MY BIRTHDAY WISH LIST

Well, since I'm turning the big 30

(for the third time)


....this year has to be special. I am going to make a list of just exactly what I want...just like the kids do for Santa...only I have no Santa...but I do have dreams....here we go...

wish number 1

I'd like...dinner cooked and served for ONE WHOLE YEAR
(and a magic dinner fairy who cleans up the after dinner mess too!)

And while we're on a cleaning kick...hows abouts a magic house cleaning fairy.
If we're going to have cleaning fairies, might as well have
Mary Poppins move in with us.

Forget that, I want to be Mary Poppins

Who wouldn't want to look that gorgeous tending children

and sing like a flute while doing it.

So, for wish number 3...I want to be Mary Poppins.

Hmm, number 4...no more shaving...I wish I didn't ever have to shave my legs again...or at least I wish we could all take after the Europeans and find it very attractive to be "natural"


Number 5, I wish I had hair like grass....doesn't sound that great?

...stay with me...I'm not talking green or straw like, I'm talking....You can have it short one week, Long the next...keep it long, or cut it short again....you could try all those WAY cute hair cuts that maybe you're not brave enough to because if it looks bad...you have to wait months and months to fix it...Think about it...a diff hairdo every week!!

But then, would that make me high maintenence???

number 6...well if I don't cook or clean,

and I am Mary Poppins with magic hair, then,

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING LEFT TO WISH FOR....except for maybe

that Santa could make all these wishes really come true.

FLASH BACK FRIDAY

I've been doing a little reminiscing.

Maybe I'll do this every Friday.

And what's been on my mind this week was our First trip to Disneyland.

It was April of 2004 and

"Savvy Girl" was 6 yrs. old,

"Harry Perry" was 4 yrs.

and "Supa Spaz" was 2 yrs. old.

It was a 25 hour drive, but well worth it. We saw lots of interesting things along the way, but what we remember most about the whole trip was.....

All the (very overpriced) food- ohhh yummy.....

the rides were a blast, and the whole place had a feeling of cheerfullness 'round about...... but as much as we enjoyed all that, nothing compared to seeing REAL, LIVE CELEBRITIES (Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Buzz, Woody, Winnie the Pooh, the Princesses, etc.)

you've got a friend in ME!

"Harry Perry" was smiling All week !!

(he was twitterpated...but more about that in a minute)

Mickey Mouse was taken with our little "Supa Spaz"....maybe it's because "Supa Spaz" can be very .....GOOFY!

Mickey Mouse was always a must see celebrity on a twice daily basis. (at least)

And the PRINCESSES....

oh, the princesses

Savvy girl loved seeing the princesses, but, I think there was someone else who

loved seeing them more then she did......

and his name is "HARRY PERRY".

"Harry Perry" fell in love with every princess we saw!
Snow White was "beautiful"...Cinderella-"very, more beautiful"
On the day that we saw Sleeping Beauty....He couldn't contain his feelings anylonger.....AFTER our visit with her was over, and we were walking away..."Harry Perry" ran back over to her for one last hug and said...

"You are so beautiful and I love you!"

She threw her arms around him and we caught this precious moment

"Harry Perry" even said "Mom, YOU could dress like the Princesses if you want to, that would be alright with me.".....( SO NICE OF HIM!!!)



Not only did we get to see all these Disney favorites....but we got to spend a week with our cousins who live far, far away.


Seeing them was even better then the chocolate covered mickey mouse shaped icecream on a stick!!

We thought the daddys of this trip deserved a picture all their own because without them...this wouldn't have been possible......THANKS daddys for our little reunion at the Happiest Place on Earth.



We had to stop


and enjoy the


waterfall


with our lunch.

And the flowers....oh how beautiful and fragrent.


Winnie the Pooh is always a friendly kind of bear!

And it wasn't enough to just have a picture with these "celebrities" we had to hug them....no SQUEEZE them, whenever they were around.

Ariel, oh Ariel....We ate at a restaurant where it was "under the sea" and so AWESOME!! Ariel and all her underwater friends were there. (and lots of other disney characters too)

Oh how "Harry Perry" loved Ariel...He kept telling her she was BEAUTIFUL!!


SHE LOVED THAT!!













She took a little extra time with "Supa Spaz" and let him show her the things he carried around in his pockets.

She was probably our favorite to see.
(Sleeping Beauty was Harry Perry's favorite, of course)


Everywhere "Supa Spaz" went....
he carried around his "TEE TEE" (blanket)

A 2yr old without any naps for one week...

this "tee tee" was the only thing that kept us from turning into the MAD HATTER.

WHAT A WEEK!!!

And by the end....we were ready to go back, WHY? you ask....Why were we ready to leave the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH???

One week's vacation for 2 adults and 3 kids: $1800.00

Film and developing costs (pre-digital days): $75.00

Returning home to routine, NAP TIME, our own sheets, FREE WATER, and not having to hear the song "It's a Small World" play after listening to it nonstop for A WHOLE week......PRICELESS

Goodbye Disneyland.
Goodbye!

LOOK AT THIS STUFF, ISN'T IT NEAT?

Today was one of those days where, it's too hot to go outside, and energy levels are too low to drag 4 kiddos to run errands...so we sit, we sit and watch....what else....The Little Mermaid.



And not once, not even twice, no not that lucky.....4 times. Yes people, I did say 4 times.

Sure, I could have said NO, but "baby girl" says NO alot louder then I do, and while I might say NO once or twice.....she will keep saying it, all the while increasing decibles, and kicking the wall, just to draw attention to the display of disagreement.

So normally, I play the waiting game. She kicks, she screams, she makes it difficult to even hear myself think.....but I stand my ground.

But today.....I just didn't feel like suffering through the reenactment of a flippity, floppity, fish out of water tantrum on the floor.....so I gave in.


The Little Mermaid won.

And now, I think I will sue Disney....

Disney...you're going down!!!

TRICK-OR-TREAT

Halloween is coming...

what is everyone going to be????

This was last year.

The kiddos had a blast being

the Cat in the hat,

Thing 1 & Thing 2

and Sally.

hmmmm.....what to be this year?

PUCKER UP

HAVE YOU KISSED YOUR LOVED ONES TODAY?

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS!!

Well, it's that time of year again!

BACK TO SCHOOL!

And so everyone put on their new school clothes

(even baby girl had a new outfit to wear in honor of their first day)

and baby girl said goodbye to her playmates.

Boy these guys will sure be missed by a spoiled little someone!!



Who will chase her around the house, or give up their favorite toy when she screams loud enough or play princess dress up...





What's baby girl gonna do?

( sigh )

well, it's time to walk them into class, and there is such excitement in the air!!















"WHOA!
MY
SCHOOL
IS
HUMONGOUS !!!"

supa spaz exclaims

Baby girl missed the kids, she kept telling mom all day long..."guys come right back!"
we are talking about her very best friends
in the whole world here!

So how did it go?

Supa Spaz decided that he has the best teacher on the planet.

(and at the end of the day, he was greeted by an anxious little person)

As for the other kids, they had a blast and are looking forward to many more days, just like this one.

IT WAS A BIG DAY HERE IN STEWARTVILLE !!

Highlight of the day...All of baby girl's friends "came back"



First day of Kindergarten has got to be the

best day of school

anyone ever has in their life..

and one of the worst days for the mother!

MEOW!!

NO NEED TO EXPLAIN

poor, poor kitty

I don't know what's more disturbing....the kids doing this to the kitty....

or the fact that the kitty likes it!

An inspirational picture taken by SusieQT

IT'S MY PARTY, I CAN CRY IF I WANT TO

When the fam took "baby girl" out for her 2nd birthday bash...ALL were ecstatic.

Baby girl could hardly wait 'til it was time to make "ariel bear".

The first half of the party was filled with song and dance....everyone enjoyed playing along...except Miss Birthday.

"BOO HOO!" she cried.

Then when it FINALLY came time to make the bear...she didn't care about actually making the bear, she just wanted to dress the bear in the Ariel costume, and deck her out with lots of little bear sized purses, backpacks, jewelry, haircare kits, more purses and a blanket.

"no baby!" said Mom.

"Ariel isn't a material girl!"

She wasn't happy! So she did what any new 2 yr old would do, and she walked away and ignored the party guests...but of course, they were so busy making their own bear, they didn't notice she was off throwing a royal pity party!

by the end.....

everyone chose the right bear

(or bunny, and even horse) for them.

" Savvy girl",

made a horse....SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!

(WOW Sassie, I wonder where she gets the love of horses from?)

"Harry Perry" made himself a spider

man bear.

But maybe I should call him

"spideycat".

After all, he did build-a-cat!

And little man, a.k.a. "SUPA SPAZ"

made...what else...superman...or what he likes to call, super bear..

And of course, the best part of the day, for the birthday girl anyway.....was

ARIEL THE BEAR

Dry your eye birthday girl...your birthday wish came true.

The anticipation of the whole day came down to this moment...

All in All, everyone got exactly what THEY wanted....for Miss Birthday's... birthday.

The End...until next year anyway!