Birthday Week!

       Dr. Jones turned 31 on Feb 3 and we celebrated in style for about a Week! The festivities kicked off with a scavenger hunt of course a few days before his actual bday because of his work schedule!

It was a fun night out filled with great food, entertainment, and lots of laughter! He was quite surprised with everything I had planned. Originally he thought my parents were coming over so that we could all go to the UC Davis women's game but then I handed him these envelopes and we left just us. Yieppee, I think to be honest I was more excited about surprising him then anything. 

This brought me back to our dating days :)

We headed to the Irvine Spectrum and went to Wood Ranch for dinner and then to a Comedy Club. It was my first time at the Improv! 

and any place that serves Midori is a friend of mine. I will take two please! hahah (no really)

 The celebration continued and we headed to Grandma's house. Over the Grapevine through the cows....

To the Central Valley we Go!! 

I was a little sad that I hand't contacted Wild Bill and arranged 

A Mini Horse party for Kevin but maybe next year! 

We had such a wonderful visit with family. Playing, baking, riding, singing, dancing, you name it we did it! The time went by fast but we loved ever second of it! These three cousins were so happy to be reunited!

Here Papa is very busy outside with the girls!

While Grandma loved up each one of her Granddaughters!

and Great Grandpa and Grandma got to spend some quality time with their Grandson. We had a family birthday party for Kevin on Saturday with his cousins and Grandparents. It was so nice to catch up and see everyone. For the Super Bowl we were treated to watching it at Sam and Heathers house. Best place to watch a game ever!

It was a very busy weekend as you can tell!!

These 3 were connected at the hip. Always together and getting into something!

Their favorite song and dance this trip was Ring around the Rosy

They must have done it a bizillion times and each time they acted like it was the 1st! So cute!

 We had a wonderful visit! Thank you for making it such a special weekend!

Ohh and the party wasn't over yet..Now it was time to celebrate with my family. We had our family dinner followed by a great dessert made by Addison and Reese. Boy can these little hands decorate!

It was a fun night- and a great way to end the week!

Happy 31st Birthday Kevin! We love you xoxoxo

Date Day

Just Us!

It was a long week - Kevin had a major test and rocked it! And I had a 3 hour inservice to lead for my staff on Thinking Maps and it went off without a hitch! We celebrated with some sushi - just the two of us! Enough said! Amazing :)

DORA!

Da-Da-Da-Dora!

Today we had breakfast with Dora at the 

Discovery Science Center!

 This is one of Addison's Best-ies Laney. They were so excited and loved Dora up! We had a fantastic morning exploring the new exhibit and we have to admit we were one of the crazies lining up super early in order to get in! Hahah... It was well worth it!! Reese was also with us but was a little shy (and terrified) of sweet Dora, maybe next time. What could possibly make this day any better? We followed it up with an outing to McDonald's playland. Laney's mom and I drank coffee and relaxed while the kids played! 

Great way to kick off the weekend - Happy Saturday! 

Lazy Days

I love lazy days and by the looks of it so do my girls!

It rained yesterday. It never rains. We listened to it, watched it, and even ran threw it

 (don't worry it was more like a quick touch) 

but our favorite activity was reading and tent making!

Bring on the rain-I could definitely use more of these types of days!

Mini Me!

We may have another teacher on our hands!

we just have to work on not being so bossy to her student!

(This is our garage and we just finished phase 1 of turning a corner of it into a classroom. It is fun to see what chalkboard paint and some of my old teaching posters can do. Next phase is that I have a few more posters to put up and we have a children's kidney table coming in a couple of days. I am ready for the Spring weather and lots of learning and playing to take place in our "classroom" 

Happy Wednesday!

 It was a Beautiful and Sunny Day today so what better way to spend it then a spontaneous trip to our local zoo. Although a mountain of laundry and some work that I have been putting off for a week now was staring at me, I knew we just needed to get out. Also Dr. J is working nights this week so it helps to have us out so he can sleep - kid free!  So I loaded up the girls and headed down the road to Irvine Park.

I mean if this picture doesn't scream, excitement than I don't know what does!

(notice, Addison's fancy pose and Reese's out of control mullet..nice)

This is something new but I LOVE watching these two hold hands and walk around. It makes me smile every time!

 This zoo is pretty small, it houses maybe 20 animals. Only kidding, there are more than than. But it is a perfect size for toddles to run around and see some nature and animals. Addison was really excited to see some farm animals and thought the goat and the rooster made really funny and loud sounds. I agreed! However, Reese wasn't a happy camper being so close and personal to the animals! 

Luckily that didn't last too long and we were up and on to new and much smaller animals. I loved seeing the curiosity in Addison and how she was talking up a storm the entire visit! This one can hear something once and it is locked into her memory, its for education purposes but not for other words or things! I took this picture right after she say a black bear and pretended to read the story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see?"to the bear. She did a really good job remembering all the animals! And as you can tell by the picture she was pretty proud of herself.

We stopped and watched the rabbits for a while (Yes this zoo has rabbits and coyotes for that matter, hahaha) The animal that Reese really loved was a little baby Weasel. It was in a glass cage, the kind they keep snakes in, and this weasel was jumping around and "dancing" like a crazy person. It was cracking all of us up and was definitely a highlight!

After a fun visit we walked through the park to the train station. We met some new friends there and enjoyed a ride on the cho-choo train! 

Today was a wonderful day with two very special girls and I loved ever second of it! 

Happy Wednesday xoxoxox

just one more pic...boy do they love seeing themselves on the screen!

All About Reese!

My baby is 16 months old. She is an independent, open mouth kissing, baby cuddlier, turbo eating machine, and sound sleeper type of girl. I love her expressions, especially the scowl she gives to strangers, and the cheeky grin she gives her parents. Her "I want to do everything that my big sister does attitude" and her dramatic tummy tuck when things just don't go her way are two of my favorite things about her. Reese is sweet and lovable but can be a tad bit stubborn at times. She hates her high chair and prefers all her meals sitting next to Addison at the "kids" table. She loves music, all types of food, and is always carrying around a crayon and a pad of paper or a purse and phone. She giggles and has this grunt noise that makes us laugh out loud every time we hear it. She is a little clumsy when she gets really excited. She loves the park and prefers to climb the stairs and go down the slide all by herself. When given the space she will take off without looking back... but if she does see you following she will run even faster away from you. Her legs kick with joy in the stroller when she sees a dog and when I ask her to point to places on her body she just laughs at me. She is content playing with herself but enjoys following around her big sister and playing make believe games. After her nightly bath she will run around with her froggy or duck towel naked laughing while her sister or one of us chases her through the upstairs rooms. She hates getting her diaper changed and will squirm and turn until it is finally done. Last week she was standing by the toilet staring at it before her bath so I decided to put her own and she went the bathroom in the toilet! She yells Daddy and Mommy a ton through the day and loves to cuddle when she first wakes up. When putting her down for a nap or for bed time she spends time taking back and forth to her sister and this always sounds super funny when we can hear them downstairs. She is still in 12-18 month clothing and picks out her own shoes to wear each day. Reese will only watch t.v. for a couple of minutes until finding something better to do. She will climb into her exersaucer and loves to stand on the speakers next to her Daddy's desk. We call her Reese-ee Rooo and love bug about a thousand times a day. I love the smile she has when I first see her in her crib and the way she hoards all her binkies in her hands and mouth. She only drinks from a sippy cup and is a pro at eating by herself. She has a little blondish -red mullet and a little curl at the end of her hair. She has 10 teeth and considers brushing them by sucking on all the toothpaste and then handing me back her brush. We love everything about her and can't believe that in a few short weeks she will be 16 months old. She is Soooooo Big!