Random Stuff

Some random pictures from the last few months.

Open house at the North Las Vegas airport.

 Fun stuff to see and a bounce house for the kids. Definitely a fun Saturday afternoon outing.

Baby cousins are waaaaay more fun than a doll.

Dressing up with cousins is fun too!

Pony ride at a birthday party for one of Hannah's classmates.

Hannah got an award at school for perfect attendance and knowing 300 sight words (she's up to 500 now!).

 

 Seriously, could these two be any cuter?!

Note to self: Don't leave the two year old alone in the bathroom while you run upstairs to help Hannah put away her clean clothes. On a positive note, at least it wasn't a brand new roll and she didn't put it all in the toilet. Plus, this is an excellent blackmail photo for when she's a teen. :-)

Lunch at In-N-Out with friends.

 Helene playing on the balcony with her new playtime buddy.

 Movie time at Red Rock!

 They love to dress up!

(I don't know where they get it from :) )

 Painting is a popular past time at our house.

Strawberry Shortcake at the Summerlin Strawberry Festival. 

(Sorry Hannah, we only got one shot....long line for pics).

 They did manage to get in a quick dance with Strawberry Shortcake though.

Fire Station Visit

The local fire station is less than a mile from the house (although after being here a year, I have still never ever heard the sirens go by) and we went to their open house one Saturday.

 We missed the official tour and the "jaws of life" demonstration because we did this first. 

(Big surprise, I know).

But the kids all got hats and were able to explore the firehouse and equipment.

 10x better than a garden hose.

Hannah took at least 3 turns, she loved it.

 Even Helene got to spray the hose.

Rescue helicopter. 

As a side note, I thought for sure I'd miss all the helicopters that I always heard around Pasadena (strange, I know, but it's a sound of home), but Summerlin seems to have their fair share--plus lots of small personal planes flying overhead as well. Feels like home.

ice cream

Last week it was in the 80s here.

So I took the kids to McDonald's for an impromptu ice cream cone.

And yes, Sammy had one...he just ate it all before we got home.

See, I'm a nice mom...sometimes.

Lately...

Life seems to be getting in the way, which results in neglect of the blog.

Here's what we've been up to lately.
You know...besides school, homework, doctor appointments, dentist appointments...life.

Dabbling in a little guitar playing

Playing with friends at the park

Talking myself out of buying this rug at a yard sale.
It was brand new and a total steal....but really...I have no place to put it.
Still love it though.

Indulging in a little toast with Nutella for breakfast

Hanging out with new friends at the zoo

Eating ketchup at In-N-Out

Attending the Pajama Story Time at Sammy's school.
This was actually a really fun night. The kids were supposed to come in pajamas, and they went from classroom to classroom to hear a story. After the story, they made a craft related the story (Cat in the Hat hats is just one example) and then had cookies and juice. The kids loved it.

Pretty much taking over Mom's bed

Eating at Souplantation....a few times.

Mmmmmm...ice cream

uh....I don't know where he gets it from.

This is just something we've been doing since Sammy was a toddler. There is a ramp just outside the exit to Souplantation and the kids always race Matchbox cars down the ramp. They could literally do it for hours. Simple pleasures.

Aaaaaaannnd...that's pretty much the end of February and some of March.

More birthday stuff!

Since Sammy was having his birthday party on Saturday at...yep...you guessed it: Chuck E Cheese's (again)--I didn't do a cake or anything on his actual birthday. I know that may sound mean, but I had spent the night before making 26 cupcakes to take to his class. And I was also making the birthday cake for the party. And I was planning to make a cake for Helene's birthday the following day.
And he doesn't even like cake.

Anyway. I digress.

So, Helene helped me make her cake on Wednesday.
OK--she just licked the beaters, but that's really the best part anyway.

Group pic. So love it.

And yes, that's Christmas wrapping paper...cause that's just how I roll.
(and she's only 2 so I can get away with it!)

My adorable girls

She couldn't have been more excited about her Cinderella and Little Mermaid figurines. I wish I could have captured her face the moment she opened them, but you get the excitement.

Poor Hannah was so jealous...and I really don't blame her. It's hard to sit by and watch everyone else get presents while she has to wait until July for her birthday.

Luckily, Helene was willing to share.

Sweet girl.

CAKE!! AND PRESENTS!!!

I don't have a ton of pictures from Sammy's party. It's just too crazy to take any while keeping track of kids, ordering and distributing food, giving out tokens, changing Helene's diaper, and trying to socialize.
I did manage to get a few.

Air Hockey!
(Mom's favorite!)

Stephanie and Riley and Danielle and Michael

Sammy's cousin, Jon, was in town visiting from Las Vegas--and Sammy was so excited to see him. CEC has this new thing for the birthday kids to do called the Ticket Blaster. Basically, they put you in this capsule and they start a wind tunnel and release a ton of tickets. Sammy really didn't want to do it (and I didn't blame him), so we enlisted Jon to do it for him.
It was pretty funny.

Chuck E. has a really really big head.

Cake!

My mom was so sweet to make Helene her very own birthday cake so she didn't feel left out.

Two forks...my kind of girl.

This is so Helene. She is my Prim and Proper girl.
Always saying "please" and "thank you"....and always wanting a napkin. She hates messy hands.

Presents!

Happy Birthday Sammy and Helene!