Last Full Day (178/365)

The chicken is in the fridge ready for frying and the pies are in the
oven. All that's missing is the rest of the fam who are coming for
dinner. Tomorrow will be the end of a great few days spent with
family, but we sure are going out with a bang by having chicken and
dumplings and peach custard pie!

Wish you all could be here.

Long Day Recap (177/365)

- We witnessed humanity at it's finest at the movie theatre this
morning -- a first-day-on-the-job manager made the day of several
autistic children and their families.

- Tori and I bawled our little eyes out over Toy Story 3. Seriously.

- It's amazing how much a pair of child sized 3D glasses improved
Alice's movie viewing experience. She kept them on the entire time,
and you better believe I saved them for next time!

- We bought Matt some clothes that actually fit him, or at least I
assume they do. He hasn't tried them on yet.

- The girls and I finally have everything (well, almost. Iz needs
dress socks) we need for the wedding next weekend. Ahh, next weekend!!!

- Alice and Grandma ate it pretty hard at The Disney Store. Alice is
fine, Grandma is banged up.

- Izzy is my daredevil water baby. She was jumping into my arms into
the pool!

- Matt treated Fred to a bachelor party at Dave & Busters, and he's
still not home.

It Was a Long Day (176/365)

Even though we didn't get moving until 11am. The girls, Grandma,
Auntie Annie and I swam our little hearts out at the pool. We came
back to the house for lunch, naps, and a movie or two. Pancakes and
popcorn for dinner made for a great end to a great day.

Tomorrow: Toy Story 3, shopping for the wedding, and more swimming. Oh
and Matt is going to Freddy's bachelor party - he's getting married in
a week!!

She Stood In Line for Eight Hours (175/365)

And she's got the blisters to proove it. Hope your new iPhone was
worth it!

What Walks Down Stairs (174/365)

Climbs up in her chair,
Who tells her Mother yes and no?
Who's great for a laugh,
And gives great kisses back?
It's Izzy, Izzy, Izzy!

Look at my big girls! Izzy is so much more physically inclined than
Alice ever was at this age. I have a feeling in going to be finding
this one climbing on tabletops and scaling bookshelves!

Looks Crazy? (173/365)

So tonight I was filling out the paperwork for Alice's preschool and one of the requirements is that I send in a photo of her. I scrounged through our pics from the past 6 months, and this was the only one of her that looked decent enough. Matt says that I'll be taking some pics of her tomorrow, which I may end up doing, but he seems to think it's because she looks crazy in this pic. Is he right? I think she looks freaking cute and not crazy in the slightest.

So who's right? Do I send it in, or reshoot? Anybody?

Well I Had a Great Video...(172/365)

Of Alice typing (and dictating) letters on the computer to all of her buddies, but there were some technical difficulties. Please enjoy this little gem that I recorded a month or so ago of Alice making out with Alice. I don't think I've posted it already, but if I have enjoy it again because I'm not changing it.

And I Rode a Pony Named Star... (171/365)

and she loved every

minute

of it.

My First Oreo (170/365)

I think she liked it.

On Our Way Home (169/365)

This was the good part of our trip (and yes, my daughter is related to
Al Bundy).

I Blame Matt (168/365)

We went out driving tonight knowing that we'd probably stop for dinner
somewhere on the way home. Our usual place was about 15-20+ minutes
away with traffic, so we opted to go to Outback instead.

When we got there I said to Matt, "does Nicole still work here? I
can't remember." I don't know why, but we couldn't remember! We
ordered, ate bread, and when our meal came out who do you think
delivered it to us? Nicole! It was a freak thing that she was the
one who brought it out, and boy was she shocked to see us there!

For one, she knows I'm not a huge fan of the place, and two we went
there and didn't request her! I felt, SO bad. We got to chat a bit,
and she took the girls over to see some of the neat wall flair. As
usual, Izzy didn't want her to leave and she cried for her when Nicole
had to get back to her tables.

Turns out, it was probably a good thing we didn't have her because
Matt realized on the way home that he miscalculated the tip and
totally short changed the waitress. Oops! See, our brains are fried
today!!

A Little Slice of Heaven (167/365)

There's almost nothing I love more than spending an afternoon poolside
with my two girls. I'm so glad summer is here!

Helpy Helperton (166/365)

Izzy knocked over all of the books the other day and I was pretty glad I had the camera out because I was more than amazed at what happened next. I can't believe she's already getting the concept of cleaning up and helping out. Pretty good for a nearly 14 month old!

Now if I could just get Alice to clean up with such ease.

Preparing for Uncle Mike's Visit (165/365)

I'm sure he had shopping cart races once or twice back in the day.
Care to challenge the girls to a race when you're here?

My money is on Izzy.

Fun in the Sun (164/365)

Well, rain, if you want to get technical.

We spent our first Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa's house for the first time in what seems like ages due to the fact that they have been on vacation. Today we got to see a real ladybug (first one I've seen in ages) and Alice was hysterical with it. The kid HATES bugs, but is crazy about ladybugs so she really wanted to hold it. She was smily and giggly, but as soon as it tickled her or opened its wings she'd freak and scream. I really wish I had that on video. Grandma also had a new sandbox and the world's best bubbles (Amazing Bubbles from Target) to play with, which Izzy throughly enjoyed. The kid even amazed us with her sand scooping and dumping coordination. And that's not a poop joke, boys.

I attempted to take some nice shots with my beast, but apparantly it needs to make an emergency trip to Canon to get fixed - I can't take any pics with it right now as it appears my mirror is all funky. Hopefully it will be back in my hands for Fred and Kathy's wedding next month! I'm not entirely surprised as it's been making a noise for months (in fact it was making this noise the last time I sent it in and they were never able to duplicate it so they didn't find out what was wrong), but the timing is absolutely terrible.

Also, I went out for another drive today and didn't break down, woo hoo! I'm very proud of myself, to be quite honest.