My sob story

So this is where my husband is right now....I am not.
He is there on a school trip for graduate school and will be gone 10 days and I am kicking myself for not fighting to go. My kids are old enough to take care of themselves that long right?! I heard a lady left her kids home for a week while she went to California and left them a big bowl of cereal on the kitchen table. I could totally do that right?!
Point being, David hates to travel. Anytime we go anywhere he's good for about 30 minutes. Doesn't matter if its the beach or Disneyland he wants to go after 30 minutes. So after this 10 day trip and 10 hour flight, ya think I'm going to get him back on a plane to go to Italy or Ireland?!?!!!!!
Its never going to happen. I might as well buy a book all about Italy because that is the most I will get out of "my trip".
I really should stop the crying. Its not like everyone gets to go on their dream trip before they die.
And the funny thing about David is he's not even taking a camera!!! I asked him if he was planning on taking my camera and he said:
"Why would I do that?"
He's in Paris without a camera.
So I am going to take advantage of this situation and put the kids to bed early, get out the chocolate, and have a all-the girlie-movies-I-could-never-watch-with-David-athon....for 10 days.

Spring Break

We had horrible weather for spring break!!! I had rented a bounce house and had to cancel it because of the rain and snow. So we tried to find things indoors. We went to Kangaroo Zoo which has every bounce house you can and went to the indoor pool (which I hate!!!!!!)

Hour Glass Door Book Review

The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The first half of the book I would rate it 5 stars, but once it hit the climax it was almost like the author was trying too hard to make a big deal out of it. But I liked it enough to buy the 2nd book.



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HAPPY EASTER!

 I had to BEG for this picture

 This was taken after church when he was in a better mood. Check out his shoes!! He just looked so cute I had to take a picture.

 I know! Again! But I think this time they are at they're peak and pretty soon they will be gone!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADDIE!!

 Easiest cake I have ever made! Its called Duff's Cake Tattoo's. I bought them at Micheal's and they were so easy to put on and they are edible too!

 The girls had fun playing lazar tag and playing the arcade games

 Addie's favorite present was Puppy Monopoly. She's been playing it all day today! (Which means I was too. Addie really likes board and card games and LOVES puppies so this was a perfect fit)

 Addie really wanted the Calico Critter doll house, but it was $80 and I said No. So Aubree made her one out of cardboard (I help glue gun it together. ) But then she spent all day yesterday decorating it.

Addie turns 7 today! We took 2 of her best friends to do lazar tag and play games at the arcade then back to our house for cake.

Addie's 7th birthday

K so I'm an idiot on one of the videos so just bear with me!

CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS REVIEW

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I was totally fine with how the 3rd one ended and after reading the 4th..I WAS TOTALLY FINE WITH THE 3RD! It did have enough going on to hold my attention which is why I gave it 2 stars. I was just bored of the series and getting bored of the characters I guess. It had its good moments though, a little shock and surprise every now and then, but I was really annoyed with the love story. We read the whole series trying to find out what happens to them, then it finally happens, and then they are in limbo again! Very frustrating! And the ending?! Okay, I have to admit, if I was into the book the ending could be pretty cool, but I was so ready to finish the book that I just rolled my eyes and ran to grab my next book.



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Discovery of Witches Review

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


I haven't finished this book yet. I am in the very middle and I am bored out of my mind! Its an adult version of Twilight I guess and frankly I've had enough Twilight. I'm getting bored of Vampires. But if you like wine and fine food you will love this book...cuz that's seriously all she talks about and goes into great detail about the dang wine they are drinking! I might return to it if I have nothing else to read, but I have 2 other books waiting for me so this one is going back on the shelf.



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Early Spring

Aubree Had A Great Game!!!!!!!!

Aubree had an AWESOME game today!! Her coach told everyone that he wanted to see a scizzor kick in this game and Aubree did it!!! At half time he had everyone clap for her and he gave her a high five! She was thrilled! She said at the end of the game that she wanted to stay in comp.  They won their game 9-1!
And they are 3-1 now.

Sooccer Games

Austin was soooo funny to watch!  It was one big playdate to him with lots of friends to play with! He would plow right through them knocking kids down and falling down all over the place even if he didn't get tripped. If someone else would fall he would fall right with them! I guess Addie had a good game after I left. I had to leave early to get Austin to his game on time.

Austin played against his 2 buddies from preschool.

Addie's Piano Recital

 Of course she's not wearing the way cute dress I specifically bought for her recital and she picked it out and promised she would wear it. Story of my life!

 Addie's best friend Abby. They have been best friends since they were 3. Her mom is Addie's teacher. That is the only way I was able to get Addie to take lessons.

Addie was sooo nervous! This was her very first recital and we are so proud of her! (She wants to quit, so I told her she can have a month off after her recital is done. I'm hoping it was only because she's been working so hard on her recital piece.)  But she did a very good job and I didn't notice any mistakes. YEAH FOR ADDIE!

New Trees

We planted 2 more trees this past week. One died on us last summer and let me tell ya, a big tree like that is devastating!!! So we replaced the one that died and added another one making the grand total of trees to 29!! Lets keep our fingers crossed on these 2 because they will not be replaced! We got the fire pit going and roasted some marshmallows.

I Still Get A Kick Out of It

This is Shutterfly's latest...it still cracks me up when I get on their website not knowing....

Aubree's Game

UPDATE: Aubree scored her first goal tonight and I wasn't there to see it!!!! It was an away game and Addie had the flu so we stayed home!!! GRRRRR!

Super Hero Birthday Party

 I had this scavenger hunt planned well in advance incase of bad weather and good things I did, too! I printed out coloring pages and had my girls color them and decorate the boxes. I made up my own clues and hid them in the box and the girls took turns reading them. For Superman I made "Kryptonite" which was really slime.

 For Spiderman I just bought candy with gold wrapping on them to make it look like money (Dr. Octopus robbed a bank and they had to help Spiderman find the gold)

 I made everyone Batman cookies (I frosted one of them pink for our only girl guest)

 Here's a closer view of the slime. I downloaded the BIF comic words from the internet and decorated mostly everything with those. The below picture was just $1 store bubble tape that had the superheros on it. Less work for me!!

 

 ABOVE: I made everyone Captain America shields

 I made cupcakes since I thought it was going to be outside and it would be a lot easier then eatting cake. I made them in advance and just froze them. Good thing I had both because some wanted cake and some wanted cup cakes.

 Here is the link for the Super Hero Invites