She's 3!

It's official, after many weeks of waiting the birthday is finally here! We celebrated with a Pinkalicious party which was very....Pinkalicious! We had fun, fun, fun! Happy birthday little girl!








I made the cake (giant cupcake) with a special cake pan my mother in law got me for Christmas. It was so cute.
The tutus were really easy, it's just strips of toole tied to an elastic waist band. They took just a couple of hours to make.
It's not in the pictures but she got pink sparkle converse shoes to wear today.
Way cute!

Heads Up

Last night, at about 3 A.M. my husband and I both sat straight up in bed after hearing a very loud series of thuds. After listening for a while in the growing silence, we realized it was this lovely icicle that had been hanging on the eves for several weeks, growing. We couldn't reach it with any of our tools and I wouldn't let my husband (not that he wanted to anyway) get up on the roof to attack it. Well, after a night of rain, it finally dislodged itself and provided a great photo op this morning. I'm so grateful it came down in the middle of the night and not during book club while ladies were coming and going. Ugh, that's all I need- to kill one of my new neighbors.

Long Gone

My oldest is going overnight tonight on a school function. He's gone on overnighters before but I have to admit that I'm spending a lot of time today wondering about how he's doing and if he's safe. I was relieved to find out that my two back door neighbors were accompanying them on their field trip. It's nice to know two of the parents who will be there.

I hope he behaves himself!

A Touch of....Bendaroos

My cute five year old son made these fun flowers for our refrigerator. I think it's adds a very fun touch to the kitchen. Nice job buddy!

On With The New

I told my hubby that I needed to get a new phone and downgrade the plan I had. I rarely use the email function because my current phone is a piece of crap. Well, guess what my hubby brought home for me today? An IPhone. Seriously? This is our idea of downgrading? Don't get me wrong, I'm stoked to have a phone that will actually send/receive Email, etc. but I think this is what happens when we put our other halves to work getting new gadgets.

I'd Give You The Moon

My husband took our daughter on a date last night. As they were getting ready My husband said "let's go to the moon."
He later told me that as they got out of the truck at their first destination, my daughter said "Daddy, is this the moon?"

Cute!

"GT"

For Christmas I gave my mom and sisters each a Good Turn Diary for Christmas. It's based on the short story by James E. Faust about a young man who, during the Great Depression, couldn't afford to give gifts to his family for Christmas so he instead kept a journal and each day made note of a good turn he did for someone else. On Christmas day he presented his father with the journal to show that he had spent the year doing good for others. I wanted to have that great experience also so I have been marking "GT" in my journal each day for a good turn that I have done. It's been great to perform small, sometimes random acts of kindness that I perhaps would have overlooked before. So here's my Good Force Challenge to all of you; do a good turn daily! They don't have to be grand gestures just small, simple kindnesses that we do because we are looking for opportunities to do good. It could be a lifting experience in heavy times.