Come on down!

Yesterday was Tim's birthday. I got tickets for him, Jenny, mom, & I to go see a live taping of The Price is Right. We hit so much traffic heading out there that we almost missed our 8:30 taping, or so we feared. We rushed in at 8:29 only to stand in line for (literally) FOUR HOURS before we got in. And then Drew Carey didn't even call us to "come on down!" We did stop for a tasty sushi dinner on the way home though, so that was fun. They even sang to Tim and brought him green tea ice cream. :) Yum.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Since St. Patrick's day fell on a weekend this year, Emma's class celebrated on Thursday instead. She was good to go in her new tshirt and LOVED showing off her shamrock hairstyle. It was too cute!

Seussical The Musical!

Recently, I came across what looked like a great price on a daily deal site for tickets to "Seussical the Musical" by the Broadway on Tour company. At $14 for a child + adult combo ticket, Karen, Jen, & Erin all bought tickets as well. Then we headed an hour away to Santa Ana for the show. Well.... I think there should be some sort of copyright infringement against local, community theaters using the term "broadway" in their name! Lol. It was a cute performance and the kids enjoyed it, which is what really matters, but the props/ costumes were lacking and it was very obviously not the caliber of a show I was expecting when I saw that it was "broadway"... Oh well, live & learn.
P.s., I included an extra picture of Emma from the back, just because I think her hair turned out so cute today! It was my first time trying an "unending braid" and I think it's adorable!

Sidewalk Chalk Paint!

I came across a neat craft idea on pinterest recently so I decided to give it a try with Emma this past weekend. Sidewalk chalk paint... how fun is that?! We mixed up a slurry of cornstarch and water and then tinted it with food dye. It goes on like paint and dries like chalk. Very cool. :)

A fun weekend!

This was another fun, and busy, weekend for us. I had another vacation day on Friday (thank you SBCUSD budget cuts :-/) so I took Emma & TJ out to have a picnic with Grandma. Then Emma & I went to a dress up party for Samantha's 6th birthday on Friday evening. Emma chose to be Alice from Alice in Wonderland. She was so excited that she even had a headband and black patent leather shoes and tights to match too. Yeah... those accessories lasted about 5 minutes after we got to the party, right up until she saw the bounce house and realized that she couldn't bounce very well in tights! Samantha was very excited about all her gifts. We got her a Barbie storybook & a set of nail polishes. Unfortunately, we were apparently not very original as she must have received about 8 different polish/ makeup sets and lots of Barbie dolls and accessories... If these are what the requisite gifts are these days for 6 year old girls, I think I am keeping Emma 4 forever! :)
On Saturday, we had the walk-a-thon fundraiser for the kid's little league. Check out my fashionista and her little outfit she put together. Gotta love the hat! Then we headed up to Victorville to celebrate Baby Jesiah's 1st birthday. For once, Emma was the oldest kid at the party and I think she got a kick out of it. There was one little 2-year-old girl who just kept following her around and copying everything Emma did. It was too cute watching Emma try to be the little mommy. :)
On Sunday, we went to church and then Karen & I took the kids to see the new Lorax movie. It was so cute! We all really enjoyed it and the best part was.... we got to see it for free!!! I love free. :) I was able to pick up some DVDs for only $5 each at walmart (going in the kid's easter baskets) and each one came with a code to redeem online for $5 free movie cash. Then I found a theater where the matinees were only $5 and wah-lah! A free movie day! As we were walking out, we ran into Jen, Charlene, and Hayden. It turns out they had been in the theater too, but it was so crowded we hadn't seen them. The kids thought this was cool and we all ended up heading over to Jen's house to hang out & play for a bit. What a fun weekend. :)

Bill Carroll

Caption Contest: We Have A Winner!

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I won the caption contest. I guess I AM funny. :) So now I guess I am going out to see the show live in studio. It will be cool to see where my dad used to work. Miss ya Dad!

Student of the Month!

Guess who is the Orange Room Student of the Month for March??? That's right. The "spotlight is on... Emma!" She was very proud to get her turn on the wall of fame. We filled out a little paper listing her name, best friends (Baron & Mason), favorite food (sushi), and favorite thing to do (go to Disneyland). Then we were asked to bring in a recent photo, a baby photo, and a family photo. For the family one, I brought in a small one of Emma & I from Christmas and also a group one from the Breakfast with Mickey event at Disneyland, which included Grandma, Karen, Kayla, TJ, and Mickey, along with Emma & I. All the kids keep asking me about it when I pick her up in the afternoons... "Is Mickey really in your family??? Emma knows Mickey???" Lol. She's quite the celebrity!