Blueberry Kisses

Happy 4th Birthday Livi!

2011-04-03T22:37:00.000-04:00

We Met Minnie Mouse!

2011-03-19T22:28:00.000-04:00

Minnie Mouse came to the King of Prussia mall to promote her new show. Of course the girls wanted to go meet her. You would think they haven't met her many times in Florida. Livi wanted nothing to do with her when she got up close.

They had fun games, dances and prizes for the kids to do. We actually had a really good time.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sara!

2011-01-30T22:23:00.000-05:00

Snow Day 1.26.11

2011-01-26T22:18:00.000-05:00

Bowling Playdate

2011-01-17T22:14:00.001-05:00

We met up with Brenna and Chloe so the girls could try their hand at bowling. They all had a good time. The big girls could have played a few games, the little girls barely made it through one game. I guess it wasn't exciting enough for them! Maybe next time we'll leave the little girls home with the daddies.

Shady Brook Farm Light Show

2011-01-06T22:11:00.001-05:00

We took a trip to Shady Brook Farm for the light show. I think this is becoming a tradition. The kids love the huge light displays and they think it's neat to drive through all those lights.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T22:10:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas! 2010

2010-12-25T22:03:00.000-05:00

Livi's School Holiday Party

2010-12-21T21:56:00.000-05:00

Livi's school had their holiday party today. Livi was so excited to show me the songs they had learned for it and the crafts they were going to do. Juli joined us after the school bus dropped her off. She had fun making crafts with her friends too.

Livi and her BFF

The Nutcracker

2010-12-18T21:49:00.000-05:00

Mom Mom bought tickets for us to go see the Nutcracker at The Pennsylvania Ballet and have Tea with the Sugar Plum Fairy. Wouldn't you know Julianna ended up sick and throwing up that morning! She has been asking to go to the theater for a long time and she loves ballet. She was so upset that she couldn't go. She stayed home with Pop and they rented it from On Demand on the cable box.

She missed a GREAT time. Livi absolutely loved it. She was in complete awe of the Sugar Plum Fairy. She did pretty good at the ballet too. She started to get antsy toward the end, but she sat through most of it pretty nicely.

Thank you Mom Mom!!

Self Portrait: Livi

2010-12-13T21:47:00.000-05:00

Hatboro Holiday Parade

2010-11-21T21:39:00.002-05:00

Juli and Katie walked in the holiday parade with their dance school. The rest of us watched from the sidelines and cheered them on!

Trick or Treat 2010

2010-10-31T21:38:00.000-04:00

Halloween Dance Party

2010-10-30T21:35:00.000-04:00

Nonna's Halloween Spooktacular 2010

2010-10-30T21:15:00.001-04:00

Wild Halloween/Birthday Party

2010-10-29T21:10:00.000-04:00

Juli went to a costume birthday party for one of her friends from school. She had a BLAST. They had the garage/barn decorated for halloween. The kids got to go on hayrides. They even had a sheep dressed up as a horse!

Juli's 6th Birthday!

2010-10-10T22:24:00.000-04:00

I can't believe our baby is 6! We celebrated with a Phineas and Ferb themed party at the Little Gym. A good time was had by all!

A Day at the Park

2010-10-09T22:19:00.000-04:00

We went to an event at a local park hosted by a Mommy's Group I belong to. The kids had a blast and we enjoyed some gorgeous weather.

Little Ballerinas

2010-09-18T22:14:00.001-04:00

The girls started back to dance school. Olivia was very excited to be joining the class this year instead of just watching from the waiting area.

Bounce U

2010-09-18T22:06:00.000-04:00

We went to a birthday party for one of Juli's friends from preschool. It was out Bounce U. Juli loves bouncing and the big inflatable slides.

Happy Birthday Brenna!

2010-09-04T22:38:00.000-04:00

We went to Brenna's birthday party. The girls had a blast in the jungle gym, on the rides and playing the games!

First Day of School!

2010-08-30T22:30:00.000-04:00

We officially have a first grader! Where has the time gone?

Of course, while getting ready Juli poked herself in the eye. So her eye was red and watery ALL DAY. Poor thing.

Sunny Days

2010-08-29T22:26:00.001-04:00

We took a trip to Sesame Place with Aunt Karen & Sara. The kids love it there! Livi and Sara could do without the characters but they have a good time.

Summer Fun

2010-08-24T13:22:00.001-04:00

Puddle Jumping

2010-08-22T13:15:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday Aunt Karen

2010-08-15T22:12:00.001-04:00

Katie's Party #2

2010-08-14T22:03:00.000-04:00

We helped Katie celebrate her birthday again at a party at her house.

Katie's Giant Party

2010-08-08T22:59:00.000-04:00

Okay so it wasn't a GIANT party, but it was at Giant! LOL The kids really enjoyed celebrating Katie's birthday at the cooking school.

Beauty & the Beast

2010-07-31T12:06:00.000-04:00

Juli got to go see the play Beauty and the Beast at the Children's Theater with her girl scout troop as a reward for selling cookies. The girls had a great time. The play was cute. We hope to make it back to the theater someday soon.

Family Party in Brooklyn

2010-07-17T12:03:00.000-04:00

We went up to New York for James' family's annual party. The girls had a blast in the pool and playing with their cousins. Of course, the horse races were a big hit as usual!

Livi's New Haircut

2010-07-16T00:01:00.000-04:00

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Random Summer Fun

2010-07-10T23:55:00.000-04:00

Happy Fathers Day!

2010-06-20T23:53:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Kyra!

2010-06-20T23:49:00.002-04:00

Kyra celebrated her 1st birthday! We had tons of fun at her party!

Dance Recital

2010-06-12T23:44:00.000-04:00

Dress Rehearsal

2010-06-09T23:37:00.000-04:00

Talented Kids @ Sesame Place

2010-05-16T23:32:00.000-04:00

Juli's dance school participated in Talented Kids Day at Sesame Place. They did a great job! We had fun at the park after they danced and walked in the parade.

(Grand)Father / Daughter Dance

2010-05-15T23:04:00.001-04:00

Juli went to her first Father/ Daughter dance at Girl Scouts accompanied by Pop Pop since her Daddy was at work. She LOVED getting all dolled up and ready to go.

Dinner and a Mom Mom V

2010-05-13T22:56:00.000-04:00

Mom Mom V. was up for a visit from sunny Florida. We had a nice dinner and it was great to spend time with her!

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-04-25T22:52:00.000-04:00

Check out my cool cake!

Roar to the Shore - Spring

2010-04-25T22:47:00.000-04:00

We went down the shore for the weekend so James and Joseph could check out the spring bike weekend. The kids got to have a fun weekend with Nonna & Pop. I got to spend some time taking pictures. Everyone was happy.

Happy Birthday Lilly

2010-04-17T22:42:00.001-04:00

We took a ride out to Lancaster to help Lilly celebrate her birthday. She had a party at an art studio. The girls made some new friends and had a wonderful time!

Livi's Kai Lan Birthday Party

2010-04-10T21:06:00.000-04:00

Happy 3rd Birthday Livi!

2010-04-05T21:51:00.001-04:00

Livi had a great 3rd birthday! First she got a package from Daddy in the mail. She was excited to see Kai Lan stuff. Then Cici, Katie & Ryan came over and sang Happy Birthday with us! What a fun day!!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T21:32:00.001-04:00

Concentration

2010-04-03T23:43:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday Sweet Pea!

2010-04-03T23:36:00.000-04:00

Livi got her annual Sweet Pea gift in the mail today! She was so excited to get her very own package!

Thanks Morgan and Melissa!

Easter Egg Hunt at School

2010-04-02T23:20:00.000-04:00

The girls had their Easter Egg Hunt at school today. Juli's class sang songs for the parents. After that we "dyed" some cream cheese sandwiches. I thought it was pretty gross, but the kids seemed to love it.

The kids were anxious to get outside where there were TONS of plastic eggs for them. It was so funny to watch them all running around scooping up as many eggs as they could. After the big kids did their hunt, I went to the other side to join Livi and the little kids. Unfortunately my battery died right before they went outside. :-(

Goodnight Girls

2010-03-29T23:14:00.000-04:00

Bowling Party

2010-03-28T23:07:00.000-04:00

Juli has been asking to go bowling for a while. She finally got her chance! Her Girl Scout troop had a bowling party. She had a fabulous time. She thought it was really neat when they turned the lights out and turned the black lights on. That may have been her favorite part.

Coloring Easter Eggs

2010-03-27T21:51:00.000-04:00

We dyed our Easter eggs tonight. The girls took it very seriously as you can see. They have their concentration faces on. I'm not sure why Livi is pouting in the one picture, but it's pretty funny. We did have an incident, but I think it was after that picture.

I caught Livi with the spoon that had been previously in the dye now in her mouth. I told her not to put it in her mouth.

A few minutes later I look over and she has another spoon up to her mouth and is licking the dye on it. I said, "DO NOT put the spoons or the dye in your mouth! It's yucky, you can't eat it."

She said, "You said to try it. You told me try the pink one."

I did tell her to try it, but I meant dip her egg in it, not TASTE it. Sheesh. I really have to remember that soon-to-be 3 year olds take everything very literally.

A 1st Grader?

2010-03-23T21:37:00.001-04:00

We took Juli to register for 1st Grade tonight. Yes, FIRST GRADE. Isn't she still a baby? How can she possibly be going into first grade? She couldn't have been more excited to go to the big kids school and register if she wanted to. Look how proud she looks!

Of course Livi was not to be forgotten. She needed to get her picture taken too.

While we were in the school, we bumped into Juli's dance teacher's husband. Turns out he is a first grade teacher there. He gave Juli the VIP tour and she can't wait to start in his class next year. Yep, she think's she is going to be in his class. She has a 1 in 11 shot. Let's see what happens...

This Must Be A Record!

2010-03-23T21:35:00.000-04:00

I'm looking at my picture folders and there is nothing between Ryan's birthday and 3/23! I didn't think it was possible for me to go that long without taking a picture!

Ryan's 1st Birthday Party

2010-02-21T21:28:00.000-05:00

We went to Chuck E. Cheese to help Ryan celebrate his 1st birthday. Of course Livi was terrified of the characters. She warmed up enough to enjoy herself as long as she was FAR away from them. Juli loved it all and now wants to have her party there. What else is new? She says that after every party she goes too!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T21:25:00.000-05:00

For our OH-SO-ROMANTIC Valentine's day, we made heart shaped cookies. I think more sprinkles ended up on the table and floor than anywhere else! The girls had a good time though. We had some home made pizza afterward too. We didn't make it heart shaped like we did last year, but it was still yummy!

A Little Snow Won't Stop Us

2010-02-12T21:19:00.000-05:00

James dug a path to the barbecue and cooked us up a delicious dinner! Who says you can't grill year round?

Enough with the Snow!

2010-02-11T21:14:00.001-05:00

More snow!! Enough already! We can't wait for spring! After we dug our way out, we headed down the street to play with all the other kids on the blog. The girls had a blast and did not want to come in. We stayed out until it after it got dark!

Shrinky Dinks and Pizza

2010-02-10T21:03:00.001-05:00

Somehow we got a hold of some Shrinky Dinks. I was really excited about this, probably more than I should have been! I remember doing these when I was a little girl. We colored them and got them ready to go in the oven.

You can't really tell from this picture but they shrank a lot! The girls thought it was really neat! I'm not really sure what to do with them now, but it was fun to do!
We also made homemade pizza from scratch. That was fun too! The girls liked helping to do that.
It came out delicious! This one was half regular, half white pie at Juli's request.

Hearts for Haiti

2010-01-31T21:47:00.001-05:00

The girls' school sent home some hearts for them to decorate. They had to decorate them and send them back to school. The school will then display them on their walls for a while like a gallery. After a certain time, parents could walk through and buy a heart. The money made will be donated to the relief efforts in Haiti.

The girls had a great time making their hearts. They love doing arts and crafts type stuff.

More Snow

2010-01-27T22:21:00.000-05:00

Where are we going to put all this snow??

Happy 1st Birthday Sara!!

2010-01-23T22:21:00.000-05:00

We celebrated Sara's first birthday with a Barney Garden Party. Karen & Nonna (and everyone else involved) did a great job. The decorations were adorable. The cake was gorgeous. A great time was had by all! Here are some pictures of the big day:

Mountains - Sledding

2010-01-16T21:31:00.000-05:00

There was still some snow on the ground up the mountains so we decided to take advantage of it and do some sledding. The road (don't worry, it's not used very often since we are on a dead end) has a nice slight hill that was perfect for the kids. Nonna went to the bottom to "catch" the kids and keep an eye out for cars. Juli attempted snowboarding. Or snow scooting? It was a snowboard thing with a handle, that kind of looked like a scooter without wheels.

The girls all had a great time and couldn't wait to do it again. And again. And again. :-)

MLK Moutain Weekend

2010-01-15T16:26:00.000-05:00

We headed up the mountains for the weekend with the family. I'll put a few different posts up with the pictures. Looks like this one of Jenn, Livi and Sara is the only one I took on Friday night.

Cupcakes!

2010-01-09T16:20:00.000-05:00

The girls wanted to make cupcakes today, so we did. They were actually Fiber One Muffins, but don't tell the girls that. ;-)

They had a great time decorating their own cupcakes. They were delicious!

Just the Girls

2010-01-08T22:18:00.000-05:00

The Princess and the Frog

2010-01-02T22:07:00.001-05:00

Aunt Jenn went with us to see the Princess and the Frog today. Juli couldn't wait to see it, which meant of course that Livi wanted to see it too. What the heck, why not? They both had a really good time. Livi made it about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the movie before she got bored and just started dancing in front of her seat and running between me and Jenn. Luckily it was full of kids so no one seemed to notice, there were actually a few other young kids doing the same.

We also saw Alvin and the Chipmunks at the theater. We didn't see the movie, much to Juli's dismay, only the statues adevertising the movie. Livi was afraid to get her picture taken with them. What else is new?

Afterward, the girls did a photobooth and got to take a ride on the carousel. In the eyes of a 2 and 5 year old it was a pretty awesome day.

Not sure why Juli looks like she's watching a horror movie below, she was only watching previews/pre-movie stuff.

New Years Brunch

2010-01-01T22:00:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year!

As usual, we had brunch and Denise and Joseph's house. The girls had fun chalking and checking out all of the toys that Santa brought for Katie and Ryan. We also sang Happy Birthday (a little early) to Joseph. Too bad for James he was on the boat and missed it.

The girls were a little tired and cranky from being up so late last night. Some pretty nice meltdowns occured when it was time for us to go home. Luckily naps followed shortly thereafter!

Happy New Year 2010!

2009-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:00

We spent New Years Eve with friends like we have done for the last few years. There were plenty of kids for the girls to play with, so they had a blast! If I didn't check on them every now and then I probably wouldn't have seen them all night!

Juli was excited to wear her "2010" glasses that she made at school. This year both girls made it midnight and were able to ring in the new year with everyone. Livi didn't make it off the block though. I think she fell asleep before I even finished buckling Juli in.

Juli fell asleep a few blocks from home. We dropped Maddie off at Cici and Uncle Joe's. Maddie rode with us so since we had some extra room. When we got home Juli woke up hysterical because she didn't get to say goodbye to Maddie and hug and kiss her. Not to mention we would see Maddie first thing in the morning at New Years Day brunch. I told Juli we would call Maddie to say goodnight as soon as we got upstairs and got Livi in her bed.

When we called, Juli was so upset and tired that she could only whisper when Cici answered the phone. Boy did we give Cici a scare. Sorry Cici! When Juli whispered "hi cic", Denise thought it was me saying "help me". I took the phone and explain what was going on. Juli finally got to say goodnight to Maddie and all was right in the world. :-)

Holiday at Mom Mom's House

2009-12-27T22:38:00.000-05:00

We went to Mom Mom's for a holiday party today. I only got one picture. I'm so mad at myself. I should have taken more. Livi was happy to play photographer today, so I'll have to check her camera and see if there is anything I can use on there.

Disney on Ice

2009-12-26T22:25:00.000-05:00

Nonna gave the girls tickets to Disney on Ice for Christmas. We had great seats and they were so excited to be there. I don't think Juli took her eyes off of the show for a second. Livi started getting antsy close to the end, but she did better than I thought she would. They both can't wait to go back and see another show!

Thank you Nonna!

Santa was here!

2009-12-25T22:07:00.000-05:00

The girls are at such a great age for Christmas. Everything is SO exciting to them. They loved ripping open all of their presents and seeing what they got. There were quite a few squeals of delight as they opened gifts. It was so fun to watch them.

Christmas Eve

2009-12-24T23:27:00.000-05:00

We spent Christmas Eve at Uncle Rick & Aunt Mary's house, as usual. It was so nice to see everyone. The girls had fun playing with Dylan and Sara. Juli made a new friend, since their neighbors came over and they have a little girl about her age. We tried to do family pictures like we always do, but the kids are all at such a tough age that we didn't really get anything good. The best ones I got are below.

Bath Hat

2009-12-21T23:26:00.000-05:00

Livi insists on wearing a "hat" after her bath. She says, "I have to wear a hat. I like you mommy. We have to match." LOL

More Snow!

2009-12-19T23:20:00.001-05:00

We got more snow today! This time it totaled over a foot! We went out a few times to play in it while James ran the snowblower. The girls had so much fun they didn't even want to come in. We even threw them on sleds and took a walk through the neighborhood. It was so peaceful!

School Holiday Luncheon

2009-12-16T23:15:00.001-05:00

Today was the annual Holiday Luncheon at the girls school. They sang songs with their classes and made magic reindeer food to put out on Christmas Eve. It was very cute and we all had a good time. We even got to spend some time with Kyra and Ryan who came to see Katie's "show".

Oh Tannenbaum (since we already used Oh Christmas Tree)

2009-12-12T21:55:00.000-05:00

Take 2... a better picture of the tree.

SNOW!

2009-12-05T22:57:00.000-05:00

The girls were so excited to get some snow, even if it was only a little bit. They ran around, made snow angels, had a snowball fight and even played on the slide for a while.

Oh Christmas Tree!

2009-11-27T22:19:00.000-05:00

My phone takes crappy pictures, but you get the idea. We made it through the boxes of decorations and got the tree up! Love this time of year!

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Got Christmas??

2009-11-27T22:14:00.001-05:00

Today James brought up ALL of our Christmas stuff. He made me go through it so we could see what was in all of these boxes. Most of them ended up being only half full so we didn't have as much as we thought we did. The girls were pretty amused by it.

Excuse the picture quality. Livi was running around taking pictures of everything. She is currently obsessed with my camera. It looks like there is some grubby two year old finger prints on the lens. I have to remember to clean that.

Ni Hao, Livi

2009-11-27T22:09:00.000-05:00

Livi with her Ni Hao, Kai Lan pillow that Nonna made for her to make her recovery happier. There is actually a Kai Lan doll on the pillow, but it is hard to see because she lined it up just right. I think it is safe to say she is pretty happy with her Kai Lan stuff.

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Thankful

2009-11-26T21:52:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving! So much to be thankful for today. Livi is recovering well from her surgery. She has hardly needed any pain medication at all. She refused to take the prescription pain medicine, in fact the one time we got it into her she threw it up. So we have been sticking to Tylenol and she hasn't needed much of that either! I really hope this is just what she needed!

We are also thankful for our family. Our family table is getting bigger every year.

This year was Sara's first thanksgiving.

And Ryan's first thanksgiving.

These three are old pros. I think we will be needing a bigger kiddie table next year.

The fam. (The dining room looks MUCH better this year! LOL )

The rest of the family.

Goodbye Adenoids

2009-11-24T21:19:00.000-05:00

Olivia said goodbye to her adenoids today. They were almost completely blocking her nasal passage. They were giving her a lot of trouble - constant congestion, snoring, sleep apnea. It was time for them to go.

Check out my cool PJs.

Take my picture!

Livi and Daddy

Mommy and Livi

Right after this, Livi got to drink some "silly juice" and wait for the doctor to get there. She was so silly and loopy. The nurses were cracking up. As soon as the doctor got there they took her for her surgery.

We met her in recovery about an hour later. They had given her something to help her sleep off the anesthesia since she started screaming when she woke up. She looked pretty pitiful with all her montiors and IV. She did great though. She did whine a lot as she was waking up. She finally really woke up and kept saying she wanted to go home and she wanted to take all the stuff (IV and monitors) off of her.

We had to hang out there for 3 hours. She had some ice and a popsicle while we waited. She was much happier when we were able to hold her. Overall she did pretty good. She was glad when we finally got home and she was able to get comfortable.

Trick or Treat

2009-10-31T21:12:00.000-04:00

Happy Halloween!!

Julianna the witch.

Olivia as Minnie Mouse

Nonna and the girls

Mom Mom and Minnie

Trick or Treat

Thanks Grandma and Mom Mom for handing out our candy while we went Trick or Treating!

Halloween Dance Party

2009-10-31T21:07:00.001-04:00

Juli's dance class had their Halloween party today. Here is Juli's class with two little sisters. LOL

Juli and Brenna

Livi, Juli and Brenna

Livi and Chloe

School Halloween Party

2009-10-30T15:35:00.001-04:00

The girls had a big Halloween party and parade at school. I had to work and don't have too much PTO left so luckily James made it home to join the fun.

Minnie Livi in her class with her friends.

Juli as Tinkerbell in the parade.

Juli's class singing their Halloween songs.

I'm not sure what they were making here.

Livi's class painting pumpkins.
SUPER sparkly pumpkins.
Tinker Juli with her missing tooth. ;-)

Katie as Jessie the Cowgirl from Toy Story

Katie and Juli

I think they were singing songs here. I'm not sure.

Goodbye Baby Teeth

2009-10-27T22:44:00.000-04:00

Juli lost her first tooth this morning! It was wiggly for a while. Last night we noticed it was REALLY wiggly. I got a call from Juli this morning that it came out while she was eating an apple for breakfast. I'm glad James was home with her. Wiggly teeth give me the heeby jeebies!

I took some pictures when she got home from school. She was proud to show off her toothless grin.

We put her tooth in this ceramic tooth for safekeeping until the Tooth Fairy picked it up.

Juli putting her tooth in the tooth holder.

Waiting for the Tooth Fairy.

Juli woke up to find that the Tooth Fairy came to take her first tooth away for polishing and safekeeping. She left her some money and a cool certificate.

Sesame Spooktacular

2009-10-25T22:13:00.000-04:00

We went to Sesame Place for their Spooktacular event. The park was all decorated for Halloween and they had some Trick-or-Treat stations set up.

Juli wore her Tinkerbell costume.

Livi had fun playing in Mr. Hooper's store. Though I don't think it's called Mr. Hooper anymore.

Juli loves meeting the characters.

They were in costume too!

Livi and Daddy fishing for a prize.

The girls playing a game.

Me and Juli on Elmo's Flying Fish ride. Livi doesn't like the rides so she hangs out with Daddy.

We saw Abby Cadabby's Treasure Hunt show.

Juli and Pop went on the roller coaster. They sat right in front! There's Pop waving to us.

Juli's Official Birthday Party

2009-10-24T22:13:00.000-04:00

Juli had her birthday party at the Little Gym. Her cake was an "Under the Sea" cake, made by Nonna of course.

Juli trying out the rings.

Katie trying out the rings.

Juli showing Taylor her moves.

Jump Jump Jump!

Learning the rules and getting ready to play.

Everybody dance!

Waiting for them to bring out the parachute.

The birthday girl gets a ride on the parachute.

Livi walking the balance beam.

Ryan observing and playing with his toys.

Sara practicing her gymnastics.

The kids were cracking up when they blew up the moonbounce with the sitting on it.

Jump Juli, Jump!

My little fishies.

Pizza time.

Happy Birthday my sweet girl.

Look, a Ryan fish!

Nonna's Halloween Spooktacular

2009-10-24T20:41:00.000-04:00

After Juli's party Nonna brought a Spooktacular Halloween party to our house. She made us all dress up. We had a lot of fun. The girls are still talking about the spooktacular!

Nonna made some awesome food! These may have been my favorite! I won't give away her secrets, but these were YUMMY!

Girl Scout Cinderella (Juli) and Chef Minnie (Nonna)

Ladybug Sara

Tinkerbell Juli

Pedro Pop Pop and Chef Minnie. They were having so much fun, they couldn't stop laughing long enough for us to get a good picture.

Ladybug Sara and her Cave-Mommy Karen.

Minnie Livi did not want her picture taken.

Happy Ladybug.

EEK. There's that camera again!!

My ghouls. :-)

Happy Birthday Neighbor!

2009-10-17T22:41:00.000-04:00

Tis the season for birthday parties, I guess. We have been to so many lately. Our most recent was for the little boy down the street. He was celebrating his 3rd birthday. It was supposed to be at a pumpkin patch, but since it was raining for 3 days straight it was moved indoors. The girls had tons of fun with the other kids in the playroom. They had picnic style pizza.

They got to decorate their own pumpkins. They loved it.

Juli is super serious when she concentrates. She gets that from her dad. ;-)

One of the favors from the party was "Grow a Dinosaur". You put a little capsule into warm water and it melts away and reveals a spongy little dinosaur. Juli could not get enough of these. She took tons of pictures of them. LOL

Wordless Wednesday 10-14-09

2009-10-14T10:26:00.000-04:00

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Happy 5th Birthday, Juli!!

2009-10-07T23:16:00.001-04:00

My baby girl turned 5 today! I'm not sure I can accept that, but I guess I have no choice. Since James had to go back to work in the morning, Uncle Frankie, Aunt Karen and Sara came over to help us sing.

Um, yeah that is the cake from last night. There was A LOT left over. No sense having two leftover cakes! LOL

She loves her Uncle Frankie! Of course she does, he showed up with a new scooter!!

Seriously contemplating that wish.

Happy Birthday to Juli!

2009-10-06T23:01:00.000-04:00

We gathered James' side of the family together before he went back to work to sing Happy Birthday to Juli. Although I somehow only ended up with pictures of Juli and Katie.

Happy Birthday to you!

So this was where I put the camera down and the grown ups had some chat time. Later I found Livi with my hand lotion. I asked if she was using it, she told me no. I now have photographic evidence.

Apparently that evidence is also on the lens of my camera.

These pictures made me laugh. Imagine what kind of pictures I'll find on my camera when they are 15 and 14. Um, on second thought, nevermind.

Magic Kingdom 2009

2009-09-30T22:49:00.001-04:00

We spent ALL day at the Magic Kingdom. From 9am to 10pm. It was fun, but exhausting!

It was all decorated for Halloween. Check out those giant pumpkins!

Juli loves meeting the characters. She was excited to meet Pinocchio. This was the first time we ever saw him in the park.

It's Pluto!

Livi likes to stay away from the characters. She would rather hang out here by this pole.

Wheee!

Sara got her first haircut at the Magic Kingdom barber shop.

She got a pair of "First Haircut" ears and a certificate. It is a pretty neat experience.

Checking out Main Street.

Even though Livi LOVES Minnie, she was still a little afraid of her.

Sara wasn't. LOL

Sara and Karen on the ride above Tomorrowland.

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR! First time we met him too!

Stitch was playing peek-a-boo with Sara.

Aww.

Chip (or is it Dale?) came over and hugged Juli during the parade. She was thrilled!

We also caught the Spectro Magic Parade at night. That was pretty neat to see.

Finally a picture of me and James!

To Grandmother's House We Go

2009-09-29T23:28:00.000-04:00

We headed over to Rudy's house to have dinner with Mom Mom and Rudy. It was delicious and we had a great time!

Livi & James.

Mother and Daughter (Pauline & Donna)

Mom Mom, Sara & Karen.

Livi, Sandy, Juli and Mom Mom.

Four generations of girls.

Rudy, Livi, Juli, Mom Mom and Sara.

Rudy and Mom Mom

9.28.09 Aquatica and Ghirardelli's

2009-09-28T22:54:00.000-04:00

As if it was possible, it was even hotter today! We went to Aquatica, Seaworld's waterpark and cooled off. Since we were mostly in the water, I only took one picture. If you can imagine that. LOL

Later on that night we went back to Downtown Disney for Ghirardelli's ice cream. Yum!

Sea World 2009

2009-09-27T22:37:00.000-04:00

The obligatory Shamu photo op - Karen, Sara and Juli.

Pretty girl.

Sara & Karen with Kelly, one of the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Juli. Can you tell it was super hot that day?

Livi checking out the horses.

Juli with Kelly.

Sara waiting for the Sealion and Otter show.

Clyde the sealion walked right past our seats.

Sara and Karen in the Penguin exhibit.

Look at that little penguin!

Not sure why I don't have many pictures of Livi this day.

Downtown Disney 2009

2009-09-26T22:28:00.000-04:00

While Nonna & Pop took care of some car troubles, we took Aunt Karen and Sara and went to hang out at Downtown Disney.

Sara had fun trying on hats.

Juli climbed on one of the dalmations. Yes I yelled at her after I took the picture. ;-)

Juli and the Pooh gang.

Livi was tired and grumpy that day.

After going back to the villa for a while, we went out to dinner. Sara got to try some bread and LOVED it. She cried when we took it from her because it had gotten too small! LOL