Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish all of our friends and family a very Merry Christmas. It is almost 2 am, Santa has come and everything is quiet for a few more hours. The girls are so excited, and I'll admit I am too. They are both at such a great age for this. They were so into getting the Santa and reindeer treats ready. Bob and I were loving every minute of it.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Halloween Anyone????

We broke free from the Disney Princesses this year! Paige decided to be Dorothy or "Dorfy Gale" as she calls it and Piper wanted to be Supergirl. They had such a great time trick-or-treating. The weather was perfect here and they went to every house in the neighborhood. I wimped out after a while, but Daddy and Papa soldiered on.


Halloween is also Papa's birthday so here is the traditional blowing-out-the-candles picture :0)

Yes, Paige Had a First Day of School Too...

Let's take a little trip down memory lane shall we to a nice September day. September 10th to be exact. This was Paige's first day of school. She is in her second year of preschool and she just loves it. She is in the Kangaroo Kids class, which is an afternoon class so she will be in school the same time as Piper.

Now the September 10th me is jumping for joy because this means I will have 3 whole afternoons to myself. The December 14th me knows that I barely have time for anything!

One cute thing about Paige's first day was that she packed her backpack and I noticed this long, white thing sticking out. I asked her why she had packed the backscratcher for school. She looks me quite seriously in the face and said "In case my back gets itchy." Of course, why didn't I think of that. I assured her that if, in fact, her back got itchy that I would be there to scratch it since I was staying the first day. She was satisfied with that response and the backscratcher stayed home. And for the record, her back didn't itch once.

Black Friday

I know, you are really sick of seeing the sunflower. I have been having some major problems balancing life lately and unfortunately my blog took quite a hit. I have so much I want to post and I have a ton of pictures to put up. Be patient with me, I am trying.

Today was one of my favorite days of the year- Black Friday! Yes I am one of those insane people that gets up way before dawn in search of a bargain. This year my parents took the girls for a sleepover and Bob came with me and we had a lot of fun. I can't really post what our main goal was or else it would spoil some presents, but I think we did pretty well.

Our day started at 3:45am when we got in line for Kohl's. Good start, got the girls the Island Princess Barbie and bought Piper the Disney version of the Easy Bake Oven. This one somehow "bakes" with ice so it should avoid those pesky third degree burns and severed finger problems the Easy Bake Oven has encountered lately.

From there we headed off to the line at Hell, I mean Walmart. Now I am no fan of Walmart. I pretty much think it is the devil, but those little third world sweat shop children can really make crap for cheap. I must say that it was a very pleasant experience. It was around 27 degrees here and we were in line about 30 minutes before it opened at 5am. They came around with coffee and cookies, they were handing out vouchers for the popular items so there wouldn't be a crazy mad dash with trampled bodies in the aisles, there were sales people in every aisle to help you find everything. And the best one! The managers stood by the doors and kicked out all of the sneaky, cutting bastards that try to slip in the line after the doors are open. Another great perk was Walmart will price match any store if you bring in the ad so I brought in my KB ad and they honored those prices so I didn't have to enter the cluster**** that is KB Toys and Paige got her baby Skywishes for half off. We scored a new bike for Piper for $25!

We were on a high after this and successfully shopped at K-Mart, Target, Toys R Us, and Office Depot. I was warm and snug in my bed by 8:30 with a garage full of presents!

I get warm and cuddly just thinking about it :0) Only 366 more days until next year (it's a leap year in 2008).

Paige's Sunflower

Last spring Paige came home from preschool with a little cup of dirt that she had planted. Her teacher Miss Vicki said it was a sunflower seed. We put it in the back yard where I was sure it would meet the fate of all other seeds from school- death. Bob took an interest in her little cup of dirt and he took Paige out there everyday and helped her water it. As it grew they transferred it into bigger containers until one day it was ready to go in the ground. He had Paige help him plant it and they watered it religiously and look at it now! It is well over 6 feet tall! I think they both were very proud. Next year Piper said she wants to grow one too. It's amazing how something as little as growing a flower can bring us such joy.

It's Official...She's a Kindergartener!!!

Today was Piper's first day of Kindergarten and it went very well! She was a bit nervous because she didn't think she was going to know anyone, but it turns out there are a ton of neighborhood girls all starting school as well.



I kept it together until she was on the bus and then I cried. I didn't want her to see me, but when we got home she said when she looked at me from inside the bus my face looked sad like I was going to cry. I told her I was crying because I was so happy for her and because she wasn't a baby anymore, but I was excited for the next stage in her life. As soon as the bus left Bob, Paige, and I high-tailed it over to the school to make sure she made it the twenty feet into her classroom. Then at the end of the day we also made sure she got on the right bus to go home. That was a little chaotic so I think I will be there lurking on the bushes for the rest of the week.



I had a very cute outfit picked out for her on the first day and she did too. Unfortunately, they weren't the same outfit, but I gave up control(a tough one for me) and let her wear what she wanted and I think she made a great choice.

Back to School Social

Well last night we went to the Back to School Social to meet Piper's teacher. It was fun to see a lot of our neighbors and some of the kids I tutor. They had pizza and TCBY yogurt so Piper thought it was great! I joined the PTSA and I am ready to jump right in. I should be running that school within two years-lol.

Piper's teacher is Miss Baker. She is fresh out of college so she is so enthusiastic. I think she will have a good year. The only problem is our school is piloting a new tuition-based all day Kindergarten program. So you can pay $2800 for the year and have your child in all day K. Not something we are interested in, but since they just came up with the idea that class will start on Sept. 10th and it will be made up of kids from the already existing K classes and picked by lottery (only if you sign up for it). So... if there are too many kids chosen from a particular class they will have to switch some kids to balance the classes again. I really hope that doesn't happen to Piper. She doesn't embrace change well so I think I will be making my presence known if that were to happen.

Piper left that night and her face was just beaming and she said she was so excited to start. She found a lucky penny in the cafeteria and she said she is going to put it in her backpack and keep it there for the whole school year (which she did as soon as she got home). She is also very excited that there is a bathroom in her classroom. She thought that was pretty cool.

Although I am sad that she is growing up and not my baby anymore, it is so much fun seeing her just glow whenever she reads one of her books or talks about school. She is so ready and I need to be excited for her and this next new adventure in her life. And really after experiencing the tragedy that my family has recently gone through I have seen first hand that no matter how old you are you still need your mom sometimes so I'm not losing my baby, our relationship is just evolving as it will for the rest of our lives.


*Phota taken at Kindergarten round-up last Spring

For Your Enjoyment...

Well since I have been away for so long I thought I would provide you some entertainment at my expense.

I was shopping at Fred Meyer today and being the good little crunchy tree hugger I am, brought my own bags to use. Now occasionally I will use these bags for other things. I think I most recently used them to go swimming at the girls' swimming lessons. I usually look for one of my favorite checkers, but none of my usuals were there so I went in this young man's line. He was maybe 20 years old. Do you see where any of this is going yet?

He bags up a few of my reusable bags and he then opens my Trader Joe's canvas bag (my favorite) and what does he reach in and pull out? A pair of my underwear!!! They were clean thank goodness and still folded up, but the young kid was still holding up my very not so cute and pretty panties. He looked at me and I said "Oh My! Here I'll take those." He then proceeds to throw them at me like they were on fire. I tucked them in my purse and he just kept laughing.

Why were my underwear in the bag you ask? Trust me I was asking myself that for about an hour until I finally figured it out. I was planning on swimming at the girls' swimming lessons the last class so I wore my bathing suit under me clothes and brought a bra and undies to change into. When I got there and saw all of the skinny bitches in their bathing suit and my fellow chubbette mom not in hers, I chickened out. Well I put on my bra, but just kept my bathing suit bottoms on (hell yeah I'm rocking the bikini!- okay, don't think string bikini, think more very long topped tankini) thus leaving the underwear unused. I must have emptied out the bag and forgot about them in there until today.

I'm thinking this may replace me farting really loudly in church (with the love of my life at the time Aaron Lossness sitting directly behind me) while my six grade class was rehearsing our readings for the next day's mass as my most embarrassing moment. Well at least I accomplished something today, right?

I've Been Simpsonized

My friend Brenda did this on her blog and it looked like fun so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon. You can go to http://simpsonizeme.com/# and they will Simpsonize you. Here is what I would look like in the town of Springfield...

What was she thinking?????

Today I watched my neighbor's kids. They were all great and got along and I got a lot of stuff done around the house. Afterwards I took the girls to swimming lessons and on the way home Paige says "I have a bead stuck up my nose." I had her repeat it a few times because I couldn't believe what she was telling me. I asked her when she stuck it up there and she said when they were all playing PS2. That was 4 hours prior! I had to run some errands so I bought some tweezers to see if I could get it out. I kept thinking, would I be a bad mother if I stopped at the post office before heading to the Dr.'s office if the tweezers didn't work? I really needed to go to the post office. Luckily I was able to get that damned glittery bead out.

The kicker was when I told her that she can't put things in her nose her response was, "Well Piper put mac and cheese up her nose." I said yes when she was a baby! I didn't realize four year olds still did things like that. I guess this was better than when Bob caught her trying to stick her drumstick in the one exposed outlet in our house the other day. This kid is going kill me if she doesn't kill herself first with her crazy curiosities and lack of grace.

Does this look comfy to you?????

I'm not sure who here has seen Piper's bed. It was my sisters' old full sized canopy bed from almost 40 years ago. It was white-washed wood with gold trim. Wel last year I painstakingly sanded, primed and painted it. Bob has a much steadier hand so he took the pink paint that is on her walls and trimmed out all of the details. It is beautiful, if I do say so myself. Do you think the kid wants to sleep in it? Heck no. There are many nights where we go up and find her sleeping on the floor. This particular night I asked her what happened and she said that she got cold on the floor so she crawled under her throw rug. My child is a freak!

IKEA!!

Yeah Portland finally got an IKEA!! Okay I know IKEA is mearly a European K-Mart, but I still love it. It opened on Wednesday and we almost went then, but decided to give it a few days so we went on Friday instead. I have to admit that I think we have outgrown a lot of their furniture. It just isn't my taste anymore, but I still love that store. We bought some stuff for the girls and a few little cheap kitchen gadgets. The best part is the kid drop off area they have. We figured at only 2 days old it was the cleanest it was going to be and the girls were dying to go in, so we checked them in. There is a huge ball pit, a little rock climbing wall, things to play on, an art area and a loft with a bunch of comfy pillows and a movie playing. They also give you a pager so if your child needs anything they can get ahold of you right away. The girls had a blast and there were quite a few staff members supervising. All in all a great trip. Paige was a little disappointed because she wanted Swedish meatballs for dinner, but the line for the cafe was outrageous so she will have to get them another day.

The trip was close to perfect until Paige got mad at Piper and poked her in the eye. Geez, we can't go anywhere without a little drama.

4th of July

So, I am doing fairly well keeping this thing up, right?!? I think letting go the need to do things in order has freed me. We did make it to Enchanted Forest last weekend and I will blog about that and add some pics later.



Today's topic will be 4th of July. We had a big BBQ and fireworks display with all the neighborhood. There are 12 kids starting Kindergarten in our neighborhood so it was fun getting a bunch of them together (I really fear this neighborhood in 10 years- lots and lots of teenagers!) Bob sold some scrap metal from work and the money was just burning a hole in his pocket so what better place to burn it than 4 different fireworks stands. I just don't have the set things on fire and watch them explode gene, because I am happy to watch the other people's fireworks, but Bob has to blown up his own. Piper actually watched them this year. She is usually so afraid that she stays int he house. She was huddled behind me most of the time, but she stayed. Baby steps I guess. She did get into the sparklers. Paige, the dare devil loved every minute of it!

Rained Out.

This weekend was the annual MOMS Club camping trip that we all look forward to every year. Unfortunately, it is raining and just yucky outside so we decided not to go up. Four families braved the weather and I am in awe of them, but rain and tent just didn't sound like it went well together so we are staying home. The girls are so disappointed so I told Bob this was going to cost us. Last night we took them to see Ratatoille (I know I spelled that wrong). It was a longer movie and a little slow in parts. I really liked it, but the girls were not thrilled. Piper decided that we wouldn't be buying that one when it comes out (uh, yeah we will!). Today we may head down to Salem to the Enchanted Forest, a little mini-amusement park for smaller kids. And then I think bowling might be on the agenda for tomorrow. So much togetherness I may not be able to stand it.

Look What I Did!

Okay, I know it has been forever since I have been on here. I am a bad blogger. I guess there are so many things I want to put on and I think I have to go in cronological order so I don't post the newer stuff because I feel guilty about not posting the older stuff yet, catch my drift? But I have decided that I am just going to start throwing stuff up here willy-nilly and things may be new or they may be old and that is okay.

So, I will begin with my latest achievment...

I have wanted to learn to sew forever. Bob bought me a nice machine last year and the book Sewing for Dummies for Christmas. Well it sat untouched until recently. My MIL was here for the girls' dance recital and she taught me how to use my machine. I made a couple of pillows for them to use in the car for our big girls road trip, and this week I bought a pattern and attempted a dress!


Not too bad, if I do say so myself. I had to rip things out a few times because pieces kept getting in the way and getting sewn to other random pieces and I accidentally cut a hole in the bodice when I was trimming up the excess material on the seams, but nothing a little ribbon couldn't fix. And really, with the cost of all of the stuff and the time spent doing it, I could have gone to Walmart and bought one a lot cheaper, but Paige loves it and she told me it was the most special thing I have ever given her. So that made it all worth it. It's nice to know I can do it and while I am not ready to start making all of our clothes by hand (although you are a smaller size in pattern world) I do see that a Dorothy costume would not be too hard to whip up. Piper's Glinda the Good Witch costume might have to be outsourced to Grandma though.

Happy Birthday Paigey!

A Month?!?! I can't believe it has been that long since I have blogged. I will try not to go that long again.

Well, four years ago today our family was completed with the birth of our sweet Paige Michaela. She has become the most kind hearted person that I know and I am so proud to be her mommy. Happy Birthday Baby!


I have a ton more stuff to add here and I promise to work on it this week!

Kindergarten Registration

On April 10th, I registered Piper for kindergarten. I can't believe my baby is big enough to get on the school bus and go to elementary school! She is beyond excited about it, but it is very bittersweet to me. I am so sad that she is growing up and that my time with her at home with me is coming to an end, but when I see her face light up whenever she talks about kindergarten how can I not be excited for her. She is constantly practicing her reading and writing so she is ready for school. She is very serious about it.



I have to admit I got a little jolt of energy rush through my body being in an elementary school again. I didn't know if I really wanted to go back in the classroom when the girls were in school full time, but just sitting in that office, filling out papers, watching the quiet lines of classes walk by answered the question for me- YES! I didn't realize how much I missed it until I was there. I have loved the time I have been able to stay home and I am so grateful that Bob works so hard so that I am able to, but when Paige is in first grade I really think I want to get back in there, hopefully part time so I can still be in their classes helping out.

Happy Easter (a week late)

The Easter bunny came and did his thing. The night before we colored eggs and I think Bob and I made more of a mess than they did. It was neat to see that they both could write their own name on their egg this year.


We made it to church and it was a pretty long mass. Piper is our little bible thumper that begs to go to church and she even looked at me at about the hour mark and said maybe we shouldn't have come to church this week. We went to my parents' house and had a yummy dinner. I will just be happy when all of the Easter candy is gone and the two spawns of satan leave and my sweet girls return. Sugar highs (and lows ) suck!

Oh and I made the famous bunny cake that has been served for many, many years! This yea
r I added some coconut grass.

Soccer Season Has Begun!

Okay so I am a little late posting this, but on April 6th, the girls started soccer. Piper is playing with the same coach and a few of the same kids she played with in the fall. She is really good. We are so proud how she gets in there and isn't afraid to get the ball. This is Paige's first year and she really likes it. We just need to stress the imprtance with her to not pick up the ball and position it to her liking. Both of the girls scored a goal!

My Celebrity Look Alike

http://www.myheritage.com

My friend Brenda did this on her blog so I thought I would play along too. You can do one too at www.myheritage.com

I had eight matches, but these were the only four I thought people would recognize. I must admit was I completely petrified it was going to match me to Carnie Wilson, Rosie O'Donnell and Ricki Lake (the early years), but I was pleasantly surprised.

Monkeys and Sharks and Hybrids...Oh My!

What a crazy busy weekend we had! On Saturday was the official soccer meeting to start the season. Paige's team is the Monkeys and Piper's team is the Sharks. Piper is playing with her same coach from the fall and her good buddy Jozie. Paige is playing with a few of the teammates from Piper's old team that weren't old enough to move up to the next division. Games start in two weeks! I will post some pictures of them in their uniforms when I get them.

The bulk of our weekend though was car shopping and tonight I drove home my brand new car! Since moving up here we have become increasingly more crunchy, and really wanted to do our part on reducing our carbon emissions. We switched all of our lightbulbs to the compact flourescent ones and we decided to make the big plunge and trade our 12 mpg gas guzzleing SUV in for a Toyota Prius. I am still a little in shock right now. We bought the Expedition before we had kids and thought we would be having three so we needed the big car. Well, we are stopping with two and with our busy schedule I am driving a lot more so we needed a change. It is silver and very cool!

10 Years Ago Today....

I met my future husband. I remember vividly the night my friend Julie and I went over to his mom's house on a Friday night after we had just gone to Olive Garden to celebrate her birthday (a day early). Julie grew up across the street from Bob and has known him her whole life. He pried himself away from some geeky computer game and came out and talked to us for hours. I was so impressed that he stood in the doorway near me almost the whole time. I of course later found out it was because he had a big hole in his shorts and was too embarrassed to walk by us. When we were leaving I caught a glimpse of his tattoo on his leg and asked what it was. The only word I caught was Mickey and thought it was fate that he would have Mickey Mouse on his leg and I was such a Disney freak! I walked out of the house, turned to Julie and said "I am going to marry that man." Well the tattoo isn't Mickey Mouse it is the Mickey's bee from Mickey's Malt Liquor so I guess it wasn't fate after all, but I love him anyway.

Happy St. Patrick's Day ( a day late)

We had a very busy day around here so that is why the St. Patrick's Day well wishes are a day late. The girls went to my parents' house for a sleepover and Bob and I headed to downtown Portland for a book talk by Frank Warren who runs my favorite website Postsecretcom. If you haven't been there, go! People send him their secret on postcards. I love reading all of them and it makes me feel a little more normal every week.


The little part leprechaun I married likes his corned beef and cabbage so we went to McCormick and Schmicks for dinner. Bob talked me into not getting the chicken and pasta dish I have had there before and getting the Filet Mignon because that was what I really wanted. I could barely cut into it, it was a completely cremated cow on my plate. I sent it back and ordered the pasta instead.

After that I talked him in to just going and sitting in a few cars since we are starting to think about getting a smaller, earth friendly car. With gas up around $3 a gallon again and my 12 miles to the gallon beast that I drive, it is time. My top pick is a Toyota Prius, but I was also considering the Corolla or the Matrix. Our sales person was a really nice lady that reminded me of Bob's Aunt Sonja. I ended up driving the Prius and it was really nice. Of course on my test drive I got honked at and almost rear ended twice because I didn't want to hit and kill pedestrians. I will remember that a night where everyone is drunk on cheap green beer probably isn't the best night to drive a strange car.

We tried to go to a movie, but it was sold out at Cinetopia and when we went to the regular theaters, it was so overrun with teenagers that we decided we were too spoiled to go there and just went home and rented a movie.

All in all we were in bed before we usually go during the week! And Bob was up before the girls would have even been up to get us. I had visions of sleeping in late, but when you go to bed so darn early you don't need to sleep as late I guess.

We've Got Another Holy Child

Well after a few months of begging we gave in and took Paige to get her ears pierced so she could be like her big sister. I really stressed the pain aspect, but she wasn't backing down so off we all went to Claire's-the mecca of all that is girlie. She picked out exactly the earrings I wanted her to have ( I love how a three year old mind is so much easier to control than a five year old one).
Her huge smiles quickly turned into a pout and then into tears, but after she got a sucker and a few more glimpses at her new rainbow daisy earrings she was happy again.

Please ignore the boogie in her nose, but it wouldn't be Paige if she didn't have at least one bat in the cave.

Top Banana

This week Piper has been the Top Banana in class. We had to create a board with pictures of her life. We did this all weekend long! All the hours were worth it though because I think it turned out pretty darn cute. Today she got to be the teacher and lead circle time. It was the quietest circle time ever. My usually talkative in the she never shuts up sort of way has decided that she is now shy and refuses to speak to the teacher at school. The teacher in me was cringing, but I was still beaming with mommy pride.

The Princess Choir

For the past eight weeks the girls have been going to a Princess choir class ofered through the Parks and Rec with two of their best friends Corinne and Renata.

They learned the songs from Snow White. Last Saturday they held a mother daughter tea with really bad tea and cookies, but some fun activities. At the end the girls all performed. It was very cute to see all the little girls in their Princess dresses. Piper knew every word to every song, and Paige sang a few words here and there and played with her dress and showed her panties to the whole audience. Let's let her get it out of her system now at 3 and not when she's 13.

Another One Bites The Dust

The girls got new pets a few months back. Paige picked a kitty (see post below) and Piper picked fish. We went to the store and she picked out a Beta and the man at the fish store said that she could have some Tetras in there too because they are fast swimming. Yeah right.

We came home with Otto the Beta (she got the name from the book Fish Out of Water), and Nemo, Coral, and Genevieve the Tetras. Well Genevieve bit it within 24 hours so we got her body out and took her back to the fish store and tada a new Genevieve was had. Things were going great until Piper couldn't find one of the Tetras. Well Bob found it (or what was left of it) sucked into the filter. I guess we managed to get either really slow Tetras or a really fast Beta. She was okay with it and decided that it was Genevieve that had died. Nemo and Coral held on for a while until she came bouncing down the stairs to turn her tank light on and then the awful scream came. Another one down. I got that out and we had a small funeral for it in the downstairs bathroom. I was really hoping that Nemo would be able to make it alone, but who was I fooling.

Last weekend the girls were downstairs coloring when we got up. I came down and Piper happily said "I turned on my fishtank light." Great job! I went to look in the tank and saw the awful sight of Otto swimming round with a lifeless Nemo in his mouth! I quickly yelled for Bob to get downstairs and we all gathered for yet another fish funeral. Now we are left with just that SOB Otto the fish killer. He's lucky he is pretty to look at and that Piper still loves him.

The Newest Member of Our Family

Well, I am going back in time a little bit to introduce our newest family member. Daisy arrived in December and we just all love her so much. We had been wanting to add a kitty to the household so I was searching the pounds for one. I wanted an older female that was declawed. I personally think declawing is very cruel and would never get it done, but if there was a cat out there that already had it done, well then I was okay with that. When you have just refurnished your entire downstairs, you get over the meaness factor pretty quickly.

So we searched and searched with no luck and then I heard from a neighbor that another neighbor had a little declawed female cat show up on their doorstep that had no tag, no microchip and no return phone calls after several flyers had been put around the neighborhood and in the Vet's office. I thought why couldn't that be me? Turns out our neighbor couldn't keep her because with 4 kids and a yippy dog, Daisy stayed under the couch all day long so we said we would take her. It is technically Paige's cat so she got to name her (from an approved list that I provided) and Daisy was the winner.

Here is a picture of her dressed up in one of Piper's baby sweaters. Bob did it and she was just thrilled.

I know, I know, I have been MIA

I am so sorry for not posting in a week. We are just emerging from the mucusy, phlegmy haze (are those even words??) around here. And the coughing! Don't get me started on the coughing. At one point I felt I it was my own personal Chinese Water Torture because the sound of three people hacking away was driving me completely mad. It was all I could do from running away to a hotel room for the night just for a little quiet. But, things are starting to look up so I will get some pictures and some merriment going on here again very soon.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

You want to know what I got for Valentine's Day? A sick family. Bob is home for the third day this week and if you don't know him, that is huge. He never gets sick and never calls in sick to work. I feel so sorry for the poor guy. Both girls are also sick. I thought Piper was done with it until 4am when she started coughing and barking uncontrollably.

So instead of a house full of flowers I have a house strewn with Kleenex that I am too afraid to touch. There will be no champagne flowing tonight, only shots of Nyquil for everyone. I was going to make our traditional Valentine's dinner for Bob and I, but since he really can't taste anything those plans have been scrapped as well.

What I do have is a houseful of people that love each other and I guess that is what really matters on the holiday (well a Hallmark manufactured holiday) of love. Hope you all have a good one.

Two Dancing Princesses

The girls recently started dance again (well this is the first time for Paige) and they absolutely love it! They are both in a ballet/tap combo class. The teacher said that it would be okay for Paige to skip ahead and go to Piper's class so my life would be easier (what's that mean???), but Paige really made it clear that she wanted to dance in her own class with her own friends. I think sometimes she gets lumped into things so much with her sister she just wants something that is her own. Can't blame her there. Thankfully their classes are back to back on a Wednesday morning so I don't have to go to the studio twice a week.

Paige's New Glasses

Paige had been complaining and crying at nigt that her left eye hurt so we decided to take her in to our eye doctor (which we just love). Sure enough her right eye wasn't working as well and her left eye was starting to over compensate for it which is why by the end of the night her left eye would ache. Bottom line- Paige needs glasses. It was a little upsetting at first because you never want to hear about something wrong with your child, but now that she has them she loves tham and she looks so darn cute in them! We picked out pink Barbie glasses.


She is so good with them too. I really expected to be on our 3rd pair by now, but she is so responsible. I hear from the preschool parents that their kids want glasses too just like Paige.