Cookie Dough and a Limo

A couple of times a year, Danielle's school holds various fundraiser's. Well, we usually do not participate (I don't like asking people to buy cookie dough or magazine subscriptions!). Danielle was extremely motivated by this last one because of the incentives of prizes, namely, a limo to take you and a friend to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch. I told her she was on her own on this one, but I did buy a couple of magazine subscriptions to help get the ball rolling. Enter Dan's dental clinic. Dan took the catalog to his dental clinic to see if anyone was interested and oh my! Who knew all these dental students would buy the place out of cookie dough!? Well, long story short Danielle ended up being one of the student's that won a ride in a limo to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch! I reluctantly let her take my camera to capture the event:

Danielle invited her friend Jayda

I think they had a good time!

Sis

Can't tell me that's not ADORABLE!

The Easter Festivities

Our family has had a really restful, fun Easter weekend. Aside from a small hiccup that came in the form of a slight fever, (notice Rayce's face is not a happy one in most of the pictures) everything was perfect!
Here's the rundown...

Dan's school holds an Easter egg hunt that is pretty stinking cool, it's a shame we were ten minutes late because we missed the whole thing! Good thing there was enough candy to go around and then some.

Avie didn't make a peep the rest of the time!

By the time this picture was taken the Tylenol was starting to wear off along with Rayce's patience, although he still had enough strength to muster a photo op with the Easter Bunny!

Just an exciting side note: on the way home from the first Easter egg hunt we stopped for lunch where Avie Jo was able to sample her first pizza ever thanks to Picazzo's non-dairy mozzarella! I'll let you judge by the pictures as to whether or not she enjoyed it.

I never thought my soul would be so happy watching one of my children enjoy pizza.

There might have been a part of Danielle secretly elated about Rayce's fever, because he came home and crashed and that left all the Easter egg dyeing responsibilities in her hands.

I love brightly colored Easter eggs

Second hunt, is it faux pas to hunt for eggs in a diaper?

Poor kid, still wasn't feeling too great, but wasn't going to miss the big event.

Danielle spent a good majority of the day questioning me as to whether the Easter bunny is real or not. Man, she's getting big (insert sigh).

Happy Easter!

So Funny

Some things are just too cute not to share...
So Rayce, Avie and I are walking yesterday to pick up Danielle when Rayce asks me: "Mom, when it gets really hot, do dogs' paws burn when they walk?"
I replied, "I'm not sure Rayce, but that's a good question."
He thought about my answer for a second then said:
"Well, if we get a dog, I'll let him wear my shoes."
So, so funny! He also said a bit later that he wants to be a cowboy when he grows up so he won't have to get married!

That's my boy!

Something's Missing

Hmmm, this is a new one for me. Three kids and Avie is our first that is flat refusing to keep her diaper on. She's taken it off countless times at home and now two times at the gym. Do you think she's trying to tell us something?

Well, until she's potty trained I need to go and get some duct tape!

The Happiest Place...

For Dan's spring break we decided to head to Disneyland. My mom and dad came with us, and my brother who is working a couple of hours north of LA met up with us as well.

I suggested we take a picture at the beginning of the day while the adults were all smiling (you can't tell, but we are all smiling).

I think Rayce was fully expecting Lightening McQueen to say hello!

I'm pretty sure Dan and I enjoyed California Adventures more than the kids.



Hunting Beach Pier (lovely, but cold!)







Avie was determined to go and see Minnie Mouse despite the formidable line, but when we got to her Avie was less than impressed.

We'll be back!

Little Lady

Avie Jo turned two on February 26th!

She was getting all the gifts yet she kept saying "Happy Birthday" to Rayce. Maybe next year she'll fully understand what it means to be the birthday girl. My parents happened to be in town so they celebrated with us. Avie received some dress-ups from Grandma and Grandpa and a baby doll with stroller and a pillow pet from us.




She is a fan of chocolate cupcakes!


Her "pi-whoa" pet.

The fact that Avie Jo turned two is just amazing to me, she is the sassiest twenty-one pound girl around! Yes, I said twenty-one pounds, this little princess weighs as much as a typical one year old! She loves to cuddle, especially with her daddy. She loves all things baby, both dolls and the real kind. She seems to have a favorite color in purple. As far as food goes, getting her to eat is something of an adventure, but when she does eat she prefers pasta, any kind of meat, and she adores her rice milk! Don't bring any candy around her unless you want a fight on your hands, and I know from experience that she's likely to win!

I feel completely blessed by this little girl. I can say that now with surety because for a while I wasn't sure about her at all. She is so different from the other two and I didn't know how react to her. I LOVE this little girl with big attitude and I hope her old soul can learn a thing or two from her parents, or maybe she's here to teach us!