My First Born is 6

The girls playing Gone Fish'n

Ki's crazy Card from G'ma Kay

She LOVES her Barbie Town House


A little frosting mustache for the Birthday Girl

Wow, it's true. My Ki is 6. We had a great day yesterday. We went to a Primary activity and then had a Birthday gathering. A few of Ki's friends came over and we played games, ate lunch and had funfetti cupcakes. And later when dad came home from hunting, Ki opened her birthday presents. Her Favorite is her Barbie Town House. It came with two Barbie's and she even let El have one of them. Steve put all the stickers on it and the girls love it! I can't believe that my girl is getting so big, she even has two loose teeth. Ki is a great girl and I love her very much. We don't always agree how things should be, but she is a good friend to her sister, she is good at drawing, painting and coloring, she is very imaginative and a great organizer. I am very honored to be her mom!

I love you Ki!

It takes 6, and What I've Been Up To

If anyone was wondering how many bottles of Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets it would take to poison a kid, it is 6. I only know this because my darling El got into a 5year old bottle and consumed an unknown amount of them tonight. I phoned poison control and they said that she'd be fine. So I guess I am cleaning out the cabinets and putting all the meds in my closet on the top shelf. They will be safe in there, Steve can't even reach that self.
We had a great week of Christmas fun. My Parents, and 3 of my siblings came to visit. We had a full house but it was fun! My poor dad got to visit the Advantage Urgent care while he was here. He had a sinus infection. And then a lovely cold passed through the family and is still lingering in our home.
For Steve's Birthday Dinner a.k.a. Christmas Dinner, we ate Prime Rib, Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and yams, roasted potatoes and yams, corn, carrots and green beans, green bean casserole, a green salad, dinner rolls-thanks mom, and then for dessert, apple pie, blueberry pie a.k.a. Steve's Birthday pie, angel food cake, cheese cake, lemon bars and cream puffs. Yes, it was a lot of food but we had 20 people feasting. It was so wonderful to be able to gather with both the Stott's and the Smith's. We watched movies, played PS3-they did, not me, ate good food, went golfing-that was fun!, and Mom, Hailey and I even made it to Twilight.
After my family left, the Smith grandchildren got to have the annual Un-Birthday party. Grandma Lora gets the kids together and they get to go to Wal mart and pick out a gift. It is very entertaining! They all had their toys in hand as they stood in line and said "what did you pick," to one another. Then we got home and opened the gifts and they spent hours playing with their new toys. It has been a busy week but it was so awesome having family here!!!

Kindergarten Art

"Did you know that oilly crayons are called oil pastels," Ask Ki she's a budding artist. She brought home a picture last week. "It is sunflowers and starry night," by Vincent GoVan". I haven't even tried to correct her because it is so priceless!!! Steve and I both have a creative artist in us so I shouldn't be surprised at the way she draws, paints and creates.

Party #2

The Birthday Girls

Blowing out all 3 candles was a lot to ask

Cyrena is soooo excited about all of the fuss

El's birthday was the 8th, Cyrena's is the 21st. With all the craziness of Christmas, Jenna and I thought that we should do a double Birthday Party. It was a beautiful afternoon at the park. Steve and David (supportive husbands) BBQ-ed hot dogs and then we had cupcakes. It was a great time.

Kindergarten Winter Wonderland

As we have all turned into Politically Correct citizens, we can't have Christmas programs at school. But we can celebrate "Winter" so Ki's school does a Winter program. They got to sing, Winter Wonderland, Frosty, Jingle Bells-with one verse in Spanish, and Let It Snow. They recited a few poems too, I am a Snowman Cold and White, The Little Snowman, Five Little Snowmen, and Snowflakes. I am so proud of Ki for all the practicing that she did and for memorizing her lines about Frosty. I still can't believe that I have a Kindergatener.

One Word Tag

One word is all you have- it is harder than it looks.

Where is your mobile phone? purse
Where is your significant other? bed
Your hair color? brownish
Your mother? silly
Your father? warm
Your favorite thing? hubby
Your dream last night? forgotten
Your dream goal? diploma
Room You're In? office
Your hobby? scrapbooking
Your fear? aging
Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
Where were you last night? home
What you're not? classy
Where you grew up? haven’t
The last thing you did? T.V.
What are you wearing? P.J’s
Your TV? huge
Your pets? none
Your computer? yellow
Your mood? crabby
Missing someone? Brandie
Your car? truck
Something you're not wearing? bra
Favorite shop? sandwich
Your summer? HOT
Love someone? yeppers
Your favorite color? brown
When is the last time you laughed? tonight

Thanks for the fun tag Amie

Party #1

Birthday Girl and Ki

Can you tell that she is singing?

As I mentioned it was El's birthday. We had a party with Grandpa Homer and Grandma Lora. We were getting ready to eat tacos with grandma's super yummy homemade shells, and it was time for prayer. El was asked to say it and she said, "after we sing happy birthday." And she sang with us, as loud as could be. I think she liked the attention. After we sang, she prayed. Then we had blueberry birthday pie, and I forgot the candles-boo hoo. Thanks Grandma for making dinner it was a great night.

P.S. party #2 is scheduled for Sat with our good friend Cyrena who is a December baby too.

My Baby is 3

I can't believe that El is already 3. She is an amazing little girl. She loves to tease her sister and even tries to play tricks on Steve and I. She is like me, when she is trying to be sneaky or funny she thinks she is so cleaver that she laughs so much and you know something is going on. She likes to take naps on Steve's pillow and when he gets home she'll tell him, "Dad, I slept on you pillow". She is in this mode these days when Steve comes home from work she'll stop what she is doing and cover her face with her hands and will sit still and giggle until Steve says, "where's El", and then she'll uncover her face and give him loves. She loves to eat pancakes and I'll find half eaten ones all around the house. She says the sweetest prayers at bed time. She likes to pull Ki's hair or hit her and then turn around and give hugs and say, "I love you sister". She likes to sing the ABC's and popcorn popping. She loves to go see Grandma Lora and Grandpa Homer for Sunday dinner and gives them big hugs. She has almost gone a year without breaking her arm again, knocking on wood right now-did you hear it? I love to see her discover new things. She makes me pretty happy.

*Today is also her cousin Jack's Birthday, they were born on the same day thanks to the Ohio-Arizona time difference. And it is also my good friend Ashley DeVinna's birthday, your card is in the mail. Happy Birthday to all!

I love you El-Rooskie!!!

Thanksgiving-like-last week

I am a bit on the s-l-o-w side of life these days. El and I have been fighting a chest cold and I have been consumed by a Stott family Christmas project.

But we did have a very nice Thanksgiving. Steve's mom rocked the turkey and Steve made some killer baby-back ribs. Aunt Deena and her family came to the West side with salads and dinner rolls-yum. I got to make the pumpkin pies, did I ever tell you that I LOVE pumpkin pie. I do, it's true! We had a nice dinner but now that I think about it, no nap. On Black Friday we hung our Christmas lights outside. Our house had the nails to hang them and we have a dedicated light switch for them (it was a long an difficult process figuring out what that light switch did exactly) so I had to have my lights up. We were a strand short so we packed up and went to Target on Black Friday, something I swore I'd never do. It wasn't as bad as I thought that it would be, we even let the girls do some shopping.

The girls love the Christmas lights and I think they look great. Thanks Steve for all your hard work!