Little Bunny Foo Foo

I can't believe it's already Easter already. Where is the time going? I am on spring break and this week is just flying by. I made cut out cookies yesterday and the kids were all too excited to watch and get their hands in the way. Brooke told me that we should name the bunny head we were making. I asked her what we should name him and she said "little bunny foo foo." Now there is a kick back to an old song. I start to sing it and then stop and of course, Kyle jumps right in to finish it off. Of course it's another song by Ms. Susan at school. Love it!! While we are putting the kids to bed, I realize that we have not gone to see the Easter Bunny at the mall. EEKS!! We have seen this Easter bunny since April of 2007. Yup, this is our 4th trip to the Easter bunny. I figure I will drop the kids off at school for their Easter party and then hit the mall after nap time. What a wonderful idea. There was no one there. We had our picture taken, went over to play on the play toys which is right next to Starbucks, oh how convenient. I got a Starbucks and the kids got a hot cocoa. We play and then I am freezing and we go inside the food court where there is now a Merry Go Round. Brooke gets on a horse this time and Kyle wants in the bench seat. We are good to go and they like it. We then go back out to play on the toys some more. I then decide to top the night off with a trip to California Pizza Kitchen. Couldn't talk the kids into Panda Express.Tomorrow is already Friday and we are headed up to Lemon Cove to visit with Uncle Bob, Aunt Joanne, Susan, Ray and Bobby and Kellie. We were there last August or September and the kids had a blast. I did too. It was just good ole family fun. We have a new car top carrier so I have their Jeep loaded into the back of the Cadillac. Thank God. More room to pack the kitchen sink and then some.

I am all prepared for the Easter egg hunt on Saturday. I think I must have 100 eggs to stuff and hide. Nothing like overdoing it. Oh well. Brooke and Kyle had such a good time last year on their egg hunt. This year should be even better since there will be total chaos with 13 kids in attendance. Aunt Jo told me there were going to be 29 people at her place. I love it. The more the merrier. I just love Camp Bierbaum. I hope the weather holds for us.

Now all I have to do is finish packing and get my Martha Stewart cookies finished. I cut out the cookies and frosted them and put everyones name on them. I especially like Kellie's. It's a bunny head with her name on it. I'll post more of Easter once it has happened. Until then, Happy Easter to all!

Valentine's Day Care Package

As usual, another holiday is rolling around and Grammy packed up another box and sent the kids their care package. Brooke told me on Christmas Eve that she wanted a baby monkey and a mommy monkey. Well, at this point I was a little screwed with this request. Mommy monkey was all set to go...baby monkey...didn't exist. Well, grammy found a baby monkey and Brooke got it in her care package. Kyle of course was all about the fruit chews. He actually layed down on the floor and pretended to eat the entire pile of them. What a ham that kid is. For the actual day of Valentines day, we are going to be in Lake Arrowhead. I am going to take the kids with me up to the Scrappin' Shack. It has been snowing up there so I figure I will pack the 2 sleds and the kids can have fun in the snow. I also went through my scrap closet and found some stuff to bring for them so I can teach them the art of scrapbooking! When that lasts for about 5 minutes, I'll have some movies and games for them. Thank God Cindy is bringing her kids. Maybe Sage will have fun with them since he is a few years older than them. Steve might join us later if he doesn't have to work. I have this entire week off from school. I am still getting over this cold business. Luckily the kids have bounced back. Steve and I are still trying to get rid of the last bit. The kids will have their Valentine's Day party at school this week on Thursday. I will have to work on the cards before that so they can pass them out. It will be their first time giving and getting Valentine's Day cards from friends. How cute! Since I'm off, I might just have to stick around and help out at the party and take pictures.

Pre-School Pictures

The kids had their very first school pictures this year. I had NO clue how they were going to turn out but to my surprise, they turned out pretty good. I was wondering how I was going to send 2 three year olds to school at 7:30 in the morning and have pictures taken around 9:30 and have the kids be clean and looking nice. It happened. Kyle of course is the ham. The year at school is flying by quite quickly. It's a great school and I love it.

Santa Picture

Here are the kids with Santa! Hats off to my wonderful husband and my father for standing in line with the cold wind and weather while the kids, my mom and I all stood in the stores staying warm. They stood in line for an hour! What a great dad and pop pop!

This year I did not have to bribe Kyle with fruit chews in order to sit on Santa's lap. They both walked in and gave him a hug. They both remembered that he was going to give them a candy cane though. It's always about the candy!

2009 Christmas Card

I have been bitten by the digital scrapbooking bug. I love it but it's time consuming. Much slower than slapping stuff down on the page with some stickers. Here is what I came up with this year for our Christmas card. I absolutely love "Just So Scrappy" designs so here is what I did:



You gotta love the fact too that Costco allows you to print your own designs on their blank cards. Love it!!! Might just have to do this next year as well! So cheap but yet so cute!

Hopefully in the new year I will find some more time to scrap my favorite subjects!!

Thanksgiving

For the second year in a row, I had the entire week of Thanksgiving off. what a relief. we took the motorhome out to Palm Springs and enjoyed the week out there with the kids' godparents. The weather couldn't have been nicer and we had a great time. I think I took a nap almost everyday with the kids.

Janet and I decided to do a super easy turkey dinner....we all got reservations to the clubhouse dinner that they were having. Made clean up a real breeze. bummer was, no leftovers.

Janet was great with the kids and did crafts with them and also brought them pooping turkeys. The kids thought that was great fun. I was waiting for them to tell someone that they were eating poop!!

Janet also made a run to the super walmart one day and came back with a golf set for the kids. the back part of our spot was right on the golf course and a putting green. The kids had a blast with their golf set. although, they played more like it was hockey. can anyone say "happy gilmore!"

here are some pictures from the week:

It was a great week and we all packed up and headed home on Friday. The kids and I were all sick on the day we left. We spent the rest of the holiday weekend resting and getting ready for the next big holiday...Christmas! I just can't believe how fast the year is going.

Big Boy...This Ones for YOU!!

I saw this layout and had to post it. For whatever reason, Kyle has been walking around telling us, "gobble, gobble." Guess it's a little different than, "quack, quack." They are learning about Thanksgiving at school which makes sense. I can't believe we are already into November. My how the time flies.

As we were coming home from school yesterday, I was explaining to the kids about how at Thanksgiving, we look at all the things we are thankful for. I started it off and made some statement and then Brooke told me she was thankful for her cat and dog. Too cute. Kyle hadn't quite caught on but he gave me a silly answer this morning about being thankful for a toy. We'll have to work on that one!

We are going to go to the Harvest Carnival today at their school. Don't quite know what to expect so we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully they will have plenty of stuff for 3 year olds to do.