Finally...a beach day!!!

So I mean really, it is seriously about time, just when it seems like summer was just a beautiful day dream and not really a reality the sun finally decides to make an appearance! YEAH!!! So as you can imagine we made for a day at the beach...and lucky for Tasia she had her cousin Kiera to play with! And boy did they have fun...sadly though the water was a bit chilly and they only made it as deep as their little tummy's. And well Lexi...she made it as deep as her tip toes and made it abundently clear that it was not to her liking, she will only have her water at room temperature thank you very much (princess much?) I do beleieve her favorite part was the sand! Oh the sand in between her toes and fingers, pure delight!...and I don't believe Kylie even made it in the water (smart choice Shjannon!). But never the less, the sun was shining and a beach day it was! Oh man, I love summer! I bet ya'll just wished you lived on the coast huh? Oh please, you know you do!

10 weeks till Disneyland!

What...what? So maybe I like Disneyland a little bit. Don't judge me. Lets be honest okay, if you don't like Disneyland you are trying to be way to cool, don't you know it's the 'most magical place on earth' (not mention all the great picture places in California!). And if you haven't been to Disneyland well you are missing out. Anyway, so we will be making the long drive in about 10 weeks...perhaps we'll actually get some sun down there, crazy idea I know, does the sun even exist anymore? It pains me not to able to wear all those adorable summer clothes on my girls...
okay let me rephrase that...it pains me not to be able to wear all those adorable summer clothes on my girls without their sweaters. Yes, you heard me correct, I have given up on waiting for that perfect summer day for them to don their gorgeous 'strasburg' attire, instead I have resorted to wearing it any old day and slapping a sweater on them...hardly the same effect I know, but seriously, it's so cute! Ah girls, what fun. Anyway, I was just excited about Disneyland or 'Mickey Mouse Land' as Tasia would say...only 10 weeks (and only one more size till the goal weight and all my Disneyland clothes, babies are not so kind to the figure...it takes way to long and way to much work to get back into shape...and for those of you who didn't have to work at it...I hate you...I hate you passionately.)!!!!

By the way, is case you wondered 'THE HAPPENING' well it's a special king of movie. I know everybody is saying that it sucked, but I disagree, let's just say that it was not what I thought it was, it actually turned out to be fairly funny at moments. Funny you say? It's true, for an 'end of the world' kind of movie, it had Kelly and I giggling away...although I fear that we may have laughed at a few inappropriate moments, but I had a good time. Mark Wahlberg is great. Date night, it's good fun (By the way, I am still the reigning preview guesser...don't listen to Wade he's just jealous). Thanks for babysitting mom. Anyway, I'm off the the barn to take pictures!

Taking pictures...what fun!

So, I am very much enjoying playing with my new camera...and moms beautiful lenses! So much in fact, that we have sort of run out of children to shoot (thank you to Keira, Lindy and Nicole), and well, I might like to add, that it is darn hard to find an adult who is willing. As much as I adore my darling daughters I fear my little Tasia might start to run off screaming next time she spots us pulling out the cameras, well either that or start packing on the pounds due to the 'picture taking smarties'. Any volunteers? I can provide smarties to one and all.

Mooshoo?

So apparently my Mischa is a Mooshoo. Say what? I know, how does one mistake the sex of a cat...well I won't go into details, but lets just say that not until 12 weeks can one be certain. Yes, here I am going along thinking I have this tiny little girly kitty...wrong! My wonderful Auntie Dawn (I really do mean that, I'm not being facetious here) calls to tell us that perhaps she was a bit hasty in determining the sex of our kitty, and maybe just maybe (and by maybe she means the 99.9% certain kind of maybe) that I might have a mooshoo on my hands. Fabulous! So now my pink kitty bowls and everything else girly may be slightly too pink (how can that be I know, but even I can't have everything pink regardless of the fact that it is just a cat, I know no one else could tell but I can). So back to the store (shucks hey?) for new accessories, no manly cat of mine is going to have pink bowls, can you imagine how embarrassed he would be? How do you think fuchsia would work out? No, it's safe to say that Mooshoo has a very striking burgundy set of bowls, and a tan kitty bed. Manly. So everyone, welcome Mooshoo!

Welcome, Mischa!

So um, I come on vacation with two babies, and I end up coming home with two babies, and a very special looking 'pure bred' oriental cat (believe you me, I put that special kindly...as you can see. Oh Auntie bless your heart for thinking she is beautiful). What the heck happened? I'll tell you happened...Auntie Dawn happened! Auntie Dawn conspired with that dirty dog husband of mine (who really really wanted a kitty). I swore up and down, that after Kato, I would never NEVER get another cat. Seriously, for those of you that knew Kato, you know good and well that he can not be replaced...he was what you would call an 'original' my little dog cat (we miss him very much)! So Mischa you have some very big shoes to fill.

Packing...too much, or too little?

I love packing, so many choices to make. Is it odd that I pack my kids clothes in outfits? No, I didn't think so, thank you very much Wade! Okay, so is it a little odd that I pack the outfits in freezer sized zip lock bags? Now hold on here, before you go thinking that I'm a little anal, let me help you to understand. How convenient is it when all you have to do is pull out a 'Monday' bag of clothes or a 'Tuesday' bag of clothes and inside the bag is her socks, her clothes, her matching undies, her hair bows, and her shoes? Yeah, that's precisely what I thought...ingenious! Now if only they made zip lock bags large enough for my outfits....mmm not so much. Anyway, with my well planned out packing strategy, I have managed to fit 3 girls (myself included) into one glorious hot pink suitcase (really what other color would do?) for over 2 weeks worth of clothes...no duplicate outfits I might add, now who's talking? What? I already explained that I had a slight shopping problem...don't judge me. I may be neglecting to add that in that glorious pink suitcase my shoes did not fit...lets be fair, 2 weeks worth of shoes? See, case and point. Okay so I might have a slight love affair with shoes, shoes of every shape, style, color (that's right, I don't judge, I love them all, I have more than enough shoe love to go around, in fact I spread my shoe love all the way to Tasia's shoes).
Now the car ride I am a little antsy about with my little Lexi pants, as cute as she may be, she is slightly demanding and a real goer. I know I can plop Tasia in a car seat slap some Dora, whom Tasia absolutely lives for, or Backyardigans (oh yes, are you singing either of the theme songs? In my sleep I tell you, in my sleep) on her portable DVD player, ah my other favorite invention, and she is good to go. Now Lexi, ahhh my Lexi, she is not so into Dora yet. In fact, she is mostly into I would like to be held, I would like to be talked to, I would like the world to know that I am a princess and my bidding shall be done. Sounds like a fun 12 hours huh?
Anyway, we are off tomorrow and I am very excited to be seeing my family out there. So have fun little Kelly Ann, my little slave driver...I mean running buddy. You'll have to make that lazy boyfriend of yours run (that way you can really hone your running command skills!).

Lexi in Pink...have I mentioned how much I love pink?