First mommy/daughter mani/pedi!

So I have painted Soph's piggys before, like soon after we got home from China..lol,but this was the first time her and I set up a "spa day" here in my living room:) We soaked our piggys, cut, clipped and filed our nails, and then the polish...I couldnt believe how still she sat, and even when done she sat still w/me for 30min's to allow our final products to dry, while her and I watched, Say Yes to the Dress....lol! She is sooooooooo my daughter...literally a "mini-me"....God, you did good!

PS...continue to ignore my mess of a blog...I know it's not pretty...Ive got someone special plannin to work magic on it someday soon...so meanwhile, I did figure out how to change my title and post a pic...and for ME..that's big..I felt proud of myself;) I'm changing some stuff up..like out with the old title..cause we're not waitin on our Soph anymore...we're livin our life with her, praise God...so this is our Happy Ever After...and I'm thinkin that's what I'll call this now....well, as soon as GS can get to it;)
Happy Weekend to all!
xoxoxox

Please ignore this mess of a blog!

K...as most know, I am totally PC illiterate....cant even believe I manage a blog..it's that bad...
Having said that, I decided today to try to become more "blog-literate" and dive on into blogger and designs and advanced posting..blah, blah, blah..and this is what I've ended up with....hazy blue back ground(no idea)...white haze over the polka-dots my friend originally added on my blog..and now our "click to view our china trip" title is lost down on the bottom and dont even look at the rt side bar..have NO idea what's goin on there....
So...Im praying Grandpa Scott can help a girl out some day soon....(lol, no pressure G.S)
Or......if anyone out there reading this, has ANY clue how to help me, PLZZZZZZ let me know, K?
Thx!
xo

"Rr" is for rainbows and red race car painting!

Last weeks letter of the week R....

I do letter of the week with my lil crew that come here 3days a week...

Soph loves it, and they love it too...they each bring a share item from home that starts with that letter we are discussing, they get up and "share" it @ circle...we do circle time..then upstairs to my fav part of the day, art time! I know to most of you, cause most of you've told me before, think I'm nuts that I enjoy doing messy, crafty letter of the week driven projects with five under the age of five...but call me crazy, it's the BEST! I never stress on the final product they each make, but just the promise of each of them designing their own creative creations...and sometimes they do come out close to mine ;)

Our Pinewood Derby Champ!

Second Place!!!! Hooray to our Charlie boy! His very first Pinewood derby car race with the Boy Scouts and he(and daddy)came in 2nd place!

Charlie showed interest in joining Boy Scouts, or rather, it's called CubScouts, last month, so we thought sure why not, we'll go to a meeting and try it out, and boy was I overwhelmed..lol(in a good way of course)...I had noooooo idea how big or awesome this organization was....it was seriously, overwhelming...and of course, for his very first meeting, he had to have me and his lil sister, who was completely bored out of her mind, at this den meeting....(Poor Jeff was stuck at home finishing the grout on our newly ceramic bathroom floors~ yet another house project that we think is going to be so quick and easy and it's NOT...at least not quick..lol)So...that left me, clueless mom of a new cubscout taking this den meeting in....

Meanwhile, Sophia was behind me in this new church classroom we were meeting in, drawing all over the white wall with a red dry erase marker....yes, proud moment for me...and as I turn around to discover her impressive red circles on the walls and see now why she was so quiet... I gasp at her newly found love for dry erase markers....and come face to face with a few other den mom's who quietly glare at me....I guess they are those perfect mom's with perfect toddlers who never exhibit a calling for drawing art on walls...lol:)
So, anywho....C left that meeing all smiles and glowin...and very proud to have just joined Den 1, Pack 466 of the Cubscouts...and his biggest smile was b/c they announced he had just joined in time for the annual Pinewood Derby races....and let me tell you, this boy came out of me obsessed with cars and races..lol...so I knew this would be right up his, and Jeff's ally!!!!
So he and Jeff only had 2wks to go buy, design, carve, decorate and name his race car...which ended up being; The Indy Speedster! The 2nd place winner over many, he was one proud boy with one proud daddy, and a mommy, sister and grandy too!
Our Charlie boy is growing up way too fast...when he put his cubscout uniform on, it was all I could do to not cry....my little baby boy, these last few months of age 7 have really started to change him and "grow him up"....I see such a difference in him lately, so independant and smart, funny and grown up...proud and responsible...it's almost as if I am getting a small glimpse of who he will one day be...but Lord, PLEASE, PLEASE, let that one day come a little slower...K?!

Playdate with travel pal and good buddy, "JJ"

We met our good friends and China travel buddies, Georgette and "JJ", at a local indoor play park last week! I had my crew, Addie, Grady and baby Kam along with Soph and I, and it was so fun to get out and watch them run around, swing,slide and play...we are desperatly missing our big backyard and playset outside...so this was next best thing!

Some moments this winter thus far....

Winter 2011 has started pretty white and snowy..C's happy bout it...me not so much..but I will admitt it's kinda pretty...
Stuck inside since New yrs, me and my lil crew
have kept busy with lots of crafts and the sensory table....we just finished our Chinese New Yr puppets...lol...

Charlie and Soph have spent lots of time enjoying thier tent Santa brought them and have had a few, "campouts" together ;0)

Soph and I have continued our gymnastics classes on Mondays, and she and her pal Grady spend most of thier time on the trampoline..their fav...and we've also made a trip back to a fabulous local play cafe, that has cheap yummy coffee and lots of wide open space for them to run and play...

That's a/b it...C's gearin up for the Pinewood Derby Race comin up this wkend...super exicted..pic's to come later!

Happy Winter to all! xo