Sunday, May 31, 2009

Kaelin's new outfit

I finished Kaelin's new outfit today. Her pictures aren't scheduled until June 13th, but I figure this way she can wear it tomorrow to recital. Here's a few pics.









Friday, May 29, 2009

I feel alive again!

Thank goodness I woke up feeling much better today! Still a little bit of a lingering headache and some pain in my jaw but nothing too. bad. Kae and I just hung around the house today, I didn't want to push it and be out somewhere and unable to drive home. Not that anyone wants to know this, but I started my period again yesterday. Suprised me because it's only been 33 days so I wasn't expecting it for atleast 10 more days. It seems like my body is trying to get it's act together. Maybe in a few months I'll have a completely normal 28 day cycle. Wouldn't that be great if having Kaelin whipped my reproductive system into shape? Here's hoping!

I got the ribbon that I ordered for Kaelin's hot pink and zebra outfit! I'm so excited to start on her jeans, I really hope they come out cute. I'm going to use this tutorial for them. I really want to do some of her birthday pics in this outfit. I cut a bunch of pieces of ribbons and heat sealed them. So now I just have to cut the hem off a pair of jeans and start sewing! I would like to figure out a good way to trim the pockets and belt loops in ribbon also. I may have to hand sew those or just use on iron on adhesive. I also got the white and ballet slipper ribbon. I'm going to make a onesie and tutu set out of that for dance as well. I just need to get a good white onesie to use for that one. I think that's all I'm going to make for class this summer. I still have some other tutus I made that she can wear with a leotard.

I can tell when I'm typing while I'm over tired because I start to ramble. So I guess I'm gonna brush my teeth and head to bed.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Did anyone get the plate number of the truck that ran me over?

Today turned out much worse then I imagined. Kaelin woke up grumpy and clingy, not much of a big deal except my mom was coming to stay with her while I went and had a wisdom tooth pulled. Atleast I knew Mike would be here in case she absolutely threw a fit when I left. (Mike had car trouble this morning and so he worked from home.) I got to the dentist's and noticed the words didn't look right in the magazine I was reading. Crap, another migraine. I won't go into detail, but since getting pregnant with Kaelin my migraines have stepped up a level. I get nauseaus, visual disturbances, numbness and sometimes slurred speech. So I knew this had the potential to turn bad, quickly. They took me back and I got started watching a movie while they numbed me. Overall it wasn't too bad except the doctor had a hard time getting the tooth out. So I felt alot of pressure while she was digging at it. By the time I left I was feeling better but the headache part had kicked in full force. Plus my jaw was hurting from biting on the gauze so hard to help stop the bleeding. I got home and Kaelin was ready for her nap. So I changed out of my jeans and sat on the couch with her. Mom sat with us and rubbed my head while Kaelin fell asleep. I tried to nap with her but the novacaine was wearing off and it was starting to hurt. I asked Mike to call and ask if the doctor would call in some pain meds for me. Luckily, she did and he went and got it for me. Mom had brought over a frozen lasagna and garlic bread so I didn't have to cook so I stuck that in the oven. I ended up only eating a bit of it before switching to jello. So I've been taking it easy and letting Mike handle Kaelin. They just got from getting milk and icecream at the store. Tomorrow we're supposed to go to lunch with Mom and Margret. Mike is going to take my car so Margret is going to pick us up. Hopefully I'll feel up to it. Then she's going to take me to switch out our HD DVR box since it decided to crap out on us today. I can't handle anymore Little Mermaid, Jungle Book or Horton. Crap, I'm going to have to reprogram the new box with all our recorded shows.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Today was a pretty good day

Kaelin slept fairly well last night. Which doesn't suprise me since she played hard yesterday. We got up at 9 this morning and she was in a good mood. We ran to Wal-Mart to get some new mouthwash that stains her mouth blue in the hopes it'll help let us brush her teeth better. I also picked up some children's flossers since she'll let us floss her teeth. She did really good in the store and sat in the basket eating popcorn chicken the whole time we were there so I bought her a set of Tinkerbell keys as a treat. At 2 I told her it was time for her nap and we went to her room to sit in the rocking chair. She was out in a few minutes! It's been so nice having her go right to sleep instead of fighting me to stay awake. I'm trying really hard to stick to a schedule and be diligent about where I get her to sleep at. I think I was getting to lax with her routine and letting her sit in the living room with us until she fell asleep was just making it harder on me.

I got dinner started while she napped. I mashed the potatoes and started the chicken marinating. I heard a tiny peep out of Kaelin and she came walking out of her room. She asked to go back to sleep but didn't. I got her a bowl of strawberries and blueberries to snack on. That kid can eat some berries! Her little hands are stained blue! Oops! I took Megan to the high school for an audition and Mike stayed home with Kae. After dinner we went outside and found a frog in Kaelin's rain boot. So I got a little flower pot and buried it in the garden and transplanted the little guy into his new home. Kaelin was pretty excited about that so I had to take a picture of him for her. When we came inside she pranced around in a pair of my shoes. So cute!

Here's a few pics:

A face Kaelin drew the other day

Buddy the Frog in his new house

In Mommy's shoes

Her new "cheese" face

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day

Today was a really nice day! Kaelin was up at 8:15 and in a good mood. I got some laundry done and fed Kaelin breakfast. After I showered we ran over to Mom's to get their highchair for Kenneth to use today. They got here around 1pm. The kids hung out and played for a bit then we got ready for the pool. While I was changing Kaelin came in and told me she peed in her suit. I checked and sure enough she did, then she showed me where on the floor she did it. All the rain we had yesterday made the water cold, but it wasn't too bad. The stupid flying ants are back and majorly infested the pool. We spent the whole time scooping them out and throwing them over the side of the pool. Both kiddos had fun and enjoyed their matching arm floaties. Neither Katy or I thought to take our cameras out so we didn't get any pool pics. Kaelin took a nap but Kenneth refused to nap. Can't blame the kid, new house, new toys, not his bed. Katy and I sat on the back deck for a bit and tried to get some sun. Lord knows I need all I can get. Kaelin showed Kenneth her sidewalk chalk while Mike cooked the burgers. Dinner was yummy! I love fresh corn on the cob and burgers! Kenneth was pretty much ready for bed so they didn't hang around too long after dinner. Just long enough for him to develop a shoe fetish! He kept getting Kaelin's dress shoes and trying to put them on. Of course I made it worse by trying to squeeze his feet into them! He settled on wearing Kaelin's princess slippers instead. I got a pic of that one for sure! I'm sure his Daddy was so proud. There's a new frozen yogurt place not too far away so we went and picked up Mike's sister and went and got some desert. It was really cool and they have a ton of flavors and toppings. You pay by the ounce and was pretty reasonable. I discovered Kaelin's little battery operated car in the driveway when we dropped Megan off. I asked why it was out and she said that their dad decided Kaelin didn't need it since she had one at home too. That pissed me off so I put it in our car and brought it home. Not that she needs it, but still he shouldn't just go throwing her stuff away. Just because Mike's mom is out of town, he's being a butt and doing stuff he wouldn't do if she were home. But that's another subject all together. So instead of getting upset about it, I'll post some pics from today.


Kaelin

Kenneth

Kenneth in Kaelin's princess slippers :)


Kaelin and Kenneth playing the drums together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wljzo6_cvc8


Sunday, May 24, 2009

Day 3

We had a monster of a storm today! It hailed. HAILED! But luckily it only delayed our cookout plans at Mom's. They got a new pool so it was filling up when we got there. It was just the right hight for Kaelin to be able to reach in and play with the water. She wore her new Elmo skirt outfit and was so cute! I put her hair in piggies but realised I only had one Elmo clippie and no blue or red bows. So I got out the glue gun and made her another Elmo so she'd have 2. I have to say, it was pretty darn cute!

It is very stressful being with my family sometimes. Not that they stress me out, I get tired of being a buffer. My family thinks Mike over protects Kaelin and hovers. Mike thinks my parents don't watch her close enough. It freaks me out sometimes because I know they both want to say something to the other and I'm waiting for it to get uncomfortable.

Kaelin decided she only needed a 5 minute nap today so she was ready for bed when we got home. Hopefully she'll sleep good tonight and get up early tomorrow. Maybe then her and Kenneth will nap at the same time tomorrow. I'm going to catch up on some chat boards and blogs and head to bed early myself.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Long weekend, day 2

I love it when we get a long weekend! Mike was off yesterday for his flex Friday and Monday is Memorial day. After him and Kae went to the airport yesterday morning and brought home breakfast, Margret and I did some shopping. Margret got a bunch of stuff and I got Kaelin a new Elmo outfit and a Dora nightgown. She is in desperate need of new pjs that are summer appropriate. We went and got the rest of the things we need for the gardens. So today we'll finish spreading mulch in the front garden then Mike is going to build a garden box in the backyard for our vegetable garden. Kaelin loves digging in the dirt so gardening is perfect for her! Then I need to clean the fridge and hopefully my sewing room. Tonight we've been invited to go see Horton Hears A Who in the park with some friends. That's Kaelin's favorite movie so it should be fun! Tomorrow I intend to clean the house and do some reorganizing. Then we're going to a cookout at Mom's house. Monday Katy and David are coming down for the day, We intend to hang out in the pool and grill some burgers. Which reminds me, I need to go to the store today.

Mike and I watched The Fog after Kaelin went to bed last night. It was pretty good with just the right amount of gore. I'm ashamed to admit my level of tolerance for scarey movies has gone down, gives me nightmares. Anyways, when she woke up she would not go back to sleep. She screamed for about twenty minutes not knowing what she wanted. We finally got her settled down and gave her some tylenol. She came to bed with us and fell asleep watching a baby Einstein video. So today Mike wants to hang her TV in her room so she can watch it in bed. Hopefully that'll help her want to stay in her bed. I really want to discuss her sleeping habits and how to wean her with her pediatrician next month. The kid is sucking the life out of me! Just kidding, but really, I'm done nursing her. She's getting too old and I just don't enjoy it anymore. I don't regret going as long as we have, I'm just ready to have my body back to myself for a bit.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Took a sick day today

Ha! If only it was that easy! Kaelin woke up during the night running a fever. I didn't get up to check it, I figured she needed to sleep more then be poked at anyways. I try to let fevers run their course anyways since they're doing a job. Unless it's high of course. She only ran a small temp today, unfortunately so did I. I was supposed to go to lunch with my mom but I had to cancel. So Kae and I hung around the house in our jammies all day. I did get the laundry done, the kitchen cleaned, the floor vacuumed and the new switch plate for the triple switch in the living room stained and installed (I'm trying to install all new switch plates and outlet plates in the house to match each room). Then we both crashed and took a long nap. We got up when Mike got home and I showered while she took a vapor bath. I like having the shower and the garden seperate in the bathroom! I steamed up the bathroom with my shower and Mike sat and bathed Kae. We both put on clean jammies and all of us have just been hanging out tonight. We ate pizza in the living room while we watched The Jungle Book (again!). Now we're just waiting to see if Grandma Marger is coming over to see us before she leaves town tomorrow.

Mike's off tomorrow and has to drive his mom to the airport at 7:30 in the morning. Hopefully he'll get my shelves hung up in my sewing room at some point. Although I just saw a really cool storage shelf desk thing at Ikea for $50 that looks really cool. I don't know though, the table on it is smaller then the one I have now so I wouldn't be able to have my sewing machine and cutting mat out at the same time. But it sure would make the room look nicer. Ahhh, decisions, desicions! :)

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

I'm exhausted

We had a bad night last night. A bad one. Kaelin went to bed at a decent time and was easy t put back to bed. Then I brought her int bed with us when we were going to bed. She would not g back to sleep! Every time she'd start to drift off, she'd wake up screaming to nurse again. I was set on making her go as long as possible without it since I'm trying to wean her. After about an hur of her waking up every 5 minutes screaming, and then Daddy having to go sleep n the couch, I gave in and we both finally got a little bit of sleep. She was up before 9 this morning, which is early for her. She ended up taking her nap at 12:45 and slept for about an hour. Nrmally she fights naps as lng as possible and finally crashes at 4 or 5.

Mike had to work really late today so went to my Mom's and stayed for dinner. Kaelin played in the sprinkler for a hour or two before dinner. She's really into water activities these days. But then she doesn't want to take a bath, wierd. Anyways, dinner was great and Kaelin ate a ton of chicken and then a pear. Since she was up early and napped early I had to keep her awake when we got home. That is a pain in the butt, let me tell ya. If I let her go to bed before 9 she would treat it like a nap and be back up in a few hours. She's had a runny nose all day today also. I think it's from teething, that would explain her crabby mood lately too. I'm very excited this will be her last 4 teeth, but at the same time I'm not looking forward to her cutting 4 more molars. The first set were hell. I gave her some cold medicine with tylenol before bed so hopefully I'm covered either way and she'll have a good night tonight.

While I was waiting for Mike to get home I finished up Kaelin's hot pink and zebra ribbon onesie! I just need to make the bow to pin on it. I'm going to make her a matching tutu to wear to dance class and a pair of matching ribbon jeans for her birthday pictures next month. She's going to look so cute in her zebra hair bows, ribbon onesie, ribbon jeans and matching tennis shoes I found for her! I can't wait! Hopefully I don't screw the jeans up. I think I'll do pictures in that outfit and the dress and brown bows she wore for Mother's Day because that was just precious!

Well, we are going to finish the season finale of Desperate Housewives before bed.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Got her dancing shoes!

Kaelin and I are going to take a Mommy and Me dance class next month and again in the fall. I'm so excited! She's gonna be so cute in her little tutus, made by Mommy, of course. This morning I had to run Grammy to the doctor to get the bandage off from her carpal tunnel surgery. While we were out we stopped at a few resale shops and I found some ballet shoes in each one. I bought one that's a 6 1/2 for the summer and a 7 1/2 for fall. Here's pic I took on my cell phone. She's running around in them already!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Stroller Skating with Baby Abbi

Today was our Stroller Skating play date with Jamie and baby Abbi. I was a little nervous that it had been cancelled when we were the first ones there, but people slowly trickled in. Kaelin has been a little leory of all things containing buckles lately, so she wasn't stoked about sitting in her stroller. We took a few laps around the rink after hitting up the moonwalk for a bit. We took a break to hit up the moonwalk again then took a few more laps. We had lunch while we were there and Kaelin thought everything on the table was up for grabs, gotta teach that girl more about personal space! Overall we had alot of fun and hopefully we'll be able to get together more often. Kaelin really needs friends and Mommy needs social interaction! Here's a pic of the girls in their strollers right before we left.
Kaelin crashed out on the way home, thankfully. We have to go get Colleen from school at 5, she had rehearsals for something. I'm the family driver since everyone else is at work.

I went grocery shopping yesterday. I'm proud to say that I got all our groceries for $68 and saved $30 with coupons and sales! Some weeks are really good coupon weeks and others aren't so hot. Lately I've been having more not so hot weeks then hot weeks. Of course if Mike goes with me we go way over budget, but that's no suprise.

I'm going to take advantage of my me time and relax before Kaelin gets up.


Sunday, May 17, 2009

A bunch of pics

I was cleaning up the hard drive on my laptop today and realised my pics were in desperate need of sorting. While I was at it I thought I'd take this oppurtunity to upload some pics from the last few weeks. You have been warned that there are alot!

Kaelin and Carissa in the tub when Rissa spent the night.

Kaelin all dressed up for Mother's Day Brunch at church.

Back shot of the piggies

Helping us garden this weekend.

She really wanted to use Daddy's tools

Kaelin and her crush Taylor in matching shoes

Practicing her pitiful and begging faces at the table today:




Tomorrow is Stroller Skate day at the skating rink. Hopefully I'll get sme more good pics to share!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Movie Night

Another week has already come and gone. So that means it's Movie Night again! We rented Kaelin Madagascar and a princess movie and got Marley & Me for us to watch. I'm hoping that will be a cute movie.

I can always tell when summer is approaching- all our shows have 2 hour season finales. I'm by far the most sad about Scrubs ending. We have watched that show for 8 seasons, and loved every single one of them. Makes me realise how much time has gone by. I watched the finale of Gray's Anatomy last night and thought I was going to cry like a baby when it ended. I knew something bad would happen with Izzy, I mean, she has cancer for Pete's sake. But I was not prepared for John Doe to be George! I really hope they both make it and come back next season, but I just don't see how George will ever be the same. I guess they could do heavy makeup for each show because I know he won't ever look the same, but I doubt they will. I thought the post-it wedding with Meredith and Derrick was fitting, but I hope they have an actual wedding. I like the though Derrick came up with for them to have a ceremony (with drinks!) on the beach once everyone is better.

I had to go and pick out a new kitchen faucet today. Our had been leaking a little bit, but last night it exploded and soaked the cabinet under the sink. Mike took it apart last night but it was shot. So I had no sink all day today. Oh well, I got to get a new one with the sprayer nozzle built into the faucet, so it's ok. They had some gorgeuos ones that would have been so cool to have but I just can't imagine spending over $200 for a faucet.

Anywho, Kaelin is getting in the bath so I better get in my jammies and get the popcorn ready.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Thank goodness for dental insurance and Stanley Steemer

I had an appointment today with my new dentist for a checkup and cleaning. I haven't been in since before Kaelin was born, and that was not a good experience. I really like my new dentist. The whole staff was super nice and my exam was very thurough. The best news is that every thing I need done from them is 100% covered on our insurance! So I need to schedule to have a wisdom tooth pulled and a cavity filled. Then she referred me to an oral surgeon for my bottom wisdom tooth since the roots are curved. Plus I have a referral to an endodontist to see what is going on with the tooth I previously had a root canal and crown done on. She thinks they may have missed a nerve and that there may be some infection under one of the roots. Mom has her hand surgery on Wednesday so once I find out what her recovery period will be then I'll schedule the extraction. I'm actually excited to go back and have the work done. And that's saying alot coming from me, I hate dental work!

When I got home the Stanley Steemer guy was here already. Mom put all of Kaelin's toys in our room so he didn't have to move them and then he moved the couches. He had the carpets cleaned in about half an hour then he put the teflon coating down. He went ahead and did all the hallways as the second room since we were getting a 2 room package. He also said he'd teflon the hall for free if I gave him a tip so I did. My carpet is only a year old but Kaelin has wreaked havoc on it so I'm excited that I didn't have to shampoo it myself this time. Best Mother's Day present ever!

I feel bad that Lucy has been neglected. I took her to the clinic on Friday and Dr Runge said she has fleas and ear infections. I know better, I can't believe I totally missed that. So I gave her a good scrub down in our tub today. I cleaned her ears really good and put medicine in them then put some cortisone lotion on her belly since it's a little rashy. Then I put some Advantix on her. She's on Sentinel for her heartworms and fleas but I guess it's not enough this time of year. Oh and the best thing is, Dr Runge said I can keep my employee discount if I keep their website up! Yay! I was worried about paying for vet bills no that I don't work there anymore. I used Yahoo Site builder and already have a really nice site done for them. I just need to go in tomorrow and get the credit card number so I can switch them over to Yahoo for the hosting of the site. It will be cheaper for them and easier for me to keep updated. Win/win situation I think.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Found a great deal!

I love a great deal, nothing excites me more. Well, that's not entirely true. Anyways, a friend of mine posted a baby carrier website that was closing. I went and checked it out since we've always been real big into baby wearing with Kaelin. I found a Patapum Toddler Carrier for more than 50% off! Yay! When Kaelin was first born and I went to work at the dance studio, I wore her in a Moby wrap and I loved it. It was so soft and comfortable and it held her tiny baby body so nice and securely. But it's a lot of material and now that she's bigger it's hard to wrap her up in it anymore. Then I started using a mei tai for awhile. I could wear her on my front or my back, plus it fit Mike as well. But again, she's outgrown that as well. Then Mike bought an Infantino carrier that he liked, but I never thought it was quite as good as some of the carriers. Luckily she's outgrown that one now too so I had the perfect excuse to buy the new one! Now I can't wait for it to get here so I can try wearing her again, especially on my back.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I took Kaelin to the library yesterday for story time, only to find that there is no story time until June. Go figure, that's what I get for passing on story time the last few weeks. So we hung out there for a bit then went over to the park. Kaelin played on the jungle gym for a few minutes then we went and checked out the turtle pond. There was only one lonely little turtle out. We went and checked out the fountain but the water looked pretty gross so I made her stay away from it. When it was time to leave I had to drag her to the car kicking and screaming.

It's still wierd for me to go to that park. That's where Grandpa Jack officiated numerous weddings (2 of which I was in the party for), held the Sunrise Service every Easter and led many other events through out the years. I still think about him and how much he loved that park every time we go. I really think we should find out how to donate a bench or something in his name for the gazebo. He was such a huge part of that park's history. It's sad for me to think that in the past few years I have gone from having 3 sets of grandparents to only one. I really hope that they make it until August so they can meet Kaelin when we go up for Jake's wedding. Not that either of them are ill or anything but you never know what can happen.

Kaelin's independant streak is getting worse. She's so intent on doing everything herself and often refuses help. Mom said today that she is exactly how I was at this age. Hopefully that means she'll potty train herself like I did too! Nah, that would be too much to ask for. She frustrates me sometimes because she's never content to sit quietly while I do something. Like she won't sit in the basket at the store while I shop. She constantly has to be entertained and wants to see and touch everything. So then I either spend my time running after her and cleaning up her mess, or we leave the store and I don't get my errands done. I'm hoping this is further evidence that she is smart and her mind is constantly craving knowledge. In the meantime it means she gets more spankings then I like. In June we're going to take a Mommy and Me class at the studio. Depending on how that goes I may find more structured activities like that for her to get into next year. When we were at the library yesterday a lady asked me if she was small for her age. I told her that she was almost 2 but only in the 5th percentile for her size. She told me she figured she was either small for her age or had very advanced verbal skills. She speaks such clear and complex sentances that it blows my mind. I was expecting her to be speaking 3 word sentances or whatever, but instead she says things like "I want to wear that shirt to Grammy's house today". She likes to tell me the color and types of cars we pass on the road and in the parking lots also. "There's a blue truck Mommy....oh, there's a red car and a big van". And of course, her most used sentance these days is "I'm sorry Mommy, I didn't mean to do it" or right when she's about to get her booty blistered she'll say "I love you too Momma".

Monday, May 4, 2009

Terrible 2s + teething + learning about independance = 1 frustrated Mommy

I have been telling Mike that Kaelin is going through the "terrible twos" for quite awhile now. Throws herself on the floor over not getting to wear exactly the shirt she wants to wear (even though she refuses to decide when given the choice), fighting nap time, not listening to me in public, etc. Today she proved me right. I had to run to Hobby Lobby to see what colors of 1.5 inch ribbon they stock for an order I got for some bows. While we were there Kae refused to sit in the cart, wouldn't walk holding my hand, pulled everything off the shelves, ran away from me, and threw one hell of a fit when I had to spank her for being bad. If I grabbed her hand to make her walk with me she'd yell "my ARM! Mommy hurting me!" Add that to the bandaids covering her right hand (from the burn) and down her leg (making a fashion statement) I'm sure I looked like a great mother. In my defense I picked up everything she destroyed and left the store in pretty decent shape. I had to give her some tylenol this morning because she has more teeth coming in, so I'm sure that didn't help any. Plus, she's learning what it's like to be independant. She threw a fir in the car because she wanted to change her shoes. Fine, I handed her the other ones. Then she couldn't get the sandals buckled so I had to try to help her. BUt then she would get frustrated because she couldn't get it on her own. I had to fight screaming out of frustration because I know she is frustrated too and it wouldn't help for her to see me break down. I just tried to gently remind her that buckling shoes is hard and sometimes even big girls need help. She wants to do so many things by herself now and forgets she's only 22 months old. She's a bit stubborn like her mom though.

My mom tells me that when I was little my favorite thing to say was "I can if I can" meaning I should be allowed to do anything I was physically capable of. Well, Kaelin is starting to have the same kind of attitude. Yesterday we were swimming and Kae wanted to sit in her chair on the deck. She tried to drag it over to the other side of the ladder and Mike told her she couldn't sit there because she could fall off the side of the deck. So she proceeded to sit down in her chair and put her feet up on the higher part of the deck and tell Mike "I sit in my chair Daddy". My mom looked at me and started laughing. Yeah, I'm in for it, I know. I just have to keep reminding myself that it's just a phase and she'll outgrow it (right??). All I have to do is keep my cool and try to survive the next few years. Then I can send her to her room when I need to!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Kaelin's first slumber party

Kaelin has been asking when we were going to pick up Carissa again. So Friday we picked her up from school and had her spend the night. Kaelin had a blast! We went swimming, colored, played dress up, watched movies and ate popcorn. Kaelin didn't take her nap before we picked Rissa up so she was pretty grumpy. She was so excited about having copany that she fought her nap all afternoon and didn't crash until we drove to get dinner and movies. The girls shared spaghetti and watched The Jungle Book before finally crashing at 11. I got up Saturday morning and made us all pancakes for breakfast. We took the girls outside and let them color the driveway and sidewalks with chalk. That gave me the oppurtunity to pull some weeds from the front garden and Mike trimmed the bushes in front of the house. I didn't get to take as many pics as I wanted, but here's a few of the girls.


Sharing the headphones to the iPod in the car
Playing in the tub after swimming in the pool