkins, cooked the seeds, made cinnamon rolls and had them for lunch along with the seeds. then we watched annie, one of halle's favorite movies. tom asked if this was what it was like to be a stay home at mom. i said, yeah, its awesome, isn't it? he said yeah. and was really jealous. it was a good day, everyday is pretty good though....then we did an hour of school work till the boys got home form school. then played with them the rest of the day.
halle had a very happy birthday! pictures from her party are coming!

so happy!

2011-10-18T04:40:00.001-07:00

DSC02110, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

so happy about her birthday party! i love this picture, she was soooo excited!!!

doggie tricks

2011-10-18T04:37:00.001-07:00

DSC02123, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

lynn did doggy tricks with the kids. tell them to do something, sit, shake, and give them a dog bone shaped cookie! it was so cute! the kids loved it!

the cake

2011-10-18T04:36:00.003-07:00

DSC02125, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

better shot of the cake!!! it was awesome! lynn's amazing!

weird face

2011-10-18T04:36:00.001-07:00

DSC02127, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i guess when your sooo happy , your face can actually start to look like its in pain.....
check out the sparklers on the cake!
lynn made the cake, it was amazing! kiki loved it and loved this moment of being the center of attention!!!

pepper

2011-10-18T04:34:00.001-07:00

DSC02130, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

what would a pet party be without our pepper. everyone took their turns torturing pepper and lily of course took the longest most torturing turn!

look at this girl!

2011-10-18T04:33:00.001-07:00

DSC02131, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

she is so stinkin' cute! i can't believe she is 4. i'm glad she still acts like my baby!

party pics

2011-10-18T04:31:00.001-07:00

DSC02133, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

celebrating birthday's with the may's has made this a year we'll never forget! check out those cat ears. its amazing what you can do with felt and hot glue!

kiki's party

2011-10-18T04:30:00.003-07:00

DSC02136, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

more pics from the party! we had dinner and junk food! then cake and ice cream!

littlest pet shop!

2011-10-18T04:30:00.001-07:00

DSC02138, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

kiki had a great party. i'm glad she picked littlest pet shop. so cute to play all animal games!

dance party

2011-10-18T04:29:00.001-07:00

DSC02142, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

whats a party without dancing!

4 years old!

2011-10-18T04:28:00.001-07:00

DSC02143, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

shreya gave her that shirt for her bday. kiki of course had to rip off the shirt she had on and put this on!

kiki's birthday

2011-10-18T04:27:00.001-07:00

DSC02148, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

we did the fishing pole game. for prizes. all animal related games....to go with the pet shop theme. notice the animal ears

work horse

2011-10-18T04:26:00.001-07:00

DSC02151, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

will tom ever say no to them....not likely....

first day

2011-10-18T04:25:00.001-07:00

DSC02152, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

first day going to the park! you can see how excited all the kid were!!! thats our hotel in the background and the boat taking us to the park! if you stay at universal's hotels you get fast passes for all the rides. we really made the most of our trip not having to wait in any lines. it was awesome! only the best for our hero, jeff!

lucy missed her daddy

2011-10-18T04:24:00.001-07:00

DSC02155, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

lucy was so excited to have her daddy with us!
kiki's hair........yikes
i was trying to lean out of the picture....now i just look odd.
on the boat ride to universal!

kiki's birthday

2011-10-18T04:19:00.003-07:00

kiki got to celebrate her birthday at universal studios. what a cool birthday! i brought her presents there to open that morning. she was so happy!

its pictures like this that are deceiving about kiki's hair. somehow it looks so soft and flowing.....scroll down to see what it looks like more often.

universal studios

2011-10-18T04:19:00.001-07:00

DSC02164, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

this is adam's birthday. he got the costume that morning. of course, everyone at the park called him harry, someone even asked if they could take a picture with him. thrilling!!! he really does look the park and act it!
universal studios with the may family was amazing! in march we took the boys with us, so they had fun telling their dad what they had done before!
they sell those hair wraps at the park for $3 an inch. i did them for the girls before we left. they were so cute!
it was a very hot trip, we wore our bathing suits and cover ups the whole time and stoped at the water areas to keep cool! the curious george water area is sooo fun!

dolphins

2011-10-18T04:15:00.001-07:00

DSC02167, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

more from sea world....
this is a good picture of kiki's hair in its natural state. a big ratty mess. this is why when she asked me to cut it a couple months ago, i nearly got emotional. finally the day had arrived when i would never have to deal with her rats nests again! pictures to come, its so cute in a bob!

summer of fun

2011-10-18T04:12:00.001-07:00

DSC02180, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

we had the best summer. oh course the highlight was jeff being home. this is our trip to sea world! the kids had the best time! we had to go in aug. though and it was sooo hot.

tampa

2011-10-18T04:10:00.001-07:00

DSC02184, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

while jeff was here we took a trip to the beach. off of tampa. it was awesome. got a hotel so close to the beach! we had the best time.

no weight limit

2011-10-18T04:08:00.001-07:00

DSC02192, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

yup, once again, the only two adults on the ride....that and lazer tag....

go karts

2011-10-18T04:07:00.001-07:00

DSC02197, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

tom loved having jeff around before he left and for the couple weeks he was here. another adult sized kid. i wish he could have been here this year!

the biggest kids

2011-10-18T04:05:00.001-07:00

DSC02198, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

tom and jeff both had to get the unlimited wristbands at johnny Gs. they did the go karts about 20 times taking turns with all the kids, till they were sick and couldn't do it anymore.

posers

2011-10-18T04:04:00.001-07:00

DSC02204, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

this is way back from when jeff got to come home for a couple weeks. of course we went to our favorite fun center, johnny G's. the girls love to dance on the random table that is there. i love how they have taught lucy to pose this year.

Q&A

2011-10-17T06:27:00.000-07:00

saw on a friends blog. so i copied.

interview with kiki

what is your fav food: pizza
what do you want to be when you grow up: a rock star
what is your favorite movie: snow white
what is your favorite book: tom thumb
who is your best friend: lucy
what makes you happy: you (meaning me, of course!)
what makes you sad: when lily hit me.
what if your favorite animal: pepper
what is your favorite song: everybody dance now
favorite vacation: going to UT
what are you excite about: going to grandma's house
favorite thing to do: "play with you"
what are you good at: doing school

interview with halle:

favorite food: ice cream
favorite song: on top of old smokey (the crude, i shot my poor teacher version)
what are you good at: playing nice
best friend: "you" (me again!
what makes you sad: when anybody's being mean to me
what makes you happy: "you" (best mom ever, i guess)
favorite vacation: universal studios
favorite book: blame game, berstein bears
favorite movie: annie
favorite thing to do: play with pepper, can we please stop. (typical halle and her 2 min attention span)

Fall

2011-09-16T13:07:00.000-07:00

this is the earliest fall has come to GA. and by fall, i mean it cools down a little at night and in the mornings (the days are still pretty hot), but today its clouded over and breezy and nice. we've had the windows open all day. today the girls have played outside in the backyard since 10am, and from 9-10 we went for a bike ride. so now its 4:30....i'm thinking its time to say come in but i mentioned it a while ago and the girls looked like they were shocked and disappointed....really 8 hours isn't long enough. luckily the neighbor kids are homeschooled too, so they have been outside all day. set up an adoption center wtih all their baby dolls, pretty fun day. i've been cleaning up inside and getting ready for our trip, got a lot done. not a typical day for us. we usually wait till 4 when the cousins get home from school and play outside till evening.

we've been in somewhat of a scheduale....which is different for us. we get up, eat, and do school stuff for one hour. then when lynn gets done dropping the boys off at 9am, we all go for a walk/run and then excercise in lynn's drive way. kiera and halle ride their bikes or halle rides in the power wheels car. then we come back to the house and do more school work. take a break, do more work, take a break , do more work, and then we just hang out.

homeschool so far has been so fun. it hasn't really changed my life or days very much. i am used to spending the day with the girls playing, reading and doing crafts. that is pretty much kindergarten in a nutshell....we got a free curiuclum from the online program k12. they sent us 3 huge boxes of books, counting blocks, science stuff, globes, cds, ect. the subjects are really fun. the history book is just full of fun stuff... "visiting" each country. coloring flags, watching stories online from that country. listening to music form that country, reading story books....the girls love it. language arts is reading a story, usually a classic, then they sent a book of crafts to go along with the story and then act it out. . science is fun, lots of activities. tom is doing that with them. and then of course, math, phonics, handwritting. social studies, health, i think thats it. no one complains , they both love it. kiera is doing the first half of the math and phonics books. it was stuff me and halle have already done. kiki loves feeling like a big girl. she also does puzzles at the table when i need to do something with just halle, halle is in awe everyday at how that could be at all fun to do, but kiki loves it.

we are in a homeschool group. it is like brownies, but called keepers. like brownies with religion (gotta love the south, everything gots a little bible mixed in). the girls love it. there are about 50 young girls (age 5-12) in the group. they meet every other week. and do crafts , a skill and learn a value.

the girls started gymnastics this month too. they love it. kiki keeps telling me, "its so much funner then ballet" i think the girls are too active to do ballet and don't like being told how to dance. they do that every day their own hip hop style.

i need to do another post about how our summer was. maybe tonight. it was a great summer, the funnest i've ever had, so i want to write it all down so i don't forget it.

baby pepper

2011-09-15T17:32:00.001-07:00

DSC02221, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

we just can't get enough of pepper. okay, i can, but the girls can't. she makes me crazy on a daily basis. i actually had to get rid of the other puppy, dezzy. the two dogs together was too much for me. and no one really liked dezzy anyways. but pepper is just the sweetest thing ever and the girls love to baby her!

hair wraps

2011-09-15T15:27:00.001-07:00

DSC02211, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i put hair wraps in the girls hair before our trip to universal studios. its 3 bucks an inch there, so cheap mom saves the day again. the girls loved them, got tons of compliments on them which made them love them even more. they were cute, with charms hanging off them too!

save me!

2011-09-15T15:25:00.001-07:00

DSC02222, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

poor pepper. she just get so much love! playing "going to the vet" is old favorite of the girls.

tea party

2011-09-15T14:26:00.001-07:00

DSC02214, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

tea parties with the cousins never gets old. its back to school for the boys so its back to just the girls during the day. these girls love each other sooo much. the girls always find baby stuff for lily at the store and think i should buy it for her. "no, her mom can get her diapers" or "no , her mom buys her clothes"....yestarday kiki was begging me to buy her something, "mom, i would really love to see her in this dress" and i heard halle say, "kiki, mommy doesn't want to waste her money on lily." ....it made me laugh....i'm such a tight wad

quotes of the day:
Halle, "mom, did you just see that a motor cycle passed you"
me, "yeah"
halle, "i guess this truck is going really slow"

out on a walk looking at neighbor's dog:
me, "you see that big dog, he probably eats way more then our little dog, huh?"
halle, "he probably eats babies"
me, "what???"
halle, "did you see the size of his mouth, he could fit a whole baby in that"

kiki never lets me forget to read them the scriptures at night, but one night it was just too late and i wasn't feeling great so i said not tonight....
next morning kiki says, "mommy, when you didn't read us the scriptures last night, i had to say a scripture in my head."
me, "you did? what did you say?"
kiki, "i love to see the temple, i'm going there someday"
so cute!

yestarday was a lazy day.
halle said, "mom, were you in your pjs all day?!?!"
me, "yup"
halle, "OH MY GOSH< you didn't even wear a bra all day?!?!?!" and then laughs and laughs at me.....

snuggled on daddy

2011-07-19T05:48:00.001-07:00

snuggled on daddy, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

this is meow-zers.....the stray kitty tom brought home. the sweetest, coolest cat ever! everyone fell in love, especially tom and kiera. at first my cat allergy didn't kick in, then meowzers started to grow up, a few weeks later, and i started to get sick. i told the girls that when that happened we had to find the kitty a new home. so they were ok with that. but having kitty around was so much fun, that that is why we decided to get the puppies. when we got married, me and tom made a pack that we would never have a dog.....so much for that!

halle got on all her "kitty" stuff for a pic with kitty

2011-07-19T05:44:00.001-07:00

halle got on all her "kitty" stuff for a pic with kitty, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

lucy and dezzy

2011-07-19T05:42:00.001-07:00

DSC02033, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

to come up with the names , the whole family had to go to a dog names website and everyone had to like the name or we moved on. it took awhile. pepper was a hit because the dog is black like pepper. the girls love to think they're clever. (just like naming the loudest guinea pig, squeakers, they thought that was the most amazing name ever)

pepper!

2011-07-18T16:17:00.001-07:00

DSC02010, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

we got two new puppies. this is one of them. she is so sweet and always up for a belly rub. she loves to sleep like this on her back. we got her from a neighbor, who runs a rescue, someone could not take care of her, she is only 6 months old, (and not house trained, so both puppies are getting trained). she is a yorkie/ poodle mix. we are all obssessed with her!

Dezzy!

2011-07-18T16:13:00.001-07:00

DSC02031, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

new puppy!

2011-07-18T16:12:00.001-07:00

DSC02040, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

we got a new puppy. only 10 weeks old. we named him Dezzy, the girls wanted to name him salt. to go with pepper, the other dog. he is a lhasa apso/poodle mix. so cute and fluffy. we are having fun with out puppies!

playing outside

2011-05-27T16:07:00.001-07:00

DSC01685, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

halle and kiera are natural model's . love the poses! adam is always cold when he's wet, even in the heat of the summer! and rose is our neighborhood friend that comes over to play all the time, she is so sweet.

we have been having the funnest days lately! i love the spring and summer time!

~last week we went to our homeschool group, end of the year summer party. kiera found a 10 year old girl to latch on to. she played with kiera the whole time, it was like i had a nanny! and kiera LOVEs the attention!
~we also went to the fair with our neighbors, who got free tickets and shared them with us. we had to put kiera in wheely shoes so she could get on the scary rides!

yestarday me and lynn hung out all day and then that night i had a wii party at the house, we invited our neighbors with the 5 kids. its always a party with 5 extra kids in the house. we played the wii and all over the house from 6-10pm!!!

today lucy had her birthday party at 10am. the neighbors came again. we had cake and ice cream, opened presents and then played with the presents. at noon, we were h aving fun talking and the kids were having a great time, so we decided to pull lunch togther instead of ending the party. we had taco salads outside and then a rain storm came through. the kids played in the rain for a long time and got soaked! everyone went home to change and then met back at my house for more playing, and wii! lynn , me and ally all cleaned my kitchen! the party finally ended at 5pm! wow , a 7 hour party for a 3 year old!!!

finally some updates

2011-05-19T18:30:00.001-07:00

DSC01594, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i just did quite a few new posts....i need to get back into keeping this blog updated, as its my only record/journal that i do.....and the girls love to look at past posts and have me read it to them, so i gotta get updated....

i love this picture of halle. everyday i tell her to go get dressed and sometimes she just loves to spend some time putting together her masterpiece for the day. this was after a trip to the thrift store and i let her pick out the shirt and scarf... she feels like a super model every time she looks in the mirror. her and kiera are absolutely in LOVE with themselves and it makes me happy to know they have some serious self esteem!

soccer camp

2011-05-19T18:15:00.001-07:00

DSC01600, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

this year during spring break the rec center had a free soccer clinic. it was fun for the kids and just so cute to see kiki in her little pink shin guards. they gave us lunch. we played on the playground and even went for hike around in the woods outside the rec center, which turned out to be the kids favorite part.

our good friends and neighbors have 5 kids from age 5-11. they went too. we play with them pretty much every day since their house backs up to lynn's house and they have a big lot of grass that we can play on. they are the funnest , nicest kids. they come over sometimes to play at our house, or for dinner, or we meet at the playground or any thing else fun we do around town.
they are homeschooled, so they are in a fun home school group that the girls are also in. the kids just can't get enough of each other!!!

at the strawberry patch

2011-05-19T18:09:00.001-07:00

DSC01605, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

there is strawberry patch about 15 min. from here. we go a lot in the spring time. this year we also went to the lane strawberry patch a bit further from here. they had a festival day with food, bounce houses and a find the biggest strawberry contest. me and tom and the girls looked and looked for the biggest strawberry. it was a fun day....didn't win the contest still had a great time!

strike a pose!

2011-05-19T18:06:00.001-07:00

strike a pose!, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

who could do a better job then kiera of posing with a strawberry?

while melanie was here, we went to the strawberry patch. yummm...the kids ate tons of strawberry's , picked a bucket and then i made strawberry shortcake and bought ice cream and whipped cream......really the store strawberries just dont' compare!

easter sunday

2011-05-19T18:03:00.001-07:00

DSC01674, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

trying to get all the kids to smile before church on easter sunday. did not happen.... halle is squinting from the sun in every pic i took....oh well, at least we got them all in a picture. who would of though, lucy was in the mood to smile the most.....
well, these are some cute kids, but to get some frame worthy pictures, we need a do over!

riding her bike

2011-05-19T18:00:00.001-07:00

DSC01692, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

halle LOVES to ride her bike. she rides EVERY DAY!!! she is really good at it and can ride way faster then me, i'm a coward, she's fearless. we play outside everyday when the boys get home from school till dinner time and sometimes after that. these girls play HARD, from riding bikes to playing tag with the neighborhood kids, to practising cartwheels, running through the sprinklers. we live in a great neighborhood with some really fun neighborhood kids!

oh, lily!

2011-05-19T17:56:00.001-07:00

DSC01693, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

lily is the cutest baby ever! i just love her big ol' belly and lily adores me. she wants me to hold her all the time!!!!

the perfect baby

2011-05-19T17:54:00.001-07:00

DSC01723, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i thought my girls would have been more interested in holding gavin when he came because they are always bugging me about having another baby....but they really didnt' hold gavin that much.....then i realized that lily is what they have in their head that they want. the perfect baby. she looks like a baby and doesn't talk, unless they tell her to say something and she tries to copy them, getting her to say ca-ca always cracks everyone up, she likes to be fed, but can follow direction. they can dress her and ask her yes and no questions and she nods or shakes her head no. she smiles and usually listens to them, and for some reason her stubborn streak doesn't bother halle. halle can put a diaper on her, give her a passy or her blanket and carry her around the house, and halle is totally oblivious to whether lily want to be carried or not, haha.....if halle wants to carry her, lily gets carried. but lily loves halle and loves to give all the kids hugs and play with them. she really is the perfect baby. any younger and she would still be fragile and any older and the girls wouldn't see her as a baby anymore.....if she could stay this age forever, it'd be halle's dream come true!

johnny g's

2011-05-19T17:47:00.001-07:00

DSC01758, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

kiera and lucy are the cutest little friends. when we went out of town lucy asked lynn, are my sisters home yet? the girls just have so much fun together. the first question i get in the morning has changed from< i want breakfast. to : can we go to lynn's house?

johnny g's

2011-05-19T17:45:00.001-07:00

DSC01740, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

a new ride at johnny g's! what could be better! this is already our favorite place to play! for 15 bucks you get a bag of tokens, 2 wristbands for unlimited rides, mini golf, bounce houses, train ride, ball pit, tubes and slides, plus a one topping large pizza and a pitcher of soda. seriously???!!! its a mini disneyland right next to home. we took melanie here when she visited and spent 4 hours there!!!!

gavin

2011-05-19T17:40:00.001-07:00

DSC01733, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

melanie came for a visit last month. she just brought her youngest, gavin, who i hadnt' met yet. even though i was sad that her other 3 older boys weren' t coming with her, i was happy that melanie got to take a relaxing , well deserved vacation. plus me and lynn got to take turns loving on gavin. he is the cutest sweetest baby and i could not get enough of him.

we had sooo much fun while melanie was here. we went to playgrounds, out to eat, and cooked some of our favorites, like egg rolls and won tongs, a lopez tradition...yummmmm.....

we also planned an easter party for all of the kids and their friends. everyone brought a snack to share and eggs to hide. then all the kids played on the playground and went on an egg hunt. the kids all had a great time!

melanie got to spend easter with us. we painted eggs and got a visit from the easter bunny!

more pictures on flickr of her trip and more posts to come!

late night pj party!

2011-04-18T18:21:00.001-07:00

DSC01559, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

halle has been begging me to have a party for her, a late-night, pj party. i hear reminders everyday....after i crimped her hair, "oh, i wanna crimp the girls hair at my party" or if we drink koolaid, "i want to have koolaid at my party" or hear a certain song, "we should dance to this at my party".....i had a free friday, so we went around to the neighborhood girls with invitations , and we had the funnest pj party. we had 10 girls total, but since they were neighborhood friends , their ages varied from our cousin lucy, a couple 5 year olds, 6, three 9 year olds, up to 11 years old. i didn't realize how much fun this would make the party because it wasn't just chaos....all the girls came in their pjs. first we had dinner. halle wanted mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in cresent rolls) and kiki wanted mac and cheese. halle wanted koolaid, which was a huge treat and kiki wanted me to make jello, two things i never make....kiki wanted me to buy potato chips and halle asked for a chocolate cake, which the girls decorated with candies. after dinner i got out all our nail polish and tooth picks. one of the girls brought a nail decorating idea book and the girls did pocka dots , sparkles, ect. for an hour!! then we went up stairs and they put on make up. i put on eye liner and mascara on all the girls and they thought that was pretty cool. then they played for a while and then laid out their sleeping bags and watched a little bit of a movie while i crimped hair. then we had cake and played the wii. it was such a fun night! i can't wait to do it again! halle and kiera were so giddy and giggly the whole night. it is fun to do something so easy that i know will make them sooo happy!

we didn't want to leave our cousins out of the party , but knew it was just too girly. so lynn had a boys party at the same time for her boys and the neighborhood boys. they had a fun night too!

we are really lucky to live in such a nice neighborhood with some really fun neighborhood kids. we have been going out everyday from after school time, when all the kids get home till night. the weather is awesome and the kids are having a great time!

universal studios

2011-04-11T06:06:00.001-07:00

DSC01533, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

for my birthday this year we decided to take a long weekend and go to universal studios. we really wanted to take james and adam with us but lynn was nervous about a trip like that without her. i finally talked her into it, caling her at 4am the morning we were leaving and convincing her that we just couldn't leave without them. when the girls got in the car that morning and saw the boys sitting in the back seat, they started screaming they were sooo excited they were coming with us. it turned out to be the funnest trip and something we will all never forget. what could be funner for the kids then taking a trip with there best friends! the kids were great at keeping each other company in the car and in the long lines. they never cared about waits or long walks because they were always having fun doing whatever. the line for harry potter was an hour and when we finally got to the front of the line, the kids either couldn't do it or didn't want to, but the boys thought that walking through the line , which was through the castle, was the highlight of the trip! there are sooo many fun kid rides and splash pad , water areas, too that we spent tons of time at. we spent all day thursday, friday and half day saturday, leaving about 5pm to head back to ga. on friday we spent 9 hours at the park! we all crammed into a hotel and the kids passed out at night! the girls loved showing off what they knew about the park since they had been there before and the boys loved talking about what rides they wanted to do with their dad when he comes home for a visit this summer!

lucy

2011-03-14T15:20:00.001-07:00

DSC01438, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

lucy is our newest bff. we are having so much fun with our cousins living across the street.
we get to play with lucy everyday. she is just one of the girls now. kiki loves having her own little sister to "boss" around. and they all get along great!

yestarday we got home from church just after noon and it was in the 70s, so nice!! we played outside with cousins and neighborhood kids till 8:30 that night! it was such a fun and relaxing day!
today we were out there again from the time the boys got home from school till dinner time! halle got a bike with out the training wheels for xmas, she learned right away and today, me and the girls went riding around the neighborhood....she was beating me up all the hills and down the hills she is much more fearless then i am!

we miss grandma and grandpa

2011-03-09T16:29:00.001-08:00

DSC01302, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

halle waited for grandma's visit to use this tea set. this was the highly anticipated moment! it was so fun and something i'm sure the girls won't ever forget!
yestarday we finally skyped with grandma....the girls know how to speed dial her and call her all the time, but this was our first skype since the visit. the girls were sooooo thrilled to see grandma, they were both kissing the computer screen and hugging the computer. kiki could not stop with sweet nothings..."grandma, you are so, so pretty!" and "grandma, you are the greatest grandma in the whole world"...they showed her stuffed animals, they showed her the sticker books we made, they did cart wheels, and handstands and couldn't stop talking!!! they wanted to skype again today. i'm sure it will be an almost daily activity!

shoes!

2011-03-08T17:22:00.001-08:00

DSC01162, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

tom picked these shoes out for halle for xmas. she is in love with these!!! she gets compliments where ever she goes in them and loves that!!!

quotes of the week:
halle, "mommmy, why would you even buy a car that drives this slow?!?!" (halle has to remind me everyday that she hates the truck because it drives soooo slow)

both the girls call hard boiled eggs, rotten eggs because of the smell...but they love to eat them!
kiki, "mommy, i love the cheese inside of the rotten eggs" .....(she means the yolk....thats what her and halle decided was inside of them.

trash to treasure... a good will fix up

2011-02-17T19:42:00.001-08:00

trash to treasure... a good will fix up, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

this was dark brown with a picture of a cow on it. when halle saw me put it in the cart at the good will, she nearly fainted. she asked why i was buying it and i said "for your room"....then she really started getting nervous. "no, mommy, please dont' put that in our room".....i painted it and modge podged scrapbook paper on it and hung their necklaces on it. they were soooo happy with how it turned out.

new decor for their room

2011-02-17T19:39:00.001-08:00

new decor for their room, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

i bought the girls each a shelf at the good will and the frames at the dollar store and i asked the girls what kind of pictures they wanted in their room, they said puppies and kitties so i bought a calendar at the dollar store too.....painted everything with left over pink paint from the walls and hung it all up. when i was done i told the girls to come in the room and see what i had done. they were screaming and jumping up and down, so happy about their new room. then i told them they could each get some of their special things and fill their shelfs. i should have waited a couple more days before i took the picture because their shelfs are twice as full and really cute! when people come over they love to tell them whos shelf is whos and point out different things that are theirs and why they are special.

dino pic

2011-02-17T19:21:00.001-08:00

DSC00602, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

tom decided this would be a good spot for a picture.....halle was scared to death and would not even look up. there was a few things at universal studios that scared halle and so kiera enjoyed acting like she was so brave. kiera kept saying things like, "are you scared of 'twister', halle?" , "i liked it, i'm so brave, huh, mommy?"
so this picture makes me laugh cuz its just another time when keira, who probably was a little scared, was acting fearless just because halle was freaking out. kiki is even doing little t-rex arms just to try to prove how much she was liking this moment.

little ham

2011-02-17T19:10:00.003-08:00

DSC00644, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

halle has become such a ham lately. this pic. is from this summer at busch gardens. she loves to pose and say, "don't you want a picture of me doing this?" and then i say, oh yeah! and it just encourages her more.

apples nursing

2011-02-15T20:04:00.001-08:00

DSC00968, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

tom, "i just feel so bad for apples. she has to nurse them all the time."

me, "yeah, so did I and i dont' remember anyone feeling sorry for me"

knuckles

2011-02-15T20:00:00.001-08:00

DSC00975, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

so we gave away knuckles and guinea nibbles. the girls wanted me to take pictures of them with all the guinea pigs and hang up the pictures around their beds. i bought little frames at the dollar store and took the pictures. such a cute little piggy and kiera looks like a little model!

the babies

2011-02-15T19:57:00.001-08:00

DSC00965, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

having babies last year, was really fun. i'm tempted to make some more. they really were sooo cute, and you can hold them right away, so they were so fun for the girls. lynn was supposed to take 2 for her boys for xmas. that was why we did this in the first place. but then when their family stayed with us before xmas, she found out she and her son were allergic to them. well, their really wasn't a better xmas present i could have given the girls then to tell them lynn couldn't take the two babies. the girls were almost crying tears of joy. from day one the girls each picked their favorite. the ones pictured here. halle , the darker one, and she named her brownie, and kiera the lighter one, she named him lovey. well, then guinea nibbles had her babies. they came out a little weird looking and halle wanted to give those to lynn. but after the girls named them and they got bigger and cuter, they cried when ever i told them they were still going to lynn's family. so, at this point we still have all the babies. kinda rediculous , ok, very rediculous, but still very fun.

more slime!

2011-02-15T19:45:00.001-08:00

DSC00933, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

slime

2011-02-15T19:44:00.001-08:00

DSC00932, originally uploaded by Our Little One.

this year for halle's birthday party favors, we sent each kid home with a bag of green slime....it was a halloween theme, and there were like 30 kids so i had to go cheap! you can make slime with borax and glue and food coloring. it is very easy and fun to make and very fun to play with. since halloween was on a sunday this year, i decided to make slime for all the primary kids. the girls made me do each batch a different color. the slime is like the slime from the bubble gum machines , not sticky, so we made a big mess, but not impossible to clean up. and we still have a big box of borax, so i'm sure the girls will talk me into doing it again