quiet time with poppa

Toad-ally Awesome

pout! and belly!!

The handy work of a drunk driver

We live in quiet suburbia. Our house is the last one on the end of a fairly long street. It's quiet and no one bother's us. We have 3 car's and one of them used to easily be found on the street. Since school ended, D's car has been on the street in front of the house. he may have used it for errands here or there, but mainly it sat on the street. And usually there are 2-3 cars behind us, including our neighbor from HS's. Not this night. there was no one behind us, no one else on the street. just us, us and out dumb bad luck! The only evidence was the skid marks and the white paint left on the truck. The neighbor saw the car that hit ours but didn't get a plate number. more of our dumb bad luck!! It is frustrating to have someone destroy your property with no care or concern. He/She simply backed up and left. Hopefully karma will get them.

hot diggity dog

Once upon a time, we were a PBS family. But PBS kept changing the line-up on us. the pre-school programs were being shuffled and changed non-stop. one week we could watch clifford and curious george, the next week we couldn't! she loved martha speaks - she could not get enough of the singing dancing dog! and on occasion we watched sid the science kid and betsy's kindergarten adventure. Seseme street wrapped it up. but then SS was moved to noon, martha was on at 0630 and the other shows were scattered around. So, we moved. To the disney channel. Now we watch things like Oso, Handy Manny, 2 episodes of Micky Mouse club house, ending with the imagination movers. Daily, i am asked to re-wind MMCH's ending for the hot dog dance. Mia loves to dance with the disney characters. Especially daisey duck! Here she is doing the hot dog dance! she dances with the IM's too - but that's another post! Like the dress? it was 730 or so and Mia already had her self dressed! the dresses are another post too!

happy blogoversary to me!!

i have been blogging for 3 years now! that's a long time! according to my map to the left, i have more visitors that i thought!! for example - who is in or near beaverton, oregon? or tobyhanna, pa? laurel, maryland?? milford, delaware? new york?? i know who is in germany (hi andrea and family!) and springfield, il (hi re!). but i am at a loss for some of the others! won't you leave a message so i know who you are?? it is my blogoversary after all!! i will put a 3 year blog highlight reel up soon!

Happy Birthday Amelia Rose!

there will be a whole post with party details, the actual day and my disbelief
that she is three, but for now, here are some pics to recap her birthday!
The first is her birthday, july 18, 2006, then year one, two and three.
I can't believe she is three already! Happy birthday to the best girl ever!
We love you more than anything!

amelia is 3!!!!!

With every new year comes another birthday. While I enjoy the planning, celebrating and the party, the idea of my babies growing up is sometimes scary! Every year is the same thing, wondering how my baby can be another year older. Miss Amelia Rose is 3! She is very excited to be 3 and is looking forward to all the things she will be able to do. Like pre-school - she is so excited about starting school! She is in gymnastics now - her last class was on her birthday! After that we headed to the butterfly house for a family day of fun! There is a lot to see and do there and the kids loved it all!

Happy Happy birthday my sweet girl! May you continue to be the ultra-sweet girl that you are today, may you love school and have a passion for learning and may you always and forever be happy!

gymnastics spring edition

I have been looking for a dance/gymnastics class to put Mia in to burn off some of her extra energy. We found one at the collinsville REC. It was a 6 week class that covered the basic tumbling, jumps and balance beam. Mia loved it, and i did too until the 5 weeks. our regular teacher was not in, so we had a sub. she didn't know the kids, their names or what we were working on. i was more than irritated. but i made it to week 6 expecting to see our regular teacher. nope, and this was a different sub!! who was late and gave some lame excuse that she forgot she was teaching the class! i got another eval and told them how i felt, not that they cared, but i felt better!! here are some pics from week 6!

the scooter

One of Mia's favorite gifts from her birthday is her scooter. she loves her scooter! While she already had her big party, on the kids actual birthday, we have a small celebration with cake and one present. We had to make a last minute run to the store to get icing for her cupcakes. i make this cake myself and let pick out the cake. This year, Amelia picked out confetti cupckes. they were moist and so tasty! and she helped me make them. On the way back, all the neighbor hood kids were out, riding their scooters and bikes. Mia was so excited and insisted she get her scooter out to ride with them and to make friends! This is the only girl that would take time to talk her, but it made Mia so happy! That is her birthday outfit she is wearing, a birthday girl shirt, pink tutu and silver sparkle shoes! happy birthday Mia!

11 months

year 3 in photos

Mia's 3rd birthday party

Mia decided she wanted a strawberry shortcake party this year! Nothing would make me happier because I LOVE strawberry shortcake. Something about her takes me back to my childhood. I was surprised that she didn't ask for a my little pony party! i had the shirt for her and everything!! Her cake was exactly what I had envisioned and I love it. It tastes as good as it looks! Amelia received a ton of presents from her family and friends! She is definitely one lucky little girl!! I wish I could post more pictures but my camera was on the fritz so these will have to do! Amelia received some great gifts - coloring books, a tinkerbell outfit and a magnetic doll. She also received a swing set!! what a lucky little girl!

The Children's Museum

Mia was invited to go to the Children's museum with her friend MJ. We had a great time and there were lots of areas for them to explore!

Librian Mia

Nurse Mia

whatcha going to do with the hammer Mia?

News Anchor Mia

Camera woman MJ!

News caster Mia

summer playdates

While on stay-cation, we have had quite a few playdates! We went to the park in edwardsville with our friend MJ, we went to play at Maddy's house, we went to see lexi and brianna's new house and we went to the zoo! I also went to a BBQ at my nana's house and got to see my cousin Payton! I really enjoy playing with all of my friends! It is funny how with each friend it becomes her "best friend"!!

Mia and Lexi, St Louis Zoo

Mia and MJ

Mia and Payton

Mia and Madison

St. Louis Zoo

For Luca's birthday, we were given a family membership to the zoo! We have been several times this summer already. Here are some highlights from on of our trips! Poor Luca was suffering from impetigo and dairy intolerance. We made sure to go pet the stingrays while we were there! We saw the lions and tigers, the hippos and giraffes. The hippos seem to be Mia's fovorite right now. We let her pick which animal we go see first and she always picks the hippo's!