It's all about the Girl!

This girl makes me laugh my head off. She also makes me want to pull my hair out, but no one is perfect. She had a field trip to the Birch Aquarium where she screamed her head off in shear panic due to some large fish. She wasn't the same after that room. She liked the sharks, but not the big fish. I don't understand her.

Move over Hannah. Here comes Lily. I know her diction isn't all that clear, but isn't it so cute to hear her sing songs from Wicked. Here is her rendition of Popular. Listen to the whole thing so you can laugh. We all do. She went back and watched the video her dad made and when she was finished she said, "I'm just like Hannah Montana." Damon and I looked at her with shock. We didn't even think she knew who Hannah was. We have never watched her in this house. Just goes to show you what kids can pick up.

PS. Got a call from the nurse today. Apparently Adam was having a hard time breathing and coughing a lot. She wondered if he had ever had any experiences with asthma. I had a good laugh with that and told her we had and that I would come get both the boys right away. Fun for me!

Field Trip Galore

My kids have been all over the place this week with school. Lily had a tour of the post office. Noah went to Torrey Pines State Reserve and Adam went to the Birch Aquarium. Needless to say I am quite tired. It doesn't help that baseball season has started with 4 practices a week. Life is fun right? Isn't this what we signed up for when we became parents? Damon and I were discussing our lives when we were in college. He said he barely remembers that time now. That makes me a little sad. That was the time that we could be so wrapped up in each other because there wasn't anything else monopolizing our time. I like to refer to that time as "the good old days".

Here are pictures from the kids various field trips. I do love exploring with them. I also love watching them learn new things.

Happy Love Day!

We call Valentine's day "Love Day!" in our house. It started about 6:30am when I snuck out of the house and ran to the store to get balloons and donuts for everyone. I snuck back in and arranged balloons, breakfast, gifts and drinks on the table for 4 people. Then I just waited for the faces to light up. They did and thanks were given.

After breakfast it was on to church for an activity for the kids. They had fun and I relaxed in the genealogy library with some research to do. Later Damon and I went out to the Temple and then to our new favorite Saturday Chinese Food place. Our sitter told us we had to be home by 8pm because she had plans. We were and we finished off the night with a yummy dessert and a movie, "The Saint." Now, who doesn't want to drool over Val Kilmer on Love Day?

A touch of Domesticness

I had an attack of domesticitis and decided to do Valentine treats for all my piano students and my kids and my husband. So I donned the apron and got to baking. It was fun and I remembered the good old days when I actually had time to bake and make fun treats. Lily was also at a friend's house which made my time even nicer. Now if I could only do this more often.

Field Trip Thursday

Due to baseball season starting and piano lessons having to be rescheduled we had to have a short field trip today. We went to the duck pond at the Scripps Ranch Library and fed the ducks. It was the most fun time we have had there. There were so many ducks and they were all starving. So if you live nearby go feed the ducks. They are hungry. They ate right out of our hands. Even the geese were behaving themselves just to get a morsel of bread. Lily didn't enjoy having the goose nibble on her finger. It is sort of a right of passage I think. Everyone should get bitten on the finger by a goose at least once in their life. My mom used to take us to the duck pond at Encanto Park. I was probably about Lily's age the first time a goose got me, but I survived and I told her she would too. The kids were sad when we ran out of bread and so was I. We told the ducks goodbye and that we would visit soon. That was our day. Enjoy the pictures.

I didn't have the zoom on. The geese were right at my feet!

Old Town

We went to Old Town today for the commemoration of the Mormon Battalion. My parents and my two nieces and nephew came down to enjoy the experience with us. We had a lot of fun. I met some missionaries from Samoa. We watched a cannon and muskets being fired. The girls made dolls. My mom churned butter.We all cooked our own biscuits over a fire and my personal favorite was the manual clothes washing. All the kids really got into that. One of my nieces even said that we should get rid of our washing machines. Fat chance! It was a beautiful warm day and lots of fun was had. We also went through some of the old buildings around Old Town. That was fascinating too. Enjoy the pictures.

Noah had the Pinewood Derby the other night. Here are the pictures from that as well. There weren't to many because Damon was busy and I was at home with Lily. Sorry Noah. He did a great job on his very first car.

Thar she blows!!

Adam and I went on a field trip with his class last Friday. We went on a whale watching tour. I was so excited about going. Then I woke up Friday morning to rain. I figured the trip would be cancelled. NOPE! It was cold and wet, but we were able to see a grey whale and it's calf. That was pretty cool. We also saw dolphins and sea lions. We see those all the time so it wasn't as cool. The captain ended up bringing us back to shore and hour earlier. I was very grateful for that. I came home put on my warm clothes and had hot cocoa. Whenever the whale blew out the blowhole Adam would yell, "Thar she blows". It was quite humorous. I recommend this field trip to anyone. Just go on a sunny day.

I taught Lily's preschool last week and we learned about baking. We made baker's hats and baked gingerbread cupcakes after reading The Gingerbread Man. Then on Thursday we went on a field trip to Krispy Kreme. It was great. They treated the kids really well and they not only got to see how donuts are made, but how they start out and they got to make their own sprinkle donuts. It was a lot of fun.