Happy Birthday Alexandria!

Happy 5th Birthday Ali! The actual day was Friday but we didn't have a chance to have our little family celebration until last night and I didn't have time to post until today! That's just how life is sometimes. I found out the actual day doesn't mean much to Ali - she insists she didn't turn 5 until we had cupcakes and presents! She had a couple of birthday phone calls and a few people ask her how old she was and she insited she was not 5 until she had the cake and presents with us. I am wondering if I can pull that off - if I don't have any more celebrations for my birthdays can I stay the same age I am now? :)

The tradition we have kind of started is having cake and ice cream when we have a chance to be with family and friends to celebrate the kids' birthdays and then we just have cupcakes when we celebrate with just us 4 on the actual day (or as close as we can get to it!:)) So the following pictures are of our small celebration last night.

Say Cheese!

I think Dakota was much more interested in his cupcake then in what his sister was unwrapping!

Poor Bunny

For Easter this year my kids recieved chocolate bunnies all the way from Switzerland, courtesy of my world traveling sister Danielle. Ali thoroughly enjoyed hers, although she did not eat it, she played with it like a toy. Until it met with an untimely decapitation due to a family pillow fight that escalated out of control! I threw the pillow, Paul ducked, and the poor bunny lost his head. We had a lamp that lost its shade and a picture frame that was broken also.

Ali was quite upset and determined that she could fix this bunny. All the kings horses, and all the kings men, may not have been able to fix Humpty Dumpty but Ali was going to fix her bunny! She gathered her supplies of a glue stick, masking tape, duck tape and scissors. I have attached some pictures so that you can better understand the scenario. She was so determined to fix this, that when Mommy tried to explain to her that the masking tape was not going to hold his head on she informed me "Oh, come on, that's just crazy talk!" Suffice it to say no one will be actually eating this particular bunny this Easter as it has been cosmetically (and untastefully) enhanced!

Mmm Mmm!! Looks yummy!!

Big Boy Bed!

Well, we finally got around to getting Dakota a bed! He will be 3 in less then a month but he was still in a crib. It was a little sad to take down the crib that we put up 5 years ago! And a little sad to think about Dakota taking yet another step away from being my baby. This will be his third night in the big boy bed and so far he is doing really well. Hasn't gotten out even once after we tuck him in for the night. That may change as he gets more used to it but for now we are enjoying the smooth transition!

Weight Watchers

Last year I joined Weight Watchers when they opened a meeting here in town and I love it! I have since met my goal, made lifetime membership and I now work for them. I am trained for both the receptionist and leader jobs but for the most part I will be the leader for our group here in Remington. Tonight was my first meeting as an official leader and I think it went pretty well! I love the Weight Watchers program (and their products) and truly believe in it. If anyone has questions about it feel free to ask because I love to talk about it! I have posted my before and after pictures below so you can see the difference. It took me a little while to decide if I was willing to post the before picture but its actually a group photo that several people have in their possession so it isn't like people haven't seen it before!

Mr. Chef

So this is my wonderful husband in the kitchen actually cooking which we is why we took the picture. Kinda like catching the Loc Ness Monster on film! For the past week the kids and I have had colds. Mine was honestly the worst cold I can ever remember having, add to that the fact that both my kids were sick and needed taken care of and you can imagine how challenging this week has been! Dakota actually wasn't to bad since he mostly had a cough and wasn't feeling that bad but Ali had it quite bad and the poor thing just did not feel good. But we survived and I think we are on the upswing at this point!

Anyway, back to the picture..... One of my good friends emailed a chicken noodle soup recipie to Paul and said if he was really serious about taking care of me he would make it for me that night for supper. He decided to take on the challenge and so here is the proof! I had to help him quite a bit and he left dirty dishes in the kitchen but at least he tried! What a man!

Welcome!

I so enjoy reading the blogs of other's that I decided to give my own a try! For those of you that know me and are already aware that I love to talk - I figure a blog is pretty much the same thing so I should enjoy it. I don't plan on having any earth-shattering things to share but since I am the mother of 2 children it should at least be entertaining some of the time! Which leads me to my first story........

A few mornings ago I went in to get my son up for the day. Even tho he is fully capable of getting out of his crib on his own, he waits until I come to get him. I don't know why, but I have left him for like an hour after I know he has been up before but he still plays quitely in the dark until I come get him! He had about 6 little cars in bed with him on this particular morning and he insisted they all come out of his bed with him. I scooped them up and put them down on the floor. Then he insists they all come to breakfast with him but he couldn't figure out how to carry them all. I left him in his room, sure that he would eventually figure out it was impossible for his small hands to carry them all and he would give up and come to breakfast. Oh no! I underestimated the tenacity of my almost 3 year old. A short time later he comes out with all of them stuffed into his footed sleeper. He is walking funny becasue they have all slid down to his feet and I am sure that it had to be uncomfortable but somehow I don't think he cared in comparison to how proud he was that he figured it out! And I hope no one is offended if I mention that I am pretty sure that his tenacity/stubborness can be blamed on the Bahler genes that he has! Oh, Dakota! You keep mommy on her toes, thats for sure!

Have an awesome day everyone!