Vacation

So, the girls and I flew to California with my mom last week, we were there for 8 days. I have alot of family out there, it was alot of fun! It feels like the week went by a little too fast even though we stuffed it with fun activities!

We hit Disneyland for two days and stayed in the Disneyland Hotel, we spent a day at the beach, another day was at the Long Beach Aquarium, I spent alot of my time shopping (they have the greatest shopping out there)! I bought so many clothes that I had to also buy two more suitcases to get it all home! We also ate out alot as you can imagine! But it was great, I love to eat! One of the places we went was Pinkberry. I've heard alot of about it on t.v, I had to try it and it was awesome! I wanted to stop by Sprinkles as well, but we didn't ever get a chance. Oh, at Disneyland Belle went on Space Mountain and LOVED it!!!! And Pinky went on a different smaller coaster and she LOVED that as well. They both were screaming with excitement the whole time! Both my kids are adrenaline junkies!

Besides all the super fun things we did, it was more fun to be able to see family! It's been two years since I'd seen most of them (others have been even longer)! My brother and his wife came out as well, so all in all it was alot of fun to all get
together!

Here's a slideshow of the good pictures! I had too many to attempt to put them all on here!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Pumpkin time!!

I made this for Eric because we are apart for 11 days! I thought others might like it as well!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

VOTE!!

Funny dog!

Lately Loki has really been obsessed with bath water! He frequently hops in the tub with Pinky. Usually she laughs, today however she hated it and screamed at him... but it was still funny. I managed to get a photo that was appropriate to post online. (being a tub picture and all). Here is a shot of him as he's jumping out. As you can see there is water EVERYWHERE. He almost floods the bathroom everytime he does this and it requires alot of cleaning after!

Styrofoam cup art

I saw this little activity online and tried it out! The kids loved it!
Step one: Put Styrofoam cups onto cookie sheet


Step two: Sit kids in front of the oven and watch the cups shrink before your eyes


Step three: Remove from oven, observe how tiny they got


Step four: Agree with your kids when they say they look like barbie hats


Step five: PAINT!



Enjoy!

Random things...

The kids and I went to a children's museum on Friday as our field trip. It was very hands on and alot of fun for them, but I think I like the Baltimore Science Center a little more in terms of quality, education, size and fun. This was still super fun though! Here's a picture of Elle carving a block of wax.



On a totally different note, I cleaned out my purse the other day. I actually had two purses, and I dumped the insides of both onto a counter to attempt to organize them. I was appalled when I saw what all I had in there! I'm happy to say I now only use ONE purse and only have a fraction the crap in it I had before!


Okay, on yet another random note. I have a new favorite thing! I love floating candles! I use to have all sorts of scented candles on my counter and in cleaning out a cabinet, I found several scented floating candles I had purchased years ago. I stuck them all in a bowl of water and they looked so pretty! So different from the norm I usually have on my counter.



And last but not least, here's a photo of my dog Loki... just because he's so darn cute! Of course Pinky is as well!!!! How can I not love that giant smile!

Just for fun... here's a picture of Pinky and Loki when we first got him 6 months ago!


That's it for now, until next time!

YAY! I'm back!

We got a new camera, and it's super cute! Hubby bought it in a dark red/brown color. The kids aren't allowed to TOUCH this one! The first photo I took on it was of myself... first thing in the morning!

Then again after I showered and got ready for the day!

Yes, that's tacky I know!

Things are still relatively the same here. The girls are liking school. Well, except the fact that I make Belle write her name and the date on every piece of paper she writes on. She REALLY hates that, LOL! But hey, she's learning the the calendar really well!
We had another field trip on Friday, we went to the Baltimore Science Center. Since I didn't yet have the new camera, I had to buy and use a disposable one... so I have to transfer those pics onto a disk to put onto the computer. But it was really really fun! The girls and I got to lay on a bed of nails (what a strange feeling!), and they were both called as volunteers to go up and get shocked during a static electricity show demonstration we saw.

Today poor Belle has to go to the dentist to get a giant cavity filled. I took her in for a routine visit last week and apparently she has weak teeth that break easily and get cavities easily. Half of her back tooth is missing because it broke off at some point and she has a massive cavity in it. She has a smaller one on the other side as well. The dentist is filling the smaller one today and will use laughing gas. That way we'll know if she's okay using ONLY laughing gas because the next one that will be filled is alot bigger, and they'll have to also repair her tooth. So, in testing out the gas on the smaller cavity we can see if she'll be okay or if she'll need to be sedated. I REALLY hope she doesn't need to be sedated because insurance doesn't cover that!

Later!