Up to my ears in frosting

I decided that I wanted to make birthday cakes (and lots of them) for the girls' and Zander's birthdays in February. It was alot of work but it was really fun. Zander had a Buzz Lightyear theme, Ava wanted Tinkerbell, and for Michaela I did a Suzy's Zoo baby duck.

Happy Birthday(s), Girls!!

Happy Birthday to our girls!! Born just one week and two years apart we had a busy February celebrating their birthdays. It was a great month and lots of fun but it was nice to see March come along where we could relax a bit. We threw a big party with the girls' cousin, Zander Ramone, at Levi & Erica's apartment building. It was a 1-2-3 party (Michaela turned one, Zander turned two, Ava turned three.) Cake, presents, swimming and prizes for everyone made it a crazy fun day. Thank you to everyone who celebrated our birthdays!!

Boogers, boogers, and more boogers!

The girls are sick. All three of us girls started feeling under the weather last week but while I have gotten better the two little ones have gotten worse. Ava sounded as though a seal had taken over her vocal cords so I took her into the doctor on Friday. He didn't say it was croup but said it was a possibility. Gave her antibiotics and prescribed nebulizer treatments. At that time her fever was 101 but her spirits were as high as her temp so she was generally still fun to be around. She even talked with the doctor and told him that she is "potty trained". :) Michaela at that time just had a runny nose and a tiny cough. Now today, Monday, Michaela sounds much worse and her fever is up above 100. So I called the doctor and kept my fingers crossed that this was something he could just call a script in for us so we didn't have to make another trip to town. (More about my latest trip to town below.) He did. So Jeff's bringing home meds for Michaela on his lunch break and we're holed up in the house hoping for healthy girls on their birthdays!! In two days Ava Reese turns 3!! And one week after that Michaela is 1!!

So the reason I do not really feel like going to town today is because I went yesterday. And ended up doing a 180 on the highway and landed myself in the ditch facing the opposite direction from which I had been travelling. I haven't been in the ditch since high school and wasn't excited about it yesterday, either. But I was well, the van was fine, and there was no traffic coming towards me. And I am still very thankful that the girls were not in the van with me. Thank you, God! And thank you to Marv and Jeff for pulling me out, fixing my flat tire, and looking over my van at the shop to make sure it was okay for me to drive. I love you both!

We will just sit tight at home for a couple of days and hope for better weather and better girls. :)

Twirling

A dress must have proper "twirl" in order for it to be approved by Ava. This princess dress is perfect and Ava loves it! Thank you, Annie and Lucy! Here's our Ava Reese twirling and twirling and twirling.

Surprise for Grandma Sacey

We threw a surprise party for Grandma Sacey a month ago. All of my siblings were there and Mom was VERY surprised! It was so much fun! We threw the surprise at noon after church on a Sunday so she wasn't really expecting it at all. She walked into Tod and Jen's house and could not believe the number of people there for her party! I caught her surprise on video and I'll try to upload that as well because its pretty fun. Here are a few pictures of my siblings and I all together for the party. We love you, Grandma Sacey!

Ava is "joking"

If you know Ava, you know she has PeRsOnAlItY. Last night she grabbed my bottle of water and had the cap off quicker than I could get there to take it away (we're trying not to share our H1N1 germs) and had it at her mouth for a sip. I told her no and went towards her to take it away, explaining that I was sick and she couldn't share my water. She looked at me and said, "But I choking. I choking." Okay, no worries, she was NOT actually choking. She just knows that if she was choking, she could have the water. Jeff, Grandpa, and I all busted out laughing. With the utmost seriousness she told us again that she was choking (which actually sounds like "joking" in AvaSpeak) and tried to really impress us with her acting abilities by making herself sound hoarse. HILARIOUS! Wish I had it on video...

Let's Dance

Grandma Theresa got to go see "Wicked" the Musical when she was in San Francisco with Amy, Paul, and Taylor. (I will admit being as green as Elphaba because I wasn't able to join them.) I decided we needed to listen to the music of "Wicked" so put in the disc and Ava LOVED it! She thinks it is the best music to dance to! It also seems that she knows the perfect outfits to dance in as well because everytime she puts on a nice swirly skirt she requests to "dance". The problem this morning was that "dance" from her toddler lispy lips sounds more like "teeth" (brushing her teeth being probably her favorite activity of the moment) so I was confused. She got a little frustrated with her brainless mom but I figured out what she wanted in the end and we danced. Here's a video from last week when she was dancing to the music from "Wicked".