Saturday Fun

We decided to try to take the girls to the movies.
Missy here started her day with an attitude, but we went with high hopes! :)

We killed some time walking around the shopping area.

Then off to Bolt...

Liah enjoyed her snacks and LOVED the movie. After 30 minutes of being way to good... Maia needed some freedom. She spent some time running in the hall. She is not the quietest child (and movie law says silent!), so this event will now only be a date for Liah!:) Mai is still too young. She did finally crash..... at the end!

Liah gives Bolt a thumbs up!

We came home and Maia was back up. This is her new "you have to catch me to change position!" She is such a stinker!

We went to the park later in the evening.

A great family Saturday!!

School Days...

I have failed to mention a "gift" I was given for Christmas. We got a new member to the family... Melissa. She joins our rockin, coordinating, snappy team. A gift because my class size was reduced! wooo
( Leah, Melissa, Me, Heather, Enika~ yes we planned the color scheme...duh!)

100th day fun! We made ALL of Kindergarten 100 day shirts, too cute!

We took our normal Friday Field Trip (to McDonald's for some hot fries)! However, as of Monday I paid $10 to join the school's biggest loser. I weighed in Monday and today.... lost 3lbs!! So, here I am with my healthy lunch at McDonald's. The one thing I love more than food.... competition and winning. (While I don't have a snowball's chance I am determined to be a hottie for my 30th... 5 months and counting!)

Here I am before transformation (no I don't have pink eye, I really can't explain it!).

After- Zero the Hero~ the masked superhero who spans the globe visiting classrooms on the days that end in zero!

My ultimate motivation= the chance to roller skate through the school and the ability to excite chaos!

Zero and HBR... This year, once wasn't enough. Zero visited the festival in the morning, then made another appearance....

rolling through all of the specials (PE, art, music, computers) teeheehee!

You know what this means... only 80 days to go! ;)

Black & White

I love it (obviously! ;))

Firsts

Liah's first full face of make-up (for dress-ups of course)!
Maia's first pedicure!

Stella's first encounter with PediPaws!

For Manda

I normally don't post out of order, plus I am trying to come to the realization that I don't have to post EVERYTHING!
However, when I neglected our girls' day with Auntie Manda at the San Tan mall, I heard about it. So~

After 6 hours of shopping we went back to Gaga's for some fun. We played with Gapa and got a "good behavior" pep talk from Ga!
We shopped at all the kid stores first. We love Disney, Build-A-Bear, the pet store, the "glitter" store and Pumpkin Patch. We scored a few awesome treasures and our NYE outfits blogged below.

We had a yummy lunch, a nap and a snack all during our marathon. Liah even passed out on the floor of NYCO prompting a half hour "break" on the benches. Mom and Auntie got a few nice things also. Mom didn't even eat off the ground!

The highlight of the trip had to be the family bathrooms! Holy Cow! So nice! Below is a postable pic we took. The luxury potty included: 2 potties (adult and peanut sized), a strap seat to wrangle children, a changing table, a rocking chair, a double sink and enough room to fit our bags, a stroller and 4 people who danced in front of the mirrors! Yowwweeeeee! Good times! This was huge after experiencing the meager conditions of other mall bathrooms so called family space!

All the fun:

Liah rocking out to mall radio, entertaining passersby!

Happy 2009!

Sending wishes of health, happiness and love for 2009!

We had a wonderful New Years Eve at the Cistolos. We were surrounded by awesome food and amazing people.
The kids played, the adults laughed.

The Goodens made it until the ball dropped (the second time)! Maia clocked out at 12:30 and LJ made it until 1:30, our little party trooper!

It was great way to kick-off a great year! Bring on 2009! :)

Cousins rule!

We had the awesome chance to hang with our cousins Xavier, Cheyenne and Jaylin.....
But missed hanging out with these cousins :( (which is a small bunch of our crazy beautiful family)!

However, we are planning the "Cousins" reunion tour summer '09!

Miss you, love you!