Cookies

Emmy and Spencer were my little helpers today in the kitchen.

We made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for Emmy and oatmeal raisin cookies for Spencer (their favorites).

Emmy was being super silly while Spencer was hard at work.

Dance Pictures and Spencer and His "Boys"

Emmy and the rest of her dance class had their pictures taken today at the studio. I took this picture myself in case the ones they took didn't turn out well. I'm sure they did though because she is all about posing for the camera. Emmy and her class are all kitty cats and will be tap dancing to the song "What's New Pussy Cat" at the recital in a few weeks.

Spencer and his "boys" (he calls them) playing in the bath. He would have stayed in the bath for hours happily playing with these "boys" if I had let him.

Better Late Than Never

These aren't the best pictures I've ever taken, but they're better than nothing. Emmy loves her new flower hair clip I bought for her. I ordered her some really cute clips from "No Slippy Hair Clippy". I guess big flower clips are the "in" thing for little girls now. I thought I was setting the trend, but I've seen many girls lately with big flowers in their hair.

Here's my little guy... he wasn't interested in taking a picture today but he humored me for a moment so I could take one. He's got such a sweet face.

On Friday I took the kids to go see the movie "Up". We've been waiting for that movie to come out so I took them the first day it hit the theater. The movie was at 5 p.m. so we spoiled our dinner and had popcorn, M&M's, skittles, and juice; we ate a little pasta when we got home but no one was too hungry. It was a super cute movie and the kids did so good sitting for the whole show.

Memorial Day

I know I need to post some new pictures... sorry Erik. I promise I will do it in the next day or so. I wanted to take the camera with us yesterday to the pool but was afraid to leave it unattended with so many people around. We went swimming at the pool at the Red Rock and then to a BBQ at a friends house. The pool is actually for guests only but someone told a little white lie (not me) and got us in. The kids all had fun playing together. Spencer was the center of attention every time he walked into the room because everyone thought he was the cutest thing ever. I know he is, (and Emmy too) but it was funny to me that other mommies said they wanted to eat him up he was so cute.

Top 10 things in Vegas that make you go hmmm

In no particular order...

Sign flippers -I'm not sure what the proper name is for them... it's just such an odd job. They stand on street corners and flip these big signs up in the air and catch them. They are just signs for random businesses or a particular builders homes for sale. As if someone driving by would see it and think "Hey, I should go buy a house from them today".

The crazy lady at Michaels who followed me around the store and asked me 3 different times if she could give my kids a lollipop. Noooooooooooooo! Never take candy from strangers right? Isn't that the first thing all Mommies warn their kids about?

The man at Target who tried to give my kids popcorn without even asking me. Nooooooo, not after you've touched it all with your dirty fingers and those same fingers were in your mouth. So Gross!!!

Martin Luther King Street- I was afraid for my life and was about to run a red light so I could get the heck outta there. When we moved to Vegas, Erik said we should get a GPS so we don't have to worry about going down any not so good streets. It was a great idea and I use it all the time. However, when the GPS tells you to go down Martin L. King street ignore it and keep driving until it finds a better route.

The middle aged man playing at the park and going down the slide saying "wheeee"! And no he wasn't there with his kids.

Wal-Mart- The number of toddlers and infants out shopping with their parents at 10 p.m. is ridiculous. And I find it weird that a lot of kids walk around the store in their socks. Also, the man who left his infant in a shopping cart alone while he went to use the bathroom. She was alone for a good 8 minutes at least.

The kids who play in the sand box at the park with socks on and no shoes. Weird.

The mom at the park who was helping her son pee outside when there was a bathroom 10 ft. away. It was a really busy park too.

The number of teens displaying their love for one another at certain parks.

The toddler who was walking around the park with a poopy diaper around his ankle. The mom was completely oblivious to anything going on because she wasn't watching her kids.

I'm sure there will be a part 2 to this list. I can't help but notice these types of things. Although I'm almost positive that nothing (even in Vegas) will top what I saw at the Wal-Mart in New Mexico. There was a lady pushing her toddler in a shopping cart while breast feeding. She was just letting it all hang out. And the kid wasn't really nursing either so nothing was even remotely covered up. How would I explain that one if I had the kids with me? LOL!

Sprinkler Fun

Locks of Love

Before...

...and after.

Emmy had 8 inches of hair cut a couple days ago; she is donating it to Locks of Love. It is enough hair to make a boys hairpiece (it takes 10 inches of hair to make a girls hairpiece). They use between 6 to 10 different peoples hair together to make one wig and none of the hair you send gets thrown away. If you send less than 10 inches of hair and they don't need a boys hairpiece at that time, they will sell it to offset manufacturing costs. I did cringe a little bit when Wendy cut the first ponytail off, even though I had been planning on doing this for a long time. Emmy really likes her new haircut!