After Christmas and January shenanigans.....

Earlier in January Robert had a presentation for school so I got the kids all dressed up and took them to see him and his presentation.

All dressed up, but I never got a good pic of Nathan....

and I never did an after Christmas post....we videotaped most of it so I don't have many pics, but here are the kids enjoying their Christmas. We got both Star Wars Trilogy sets, Nathan was thrilled!!

I looked high and low for a pretend make up set and hard a really hard time finding one that didn't have actual make up in it......Thank goodness I finally found a purse that was full of plastic make up play things....hopefully, this will keep her out of mine!
She LOVED it and immediately wanted it opened up to play with!

Nathan working on building a truck he got....with tools he is allowed to touch! There is a light saber and a transformer also in the picture with him, the highlights of his Christmas, and the cheapest toys he got, go figure!

Laila insisted on having a tea party with Daddy with her tea set she got for Christmas....and he obliged, isn't he sweet?!?!

Later in the month I went with some girlfriends and got my eyebrows threaded.
New eyebrows! Cool, huh?

just cause she is cute......

and here is what else happened in Jan......Robert bashed his head on a beam at work and had to get stitches...
It is healing nicely, but I really wish he would not make it a habit to ring in the New Year with a head injury!

Having so much fun.....

laughing at Laila's antics....

and sometimes crying on the inside...

she REALLY likes lotion.....

seriously, do not leave this girl unattended for any length of time....I woke up one morning and found her sitting on the couch next to my purse with a entire packet of gum in her mouth!

aren't these kids so cute? Notice, still an antic going on with Laila...she probably stole that chapstick out of my purse and was sucking on it. But, she's happy about it!!

I got to have lots of girl's night fun in November...

starting with going out.....

to the SYTYCD tour. So fun!

and going to the midnight showing of New Moon with some die hards!
What could be better?
Going again for my friend's birthday bash later that month!

We had some family fun in Oceanside, CA....turns out you should bring swimsuits to the beach even in November.
Nathan found a perfect sand dollar all by himself!

got to visit the San Diego Zoo....and I taught my kids that the best things in life don't have to cost more than a quarter...

I present to you, my friends, the Footsie Wootsie....Don't ever pass up one of these bad boys! They are possibly my favorite San Diego Zoo attraction.

Here is my herd!

even the benches can turn into a fun ride!

we celebrated Robert's 30th birthday on Saturday! and I teased him all day with terms like 'old' and 'crotchety'....He is a good sport! I told him he is lucky because men get better looking with age and then scared him when I told him 'it's all downhill from here, for me!'
Haha!
Please, please be kind to me when I turn 30, honey!
I love you!

and I have been having lots of fun getting the kids all dressed up and festive for church...

I love seeing all the cuties dressed up in their holiday best. I seriously wanted to do a walk-off in nursery so all the little girls could parade around in their dresses....So cute!

Like I said, we have been having so much fun....I'll think we'll have some more!

Merry Christmas!

Halloween and Laila's big birthday present...

How cute did they look on Halloween?!?!
We couldn't remember where we packed away their costumes from last year so I had to run out 3 days before Halloween and find something acceptable.
These turned out so cute!

Do we really have to go to church on my birthday?

And here is what Laila got for her birthday!
Seriously, I couldn't really find anything I wanted to get for her, so I just gave her the new Tinkerbell movie I bought recently. She loves Tinkerbell, so she was happy.
But, Grandma to the rescue, we went to their house and Grandma supplied Laila with an actual birthday toy, much to her delight!

There! That's my public service announcement.....we have not announced to anyone yet, so you see it when you see it....hope you are keeping up with the blog, Mom & sisters!