Accessories

Sometimes I wonder where my dear sweet Malia came from. This girl is obsessed with anything gold and anything that sparkles. She has sparkly belts, shoes, purses, you name it. I have noticed the last few times we have been out shopping that she has had her eye out for a gold purse. She fell in love with one a couple of weeks ago that was huge and gold and hideous, I looked at the price tag thinking , really how much could they charge for this thing, $50.00 bucks!!!! I told her it was way to much, but we would keep our eyes out for something else. Well today as we were out strolling around town at a craft fair thing, there it was! I think this bag was calling her name, as we walked into the booth, she was slowly being pulled towards it, I could not stop it from happening. I just reached into my pocket and handed Malia the money. She paid for the purse, and walked out with a huge smile on her face. Although I do not love her love of gold, I try to support her inner ghetto! What's a mom to do?

It's gettin hot in here

Malia has wanted a ceiling fan in her room since she was old enough to ask for it. I thought that it was not necessary, and therefore kept saying, we'll see or let's talk to daddy about it. Well a couple of weeks ago as I was putting her to bed she says, "it's so freakin' hot in here, I'm sure if I had a fan I wouldn't be hot!" I laughed and told her to just change into some cooler pajam's. I told Rod about it later that night and he said, I'll just take her to Lowe's tomorrow and let her pick out the one she wants. So , as I was getting my hair done the next day, Rod was at Lowes with the girls picking out a fan. He put it in that evening and it works and looks great. Malia also wrote her daddy a super cute thank you note for putting up the fan. It says, Thank you for building my fan love Malia. She is a girl who knows what she wants, and knows how to get it!!

Malia's 5th Birthday!

On Thursday, September 11, Malia turned five!! Malia had been counting down the days for quite a while. She is the last of her friends to turn 5, and she barely made the deadline for starting school this year, so it was a major celebration around here. After putting Malia to bed on Wed. night, I ran to the store (don't worry, rod was home) and got her a boquet of flowers, a bunch of helium balloons, and some texas toast to make her french toast for breakfast the next morning. Malia had requested french toast for breakfast, so I made a bunch while she was still sleeping, stacked some up, put a candle in it, and went to her room to wake her up with a rousing rendition of happy birthday!! She woke up with a big grin (totally made my day) and blew out her candle! We had breakfast and then let her open a few presents. My mom left some gifts with us when she was out a few weeks back and so she opened those too.Malia is really into all the Barbie movies (this too shall pass) and so she got a couple of Barbie DVD's, some pony's, a Barbie, and a Hello Kitty CD player. I had a few things to run around and do that day, and so Malia and Brin joined me. Most of the day was pretty chill , but I tried to make it special for her. Rod's parents got into town that afternoon and we hung out until Rod got home from work, and then we let Malia choose where she wanted to have her birthday dinner. She chose Olive Garden, which is no surprise, and so we headed to Reno to eat. Olive Garden was packed, and so we headed to Claim Jumper ( much to Rod's delight). Malia ordered "pasta with white sauce" and had a great time eating it!!I had talked to our server when we first got there about it being Malia's big day, and so at the end of the meal she was served a huge piece of ice cream pie and we all sang to her. She loved it!!
On Saturday, we had her friend party at a Museum in Carson City. It was a great time and Malia had a lot of fun with her friends. When we first got there all the kids just played in the museum before heading downstairs to the party room. The kids made a couple of crafts and then played a fabulous game of duck duck goose ( it's not a party without duck duck goose). Rod showed up with pizza, but I totally dropped the ball and forgot to bring ranch dressing. The kids ate lunch, had cake and ice cream and then opened presents. Malia got the Barbie Mariposa DVD and the actual Mariposa barbie, a little makeup kit, a Webkinz puppy, and a few other little things. She has some great friends and she had a great time.
I love this next picture, I had Malia and her friends all stand together for a picture. I was having a hard time getting them to all smile, so I said " who can smile the biggest"? I think we have a clear winner here!! Notice the huge veins popping out of her neck!! (backfire)
All in all, it was a fun day! These are just a few more pictures of the day. As you can see, Brinley had a great time too!!
Malia, you have got to be one of the funniest girls I know, you crack me up on a daily basis. I love you!!!!

Malia's 1st day of school

Well it had to come eventually, but it seems it came way to quickly! My sweet baby girl started Kindergarten today. Has it really been 5 years since my prayers were answered with the arrival of my beautiful daughter? Why does it sometimes seem that the days seem to drag on, yet before we know it, our children don't need us as much as we need them? Today at Malia's school, they just had a Kindergarten orientation for the parents and the kids basically took a walking tour around the school. Malia was pretty disappointed to find out that mom and dad were coming inside with her and not just dropping her off. I have to admit, I felt kind of bad that she didn't want us there, but I guess a part of me was proud. It made me feel like I had done what I was supposed to do to prepare her to be on her own (at least for 3 hours a day)! I know that tomorrow will be so much harder on me than today because I will actually have to leave after dropping her off, but I know I won't be the only mom who will be crying, right?? I know that she will have a great year and learn so much. I am so excited for this big step in both of our lives, I know that she is ready, but am I??

Where has the summer gone??

It seems like this past month has just flown by so quickly! Before I post about Malia's first day of school, I wanted to write a quick recap of August. August has been a good month for us to spend some quality time together as a family. I feel like we are all so busy that we do not do this enough, so I wanted to make a special effort to do so. The girls and I still made our weekly drives to Tahoe to hang out on the beach, and funny enough, the more we went, the more we enjoyed it. We have been here in Nevada for 6 years now, and I have gone to Tahoe many many times, but I have never gotten in the water until this summer, and only in the last couple of weeks. The reason, the water is so freakin' cold. When you are coming from St. George and used to hanging out at Quail, Mead, and Powell, anything would be cold. I would just dip my toes in and then spend the rest of my time on the beach. A few weeks ago, I decided to take the plunge, literally, and I put a floatie tube around my waist ( I can't swim very well) and swam out to the bouy. It was a blast!! Once I got fully submerged into the water, it wasn't really cold anymore, and it actually felt really great! Last week was really windy, so we had some awesome waves to play in and that was even more fun. Maybe it just takes 6 years to become acclimated to the cold water, who knows, but I am so sad that summer is coming to an end and I can't wait to get in again next year. We have also been riding our bikes as much as we can. We usually put the kids in the trailer and Rod pulls them behind his bike. We have been riding trails up in North Lake Tahoe and the Truckee River, it has been alot fun to get out and learn more about this beautiful place that we live. My mom was able to come out this last week and visit and we loved having her here. I took her up to the beach with us on Wednesday, on Thurs. we went on a bike ride in Tahoe and then played Bunco with my friends that night. On Fri. I took my mom to the gym with me that morning for my favorite class, we went to Malia's school for an open house and to meet her new teacher, and then went and did some last minute school shopping for Malia. She flew out on Saturday afternoon and we have been missin' her ever since. Thanks mom for coming, you are welcome any time! Oh yea, and an update on Brin, she had another blood test last Monday to check her white blood cell count and her iron levels. Her white blood cell count came back normal, but her iron levels are still really low. They hadn't changed at all since the blood work 3 weeks prior, even with the extra iron supplement.The doctor said that it is possible that her body is not allowing any iron to be absorbed. Yikes!!! Maybe that would explain why my kids get sick so easily, low iron= weak immune system!! He told me to double the iron that I was giving her and take her to the lab in one week for another blood draw. We did the bloodwork today, so we should know in a day or two where she stands, wish us luck!!

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