My Little Jedi

My daughter tried to pull a Jedi mind trick on me today.

I was asking O what she wanted for lunch today. Here is how it went:

O: "Macaroni and Cheese and chips."
Mommy: "We don't have anymore chips."
O: looking in the refrigerator, "Mommy, what is this again?"
Mommy: "Cottage Cheese."
O: "Mommy, I will have Macaroni and Cheese, Cottage Cheese, and a banana. Then after lunch I will have a chocolate. mmmmhmmm"

O said this all so matter of fact, with no question in her voice what so ever. I did see her little devilish grin. C and I thought it was so funny.

Major Cleaning of Girls Room - Before & After

It took me a day and a half, but I did it! I cleaned, reorganized, separated toys and clothes to be donated, moved stuff out, moved stuff in.

The girls were great. I started on the room all by myself. It's SO much easier, but, like always, I told the girls they get to decide what toys get donated. They donated half of their stuffed animals (which is a lot of stuffed animals) and a lot of other toys as well. I'm very proud of them.

They did have an extra incentive to get rid of toys this time. I told them if they wanted their toy kitchen and table in their room we needed to clean up, reorganized and DONATE toys so it will fit. They stuck to their end of the bargain so I stuck to mine.

Here are some before and after pics.

BEFORE

Under the window is the girls baby cradle (haven't been able to part with it until now) filled with dress up clothes and some stuffed animals.

Bucket shelf unit filled with toys and books. Never a great plan for the books, but never got around to changing this until now.

Entire room. YIKES! What a mess!


AFTER

Entire room. MUCH better. Looks twice as big!

Got rid of shelf bucket unit. Kept the buckets. This bookshelf was in the family room. Works great here. Looks like a big girl room now!

As promised....play kitchen and table. I can't believe they fit perfect here! The girls played with it as soon as I was done with the room.

Next...Mommy & Daddy's room, garage, and office. One room at a time. I will get this house organized!

A Great Start to Memorial Day Weekend

One of our favorite things to do is to go see our minor league baseball team. CK is really starting to pick up the rules and how baseball is played. O, well O likes all the ball park food and watching the mascot, which happens to be a gorilla.

We surprised the girls and went to the game this past Friday night. We had an extra treat with fireworks after the game. That is the best place to see fireworks. Now it really feels like Summer has started, but there are two more weeks of school (darn).

It's hard to see, but Smokey The Bear joined Gigante on Friday.

Life Still Happens While Mommy Is Away

Two weeks ago I went to my yearly professional photography class. Daddy had the girls while Mommy was at class for three and a half days. (THANKS HONEY! You rock!)

I left on Mother's Day afternoon. I arrived at school with a button made by O that read, "I love you." In her own writing. I loved it. So did everyone at class. No need to explain.

On Monday afternoon C sends me a video, via cell phone, of CK riding her bike without training wheels. I cried. So proud of my big girl, but sad I missed it. On the other hand I was so happy she was able to share that moment with her daddy! Very special.

C told me later he tried to get CK to wait until I got home to take off the training wheels. I'm glad she didn't want to wait. She might not have done it. It was all her idea. Gotta go with that right then!

Then Tuesday at dinner I get a pic & text, via cell, from C that reads, "O just pulled it out right now!" O finally lost her first tooth. It had been loose forever and when does it decide to fall out? When Mommy is gone. Again, I cried. I was so happy for O, but was sad I missed it. I was happy she was able to share that moment with daddy. My fear was the tooth fairy might forget to leave money under O's pillow. The tooth fairy was on it!

At dinner that night at school the other moms and I shared our stories of what our children were doing back home that we were missing. I think we all sat with tears in our eyes thinking about it.

Here are some pictures I took when I got home.

Bike is getting a little small. Gotta get a new one soon!

A ride around the neighborhood.

Now, just gotta get O off of training wheels.

Look at that big toothless smile! I love it!

First Holy Communion

She looked like a princess in her white dress and veil. She wore her Baptismal cross pendant. Her ears were pierced for the occasion. She has been preparing for this day for two years. She is ready, yet nervous.

My cousin saw CK standing in line outside of the church, waiting to enter. CK looked very nervous. My cousin new exactly what to tell CK to make her feel better. Thank you!

The mass was beautiful. We had a lovely celebration. We missed family who were not able to join us. We hope to see you soon.

God Bless my beautiful daughter.