Maddie's 12th birthday party

Maddie's got the greatest friends, they're all really nice girls. She decided she wanted to have a "Spa Party." I took them to a Nail Salon and they had a basic painting of their nails. There were some pretty crazy nail colors.

For her cake she chose an ice cream cake from Maggie Moos. The flavor is cotton candy (bright blue ice cream) with M&M mix-in. That did not sound good to me at ALL but the girls were excited to eat it, must be a kid thing.
She got a lot of great presents. This is a few of them, bandana, sunglasses, outfit, and beach towel. Lookin' good!
They also made flip flops. Well, they didn't make the flip flops, they just made them better. We went to Old Navy and got the "Two flip flops for $5" deal. Then my mom cut lots of fabric in 1 inch X 5 inch strips and they double knotted it on. I think they're really cute. Maddie had a really fun and memorable birthday.

Maddie made her own invitations.

cup stacking

Seth's friend brought over his cups also so they made a huge pyramid and of course knocked it down.

In school the kids did "cup stacking" for P.E. They loved it and kept talking about how fun it was. I looked at Target and couldn't find any so we ended up ordering some off the internet. The shipping was the most expensive part which drives me crazy, I know I could've found them somewhere if I'd looked harder but I'm not a shopper. The kids have had a great time with them and it's good for their coordination also.

Piano recital

The kids all start piano when they turn 8 and they are SO excited to start. After about a year, (or a few months,) that excitement lessens. Tanner quit right when he started playing the drums in 7th grade but I thought Maddie might stick with it. She hasn't complained too much. She's decided to play the Clarinet next year so I said she had the option to quit piano and she said, "okay!" a little too quickly. It kind of makes me sad, they are getting so good after 4 years of practicing. I guess they're sticking with it longer than I did.

Maddie and Max with their paino teacher after the recital.

Posing with the piano. They did a great job!

Whoo Hoo!!

That picture isn't very big at all. I've done 100 posts and still can't figure things out. Seth just walked in and looked at my computer and then asked if he could have a snack. Wonder where he got that idea? I wanted to do something very special for my "100th post" but it just put too much pressure on me and I have other things I want to post so I'm just going to type it out so I can get on to my next posts. I've really enjoyed blogging, it helps me realize what I'm thinking...if that makes sense. It's also nice to document my family and life events, it all goes by so fast.

Speaking of cupcakes, I just ate the last of the Costco white cake with raspberry (that's how you spell raspberry?? weird. I thought it was rasberry) filling. We had an Activity Days with the girls and their moms so I brought the cake. It was really good in its day but today it wasn't all that great because it's been in the fridge. I still ate it. Tomorrow I'm going to exercise really hard. My Curves closed down last week so I've been thinking of how I'm going to start exercising without it. Luckily it's getting warm outside so I can take lots of walks. I think I'm going to do Dance, Dance, Revolution or Wii Fit tomorrow. My neighbor said she has a DVD called "Insanity" I could borrow. That doesn't sound like a good idea to me...

Well, here's to 100 more blogs!!!

What's Product and why is it singular?

I've never really known how to do my hair. Some people are "hair smart" I think and I am not one of those people. Now that I'm in my 30's I'm learning the importance of "product." I don't like to put anything in my hair and I guess that's part of the problem. The other day my old college roommate and I got together and went to the hair school for a scalp massage for $6. It was great. After, I asked the girl doing my hair if she would teach me how to do it curly. I have had natural curl since puberty but always have burned it our with my straightener. She took the time to show me how to use product, I need mousse and gel mixed together and hairspray at the very end. She scrunched it in her hand as she blew it dry. I loved how it looked for once! So now, when I'm in the mood I can do my hair curly. I've actually done it a few times and it turned out. Finally, I can do my own hair.:)

More snow

There were a few days this week that I could feel spring in the air. It was warm and sunny and brighter when we got up in the morning and I started remembering what Spring felt like a long time ago. I actually said out loud, "I think Spring is here." Then thought, I shouldn't say that out loud. This is what we woke up to this morning. It is really beautiful I have to admit. The kids don't have school today so we can just stay home and play in the snow.

Mimzy hopping through the plows

Max and Seth have their work cut out for them.