Disneyland Birthdays

I'm finally getting around to posting pics from our Disneyland trip in May. We had such a great time and it was fun remembering it all over again looking at these pictures.

This is Jonah having fun with Grandpa on the Tea cups and the space shipThree different kinds of cupcakes that I made from my "Cupcakes" book again. They were yummy!

Ashton was a little scared of the Pirates of the Caribbean. Braden caught a great picture!

Easter egg hunt

These are pictures from an easter egg hunt we had over Easter weekend. Jonah made up a song after he found the eggs. He was singing, "I found one. I found one." He was also trying to get his friend Tyler to sing it with him.

Ps. The cupcakes were really good too. I used my new cookbook that has all great cupcake recipes.

Big Birthday Bash

I am planning a birthday party for Ashton's first birthday and Jonah's 3rd birthday at Disneyland. We would love as many people to come that can. It's on May 31, 2010 which is Memorial Day.

Common excuses for not coming

1. I have to work---Well it's on Memorial Day so you'll most likely have the day off
2. Disneyland is too expensive---If you volunteer You can get a free ticket for each person in your family over the age of 6
3. I hate Disneyland when it's too crowded--According to Braden this is not a very busy day because everyone is at the beach.
4. I don't have time to volunteer--Braden is only volunteering for 2 hours on Friday stuffing envelopes and the location is about a block away from our house. Very easy! There are so many things that there is bound to be something you can do.
5. I'll be bored because I won't like the kiddy rides---You can take your kids on Pirates of the Carribean and many rides that adults go on. Even the babies. Jonah has loved it all 3 times that he has been. I LOVE it too!!! There is also a stroller ticket thing where you wait in line once and one person goes on the big ride like the Madderhorn while the other person waits with the stroller then the other person goes on the ride without having to wait in line.


Please come everyone!!!! It will be so much fun.

Favorite Family

Favorite Jonah


Teaching him how to say "finger" instead of "shinger"



You can't tell from this video but I try to get him to say it right by saying
"F-F-Finger" and Jonah replies saying, "F-F-Shinger"



Favorite Ashton




His sneezes. When he does 3 sneezes in a row, his last one is hilarious. He has done it since he was born. He lets out a little yell/scream so it sounds like this, "AAAAAAWWWWW choo." Too bad I can't get it on video.


Favorite Braden

Telling me that Nova Scotia wasn't part of Canada. The reason this is so funny is because he knows much more about history, current events and geography than me. That's why I love you, honey!


Favorite photos

You know you're a mom when......

I am so excited about my vacuum!!! I bought a vacuum about 4 years ago when we got married. I totally HATE it. It was a semi-cheap (around $150) bagless vacuum. I could clean my floors better if I just got down and sucked it up myself, or let Ashton loose on the floor. So I really wanted to find a vacuum that actually works, but we haven't had a whole lot of money to spend on extra things. I found this vacuum.
It was $80 on every other website and even at the store, but BBB had to honor their online price. I also had a 20 percent off coupon, so I only ended up paying $40 for it. Now I'm thinking it's probably not a very good vacuum because it was so cheap, but I love it!! I can't say enough good about it. It picks up everything, doesn't loose suction, is light weight, easy to maneuver, easy to clean and empty and has reusable lifetime filters. The best part is that it was cheap!

Now what do I do with my old vacuum? I'm known for selling stuff, so I can afford to buy something new that I really, really want, that we haven't budgeted. For example my new Phil and Ted's Dash stroller-- LOVE IT!

Anyway I thought I could get $15 for it on craigslist, but just for fun I wanted to see if I could take it back to BBB. They took it back! I got a store credit for $109. Now I can afford to get a new rug and get rid of my ugly ghetto rug that I got when my neighbors were re-carpeting their house. They put the old carpet in rolls outside waiting to be thrown away. Well one man's trash is another man's treasure. I took it and figured it would be perfect for all the spit up and food stains it was about to receive.

So that's my vacuum story.

Oh and here's some pictures of my kids.

Playdate drama!!!!

I seem to say this a lot, but only in Los Angeles would something like this happen. I'm writing about it just after it happened--FINALLY I have something exciting to write about.

So I scheduled a play date with a few other moms. We've been making it a weekly thing on Mondays to go to the playground at The Americana in Glendale which is an upscale mall. It's usually a lot of fun. So I'm sitting there chatting with the other moms, Sarah and Christina, when we all notice helicopters circling us above and tons of police sirens. Just as we're looking up and wondering what is going on, this guy comes running toward us. He was running right through the play ground and seriously I think we made eye contact. About 10 feet behind him were about 3 police officers chasing him. I just stood aside and got out of the way of everyone running. About 2 minutes after they all passed I was thinking, "why did I just move aside? I could have totally tripped the guy and the police would have caught him." Instead the guy continued to out run the out of shape police officers, and he made it into an elevator. Meanwhile there were about 5 or 6 police officers around the area looking for him. My friends and I saw him on the top level of the parking garage where my car is parked. Oh great! Now I can't even get to my car.

So we ended up being evacuated by the police because we were now in the middle of a crime scene. Apparently the guy was wanted for armed robbery in Burbank. We had no idea how long this was going to take, so all of us with our multiple children and strollers walked across the street and found a borders to hang out for a while.

We were in there for about an hour when we decided to call people to come and get us. By the way I'd like to apologize to Borders for the mess we made in the children's area. Jonah is still potty training and was wearing underwear. He will not go in the big potty, so he ended up going in his pants and I'm sure he left a little puddle of pee on the floor. It was hard to tell because it was dark carpet. One of the kids tore open a box of toys, we left crumbs and sand. What a day! Now I'm home trying to make the kids nap, and of course neither one of them is asleep. I still don't know when they'll let us in to get my car. I'm hoping I remembered to lock it and I hope they don't charge me for parking.

By the way if you want to hear a better interpretation of this story you should read Sarah's blog because she's a much better writer than I am and I'm sure it's going to be really entertaining.


Here's video of where it all started. My friend Christina is the one lunging for him afer you hear someone say "I got him."
 

New Year/New Start

Now a new year is here, so I decided to start the blog up again. I made it through Thanksgiving, Christmas, my birthday and my free time is finally back for some short chunks of time during the day.

I feel like I've been mentally and emotionally gone for a while. Ashton has been a challenging baby. All of my time was spent holding him, catching up on sleep, or trying to figure out why he was crying--usually there was nothing I could do. He also only attached to me, so I was the only person he would calm down for. Now he is doing much better since he is weaned and sleeps through the night.

Here are some of my favorite moments from the last few months.



JONAH
We have been potty training and it's going well. A few weeks ago as he flushed the toilet he waved bye bye to his poop and said, "Bye, bye poo poo. I wuv you!"


ASHTON
Ashton is now 7 months old. He is crawling now and very anxious to walk. He already pulls himself up and stands next to the couch and his toys. He is much happier now that he can move. He eventually finds me though.




CHRISTMAS
My parents were here for Christmas. It was so nice to have them here and the kids loved spending time with them.



I'm holding my new "So you think you can Dance" workout video. I'm totally going to get into pre baby shape this year.