PLAYING CATCH-UP, AGAIN!!

I have been a very lame blogger lately! Thanks to gentle reminders from family and friends, I decide to do a post. This post will probably be long and boring for you--but one day my children will enjoy it!

COSETTE TURNS 2

It is hard to believe that my little baby that slept 22 hours a day for the first 6 months of her life, has turned 2! She must have slept all that time to save her energy for her 2's--- because boy is she active!! She is into anything and everything, has no fears, and loves to climb-- I am worn out! She loves going to the park, playing with her playgroup friends and singing. She is always happy and keeps us laughing!

DISNEYLAND TRIP
We snuck in another fun trip to Disneyland. We are very fortunate to have my brother and his family that live close by. They are always good to let us stay at their house and we are glad they were able to join us for one of the days. This time we spent 2 of the days at a hotel. The girls enjoyed this extra treat. Once again the crowds were slim, so we had little or no wait time. This was especially nice when we hit Splash Mountain 17 times in a row!


Olivia's favorite show is "The Incredibles" so she was extra excited when she was able to get Mr. Incredible's picture and autograph.


Cosette loved the Pooh Bear ride! She talked all day about how she got to hug Pooh Bear and Tigger---sure wish she would have smiled!


EASTER

CINCO DE MAYO

Because we are always looking for a good excuse to party, we started celebrating Cinco de Mayo last year (my sister's great idea), We have homemade enchiladas, arroz, and frijoles. We then learn the Mexican Hat Dance and sing Happy Birthday in Spanish. After that we decorate bags to use when we gather our pinata booty---and then we end the night with breaking the pinata!

My girls think I am amazing---so they are convinced I made the pinata---shhh--don't tell them any differently!

This was the first year blindfolding Olivia--it got dangerous a few times.

But not nearly as dangerous as when we blindfolded Cosette! We had to turn her blindfold into a turban!


MOTHER'S DAY

I had a great Mother's Day (as always). My girls were sick so Robert stayed home and I was able to enjoy all of Sacrament Meeting. When I came home, they made a delicious meal and gave me some great gifts. Olivia made the cute planter at a kid's workshop at Lowe's. It is adorable and she was quite proud of it. Thank you Robert, Olivia and Cosette for all of the great gifts and for making the day special!

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Olivia: Mom, I can really tell that I am growing up
Me: Oh really, how?
Olivia: Because my breasts are starting to wiggle!


Olivia: Mom, how does Jesus go up and down everyday?
Me: (confused) Huh?
Olivia: How does Jesus go up and down everyday?
Me: (still confused) I have no idea what you are talking about.
Olivia: Mom! He is the sun, the sun, get it? Brother Goes told me Jesus is the "sun" of God so how does he go up and down everyday?

DANCING

When I was in college I went to a weekend dance with my roommates. While there a very, very good looking boy asked me to dance. After the dance was over he looked at my endowed chest and then looked at me and asked "How are you able to dance with those?" I gave a feeble laugh and then before I could say anything more he said " I predict that one day while you are dancing you are going to give yourself a black eye with those things" and then he walked away. (True Story)







Well.....Monday while I was dancing/exercising during my Zumba class---his prediciton came true!!














In my previous post, everybody was hoping for a good story about what happened to my eye. I think I hurt myself so badly that I suffered some amnesia and couldn't really remember what happened to me---but it all came back last night!

PAINFUL

Yesterday I was walking across the church parking lot holding Cosette's hand. Don't ask me what happened, but one second I was walking just fine and the next second I was going down fast! I fell forward hard and my face hit the pavement first. I let out a scream because I was hurt, but mostly because I had fallen directly behind a car and I did not know if the driver knew that Cosette and I were there. Several ward members quickly gathered round to assist me--to which I am very grateful! Needless to say last night and today I have had one incredible headache! When I landed, I must have skidded forward a little because I have a good scrape on my cheek and there is dirt stuck inside my skin. Today I am realizing that more parts of my body hit the ground, as basically the whole left side of my body aches.



Somebody suggested putting cover up on my eye---but basically it hurts to bad to put anything on it. Also, a nurse told me to not put any product on the open wound so that my skin will be able to flush out the dirt and debris.

I wish I had a more creative story to share--but basically my head hurts too hard to think up one!! I did have to laugh today as I was grilled by Olivia's dentist as he made sure that Olivia and I told the same story. He told me he was under obligation to call the police on anything suspicious! Lucky for me there were several witnesses! I guess that should me lucky for Robert!

We are still unsure if Cosette fell or not. She does have pavement marks on her tights and her fingers, but cried very little. However today she was found to be rubbing her legs saying "ow-hurt." I will definitely be watching her closely over the next few days.

The doctor did say that the best way for me to get better is to rest and to receive decedent desserts from neighbors and friends!!! LOL/JK