Princesses on Ice

Last night Livvy and I went to see Disney on Ice Princess Wishes. We had a blast! We went with Cari and Ali, and Wendy, Cody and Kaylee. I think Ali was as excited to see the princesses as the little girls were!

It was a really good show and we had really great seats. You won't be able to tell that from my pictures because my camera doesn't have that great of a zoom. But we saw 7 Disney Princesses, Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White and Mulan.

Livvy was most excited to see Ariel and Aurora. When Malificent came out, Livvy pointed her "magic wand" at her to stop her from "eating the Prince". A highlight of the night was when Lumiere, um.... fell. I know it's mean to laugh about, but he was just skating off the ice when, splat!!, he fell on his face and his candlestick arm fell off. Belle just turned around, helped him to his feet with Tinkerbell's help and they skated off. The best part was they left the spotlight on him the whole time!!

It was a really fun night. Now I can't wait to take Livvy to Disneyland so she can meet the Princesses in person.


As the show was starting


Me and my princess! (note the magic wand)


Wendy, Kaylee and Cody


Cari and Ali


The Princesses! (and Minnie!)

Part of your world

So if you know Livvy, you know that she loves to sing Disney Princess songs. Since about 18months old she has known all the words to The Little Mermaid's "Part of Your World". Everytime I have tried to videotape her singing, she either gets too shy or mad. Finally, the other day, I got her to sing it for the camera. It is so cute! Please excuse my horrible singing voice as I prompt her on the words.

A day in my life

So the last few weeks I have really dreaded going to work. I just have this desire, this feeling to be at home with my family. Granted, I only work 3 times a week and at night, but I miss being at home to put my kids to bed and watch the news with Kenny. I am sure someday I will get my wish, but until then I will cherish each moment I have at home with them. And lately, some silly things have been going on at home.



This is how I keep Micah happy while folding laundry. He doesn't like to spend a lot of time on his own and he can't sit up by himself just yet. So I put him in the "cage". He might not look like it in the pictures, but he really does like it.



This is what happens when I leave Livvy alone with a pudding cup. Realize when I gave it to her I said, "Now Livvy, use your spoon. Don't use your fingers and please don't get it all over yourself." Her response, "I won't Mom." Right. I knew it was too good to be true. I am just glad this time it wasn't pudding shampoo!!





Here is our fish, Blue. Thank you Aunt Cari for the new addition (a.k.a. responsibility for Mom) to our family.



Unfortunately, Blue has already gone to fishy heaven, following his cousins, Blonnie and Clyde (again, thanks Aunt Cari) down the porcelain water slide. Just a heads up, fish don't do well at our house, so if you are thinking of giving one as a gift, spare the fish his life.

They shall be clean...

So for the past five months or so, our dishwasher has gone to crap. We have needed to wash each load 3-4 times just to get dishes clean and they still were coming out covered in film. We tried cleaning the filters and that whole jet dry thing (it lasted about 2 loads) before I was finally so fed up, I called Kenny at work and told him to buy a new dishwasher. The next day, we got this.....



Bye, bye old dishwasher. You served your purpose for your masters until you could serve no more. It is off to dishwasher heaven for you now, a.k.a. RC Willey's trash bin.


.....old dishwasher :(

As for the new dishwasher, I LOVE IT!! My dishes are clean, the residue from the old dishwasher has come off all of the dishes. It does have a little less cubic space, but I am not letting that deter me. My dishes are clean again!!!

4 months old and getting so big

Micah is 4 months old, almost 5, and growing by leaps and bounds. At his 4 month check-up he was 15lbs 13oz, 27in long. He can rollover from tummy to back and back to tummy, is trying so hard to sit up already and.....he cut his first tooth!!! He has been so drooly and cranky and I am glad it finally broke through. I love this little guy so much. I didn't think I could love a boy as much as I love my little girl, but I was proven wrong the instant he was set in my arms. I Love you Micah!!



He is going to be a heartbreaker!



My beautiful children. I am sorry to everyone else who thinks their children are the cutest. You are mistaken, mine beat out every other competetor.

All for Kenny

So, as I was adding my last blog, Kenny looks at me and says,"Why not blog about us sometime, instead of the kids all the time". I thought to myself, "Why not?" Personally, I think I am a very uninteresting person so why blog about myself. My life is boring, I am tired all the time from working at night and my family is the only highlight of my repetitative, monotonous life. But, Kenny is a fun loving individual and deserves some attention and recognition every now and then. So baby, this blog is for you!!

Kenny is my love. My best friend, better half, enternal companion. (Sorry for getting mushy). He is a very hard worker and a great father. He simply adores his children. He is already teaching Micah about the finer things in life, aka, Transformers and RC cars. He already has Livvy convinced of their greatness and I won't distract her from it.

Speaking of RC cars, I had to take some pictures of Kenny and his new habit. See, I love Kenny to death, but once he gets fixated on something he doesn't quit obsessing about it until he gets it. It is currently RC cars (see previous post!), but is now leaning towards Transformers again. Anyway, the other day he was out playing with the latest edition to his obsession and Molly, our 100lb black lab "puppy" decided she wanted to play too.


Ready, set, go!!


This dog thinks she is a lap dog!!


Fear me!

Up and down the street all you could hear was the rev of the car engine followed by a deep, loud, pleasure filled bark. Molly loves chasing anything with wheels. Kenny loves to tease her, letting her get really close to the car and then revving the engine. Molly loves it!!!

Kennyguy, I love you and your toy addiction. I am glad you are a big kid at heart. Don't ever change!!

Starting him off right

Kenny seems to be addicted to RC cars now. He pre-spent his allowance from our tax refund and bought the green car you see below. Of course, Kenny can't wait until Micah is old enough to enjoy the cars with him, so....


Pretty darn cute, huh?!



I am certain there is a real 4-wheeler in our future. Kenny is determined to give our kids a childhood to brag about. As a mom, I am a little leery, but will probably give in because Kenny asks for so little. Plus, I might enjoy it myself!