While going through my camera I found a video clip from Josh's wedding. I do not remember taking it so it must have been accidental. I thought it was funny and someone might get a laugh. Yes my girl has got some moves! HA HA
Friday, July 24, 2009
Party Time!!
Tonight we celebrated Alivia's 4th birthday with a family party at the local pizza place. It was fun, it was chaotic, but for the first year it was not at my house! Everything went smoothly. There was no cooking, planning activities, or any other stressful thing you go through when hosting an event at your own house.
Everyone ate dinner at the pizza buffet. No wondering if so and so will like this or that. No dishes to do or making sure your silverware doesn't meet the trashcan (maybe I'm a freak about that one). We had cake, did gifts, and then the adults left or sat and chatted while all the kids hit the game room. It lasted 2 hours and was perfect.
I surprised Alivia this year with her cake. I usually let her help me pick it out but not this year. I asked her about 3 weeks ago what kind of birthday cake she wanted this year. She told me a kitty cake while holding up ole' faithful "Ella" the worn out beanie baby kitty. That is what she got. A cake with a brown kitty playing with a ball of yarn. I was hesitant about ordering another cake from Publix again after how Diggy's turned out for his birthday. I decided to try them again anyway but told the manager I was disappointed in our last cake. She gave me a $7.00 discount and I had a coupon for $3.oo off! That made the deal a lot sweeter. The cake turned out good, even though Cam said the cat looked like it had mange haha, and I have faith in the Publix bakery once again :0)
Diggy terrorizing balloons
She will just have to try again in the morning
Everyone ate dinner at the pizza buffet. No wondering if so and so will like this or that. No dishes to do or making sure your silverware doesn't meet the trashcan (maybe I'm a freak about that one). We had cake, did gifts, and then the adults left or sat and chatted while all the kids hit the game room. It lasted 2 hours and was perfect.I surprised Alivia this year with her cake. I usually let her help me pick it out but not this year. I asked her about 3 weeks ago what kind of birthday cake she wanted this year. She told me a kitty cake while holding up ole' faithful "Ella" the worn out beanie baby kitty. That is what she got. A cake with a brown kitty playing with a ball of yarn. I was hesitant about ordering another cake from Publix again after how Diggy's turned out for his birthday. I decided to try them again anyway but told the manager I was disappointed in our last cake. She gave me a $7.00 discount and I had a coupon for $3.oo off! That made the deal a lot sweeter. The cake turned out good, even though Cam said the cat looked like it had mange haha, and I have faith in the Publix bakery once again :0)
Diggy terrorizing balloonsLivi got lots of cool stuff for her birthday including a pair of roller skates, some new school clothes, a princess coloring book, a sea monkey set (I have no idea what this is but sounds kinda scary), a new hoppity ball (since uncle Jerry made a hole in the old one and got scolded for 3 weeks), a hula hoop, and some other small craft things.
She of course had to come home and try out all of her new stuff. She started out with the roller skates. We made sure to put on the helmet, elbow, and knee pads before the skates. She was a bit wobbly and will need extensive practice... good thing we all know she is not graceful! 
She started out slow and steady
The first fall
She has got it now!
The last fall
She will just have to try again in the morningOnce we convinced her it was time to go inside she promptly disappeared to her room and began a model show of all her new "princess clothes".
Tomorrow we will be busy preparing to leave for our vacation. I am excited and hope everyone stays happy and even tempered. Here is to dreaming I suppose. Wait for that update next week!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Back in the swing
It has been really crazy around here preparing for Josh's wedding lately. Juggling a bride who has no opinion, daily home life with the kids, and visiting out of town relatives makes you really tired.
It is all done now! Finally. No more worrying about my brothers wedding. I did the best I could to make it run smoothly and be an organized event. I hope they enjoyed it and they better get me some pictures since I was to busy to take any for myself. I had a daughter as a flower girl, husband as a groomsman, Diggy sitting with some friends and making sure he didn't escape, video recording the ceremony, and directing people when they needed to walk out. Needless to say I was frazzled and didn't get to take any pictures.
Alivia was so funny being the flower girl! She was very excited to be the center of attention you know, because that is just who she is. She did a good job walking out putting down flower petals and stood right where she was supposed to. After standing there for a minute and scoping out the crowd she finally spotted her favorite person in the whole world. In the middle of the ceremony there is Livi yelling "Hey Diggy!" with a great big grin and waving to make sure he sees her. It was quite funny and I expected nothing less of her. She is my little social butterfly. Even in the middle of a quiet room of 100 people.
This week starts another crazy string. Alivia will be 4 years old in 6 days. We are planning to have a family dinner at the local pizza place on Thursday and leave for vacation on Saturday. We have decided to take the kids on a small trip to Disney World before Livi has to start school in September. I am excited to finally get to go back and Cam has never been so it should be interesting. We will be staying at an awesome resort with a private water park so that will be fun to play with the kids there. I am really looking forward to getting away from this town for a couple of days. A little change of scenery never hurt anyone.
When we get back from vacation it will be time to get serious and start a routine for Livi to go to school. We have doctor appointments dentist appointments buy school supplies and get on a better schedule. The new schedule is going to be hard on all of us. If my kids wake up before 9:30 am there is probably something wrong with them :) I'm going to shoot for a 8:30 bedtime and 8:30 wake up time by August 20th. That is my goal. We are just not morning people and love to play outside until 9:30 on an average night.
Other than that not much else is going on. Not that I would want or need anything else going on... you get the point. I have been a horrible mother and not taken any pictures of the kids over the past month. I didn't even get any pictures of my own daughter dressed as the flower girl at my brothers wedding. Horrible!
Until next time. Bye Bye!
It is all done now! Finally. No more worrying about my brothers wedding. I did the best I could to make it run smoothly and be an organized event. I hope they enjoyed it and they better get me some pictures since I was to busy to take any for myself. I had a daughter as a flower girl, husband as a groomsman, Diggy sitting with some friends and making sure he didn't escape, video recording the ceremony, and directing people when they needed to walk out. Needless to say I was frazzled and didn't get to take any pictures.
Alivia was so funny being the flower girl! She was very excited to be the center of attention you know, because that is just who she is. She did a good job walking out putting down flower petals and stood right where she was supposed to. After standing there for a minute and scoping out the crowd she finally spotted her favorite person in the whole world. In the middle of the ceremony there is Livi yelling "Hey Diggy!" with a great big grin and waving to make sure he sees her. It was quite funny and I expected nothing less of her. She is my little social butterfly. Even in the middle of a quiet room of 100 people.
This week starts another crazy string. Alivia will be 4 years old in 6 days. We are planning to have a family dinner at the local pizza place on Thursday and leave for vacation on Saturday. We have decided to take the kids on a small trip to Disney World before Livi has to start school in September. I am excited to finally get to go back and Cam has never been so it should be interesting. We will be staying at an awesome resort with a private water park so that will be fun to play with the kids there. I am really looking forward to getting away from this town for a couple of days. A little change of scenery never hurt anyone.
When we get back from vacation it will be time to get serious and start a routine for Livi to go to school. We have doctor appointments dentist appointments buy school supplies and get on a better schedule. The new schedule is going to be hard on all of us. If my kids wake up before 9:30 am there is probably something wrong with them :) I'm going to shoot for a 8:30 bedtime and 8:30 wake up time by August 20th. That is my goal. We are just not morning people and love to play outside until 9:30 on an average night.
Other than that not much else is going on. Not that I would want or need anything else going on... you get the point. I have been a horrible mother and not taken any pictures of the kids over the past month. I didn't even get any pictures of my own daughter dressed as the flower girl at my brothers wedding. Horrible!
Until next time. Bye Bye!
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