Bubble Buddies!

For ease & convenience, Emma & TJ have been bathed together a couple times this past week. Thank God for Karen & her help otherwise there are nights where I swear she would go to bed filthy. Anyway, the shampoo hairdos are always a big hit. I can't believe how goofy their faces are though. I love their silly expressions!

Mikayla turns 11!

Mikayla turned 11 years old this past Saturday! She is having her "real" party next weekend at the skating rink, but we still had a small cake and presents for her at home on the actual day. She was very excited to get a new bed tent and the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movie! I keep hearing such great things about it, I may have to actually watch it with her one day!

Tea Time!

We went to tea yesterday. Yes, me, a tomboy from the get-go paid good, hard earned, money to sip tea and eat scones and finger sandwiches. The things we will do for our little princesses. Lol. Actually, it was "rustic tea" - read: jeans were acceptable attire! Whew! That was a relief as I am not sure I even own a dress anymore... So anyway, Emma, Mom, & I met up with Erin & Sophia, Hayden, Jen, Charlene, & Annette, and the other Jen. The girls all wore their matching Rapunzel princess gowns and got a big kick out of having tea and goodies like the grown up ladies. Actually though, Emma was the only one of the little three that wanted real tea. The other 2 opted for hot chocolate. Funny enough, my 3-year-old-who-thinks-she-is-grown was also more interested in the adult's food than the children's plate they brought out for her and her friends. Who needs grilled cheese and PB&J finger sandwiches when you can have cucumber sandwiches with alfalfa and cream cheese or olive tapenade spread? Lol. Such the exotic palate! It was nice because we were one of only 4 groups of people in the restaurant and, since tea time lasts for over two hours and these kids have the attention spans of gnats at times, they ended up playing dolls on the floor behind our table and hiding out under the adjacent booth to escape various witches and evil queens. Such is the life of a princess...

Just a "G" from the OGC...

There were just too many cute group shots from our day at Disney to include these in that post, so I decided to do a separate one of the Emma pix! She is such a sweetie and just the love of my life. It was so funny to see her chase Pinocchio down through the Mainstreet Plaza so she could get a picture with him! Emma is still not a fan of the giant costumed characters that have the big heads, like Mickey and Pooh, but she likes the ones that look more human. So I guess Pinocchio is okay. She was also very intrigued by the pirate band playing music on Tom Sawyer's Island. Especially the "lady pirate" as she put it. In fact, I got this one shot of Emma getting her groove on and actually going out there to dance to the band! We finished the day with ice cream at the Carnation shop on Mainstreet and Emma was in 7th heaven with her rainbow sherbet. Erin had told the girls that we would maybe stop for a treat on the way out and Emma, being Emma, took over that suggestion and insisted that "treat" meant "ice cream" regardless of the fact that it was maybe 50 degrees out and January! Funny thing is, we all fell in line with her requests and ALL had ice cream that night. And you know what? It was yummy and a great end to the day!

Cutie Booties!

Are these just not the cutest baby bums ever?! And, to add to the cuteness factor, Charlene embroidered their logo across the bottom on the back of the shirts! Too cute. I love the matchy-matchy look with jeans, tennies, and ponytails. It's like having the cute factor of triplets without all the work since they each go home with their respective Mommy at the end of the night!
BTW, I love the shot of the girls with Snow White. They had already talked to her for about 5 minutes and gotten their pictures taken when Hayden noticed Snow White's shiny black shoes. Then all the girls had to tell Snow White about their various sparkly shoes that they had at home. And all FOUR princesses (Snow White and the 3 OGC) were chatting and comparing footwear. They are such girls already!

The OGC takes over Disneyland... Again!

We spent Tuesday at Disneyland with Emma's BFFS, Sophia & Hayden, and their Mommies, Erin & Jen. Chris, Jen, & Radu joined us too. The girls looked adorable in their matching OGC shirts which were handmade by Charlene (Hayden's Grandma). People kept asking if they were cousins, sisters, even triplets. And of course, each time the girls would reply in unison... "Yesss." I don't know if they didn't understand the questions or they are just little liars! Lol. At one point Erin started telling people that we were the "Sister Wives" from TV and that Chris was the father of ALL the girls! Then he started telling people that we were all Mormon and all his wives. It was way funny to see people's expressions to that one! In any case, they looked wayyy cute and had a great time running around the park all day together!

Renal Cancer 5K

We drove up to Hesperia on Sunday to participate in another 5K walk. This one was to benefit the Kenneth S. Croteau Foundation for Renal Cancer. Kenneth was the father in law of one of my friends, Jen, and the grandfather of one of Emma's BFFs, Hayden. I hear he was a wonderful man and was taken to soon from his family. Despite passing just within the past month, the family has already worked to set up a foundation in his name to help fund further research. How cool is that?! So when Jen asked if Emma and I would come and walk, of course we agreed. Over 50 people showed up to walk and they raised over $600! They also asked that everyone walking wear blue, if possible, as that had been his favorite color. Cute, right? Unfortunately, I'm an idiot and did not realize exactly where Hesperia was, or how cold it could get out there. So here come Emma & I, dressed in jeans and blue T-shirts. It was freezing!!! Erin had an extra beanie and gloves for Emma to borrow, but, yeah, it was still really cold the whole time. And Emma kept telling me how she was "froze-ing" and wanted me to carry her. I had her tucked in a blanket but that didn't help much. She was just so cold and angry. In fact, it started SNOWING on us as we walked! Originally, we had thought about getting together for lunch after the walk but, by the time we were done, CHP was issuing road closure warnings for Cajon Pass, so we had to get going. We ended up heading down the pass as part of a police-escort-led processional. That was a new experience. But, as soon as I had Emma strapped into her carseat and the heater running, she was back to her happy little self. We sang songs and talked all the way home. She kept telling me, "We walked in the cold to help people like Hayden's Grandpa so they won't be sick anymore." I love my girl.:):)