wild child

We went to a friends b-day party on Friday night. When I left it got a little wild! Does it start this early?? :) ;)

oh, basil

Random and odd pregnancy craving for the day: Fresh Basil. Like in my salad. But with no lettuce. Just basil. And dressing. And dried cranberries & almonds. Mmmm. SO delicious!!

My good friend brought me a basket of goodies from her garden. In it was baby lettuce, radishes, I think nasturtium (some kind of edible orange flowers) and......basil! Mmmmm.

What was I going to tell you about Abigail??.....I can't remember what it was! Darn! So now I have been sitting here for at LEAST 30 seconds trying to remember, but I can't. Maybe tomorrow!

Aren't they beauties? These were from Saturday afternoon when we took a quick jump to the beach. Emma was freaked out because Ab and Bella kept screaming at the waves and Todd kept pretending to fall in. She gets so worried about those kinds of things! Anyhow, do you like Isabella's bangs? She is so proud of them! And a little embarrassed, too! (Before we left for church, she had to look in the mirror one last time to make sure they were perfect!) Ab got her hair cut too. She actually got like 2 or 3 inches cut off- I can't believe how long it was!

Well, Spring Break is over. I thought that it was going to be awful, so much work to get done, no more breaks....but today was amazingly fun and easy!! -And I looked ahead through the phonics curriculum, which is the one that stresses me the most- and I am happy to say I think the rest of the year is just mastering the things she's already learned instead of introducing new concepts! That is exciting because she mostly understands the stuff she's already learned!! So now we will just cruise through- and that means we won't be behind when we start in the fall! Yay!!!

it's a beautiful day (don't let it get away)

Today was a beautiful day. We headed over to a friends bright and early- she's offered to watch the girls on Tuesday mornings. Blessed I am! So I dropped them off around 9ish and the sun was warm and bright!

So I finally went to a real doctor for a real pregnancy test! You guessed it- it's positive! So officially, the due date is Oct 2. Then, I treated myself to some myself time. Just me, the massage chair, the jets on my feet and a People magazine. For about an hour.

And then we hung out in my friend's garden of paradise and ate salads and watched the kids dump sand all over each other. It was relaxing.

And then I took the girls to the park where we met another friend for a play date. It started off rough, but then the kids found their groove and we got a chance for a nice chat. It was a great day altogether. I love Spring Break!! A few more days to be carefree before we head into the crunch time. I am just going to change the subject right now! (We don't need to think about that until next week!)

it's already 4:15??

Here's Abigail painting faces at the Easter egg hunt/picnic Saturday. It's not enough to just get your face painted! This boy let both of the girls paint his face! It looked....well, splotchy! But is was incredibly cute. So they hunted eggs. They got some treasure. They had a blast.

Emma was sick last week with an infection of sorts. She is currently on anti-biotics and is feeling better, but still the past few days she has been extremely tired and therefore clingy. But we cut her a little slack, since she is sick and all ;)

Today we are on Spring Break, which is such a relief! We needed a break!!! We are in the process of deciding what to do about next year's schooling. Do you want to hear my statistics for the local school she would have to go to? Ready? On the 1-10 test scoring scale from greatschools.com, this school scores a 2. 90% of the kids receive the free lunch program, and there is a 2% non-Hispanic population. Oh, and to top it off, 87% are English-learners. Amazing isn't it? She would definitely be the only little blonde girl in her class! So we will see.

Teletubbies love to roll

Yes, the obsession continues! Emma woke up this morning saying "Tubtubbies!" And I think I had a dream last night that she was playing with some little Teletubbie action figures....how funny! Well, they are on PBS at 10:00 every day- so she can get her fill. :)

And as we were watching, Abigail was pretending she was an emperor penguin carrying an egg between her feet. If nothing else, it's always entertaining at our house!!

Bella doesn't seem to be feeling very well today. She is tired and cold. I hope she doesn't get the stomach flu- that is not fun!

The weekend went too fast, as usual! The highlight was a really fun BBQ last night with a bunch of friends. Santa Maria style tri-tip, beans, bread and salad. So good. And the salsa. I can't forget that. One of my friends makes the BEST salsa. I am going to try to get the recipe and can some- then maybe I can send it out to everybody! That would be fun- except....ever since I have had it, no other salsa even compares!

Well, better log in to school and get started. I never knew how much work Kindergarten would be!! :)

let it be

Wow! Yes, it is true, a new blog from here! Amazing, isn't it??! Well, the truth is, I have been mostly laying around and feeling sick for the past month! I have been so tired and nauseous that I had no energy to even get the basics, such as blogging, done! But NOW, I am feeling SO much better- the whole week has been like a new phase, like the SECOND TRIMESTER- finally! :) So we are (hopefully) back to bloggerworld.

All I have to say really is, Teletubbies. Oh my goodness, teletubbies. Or as Emma likes to say ten thousand times a day- tubtubby (as she points to the TV, VCR or Remote Control)! She is obsessed. OBSESSED. I don't know how it happened. One day she was watching an old tape of Bella's, the next day- it is all she can think about. It is extremely cute, though- to watch her get so excited when it comes on. She covers her mouth in anticipation....she says WOW! and if you are next to her, she will make you do the same thing by pulling your hand to your mouth! And then she mimics EVERYTHING she sees. "Uh-uh" "No!" "Big Hug" "Lalalala". And she does the dances. She rolls on the floor. She hops in circles. She is in love.

Ab and Bella are good. They decided they wanted their bunk beds "down", so they are very excited about the new set up. And they have started a new habit of going "fence climbing". They pack some snacks and go out back. Then they proceed to try and climb over the ten foot fence out back! I don't know what they think they will do if they get to the top! Hop over? I hope not!! They climbed up the swing set and almost reached the top- I was afraid they were going to jump over! I tried explaining it to them, but all was lost. I guess it is just for fun. It is mostly about the snacks, anyway!

And can I just say- I love how no one is talking about how Howard Stern is urging all of the people to vote for Sanjaya!! He is sweet and all, but it is almost like he is doing all he can to get kicked off!! I feel kind of bad for him actually....not that bad though, because really he should just step down. But I do think it is funny how no one is talking about it on the show. Simon was right, what more can they say!!!!