10-8-09 and 10-9-09

Karah 10-8-09

Alyssa 10-8-09

She got herself some snacks to take to exercise this morning.

10-9-09

Very happy with braids!

Rooney Coloring

Boo posing!

Mom, watch me do this!

I noticed this turtle in the driveway and asked if Karah had drawn it. She said "Yes, I did mom-but it's actually a tortoise!" Okay, now I know! So cute!

Have I mentioned I haven't gone to my exercise classes for a long time now-how sad! My feet were killing me (that's very common for me but I knew my insurance was about to end so I finally went and had them checked...) Apparently I have to get them operated on. They will be removing my accessory navicular bone on both ankles (kinda like a bone spur on the inside of my ankles) and then insert titanium rods on the outside of both ankles in the sinus tarsi (to help with hyperpronating.) I was scheduled to have both feet taken care of on November 12th (yesterday) but there was a mixup with our insurance so I have to wait till next week, the 19th. Nice! I thought that everyone had painful feet so I have been dealing with them for at least 15 years now, probably longer! I wish I could have had them fixed a LONG time ago, life would be sweet. My naughty feet are probably why my knees hurt and my hips are all messed up and my back... I hope having this operation helps everything else too-that would be awesome! I think it will at least help! Scary though! I'm a bit stressed... I don't know how my body will tolerate the implants and how much I will be hurting! ugh

10-7-09 cupcakes, sprinkles, chalk & pants

At my ward here at our new house they have an awesome exercise program! Every morning from 9-10:30am M-F we exercise! Step aerobics, yoga (on Thursdays), tae bo, weights, circuit training... Usually it's an hour of cardio then weights or situps or stretching. It was so awesome and I was going every day (because it was convenient! I had to get up and get dressed and get in the car anyways to take Karah to school so I may as well go over to the church and exercise instead of going home and doing nothing!) I actually learned that I can do it! That I can exercise! I may (hopefully!) will start up something similar when I move back to my old house. By the way, we are selling our house and I am moving with the girls back to our townhouse-that's the plan at least! Don't know when but one day, it will probably happen! Anyways, while we exercise, the kids run around and play. Karah and Alyssa hit it off with some kids that live a few houses down. Karah was really excited to have them come over and make cupcakes with her cupcake maker!

Their family is a little like ours in that they have a little girl about Karah's age, a little girl about Alyssa's age and they have a little baby boy about Evan's age (except he's still alive...He's so cute!)

We started off inside...

But when it was time to put the sprinkles on...it was time to go outside!

And boy, am I glad we did that! Zach from next door joined in on the decorating part.

I think kids love sprinkle because it's all sugar!

Smile!

I love how Ashlynn's little sister kept putting more sprinkles on one of the cupcakes. (The furthest left one.)

And more sprinkles...

And still more sprinkles! After she ate the other two treats so was saying she was done. I told her she still had one and she said "I do?" Yes, right under the pile of sprinkles. She stuck her fingers in, felt around and triumphantly pulled out the hidden cupcake! She was so excited! It was funny!

My girls!

This is the reason we moved outside... You are supposed to move the little purple heart on the bottom over and it makes the tray spin as the sprinkles fall down. Nice idea but really what it does is spray sprinkles in EVERY direction. Once we got outside, Zach was the only one to use it, the girls went for the bottles of sprinkles! Nice!

Now it's time to draw with chalk!

Karah was a little busy bee making hopscotches and bugs and flowers.

I like the caterpillar!

Here is my delima. This is the difference in sizes on Karah's pants. She is so tall and skinny so I get Levi's 517 Slim pants for her and they work out great (as long as the adjustable waist is cinched up!) Something seems wrong though! As you can see there is a huge difference in the two pants in the picture. There shouldn't be, in my opinion, but there is. The one on the left is a size 6 slim and on the right is a 7 slim. Why is there at least a 6inch difference? Why?! The size 6 is almost too short (we do not do floods!) but the size 7 is SOO much bigger (everywhere, not just in the length...) I've had her trying on all kinds of brands and styles but I'm at a loss. She either is going out in public in floods or pants she could fit another person in with her-which is worse?!

Here is a comparison between Alyssa's size 2 (don't fit anymore), Karah's size 6 and 7. Now you see? Crazy! I started thinking that maybe it's because the size 7 pants are in the girls section instead of the little girls 4-6 section. Maybe sizing is different...

I even took a picture of the tags to prove I'm not crazy, they are exactly the same! (Except for one other thing, I just noticed! Size 6 is made in China and 7 are made in Kenya. Aren't (usually) the people in China short and the people in Kenya tall? Could that be why? Is that stereotyping?! Sorry, I don't mean to hurt feelings, just trying to figure out why there can't be a size or two, or three between 6 and 7! lol) Are you tired of me talking about my 5 year old's pants yet?! I could go on...but I won't! One last thing, I have tried shrinking them...still the same!

10-6-09

Karah wanted triangles in her hair today. Okay, how do I do that? This is what I came up with. (Lys got a quicker version because she won't sit still!)

So we FINALLY did this! I've been meaning to for years but we never got around to it!

I knew the girls would love it! Just coloring the noodles is a project in and of itself! Then all the fun things we can do with them! Necklaces, pictures with noodles glued on, crunched up on the carpet, etc. ;) Have I mentioned my kids LOVE projects and doing stuff!

They each got to pick the colors they wanted and fortunately they picked different colors-cool!

Try it, make some of your own, you'll be glad you did!

I love colors and I love my girls!

9-30-09

Two dirty bears! I have been trying to sneak the bears away from the girls for over a week so I could wash them. They soo desperately need a bath!

Lys did NOT want to hand Bear over!

She cried and wouldn't let go.

While she was watching a kid's show she had him sitting next to her. I carefully snuck him into the wash with Kate. When she realized she freaked out! She kept trying to take him out but he was full of water and too heavy for her to lift! It was funny!

Finally clean!

The reunion! (I know it was only like a half an hour but they love their bears!)

Every time I wash Bear, Alyssa gets so excited telling me over and over "Bear is white! Mom, Bear is white!" Like she's so surprised and she didn't know that was his real color! It cracks me up!

While I was doing the laundry, Alyssa kept herself pretty busy! She had all the shoes lined up in two rows to the door-that is soo something one of my children would do...

Then she hurried me into her room to show me something "special."

She sat on her bench and told me to take a picture of her and her special surprise.

Apparently the "special" thing was that all her bears were wrapped up in blankets and sleeping at the same time!

She was so proud!

I got this little bench at the DI for $1 and I spray painted it. She loves it! (This post sounds kinda familiar, like I've written it all before. If I have, sorry! I know this is the first time with these pictures though! -I think! )