October Fun!

Ivie had her 4th birthday on Oct. 27. She wanted a princess cake and got to pick out her barbie. She's even dressed appropriately thanks to Grandma's dress ups. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday breakfast and she said "Pink pancakes and eggsit" which means egg nog. She also got to go out to lunch with Grandma Shaw and shopping with Grandma Froerer. I also took her to Color Me Mine on 25th street and she painted a mug and put her handprints on a plate. I'm interested to see how they turn out but we had fun anyway.

Ivie decided a couple days before her birthday that she would cut her hair. I thought she was playing quietly in her room while I was on the phone and then when she brought out some of my jewelry I knew that she had been into forbidden things. I came into the bathroom and found jewelry, makeup, scissors, and a little stool she had brought in to access them. Then I noticed the huge chunk of hair in the garbage and tried not to scream into the phone. Obviously she had a great time in there. Ivie is in time out in this picture and holding a baggy with her hair inside as I try to explain why she can't cut her hair. I trimmed a couple inches off later but we are just going to try to cover it up for a while cause I'm not ready for her hair to be that short.

This is at Black Island Farms which we found out later is not as cheap as we thought it was :)

The kids sure enjoyed it. We thought for some reason that the entrance into the courtyard was free and didn't think twice when we just walked in. We assumed that you had to pay for the cornmaze and some of the bigger activities but we thought the courtyard was just open to everyone. Well we came to our senses a few days later but we were surprised that we were all able to just walk in without anyone saying anything.

For Halloween I dressed up as a Star-Bellied Sneetch from Dr.Seuss, Lance and Zander were Thing1 and Thing 2 from the Cat in the Hat, and Ivie was Ariel. I think that Zander's costume was very fitting for him. He has been a little stinker lately causing all sorts of chaos around the house. But doesn't he look cute posing on the beanbag!

Zander running in circles

So I have tried to upload this video a few times. I finally gave up trying to put up a shorter clip so this one is pretty long and you really only need to see 20 seconds of it.

Zander does this every day for at least 10 minutes straight. Lance and I always laugh cause he just keeps going and doesn't stop except for a few seconds to catch his breath or to get back up when he falls. He's so determined to keep going even when he's tired and out of breath. Sometimes we'll say "faster Zander" and his eyes will get big and he'll try even harder to go faster. I took this video after he had been running around for a while and then chasing Ivie around the house for a while.

Ivie & Zander Pictures

We had Mitzi take Ivie & Zander's pictures and they turned out awesome as usual. Zander was a little stinker trying to get him to smile or even look at the camera but his pictures turned out a lot better than I expected. Each picture really captured the personality of our little monkeys. Here are a few of our favorites. Thanks so much Mitzi for going all over the place and for the great pictures- we absolutely love them!

Eyelashes and Tea Parties

I finally decided to have my friend Mitzi do my eyelashes. I was a little worried that I might touch my eyes too much and that they would hurt or drive me crazy. I have been surprised how much I like them. Everyday I wake up and I have long black eyelashes. I don't even feel like I need to put anymore makeup on unless I want to. This is great for me since I really don't put makeup on everyday but I don't want to go out in public without it or people think I'm 12 years old. They haven't bothered my eyes either. Maybe because I know I can't rub my eyes or maybe because I don't have to wash mascara off. And I love that I can go swimming and not worry about my makeup either. Anyway, not to promote my friend or anything but I would definitely recommend getting these eyelash extensions. I honestly think they are the Best!

My Cute Aunt Cindy had a Alice in Wonderland Tea Party. She really put a lot of work into it to make it a perfect event for the kids. Everything was so cute. The kids really loved it. Especially getting their own decorated little chocolate cake. Ivie absolutely loves tea parties and dressing up so this was great for her. Zander usually loves running around without clothes on so he didn't really love this part but he certainly loved the cake!

Eyelash Extensions Giveaway!

My friend Mitzi is doing eyelash extensions and they look awesome! My sister got them right before she went to Cancun and loved that she had long black eyelashes the whole week even when she was swimming. Mitzi is offering a giveaway for a full set of eyelashes. Check out her blog for all the details so you can enter too! She also charges a ton less than any of the salons around and does a better job than most of them as well.


http://mitzirae.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway.html

Lake Powell, July 4th, Lagoon, and Pregnancy!

We had an awesome trip to Lake Powell with a bunch of awesome people. We spent a lot of time tubing, playing games and eating food. We had perfect weather, and the perfect shady spot. What better vacation is there! We got home, took showers, and got up early for 4th of July celebrations. We had a full day of activities and we were so tired that we ended up watching the fireworks from the back deck of the Froerer's home. Zander fell asleep before the fireworks even started, and Ivie followed only a few minutes after.

I finally finished cleaning up my house on Tuesday, (with a few laundry loads to go) and then we were off to Lagoon on Wednesday. I have been so tired lately and I kept thinking it was pregnancy related but now I realize that anyone would be tired after this kind of a schedule. As for pregnancy, I am now about 18 weeks and we found out that it is a little boy. I'm just starting to feel little kicks which is my favorite part about being pregnant. The vericose veins, I would say, are my least favorite part! But at least they give me an excuse to sit down and let Lance help me.

Random pictures

Zander's hair is getting whiter and whiter and his cute little head is getting pretty tan it almost looks like his hair is glowing. I get a lot of people that say, "Oh he finally has hair, I think it's mostly because it's hard not to see now that it is so white. I love his little smile with all of his cute teeth. He' s also starting to do the Digga digga talk as we used to call it when Ivie used to jabber away.

I got a new swimsuit for the summer. Ivie decided to try it on too. I just hope it doesn't look better on her than it will on me :)

Ivie and Zander painting together. They look very serious. Notice Ivie's artistic hair.