Deeelicious!

I made homemade granola bars! They are yummy, but I just ate too many. I better go do my workout before Scott gets home and I don't feel like doing it anymore! Anyway, here they are...love them from afar!

Maya is 3!!

So, we had Maya's surprise rainbow party today! I think the most fun for me was seeing all my friends and their kids hiding behind my furniture. :) I wish I would've rememberd to get my camera out for that. Of course, Maya had fallen asleep for a few minutes right before they came home, so she wasn't exactly thrilled when everyone yelled "SURPRISE!" She kindof side-stepped over to Scott and hung her head, like she was embarrassed. Oh well! We tried. She cheered up after a minute and had a good time.

I was so thrilled with the cupcakes. The recipe was a little strange because they ended up tasting like sugar cookies, but I think they were delicious and the colors in them turned out perfect. She had requested for the icing to be pink with sprinkles and although, my vision for them was with white icing and sprinkles, how could I say no?

I totally failed as a game organizer, though. I only got 4 punch balloons as the big prizes for the games (which were pop the balloon with your butt and a spoon/egg race), then Scott used all 4 prizes for the 1st 4 balloon poppers, so I scrambled for more prizes, luckily, I had bought 4 pinwheels for the start/finish of the egg race, so I used those as prizes. I figured the first 2 and last 2 racers would win so the smaller kids would still get something. But Lydia and her friend won 1st and 2nd, so I didn't want to let Lydia get the big prize, so she was mad. Then her friend had already gotten a big prize for the other game and I didn't want her to get 2, so she was mad. I realized that I should've just bitten the bullet and bought everyone the same big prize OR we could've just said "yay for the winners!" and given everyone their goody bag. Anything would've been better than the 2 oldest kids there crying and pouting. Oh well! I felt silly for that happenning, but what can you do? So I went against my whole little plan for the party and gave all the kids their goody bags, then had cupcakes, then did presents. It all worked out in the end and as I type this, Maya just fell asleep on the floor next to me!

On a side note, we learned how far you can blow up a balloon. This picture below was taken just seconds before it burst and we all screamed like little pansies. Isn't it HUUUUGE?! (Also, the ballon blower upper thing is awesome! I may never have to touch my lips to a nasty balloon again!)

We also learned that our old Barbies are very welcoming to the new Barbies.

Promised Video #2

Lydia riding her friend's 2-wheel bike!

And a Picture!

Promised Video #1

Here is Maya snapping her fingers!

Tadaaaaaa!

Hi! Remember me? I've been so lazy and have't felt like posting anything. I can't believe 2 months has gone by.

ANYWAY, so Maya turns 3 in a few days. She has asked for a surprise rainbow themed party. I love that she wants it to be a surprise. After I thought about it, I realized that Lydia asked for a surprise party for her 3rd birthday, too. It's so easy to do at that age, too. Just stop talking about their party for a few days, then on the day of the party, Scott takes them to the toy store, then have it all set up and stuff by the time they're home. And blammo- Surprise! I'm excited, it's gonna be so cute.

I'm on Scott's laptop, so I don't have pictures from my camera, but I do have some absolutely stunning ones from our webcam.

Marvel at our beauty:

(This first one is my nephew, Sam.)

I know, I know..this is a family blog and that last one of me is totally too hot for underage viewers, but sometimes you have to make an exception.

Ok, so more big news that I hope I can remember to post more about later. #1 Maya learned how to snap her fingers. #2 Lydia learned how to ride a 2-wheel bike without training wheels! I have videos of both things and I'll try to get my lazy butt to post them tomorrow or something.

Ok, that's all for now, I need to relax and be a couch potato because I have a throbbing ear ache. Aww, poor me.