Riding in Style!

As one of the top ten kids in the school to raise the most money at the spell-a-thon, Cordel, along with the other top ten, got to go on a Limousine ride and to lunch at Wendy's! Such a cool thing for him to experience. We are so proud of him! 

Waiting outside the school for the Limo to come...

There it is!!!

All the winners (there were actually 14 kids that got to go. Some of them were tied for 10th place)

In you go!

Awww, he is so adorable! You look good in a limo, Cordel!

Off they go!

I followed and took a few shots... I am sure people either thought I was crazy or some hillbilly that had never seen a limo before...

Pulling into Wendy's, who by the way, PAID for all the lunches! How awesome is that?? Thanks Wendy's!

There he is!!

I love you baby! Mommy is so proud of you!

I am not sure who provided the limo service, but Thanks to whomever it was!!

Bring on the Testosterone!

 We have wanted to take Cordel to The Monster Truck Show for a few years and this year we finally did.  As mentioned in a previous post, we have a lot of girls in this house hold and Cordel tells us he is "girl trapped" frequently. We thought this testosterone filled outing would give him some relief from ALL THESE GIRLS! It was a boys night out ( with Daddy and our across the street neighbors Michael, Adian, and Pat) and they had a blast! 

Is he not the most adorable boy you've even seen?

Easter Cookies

We frosted Easter cookies yesterday! I am positive more frosting went directly to their mouths than onto the cookies!

Out Smarted?

I walked into his room to tuck him into bed and it was a total pig sty. So I said, "I sure hope you don't have to get up in the middle of the night. You will be tripping over all this stuff all over your floor!" And then I walked away to tuck in Sydnie, hoping he would take the hint and clean up. Yeah, it didn't work out quite that way...

April Scrappin Club

This month we are using Simply Scrappin Kits!! I absolutely love Simple Scrappin Kits! They make scrapbooking FAST and EASY! So, unless you are using Playdate with Playdate quick accents your page will of course be in different colors and have different accents. It's the layout you need to focus on! This is 5 pictures, 2 tall 4x6 and 3 4x4's. The rest in just punchin some circles and slappin on some sticker strips and accents! Easy, Peasy!

You can do that?

I am always intrigued by the way kids minds work. They say and do things in such innocent ways sometimes, their view of the world simple, untainted, and still full of wonder. For example, I was talking with my daughter about how big our town is getting and she asked "Is it a hundred pounds huge?!?"  Or when Cordel 

says after a full nights' sleep, "MOM. I was asleep for like... a minute!"

On this day, I was making homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner and had told the kids I was going to make the noodles from scratch. The first thing out of Cordel's mouth was "You can do that?!?! Where is the box you're going to put them in?"  Having never seen me actually make noodles, he had no idea that they come any other way! So I taught them how to make homemade noodles and the entire time they kept saying "How do you know how to do that?" It was the coolest thing ever to them! Helping me roll out the dough, Sydnie couldn't get good leverage, so she said "Mommy, I gots to get up on the counter cuz I'm a little bit too little, but don't worry! If I fall, you will catch me!" Yes, yes I will.

brother + sister = friends

When they aren't trying to kill each other, they are the best of friends. Here they sit peacefully, cuddled up on the computer chair, watching an episode of Dino Dan. LOVE THEM!

My little love bugs!

 Addie

 Aliza

 Dallas

 

Sophie

 Sydnie

 Cordel

Valentine's Day 2011

Not just a river...

My baby girl. She did not turn 4, did she? Nope, she didn't. She DID NOT. Nope. Nope. Nope.

No such thing as too girly!

 Out of 6 kids I have enrolled in my daycare, 4 are girls and with Sydnie and myself, it pretty much is an estrogen infused house, or as Cordel puts it "Girl Trapped"! Now, out of the 6 girls (myself included), 5 of us celebrate our birthdays within 3 weeks of each other! BUT WAIT! Thats not all. Aliza and myself have the same birthdate and Sophia and Sydnie have the same birthdate! CRAZY, huh? When I learned this I decided I had NO CHOICE but the throw a Happy Birthday Tea Party for all of us! Rainbow Pasta, Pink applesauce, pink Milk, pink plates, forks, napkins, sprinkle cupcakes, hollywood glasses & necklaces... well you get the idea. There is no such thing as too much pink or too girly!

 Thanks Zoey for taking this picture!
 I am usually behind the camera!! (side note- Sophia was sick and had to miss the party! SO SAD!)

 Kate DOB 2/21

 Aliza DOB 2/28

 Ms. Kenzie DOB 2/28

 Sophie DOB 3/9

(picture taken Sept 2010)

 Sydnie DOB 3/9

 Addie (whose Bday is in December but There was NO WAY I was gonna leave my very favoritest one year old out of the fun!!)

 Happy Birthday, sweet girls!!