Busy Week

We were so busy last week! It was actually pretty fun, though I thoroughly enjoyed chilling today in my pajamas and just sticking to the normal, school, housework, and general Kelsey craziness. So Monday we took Kelsey to the doctor since she was all broken out in hives for two days straight! She had her blood drawn, which was so sad for me, but she was a champ and didn't even cry! That's my big girl! It came back negative for any allergies, so we'll see what happens. After that we went across the street to Walmart and got what we needed to plant our garden! That night we went to Mimi's for my free birthday dinner.

So yummy! Tuesday we drove our friends to LAX to catch a plane to Japan!!! I'm so excited for their adventure and it was fun to be a small part of it. You can read about their travels here: http://www.bonillaphotography.com/gaijingiant/all-but-foolproof/ Fun Stuff. So since we were already in the general LA area, I took the kids up to the temple for a little photo shoot. I love love love the LA temple, and it was fun to take them there.After the temple we drove home via the Long Beach Towne Center and grabbed some lunch at Chick-Fil-A and our free ice cream cones at Ben & Jerry's! Oh so good. They have a little water play area there that was so fun!Tuesday was also the last day our Disneyland annual passes were good so when Daddy got home we hit the resort for a final hurrah. The kids got to choose one special treat. After much deliberation, Jeremy chose cotton candy. Kelsey got the balloon she's always wanted. I got to see the fireworks, my favorite! And Daddy got to enjoy an evening with us. Seriously, that's all he wanted. What a guy. Wednesday we all slept in after that crazy Tuesday and barely woke up in time to go to Homeschool Picture Day in the park. The kids smiled pretty and then had fun playing. That night we tagged along with Daddy to his church youth activity and then went with him to fix Grandma and Grandpa's computer and TV. Thursday we finally got around to planting the garden.It was a gorgeous day and we thoroughly enjoyed being outside! That night we headed on over to Hometown Buffet for another free birthday dinner! Friday night we rushed to the library before it closed to get the books Jeremy has been wanting, books on China and volcanoes. After the library we went to Tony Romas for my last free birthday dinner. I got the biggest best steak diner on the menu! It was so mouthwateringly delicious!!! I thoroughly enjoyed every bite! Then we went to Home Depot to get painting supplies for our living room. I picked Early Morning Sunrise, a light shade of yellow. I hope it turns out well!

Saturday morning we took Grandma with us to the Orange County Marketplace. We had so much fun looking at all the stuff and finding the great deals. Jeremy and Daddy got matching hats, I got shampoo, and Kelsey got curlers. Exciting stuff right?! Grandma bought me this cute dress that I just love! Jeremy and Daddy got churros, the biggest and best ones you'll ever find! After that we went to Yogurtland and then had fun running and playing in the water together in the backyard.

It was the perfect end to a great week!

Smile

My Birthday Cupcakes

Ok, so one of my very favorite things are my friend Cory's cupcakes! They are fantastically, delectably delicious!!! You can check out her blog here. She has different flavor combos, but my favorite are the chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow frosting. Oh my goodness, they are so so good. If there are none of these cupcakes in heaven, then I don't want to go. They are really that wonderful. So my completely awesome sister Cherish, (who also better be in heaven with me and my cupcakes,) had the brilliant idea to order some from Cory for my birthday. Seriously, the best birthday present EVER!!! I can't tell you how excited I was to wake up from my birthday nap, thanks honey, and find a dozen of these beauties on my kitchen counter. I squealed. Cherish even had Cory put our special sister code on hearts.
Aren't they adorable!!! So fun!!!

Thanks Cherish and Cory for my favorite birthday moment!!!

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Daylight Savings Time

Ok, let me just say that for the record I know that HATE is a strong word. I try not to use it too often, and never with people.

That being said,

I HATE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!

This is a big change for me. I used to adore daylight savings time. I have always been terrified of the dark and welcomed any chance to have longer periods of light. Then I had Kelsey. Bless her heart, she is not so good with change. This time change has messed her up royally. Being her mother, I am messed up royally as well! She has not adapted this week. She sleeps in late, and then her nap is late, and then she's up until 11:00 at night!! Oh my goodness. Those of you who know my sassy little girl also know that she can't be convinced to do anything she doesn't want to. She won't eat or sleep or smile or do anything unless she's in the mood. I can't just make her change her sleep habits. She woke up one day early this week and I thought hooray! She's adapting. This is the beginning of sleeping bliss. Sadly, it was not meant to be. That night she was up til 11:00 again. Who knows how long it will take her to change. Yes, I HATE daylight savings time.

You Are My Sunshine

The sun's been shining and we've been soaking up the rays!

I taught Jeremy how to jump off the swing. I forgot how fun it is to catch some air!

Sliders

Bubbles

Chauffeur Daddy

Spa Family

They love the water!

Kelsey's fearless. She needs swimming lessons this summer.

Jeremy's made so much progress. He was definitely not fearless.

We hit the beach in Corona Del Mar.

We were lucky to have a couple families join us.

Jeremy braved the cold water, but Kelsey wasn't so excited.

Happy Beach Boy

Cute Beach Girl

It was a gorgeous day. The clouds were beautiful.
We saw dolphins frolicking in the ocean.

Jeremy did math in the sand.

We love the sunshine!

Sickness & Spring

The sickness is never-ending. I shouldn't complain, we just have the wicked cold/flu bug that everyone is so kindly passing around. I decided to have a good attitude about it and just let things lie and enjoy a few days of R&R while our bodies mended. Well, it's been a week, and I'm ready to be mended. David got sick yesterday. Up til now, he had been the healthy one, the caretaker of all us sickies in the house. I thought oh no, he's going down too! But, he took Nyquil last night, crashed on the couch for 8 hours and woke up well. What in the world?!?!?! I shouldn't be surprised. I've never seen David be sick for more than a day or two. In fact, I rarely see him get sick at all. It's an amazing and blessed thing since the rest of us make up for him. Poor Jeremy has had a fever earlier in the week, he threw up once, has a cough, and a runny nose, chapped lips and nose. I had the body aches, cough, and this nose that won't stop. It took me 4 tissues just now to empty all the snot out of my nose. Gross huh? And when I blow my nose, it sounds like someone is squeezing a squeaky toy inside my ear.
I wish I knew what made this winter so rough on everyone. Everywhere I hear about people being sick repeatedly this winter. It stinks. The clocks change on Sunday, my birthday, so let's hope it brings sunshine, warmth, and relief from the icky sicky germs! Here's to Spring!

Daily Inspiration

IT'S HERE!!!!

The Haps

We went on a cupcake playdate with our friends to try the new Cinnabon cupcakes. They were ok, but if you want a really good cupcake go check out my friend's blog here. She makes the yummiest stuff!

We took a walk with Great-grandpa and had fun blowing dandelion seeds in everyone's yards. LOL

We had a blast at the Captain EO premiere. As you saw in the earlier post, we made the Internet baby!!! It was so awesome to be in the very first showing! Okay, so two funny things. One, we showed up to stand in line to watch it at 9 that morning and some people had been waiting since 9 the night before and we were in the same show! Haha! Two, people were all mad cause they wanted to sit farther back in the theater, and not way up front, and guess who got photographed? That's right, us. The ones who were gracious enough, okay forced, to sit in the front. Haha! It was really fun. The excitement level was so high, and the TV crews were everywhere filming. I'm so glad we went.

I've been putting the top of Kelsey's hair in sponge rollers at night sometimes so the straight top will match the curly bottom. And she looks so dang cute and girly in them!

We went to my great-grandmother's funeral with my sister. Jeremy was bored but sat very well for the service. Kelsey was a wild maniac. She and her cousin thought it was a playground with all that grass, and were quite rambunctious. Weddings and funerals, two things I want to take my kids to, but would really rather not.

We went to the most fun birthday party ever! It was a Hawaiian luau for a little boy's 1st birthday. Man oh man. They had a bounce house, a balloon artist, polynesian dancers, and the best food you'll ever eat! It was awesome!

Jeremy has been taking Shorinji Kempo classes for several weeks now. He's really enjoying it. The instructor told us to wait to see if he wanted to stick with it before we bought him a uniform, but I think he's ready! The instructor is so awesome, really funny, and great with Jeremy. It's cheaper than karate, because the instructors donate their time, and it's based on communication, besides the punches and kicks. Really good stuff.

So Daddy noticed something peculiar and remarkable about our baby girl the other day. She holds her writing utensils correctly. She doesn't do that little kid fist hold like most other kids. Daddy said he didn't learn how to hold his pencil correctly til he was quite a bit older. Maybe she'll be a good writer. She's very intent when she's drawing something.

Last, but not least, Jeremy has taken off with his reading. He was progressing along in school, but all of a sudden he wants to read everything! This is so exciting for me, as I'm a lover of reading. He reads signs out the car window, random books, and words here and there wherever we go! But my favorite thing to hear him read is a book to his little sister.