Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Trick-Or-Treating
We headed out last night to our friends’ house in roseville. a lot of houses around here tend to not give out treats plus the houses aren’t as close as they are in roseville, so the girls can get to a lot more houses with less walking time. they did a good 1 1/2 of trick-or-treating and had a blast!! They weren’t even afraid of the motion-sensored skeletons and ghosts that would attempt to scare them as they get their candy. Amazing what candy can make you forget!!!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Their Haunted Cookie House
Finally! We successfully made a Haunted Gingerbread House!! Last year we attempted and it crashed and the girls just painted with icing and licked their fingers. This year, we successfully painted the house yesterday, let it set for overnight, and they decorated with candies today! They are so proud of their creation but sad cause they can’t eat it.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Baby In Spider's Belly
First of all, excuse their hair... they were very tired today and had no desire to go out any where so I just let their hair be!
This morning as I was relaxing catching up on America’s Next Top Model, the girls decided to come be doctor to the baby. I guess the baby liked the attention because it started kicking like crazy so I put the girls hands on my tummy. Mikayla’s face lit up when she felt her hand move and Delilah thought it was cool too (just not as excited). After they were done “cutting” my tummy open and “pulling” out the baby (I don’t know where they get this from)... they went out to draw on their doodles. Delilah made some monster animal and Mikayla made a spider with a baby in her belly (that would the be circle within the circle on the blue doodle).
I had to take a pic! :-)
Monday, October 15, 2007
Car In Front Yard
So while we were in West Sacramento looking at some possible homes for our land in Pine Mountain Lake (and just dreaming)... we got a call from our neighbor asking us how far we were from home because there was an accident at our house and a lady is sitting under our tree. Not knowing exactly what that meant, we headed home as soon as possible. We got home to this wonderful sight!
The grandma driving the car was picking up her son from the school across the street. She was about to turn right on the main street and instead of putting her foot on the brake to stop at the stop sign, she put it on the gas and through our fence, on top of our planter, and hitting down the other part of our fence and the street sign. Fortunately, no kids were hurt as many kids walk around the corner to get into their parents’ cars waiting on our street. Her car had a minor dent but otherwise was driveable once Mike called AAA to have them jack the car up to remove a large landscaping rock that was lodged under her car.
Now we have the pleasure of going through all the hoops of the insurance company to get our fence fixed. We hope to have it done before the baby is born!! :-) UPDATE: WE RECEIVED OUR CHECK FROM THE INSURANCE AND GOT THE FENCE FIXED!
The grandma driving the car was picking up her son from the school across the street. She was about to turn right on the main street and instead of putting her foot on the brake to stop at the stop sign, she put it on the gas and through our fence, on top of our planter, and hitting down the other part of our fence and the street sign. Fortunately, no kids were hurt as many kids walk around the corner to get into their parents’ cars waiting on our street. Her car had a minor dent but otherwise was driveable once Mike called AAA to have them jack the car up to remove a large landscaping rock that was lodged under her car.
Now we have the pleasure of going through all the hoops of the insurance company to get our fence fixed. We hope to have it done before the baby is born!! :-) UPDATE: WE RECEIVED OUR CHECK FROM THE INSURANCE AND GOT THE FENCE FIXED!
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Our Fall Pine Mountain Lake Trip
Friday afternoon after picking up Daddy from work, we headed down to Pine Mountain Lake. We met up with our realtor and she gave us the keys to her cabin that we were staying at for the weekend. Our friend, Mike, met us up there as he was checking out some properties on Saturday so he crashed with us Friday night.
Friday night brought some fun mountain times... after picking up pizza from the local pizzeria (which is delicious!!), we headed back to the cabin to eat. Just as we were finishing up our dinner, around 6’ish, the electricity went out. The people are so awesome around there that a neighbor next door brought by a bag of candles, a lighter, and a flashlight to help us through the darkness. Fortunately, the cabin had a propane gas stove that heats the place so we definitely didn’t get cold. We just hung out in the front room and the girls were having a blast crawling around in the dark, wrestling with each other, and going off backwards of the recliner chair that Daddy was relaxing on. The electricity finally turned on at about 9 pm.
Saturday morning we headed off to Yosemite. We were going to go all the way to the valley but decided to check out Tuolomne Grove first (one of the three sites in Yosemite that has the Giant Sequoias). We hiked one mile down hill to see these large trees and one mile back up-hill to eat some lunch in the car. Mikayla was truly a trooper. Except for the beginning of the hike, she walked the whole way. She was a little freaked out when she saw fallen trees - afraid she would fall like them. Delilah was another story. She was a little princess that didn’t want to walk, and when she did, she whined a lot! After we finished the walk, we ate our picnic in the car and headed back to the cabin. We stopped off at the lake to let the girls play at the playground and then headed back to the cabin for some spaghetti. The girls were so exhausted that they were in bed and asleep at 7:29 pm!
Sunday morning we went for a hike around the neighborhood and then packed up to head home in the afternoon. We were going to stay another day, however, we had received a phone call from our neighbors that there was a bad accident about 1/2 a mile from our house and our cameras may have caught some pre-accident events that led up to it and the CHP wants to talk to us. As soon as we got home, we checked the video and sure did catch something. We can’t go into details as there is still investigations going on regarding the accident... but it is very sad all around!
We will update you as soon as it is out on the news. But till then, we are kind of keeping it hush hush.
Friday night brought some fun mountain times... after picking up pizza from the local pizzeria (which is delicious!!), we headed back to the cabin to eat. Just as we were finishing up our dinner, around 6’ish, the electricity went out. The people are so awesome around there that a neighbor next door brought by a bag of candles, a lighter, and a flashlight to help us through the darkness. Fortunately, the cabin had a propane gas stove that heats the place so we definitely didn’t get cold. We just hung out in the front room and the girls were having a blast crawling around in the dark, wrestling with each other, and going off backwards of the recliner chair that Daddy was relaxing on. The electricity finally turned on at about 9 pm.
Saturday morning we headed off to Yosemite. We were going to go all the way to the valley but decided to check out Tuolomne Grove first (one of the three sites in Yosemite that has the Giant Sequoias). We hiked one mile down hill to see these large trees and one mile back up-hill to eat some lunch in the car. Mikayla was truly a trooper. Except for the beginning of the hike, she walked the whole way. She was a little freaked out when she saw fallen trees - afraid she would fall like them. Delilah was another story. She was a little princess that didn’t want to walk, and when she did, she whined a lot! After we finished the walk, we ate our picnic in the car and headed back to the cabin. We stopped off at the lake to let the girls play at the playground and then headed back to the cabin for some spaghetti. The girls were so exhausted that they were in bed and asleep at 7:29 pm!
Sunday morning we went for a hike around the neighborhood and then packed up to head home in the afternoon. We were going to stay another day, however, we had received a phone call from our neighbors that there was a bad accident about 1/2 a mile from our house and our cameras may have caught some pre-accident events that led up to it and the CHP wants to talk to us. As soon as we got home, we checked the video and sure did catch something. We can’t go into details as there is still investigations going on regarding the accident... but it is very sad all around!
We will update you as soon as it is out on the news. But till then, we are kind of keeping it hush hush.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
First Field Trip
Today was the girls’ first field trip in preschool... to the local pumpkin farm. They had a complete blast. It started off learning about all the gourds and then we got on a hay ride that took us around the entire farm. After that, they went to feed animals and then go through the corn maze.
There was a very large tower that has four slides on it. One is a good couple of stories high and I just knew they wouldn’t go on that one. But the first time they went into the tower (and I couldn’t see where they were climbing to), they went on the second highest slide. They wanted to go again so off they went. Their friends, Jasmyn and Jordyn, followed behind them so I became a little concerned after both Jasmyn and Jordyn came out of the 1st and 2nd slide. Maybe about 2 more minutes, I finally see Delilah coming out of the highest slide (they are tunnels so you can’t see them slide down). Then Mikayla followed. I was very impressed especially since Mikayla gets a little intimidated by heights sometimes - but I guess her sister talked her into it!
After going through a Haunted Barn (that was not scary at all), they picked out their pumpkins and we headed to the table to get snacks. Then off we went to Sam’s Club and the store to get stuff for Pine Mountain Lake!!
There was a very large tower that has four slides on it. One is a good couple of stories high and I just knew they wouldn’t go on that one. But the first time they went into the tower (and I couldn’t see where they were climbing to), they went on the second highest slide. They wanted to go again so off they went. Their friends, Jasmyn and Jordyn, followed behind them so I became a little concerned after both Jasmyn and Jordyn came out of the 1st and 2nd slide. Maybe about 2 more minutes, I finally see Delilah coming out of the highest slide (they are tunnels so you can’t see them slide down). Then Mikayla followed. I was very impressed especially since Mikayla gets a little intimidated by heights sometimes - but I guess her sister talked her into it!
After going through a Haunted Barn (that was not scary at all), they picked out their pumpkins and we headed to the table to get snacks. Then off we went to Sam’s Club and the store to get stuff for Pine Mountain Lake!!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
25 Weeks and 4 Days... Counting
Just got back from my doctor’s appointment this afternoon. My doctor was actually at the hospital delivering babies all day. Something about the barometric pressure changing caused a lot of deliveries. So I saw a nurse practitioner instead.
The girls got to hear the baby’s heartbeat again. It was quite cute cause after the nurse took off the monitor, Delilah kept kicking the chair to the beat that the baby’s heart was going.
The nurse said everything sounds and looks good so I have been cleared to go on up to the mountains and Yosemite this weekend. We head up Friday afternoon, will be hanging out at Pine Mountain Lake on Saturday, going to Yosemite on Sunday, and heading back home on Monday. We are so thankful that our realtor gave us her cabin for the weekend - one less expense for us since we had been wanting to go so bad lately but didn’t want to dish out the dollars right now.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Making Pumpkin Spiders
After preschool, I swooped the girls up, got them some lunch, and headed on to Michaels to make a pumpkin craft. They both decided to make pumpkin spiders. I must say I was very impressed with their desire to take their time to complete the project. Unfortunately, we couldn’t finish it there since the pumpkins had to dry before we attached the legs and feet, so we finished them at home.
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