Lillie's comment of the day

In the yard, I asked L to pick up all the toys from the lawn.

L: Why?
M: because Uciel is coming tomorrow to mow the lawn.
L: Can we call him and tell him NOT to come tomorrow?
M: Why? He always comes on Sundays. (... in the back of my mind I am thinking she'll say "because I don't want to pick up the toys right now" ...)
L: I don't want him to come tomorrow. I want him to stay home and spend Fathers Day with his family.
M: ... speechless!!!

Oh how proud I am of my L when she makes these wonderful, caring and kind comments and I know that they come from deep within her pure and good heart.

Thats what I love about my kids, they only see the good and wonderful side of life.
I am not sure how, but somehow we were able to raise them in a way that makes them think of others and not just of themselves.

Someone New To Love!

Our new favorite niece,

baby

Ashley Marie Klein

Born on 06. 18. 2011

at 2:45 pm 

(15 minutes after mom walked into the ER

 and while GM was still parking the car)

6 lbs 10 oz, 18 "

From what we can tell she looks just like her super cute, big brother Carter.

Oh how we wish we could come, see and hold you right now and welcome you, the way we should!

The Ls were ecstatic when they heard it was a girl.

We have been working on a little project for the new baby of the family and since we didn't know if it was a he or she we needed to go with neutral colors BUT the Ls insisted that it would be girl and kept trying to talk me into pink and purple. 

L's comment was "See I told you Mama!"

Congrats to mommy Klein, who popped out this itty, 18", blond hair and blue eyed ( I bet $5 on this!) princess in 15 minutes. WOW ... thats all I can say! You rocked it girl!!!!

Congrats to dad, who couldn't beam himself fast enough to the hospital to be there when she took her first breath. I hope knowing that GM was right there in the parking lot, not knowing what was going on in the ER makes it a bit better ;)

The BEST Fathers Day present EVER!!!

Congrats to big brother Carter! 

She is a lucky girl to have such a cute, little man to look over her for the rest of her life!

Congrats to GM and GP CZ! 

3 girls and 1 boy, you guys must be beaming right now!!!

And na-course, congrats to us, for now we have another little princess in the family and someone new to love.

So this is for you baby Ashley;

Happy Birthday precious baby girl!!!

Welcome to this world and to our hearts! 

It's the morning of your life and all your dreams are just beginning.

A bit cornstarch and food color and ...

... you have yourself a "city"!

The Ls were busy for most of the day painting, playing, washing it off and painting all over again.
Cornstarch is such a fun material to work with, it's the coolest how it changes from liquid to solid and back to liquid right in the palm of your hand.  L was out there until 6:00 pm playing with it.
And the BEST part of it is, all you need is a hose and it washes away in seconds.

Na-course the Princesses had to visit the city and join in the fun.

LOVE this pic!!!

Check out Ls Construction sign ... she wrote it all by herself!!!

Mr. Lego was directing traffic!

The garage ...

And then we heard the ice cream truck ...

Nothing makes your little "outchi neck" (aka sore throat ) feel better than a HUGE Dora ice cream with gum ball eyes!!!

Poor Lulu had a crappy day again today.
She woke up with tears and it was tears and tears and more tears all day.
She took a 4 hour nap and L and I hoped for a happier Lulu after she woke up but it was tears again ;(

Please get better soon!!!



We can't take it anymore!!!!

Lulu's comment of the day

Getting ready to go out for supper.
Lulu can't find a pair of shoes to wear (the poor kid only has about 20 to choose from).
I grab a pair of sandals that I just found in a box, old ones from L and hand them to her.

M: Here, look at those. Would you like to wear them?
L: Oh YEAH!!! These are the same ones Jesus wears.
M:  ... looking at her with a blank stare ... ????? What???? When? Yesterday at the playground or what?
I never knew Jesus wore German made Elefanten sandals?

I swear, I learn something new every day :)

Those kids crack me up some times.
If that doesn't make you stop in your tracks and break out in laughter then I don't know what will :)

School's out for SUMMER!!!

YEAHHHH!!!!

We are D-O-N-E!!!

Summer here we come and as the good Weather God has it, it even looks and feels like summer here now too (half way through June it was about time for temperatures to go above 68F!!!).

L walked, pretty as the sunshine itself, to school this morning, with home made gifts and Daisies on hand. It wasn't a uniform day so she got to wear her new summer outfit ...

I had promised her the "flower power" hair style that she has been asking about ...

And na-course, the little one had to have flowers too ;)

She is finally smiling again and she ALMOST has her voice back. 

Today was the first day of no fever and almost no tears. She still sounds awful (she sounds like she smokes about 3 packs a day ;) but it's getting better and secretly Pat and I LOVE her itty, raspy voice ... it sounds so darn cute ;)

Oh and here is our wonderful Crossing Guard receiving his flowers and card ;)

He said nobody had ever done something like that for him ... I thought that was rather sad but I was so glad we had him on our "honor list" ;)

Waiting for the "last school bell of the year".

Showing off her cool certificate :)

We celebrated by meeting Pat for lunch at KT. Since L was in school she hasn't been able to go and have lunch with Papa for some time. This was the first thing she wanted to do after she got her " freedom back".

Then we went on a crazy spending spree to "Wamba" and L got to choose a little graduation gift since her report card had nothing but "excellent" on it.

And she chose ... tada ...

a Harry Potter Lego set

We ended the day with a stop at Fresh Choice and frozen yoghurt desert at Orange Tree.

And so it begins ... sumer-crazy-fun-lazy-time :)

.... ahhhhhh, we have a First Grader!!!!

"Him don't like kissing"

Pat told the Ls that they can only marry somebody whom he selects. This is the conversation between the Ls that followed:

Lillie: Well I already marry Jay anyways.
Lulu: You better find a new one Lillie because Jay, him don't like kissing and you can't get married without kissing.
Lillie: Oh, no problem I just pull him to me and kiss him and then we are married.
 ... and with a rapid hand motion she ripped "Jay's pretend head" around and plants a full smacko on his "pretend mouth".
Lulu: Thats a good idea. ... and she gives her the thumbs up.

You better run Jay, there seems to be little chance of escape as it is :)

The END is near ...

TOMORROW is D-Day ... the END ... the final hours have begun ... and then ...

S-U-M-M-E-R!!!!

Tomorrow is L's LAST day of Kindergarten and we are SOOO ready for it to be over!

It's a bitter sweet time of the year.

We are so proud that another year has passed and of all that L has learned and achieved but it also means we have to say "good bye" to Mrs. O and Mrs. Y, who have welcomed us in such a warm and comforting way into the school life that it'll be hard to let go.

AND it means we now have a 1st Grader in the house.

OMG, how in the world did that happen?
The little Bire-Bighter-girl is going to go into First Grade ... the REAL school life is knocking on our door and I am happy but also a bit sad at the same time.

I sometimes wish I could stop the clock and just keep them little and so close to me for a little while longer but there is no turning back now, no holding back ... it's time to let go and move on ;(

A few more weeks and #3 was supposed to make it's entrance into this world.
Even though we have made it through that sad time I am still finding myself looking at the calendar and wondering how life would be if there would have been the beating of a little heart on that fateful day in January.
Especially when I see the Ls just racing so fast through life and the baby items in the garage getting further and further pushed into the donation area ...
Pat has spoiled me like crazy with the Tucson vacation, the new and AWESOME computer, a new camera and so much more.
I am so lucky to have such a caring and thoughtful husband who tries and does everything to make my sad look turn into a bright smile.

And it's worked, for the most part ...
Until the little one turned 4 and now starts pronouncing all the cute words like "misdappear" (disappear) and "rostachios" (pistachios) correctly and the big one has now has to sit down so I can do her hair, she can open childproof bottle caps and bring out the garbage.

BUT back to the good things in life ... it has been a wonderful year for L!

She learned so much!
She writes, she reads, she LOVES mathy-pooh and it's all easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy for her.
She folds the paper like a burrito or a taco, she sits on her granola-gabolas and she can zip it quite nicely in class now ... just to familiarize yourself with some of todays Kindergarten slang-terms :)

Of course we had to prep a little something for all the wonderful people who touched us in this first year and helped us move along.

So here is HOW TO SAY THANK YOU in a BIG WAY by a LITTLE PERSON ;)

We made those ...

Designed by L, na-course

I was hired as "Manuel" 

Et-voila, handmade bookmarks for Mrs. O and Mrs. Y

Inspiration and instructions were found here ...

One of my favorite books right now and also my favorite blog!!! 

SouleMama is the essence of being a mother and a family. 

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this blog!

And here is the whole shenanigans at a glance ...

A new room sign for Mrs. O's room ... 

Ls creation :)

A home made Year Book for Mrs. O and Mrs. Y

The bookmarks nicely wrapped ;)

And L made / wrote cards for the teachers as well.

We finally found a use for the glue sting hearts we had made for Valentines Day ;)

This one is for our friend the Crossing Guard.

Without him we'd be mush on the street in front of the school for sure. 

I swear NOBODY stops for us, unless he blows the whistle. 

So he does deserve a BIG "Thank You" from us!!!

And a card for the Secretaries that put ice on the booboos and let Lulu use their restroom if she HAS TO GO RIGHT NOW :)

And  L made some info cards for a few buddies from class, to keep in touch with over the summer.

All will be presented tomorrow morning and then at 12:05 PST ...

SCHOOL IS OUTTTTTT!!!!!!

... and summer / fun here we come!