Girls day out

Today was the very awaited GIRLS DAY OUT. My friend Kim and I took our girls to get manicure's and pedicure's. It was so nice to just sit and relax and introduce my girls to this wonderful world. They loved to pick out their colors and loved having the little flowers painted on their fingers and toes. Afterward we went out to lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon coloring at the kitchen table.

Our pretty toes, Evelyn didn't want to have her toes done(don't ask me why).

My favorite part of the day was this morning when Leland asked me

"What are we doing for our girls day out?"

Me: "We are going to get manicure's and pedicure's and then out to lunch"

She then replied" That will be magical"

I don't know about her, but it was magical for me.

Tired little girl!

Last night was NOT fun. I will spare you all the gross details, but lets just say from about 2am on I was up with 2 little girls(leland and Claire) and major stomach problems(if ya get the idea). Today has been slightly better so hopefully tonight will not be a repeat.
This afternoon when I put Claire down for her nap Leland wanted me to watch a show with her. So we snuggled up to Jon and Kate plus 8( we love that show, leland likes all the kids) and within 10 mins. she was OUT! I couldn't resist taking a picture of my sweet little girl.

Just so sweet!

Summertime fun!

Yesterday I decided to go and get the slip-n-slide for the summertime. The kids had such a blast as did half the neighborhood kids.

Leland is definitely the most outgoing of my girls, she just headed down the slide with no hesitation. I just love that little girl!!
Evelyn was a little more nervous, but she eventually took the plunge. I still think her hair stayed mostly dry, I really don't know how she does it. She had a blast anyway!
Claire loved being outside with the big kids, but did not go anywhere near the slide. She happily played in her water table.
Coleman taking the plunge. I think the water was a little cold. (He is so skinny and very white, no hope for a tan for this guy).

Bear has a new home

Well I finally did it, we sold Bear.

I was talking to Coleman the other night and asked him if he would be so upset if a sold Bear, I told him I would buy him a Nintendo DS and a rib stick.(You gotta love a good bribe). He said that would be great so I posted him in the local classified and within 24hrs he was sold. The lady that bought him was crazy about him and said she was going to sleep with him and he would be her big baby. I think Bear will be very happy.

I missed him for about a minute and then I was sooo happy!

Weighing in at around 125 and growing I REALLY think I made the right decision.

He really is a cute cuddle bug, but now he can be her cuddle bug and droll on he floor and chew up her stuff. So farewell to man's best friend.

Family

So So So Embarrassing

Today Brian was on the hunt for yet another pair of slacks, apparently he doesn't have the PERFECT pair for one of his sports jackets. He seriously has more clothes than I do, but that isn't the point. We went to Nordstrom, Macy and then our last stop was Joseph A. Banks. I was so thirsty I took the girls (I just had evelyn and leland) to get a drink. Well of course they wanted one too, so I got them each a fruit punch (bad choice in hind sight). Then off we go to meet Brian in the store. All was going well until Evelyn decided to get out of the front part of the double stroller. Leland was sitting a little to far back in the back seat and without Evelyn their to even out the weight the stroller went flying backwards with Leland in it. The worst part was that I had place the 2 fruit punch's in the cup holders at the top (you know to make sure there were no accidents) and they went flying to the ground and both of them spilt EVERYWHERE!!!!! Red fruit punch is now on the floor all over the carpet. I was frozen for a second and then the manager came over and was obviously pissed! I felt so so bad and embarrassed, I just kept on apologizing and he literally said nothing. And when he did speak he said "you know it is not smart to bring drinks in a clothing store" like I didn't already know that. I tried to help him clean it up, but it just wasn't cutting it, he only had like 4 paper towels and I needed about 40. I felt so bad, but at that point I was almost in tears and I had to get out of there, by the time I got out of the store I was crying pretty hard. I just couldn't help it, the tears just kept coming. A minute later Brian was out of the store and had basically told the guy he would not be spending any money in there today.

Don't get me wrong we both felt horrible, but the guy was a complete jerk to me and that is probably not the best way to get someones business. At one point during this whole thing a girl that was there with her fiance( she obviously felt bad for me) said "Ya know worse things could happen." Yea like what if we had been right next to one of the clothing racks and it had gotten all over all the clothes. That would have been an expensive trip to Jos. A. Banks.

So this is your warning: always always chose water and NEVER spill fruit punch in Jos. A. Banks, they really don't like that.

Dance Recital part 2

Today was Lelands Ballet recital, she was in Sleeping Beauty, it was really good. She definitely knew her ballet better than her tap. It still amazes me how much she loves it!

Just Beautiful!!!!
Evelyn came with us today and Coleman stayed home. Unfortunately she was not really entertained, when i think that she would have been in this if she had not quite, it almost makes me laugh. This is soooo not her thing!!! I think she will be sticking to sports. Even so, she was proud big sister.
What a princess.