Birthday Numero 3

Yes, it's true...she's three. But really she's a 12 year old trapped in that little three year old body.

Allie asked for a balloon party and a balloon party she had. She was so excited to wake up and see her balloons, cake, birthday banner, and presents.

We met dad for lunch at Wendy's. She loves to see dad in the middle of the day...obviously.

Her balloon cake. Very fun and yummy!

An attempt at a family picture. But someone was dying to eat the cake :)

She blew out one candle at a time.

Look how she eats her cake...all the frosting first of course!

We had a family party. Luckily we live close to family now. We had Doug's sister and her kids over and his parents. They were so excited for her presents and cake!

Spoiled girl, but very happy and thankful for all of it!

Thanks for everyone who thought about her and made her feel so special. We sure love her but three is turning into a hard age for all of us. Here we go!

Green Goodness

I love celebrating holidays with kids around because it's a good excuse to just have a different kind of day. We set our leprechaun trap. Allie made it all by herself. She made sure to put all her green things inside so he would be lured in.

He of course came while we were sleeping and made a mess of things. But he's nice enough to leave some of his lucky charms.

This got the day off to a good start. We made funky headbands with a friend and played (what we do best).

Then had a green dinner. Green tortellini with pesto, kiwi, salad with cucumber, celery, green pepper, broccoli, and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Allie got to pinch dad because he wasn't wearing green. And, we are the Green's, in case you didn't know so that's just cool!

P.S. The first year we were married I made an awesome GREEN dinner and he didn't say a word about it. Yeah, he's color blind but he CAN see green. The green wasn't bright enough so it all looked brown. Sad huh!? I was pretty bummed about it. So I'm glad I can make stuff for my kids and they will appreciate it.

Don't worry, Katelyn had green beans!

*Note to self. 3 years ago I was in labor this WHOLE day. Everyone thought we'd have a St. Patty's baby. However, she took 18 hours to arrive. :) So happy birthday to Allie June tomorrow!

What do you do for St. Patty's? I love stealing ideas. :) Peace out!

Lucky Charms

Allie and I surprised dad at work on Monday with a basket full of green things (no picture but it was awesome). She loved shopping and finding everything she could that was green.

Doug's green basket:

Pringles

Cashews

Gum

Small notepad

Mouthwash

Chapstick

Sprite

Andes Mints

Sanitizer

Mike and Ikes

When we left dad's work she burst into tears. She really wanted the green basket. So, Doug brought it home for her and we decided the girls could use some green too.

Allie got:

Apple juice

Green bubbles

Shamrock pen

Skittles

Green pipe cleaners (I'm sure there is a project out there waiting for those!)

Pinwheel

Lucky Charms

{The toothpaste is from the dentist yesterday. Which by the way she was a champ. She let them clean ALL of her teeth, then floss ALL of them, and then paint the fluoride on. They said they hardly ever have 3 year olds do that. It was a proud moment for me since I always did terrible at the dentist and STILL DO!}

Katelyn got:

Ribbon toy with green on it

Frog

White bracelet (I know)

Green stickers

Necklace

{Since she has no idea what's going on she was happy with that!}

P.S. Don't you love Katelyn's drool drop on her chin in practically every picture. Haha! I love it!

Idea from here

Slow down

I realized just how fast my kids are growing. Katelyn is standing with help already...

while Allie knows her ABCs (the song and can recognize ALL of them)!

Both make me happy but both make me think...

slow down please.

Conversations

Conversations with Allie are so fun. She is just a pipsqueak adult. Today I was playing with Katelyn and Allie was "doin' her own thing." Here is the run-down.

Allie: "I'm gonna go get ready to go to the castle."

Me: "Okay."

Allie: "I need to shave (gets her plastic hammer and pretends to shave her face), do my make-up (gets her play-doh container and pretends to put blush and eyeshadow on), brush my teeth (again, uses the hammer to do this), floss (uses a silly band to floss her teeth). Now I'm all ready. I need to go to the castle to get a text."

Me: "A text? Okay, be safe!"

She goes running to the other room and is gone for a few minutes. Then she comes prancing back.

Allie: " I got my text from my grandmother at the castle. Now I need to go bowling. I'm lost. I need some help because I can't get to bowling."

Me: "That is a big problem. Do you have a map?"

Allie: "Hmmm, probably just need to go GPSin'."

Oh, I love her imagination and her language. What a crack up!

We love...

cheesy smiles, bundled walks, diva shades.

feeding the "birds" bird food.

the placement of Balentime's treats on Hello Kitty.

a good sitter, chewing on a curler...chewing on everything.

this big girl sitting in her highchair.

a sleeping beauty.

that look of, "Why are you doing this to me? Now I have no way to suck on anything because my hands are trapped, oh and I can't move either."

those fast hands grabbing the side of the swing and hanging on for dear life!

California Adventure

Such a cool place.
Seriously, so cool!

Pilot Larry and Co-pilot Luanne with Pilot Goofy

Hollywood

Tower of Terror. Okay, ALL of my friends say they LOVED this ride so I just had to go on it. The look on my face doesn't do my feelings any justice. I was scared out of my mind. I hated this ride so bad. Everyone else liked it for some strange reason, especially that guy in front of me!

California Screamin' was so awesome we went on it twice. This is our second time so we knew where the camera was and we played it up pretty good! Hahaha, I love it!

The food was so good...and so expensive!

Cute little Mickey. We love you.

Our favorites at California Adventure: Soarin' over California and California Screamin'. World of Color Water/Laser Night show. It was amazing. There is no way to describe it. Tower of Terror is NOT on that list in case you missed it earlier.

Disneyland

A much needed vacation.

A wonderful reason to celebrate.

Awesome company.

The BEST babysitters at home with the kids.

The most magical place + the happiest place.

Gorgeous weather.

Delicious food.

Good travels.

Wish we could go back...

Magical firework show

My best friend Stacey, her awesome husband Jason, and their adorable baby, Bailey.

They live in LA and have season tickets to Disneyland so we got to catch up and play a little.

She is so gorgeous and sweet and so is her daughter!

Minnie Mouse

Mickey Mouse himself. He was short!

The reason for the trip. Doug turns 30 in August!

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!

Magic Kingdom

Our favorite rides at Disneyland: Space Mountain and Indiana Jones

Sweethearts

Happy Balentime's Day! This is what Allie said all day!
We were away from these sweethearts for 3 1/2 days and 3 nights. It was nice to have some time away but we sure did miss them.

We are in love with them.
The good, the bad, the ugly, the sweet...all of it.

 Allie's Balentime's. She has been carrying these around for almost a week. She is a big fan!

 Katelyn wearing her cousin Kenzie's Valentine outfit. SO CUTE!

 Wishing she could eat a heart shaped grilled cheese and ham sandwich! Instead she had pureed bananas!

Waiting for her heart sugar cookie. Look at the excitement there!

New Curtains

I made some curtains for Allie's room when we lived in Spokane and now they work perfect in Katelyn's room. Allie's new room has a huge window, so we started a new project. Did you know they sell "black out fabric." It's awesome. I might have to buy some for Katelyn's now. We got the idea for these here. We adjusted her instructions quite a bit to make them work for us. But she is quite the genius when it comes to sewing and DIY projects.

We have finished the first panel and are still working on the second. They are so cute. I LOVE the fabric...A LOT!

I had one Valentine decoration that my sister in law Lisa made for us...that cute LOVE block. So we found a great, easy, cheap one to make. You need some red buttons, a hot glue gun, an empty frame, and we used some fabric for the background. Tah-dah! You're done. Allie even helped us, so it was a fun family project. The idea came from here.

Oh we are feeling the love this month! Doug got another part time job yesterday! We are definitely blessed in so many ways.

Look at this cute dinner. It was SO scrumptious and easy too.

Chicken Pot Pie

Our current project: New curtains for Allie's room. Hopefully we'll show you soon!