happy birthday to an awesome old lady...

My big sis is gettin' up there in years. She's 39 today!
(shhhhhh.... yeah I know I'm not that far behind. :))
Happy birthday Robin! I hope you have the most awesome birthday & feel totally loved.

You so are. :)

willing participants

I realize that the number of pictures of each of my kiddos on this blog of mine is not at all equal. It really comes down to who's willing to play with me and my camera on any given day. Today's willing participants were Kirsten & Elijah. She's seemed a little down lately and was feeling/looking pretty today so I'm glad we got some shots of her. So beautiful! Elijah's always a crazy little monkey for the camera. So yeah, here's some more face!
This time I'll make sure that my own is nowhere near the top of the entry. lol

weekend report

 ...we bought Avatar yesterday. Yay! 
I still haven't been able to get Vern to watch it.

...Vernie went to a friend's birthday party yesterday and came home with a couple of toy planes.
Maiah immediately broke them.

...I made some yummy rolls this afternoon. They were devoured by the kiddos.

...Maiah is sleeping her Sunday away. Hmmmm... that might be a bad idea. Maybe I should wake her up so I can get some sleep tonight. :p

...Brandon is also asleep. I think he was up all night playing Starcraft II beta. I'll need to wake him up for our raid. At least I hope we get to raid! :p

...I had me some kung pao chicken & chow mein from panda express last night. Mmmmmmm... I <3 kung pao chicken.

...Vern went up to Logan yesterday to say goodbye to Kenyon and Jeannette before they head to Alaska for the summer. I'd have loved the chance to squish 'em and wish 'em well in person. Have a blast you two! Oooh - you should start a blog while you're there to keep us updated. :) 

...time to pull dinner out of the oven and log into wow to see if our raid's going to happen.

smile!

kindergarten, rain and awards

So Elijah & I went to his kindergarten orientation this afternoon. We got to walk in some nice rain. I hate having to watch for worms on rainy day walks. Ick.Good news though, it looks like if we get our requested track assignment Ej will get the same teacher Vernie had. Yay! She's awesome. Elijah is just a little bit excited to go to school next year. :) 

There were a few younger guys at the back of the gym (young dads? uncles? older brothers? something :p) joking and talking during the introductions and stuff. If I heard 'em right I may have won the "hottest mom" award?! lol Go me?! I guess that's a good thing? I was a little uncomfortable having to walk past 'em afterwards. :p

So, uh yeah. That's my day so far. I'm hoping we get to raid tonight! I didn't get to sit at my computer yesterday so I'm ready for some good play time. For now though little Vern is waiting patiently for me to come play with him, so off I go. 

Smile! :)

too much face

...there.

Much better.

That was like an assault of face when the page loaded. Sorry.

Nobody needs that much April all at once. :p

glitter in the air

Mmmmmm... sparklies! Okay not really - it's just a picture from yesterday. I wanted a pic to blog with, and this isn't much but it's all I have. :p It needed something & I've been wanting to share these lyrics, so yeah. Why not.

You see, the first song on my sidebar is actually one of my favorite performances of all time. It's Pink's Glitter In the Air. I just happen to love the lyrics. I heart Pink! She's so awesome live, and this performance was just flawless. :)

Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?
Close your eyes and trusted, just trusted
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face
And said I just don't care?

It's only half past the point of no return
The tip of the iceberg, the sun before the burn
The thunder before lightning, the breath before the phrase
Have you ever felt this way?

Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?
Your whole life waiting on the ring to prove you're not alone
Have you ever been touched so gently you had to cry?
Have you ever invited a stranger to come inside?

It's only half past the point of oblivion
The hourglass on the table, the walk before the run
The breath before the kiss and the fear before the flames
Have you ever felt this way?

There you are, sitting in the garden
Clutching my coffee, calling me sugar
You called me sugar

Have you ever wished for an endless night?
Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight
Have you ever held your breath and asked yourself
Will it ever get better than tonight? 

Tonight
 

Ha, I probably didn't need the zombaliscious picture in order to share the lyrics/performance of that song. lol I just had it in my head that I wanted to have a picture for my next blog entry & yeah. ...this is where it got me. :)

(If you scroll way down, past our pics, my make-me-smile slideshow, the archives & stuff  you'll see the videos. Glitter In the Air is the top one. So worth seeing imo.  She rocks!)

Ok, so Ej & I decided we liked this outtake better. "You look happy." lol
Happy Monday!

apologies

I'm sorry for the lack of entries this week. Those headaches I mentioned in the last couple of posts have exploded on me. I have a tooth that's acting up and feeding the whole thing & it hurts more than I can handle for very long periods of time at this point. For some reason my kiddos prefer that I feed 'em and such when I'm up and moving. lol
Anyway, my apologies for the silence. As soon as I kick this stuff I'll be posting again. :)

so today

...I enjoyed how warm it is outside again. It's overcast & windy, but warm. So nice!

...I made rice crispy squares. ...and I've eaten too many. I can't help it, I have a weakness. :p

...I had the yummiest toasted sub for dinner. I made it soooo good. :)

...I hope that we get to raid. Please show up Richard! Miss you!

...I miss duh - Richard.

...I feel icky. Still working through these headaches. :(

...I need some pudding. Please. :)

Yeah, so that's today. :)

Saturday

...I got to take Vernie & Ej to see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D this afternoon. It was awesome! We had fun. And ate too much popcorn. Ugh.
...Kirsten went to see it at the same theater this morning with her friend Shandy. They loved it too. :)
...Maiah is still really grumpy. She has been all week. I think I figured out why though. Her eczema has been really acting up. She's all red, rashy and dry all over her torso & legs. It's probably not the most comfortable thing. My poor baby. :(
...I've been having chronic headaches again lately. Not my most favorite thing. I'm not a fan of feeling crappy all of the time.
...but hey - it's been sunny & warm out! Finally! I am so ready for some sunshine. :)
...Oh, K came home with an interesting choice of a hat & glasses. Here's my girls modelling 'em for us. (Okay, so it's mostly Maiah. That's one girlie-o who loves dressing up.)

 

Have a great weekend!

I laughed, I cried - it moved me Bob :)

     So I've been singing to my kiddos their whole loves, right. I've made up so many songs - they each have at least one of their very own. I feel like we've talked about this before.
     Don't worry - it's just a preface.
     Anyway, so my habit of singing stuff has rubbed off on 'em. Vernie walks around singing "my name is Vernie, it rhymes with Bernie" to the tune of Copa Cabana. (The tune's probably my fault too - Maiah's song is to that tune. :p)    
     ...So tonight my smart little monkey was walking around singing "my name's Elijah, it rhymes with nothing..." lol
     I laughed so hard I cried.
     Oh, he also came up with "my name is Rocky, it rhymes with cocky..."
     Someone should probably let Rocky know he needs to change his attitude.

signs of spring

So yeah, the snow from the weekend is all melted, and today was sunny & beautiful. Spring-like! Go figure. :)

It made for a nice walk today. I took Elijah with me. We had fun. He's the cutest, funniest little kiddo ever. He talks a mile a minute and if you take the time to listen to him he's so imaginative, funny and smart. I love my monkey. I should share a picture of him, huh. Ooh, I know - I have a flip from Easter. That works. :)

The hat & shades count as signs of Spring too, right? lol

I also need some pics of the budding trees and my tulips, but they're only almost ready. Soon. :)

Have a great day!

Easter in Pictures

Hangin' with some of Vern's family, yesterday.

Lauren & Ty were there too - but I didn't get a shot of them. Or Kori. Or Nina.

my kind of month

Not really. lol
Well, I do enjoy Spring and all, but we actually still had snow on our lawn today from our last little storm, so yeah. :p

It's even more fun to play April fool's jokes on people named April - just ask me. :p
Actually, growing up I think more people just had fun calling me a fool than playing pranks. Thankfully it seems most adults aren't into the whole thing either way. It's still not my favorite holiday though. Children are just mean. lol
Oh, and while we're (kind of) on the subject I still don't love being  called Ape. I have to love you for you to get away with that one. ;)  
(Yeah, I think through any possible nicknames when naming my kiddos. I hated my name - don't want 'em to hate theirs.)

I do love Easter though. Easter chocolate is yummy.

These are the best...

...and this is heaven. :)

Mmmmm... The caramel & orange versions are also yummy. These are a must though once a year. Even if I only get to have one.

Yeah. Now I want chocolate. lol
Oooh, I saw a recipe online for homemade chocolate ice cream with these all cut up in it. The fondant would be all chewy cold. Yum! :)

Well, I should go to bed. I played a little WoW after our raid tonight and am really tired - I should have headed to find my pillow long ago, but was enjoying the company of some people I hardly ever get to talk to anymore. :)

Off I go now though!

'night!

/hugs