New slide show :)

Blue Man and Uncle Tim :)

My sister Brenda's husband came down for a medical conference. He actually is still here because of weather issues getting back to MN. We had a great week. We went to a couple of buffets and Uncle Tim bought Kai tx to Blue Man. It could not have been a cooler experience for him. He soooo loved every minute of it. So much so that he came home, mind you it was 9:30 when he got home, which is really late for him, and literally crumpled onto the rocking chair. He was so exhausted, but even through sleepy eyes he told me that a blue man wiped blue paint on his cheek, which I was not allowed to wipe off, it took 4 days to leave his face :) And he told me that the blue men gave him a piece of toilet paper, (they threw paper mache on Kai as they were running in between the audience isles) and I have strict instructions not to throw that away, as a wadded up piece of TP is being worshiped in his bedroom on one of his shelves. It is pretty funny. We even had to save the blue man brochure from the evening :) He wore his blue man shirt for 3 days straight, I literally had to tear it off of him to wash it! What a cool thing for him, you know your a parent when your heart is so filled with joy even if you didn't experience the same thing they did, but your so filled with just the happiness they radiate :) It was definitely a night he won't forget. Thanks uncle tim :)Blue man drummers :)Blue cheek with TP in hand...Eating at the buffet :)Sleep eating at the buffet :)

Changes

Well we've done it, we switched Meili from her crib, which we need shortly, too her own toddler bed. I cannot believe how amazingly well she does with it. She has never once got out of bed, even for naps, and she doesn't even stand up like she used to in her crib. I don't know what it is, but I'm calling it a blessing! She is still napping! Yey for my sanity :) We had to buy a new one, and ended up with a cherry one off of craigslist($25, I love CL!!!), which we actually gave to Kai to help him feel special during the switch, Meili only cares that her bed has pink sheets :)
Over the weekend we were lucky to have a couple days off and went to Mesquite to see Matt and Sarah and hang out with Rich's step brother Jordan and Amanda. Their kids our exactly our kids ages. We have such a great time wtih them. We stayed in the same hotel and everyone took the kids swimming together and did some park hopping as well. We have reached a new park record... 4 1/2 hrs... It was a great park needless to say! The kids had a wonderful weekend and we brought them back exhausted! The Mom's even got to sneak away for a movie night, it was great!
We had our first date 9 yrs ago on Valentines Day, so it is a special day for us. I had the kids help me make sugar cookies, which is extremely touch and go, and I also made some chocolate covered strawberries. For dinner I picked up some steaks and lobster tails (living it up while we still can). It was sooo yummy! Then Rich came home and informed me he had called Katie (his cousin) to come watch the kids so we could go see a movie. It was an awesome night! We saw a great movie together that we were literally laughing so hard together our stomachs hurt. When we are together everything is better. Love you honey and love u babies. Happy 9 yrs!
Don't know if u can see it or not, but I did her hair in little twisted hearts for vday, it was pretty sweet!

Gparents

My parents came in for a long weekend and it was so nice! Rich worked a lot so we were able to keep busy with them. We spent our time at parks, Mcds, eating out, cleaning, ipoding, and just hangin out :) The kids enjoyed it so much, Kai had lego buddies and Meili had someone other than me read the same book to her over and over again! It was nice for all of us :) My mom is so great at motivating me, ok well, she did most of the work herself, but she helped me organize the kids' closet and get out all the baby boy clothes and go through them. Now they are all organized and I can actually see inside that closet! Huge weight off my shoulders! I think it has started my inner nestingness, cause I totally went on a cleaning spree today. It was so great to have them come and can't wait till next time, which will most likely be baby time! Oh and here's a couple of things I made over the weekend. Yes, my Dad used to be in the printing buisness and had letter stamps! We rocked it :)