Wonderful Wednesday!

I love being off on vacation with Emma. I think TJ loves it too. Even though the kids fight more, since they are together all day, he gets to come out and play with us too. Yesterday we headed out to Rancho to meet up with Erin & Sophia and use one of our living social deals for Pump It Up. The kids were able to bounce themselves silly for a couple of hours and work up quite an appetite. Then we headed over to Victoria Gardens and had a really tasty meal at California Pizza Kitchen. Erin & I planned ahead and brought swimsuits for the kids and they loved splashing in the outdoor fountains (despite the barely 70 degree weather) and sunning themselves on the ground. We stopped in to Children's Place and the Crown bookstore, where we found a few good deals, and then headed home. As we were driving towards the freeway however, Emma noticed that we were passing Bass Pro Shop. She LOVES this store and begged to stop, so we added one more place to our day. Emma & TJ had a blast riding the elevator (or "alligator" as TJ says) up and down "INTO" the fish tanks. Then we spent some time on the party boats where the kids raced each other in imaginary reggattas. Such a cool store. Then it was home for a quick spaghetti dinner and back out the door for Mikayla's softball game. Quite a big day, and it wiped these kids out. Emma & TJ both fell asleep on mine & Karen's laps during the game. Such sweeties. :) <3

Parks & Paints!!

We had a nice time this afternoon. The weather has been great around here lately so the kids and I headed to the park to play. I snapped a cute picture of the little ones. I love the smirk on TJ's face... He looks like he finally found a way to push Emma without getting in trouble!
When we got home Emma asked if we could do a craft. So it seemed like a great day to try out a recipe for bathtub paints! After a simple mix of shaving cream and food coloring, she was ready for an awesome bath! The paints turned out really cute and were a lot of fun!

Vegas Baby!!

I had my first weekend away since before Emma was born and we both survived just fine. I went with a big group of girlfriends to a timeshare in Vegas while Emma stayed home with Karen. We had the best time! We got the penthouse suite and had a private hot tub on our balcony and giant spa tubs in both bathrooms. The one in the master suite was probably as big as my whole bathroom at home! We hit some clubs on the strip and visited Freemont Street, where 2 of my friends did the zipline. The pool area at the resort was awesome too, with waterfalls and waterslides. We spent a good chunk of Saturday relaxing on the chaises, recouping from Friday night, before going out again Saturday. It was great to be able to relax and not be on "Mommy mode" for a couple days, but I sure was happy to get home to my girl again on Sunday afternoon! She ran out and gave me the biggest hug ever and we were both so happy to see each other.

"E" for Emma!

Emma & I had a great time together this afternoon. Her hair is getting longer and thicker everyday and she just loves having me try out new styles on her. So today we did an "E for Emma" hairdo and it came out so cute!!! Then we went to the movies to see "The Secret World of Arietty" (based on The Borrowers). The movie was cute, although I am not a big fan of Japanese Anime. Then we swung through a drive through and picked up hot dogs for dinner, which we took to the park and played until it was time for gymnastics class. It was a fun afternoon and I love being on vacation with my girl!

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!