Barbie, Snow Slide, Jedi, Egypt

What do all these have in common? These are all exhibits that are currently at our Children's Museum. I thought the Barbie exhitibit was over in February. It is. February 2011. The Snow Slide is part of the Holly Jolly Days. The only thing we missed was Santa. We walked through the Egypt exhibit before but didn't see everything. We have seen the Star Wars stuff before but there was something new this time.

They had some costumes from Star Wars that the kids could dress up in. This is C's Jedi face. Too cute! Here is our woman preacher. Just kidding.

In the store, they had the word Barbie spelled out with--Barbies. Kinda cute.

C and K taking a ride down the Nile on a crocodile. Isn't it huge!

C went ice fishing. And caught a fish! (Like his sports glasses? His regular glasses broke the week before-courtesy of his sister, so he had to wear these. Poor guy.)

K thought she was a princess up in her high tower, waving to her loyal subjects. She is something else.

C really liked the G.I. Joe display. He was excited because he actually has some of the ones on display.

I am not a shoes person, but these were on display in the Barbie exhibit. I think they are beautiful! So shiny! But I probably would never wear them. But aren't they so pretty!

Here the kids are pretending to be the DJs for the BArbie fashion show that is happening ont he pink (of course) runway.

And here is my fashion-esta. She was working the stage.

They had so many Barbies on display, some I recognized. It was fun to see all the different ones.

One Barbie with another. Here is K on the snow slide. I didn't go down it but it looked pretty fast.

C on the slide. I think they went down it 3 or 4 times.

I fianlly finished this post! I have been trying to finish for a very long time! I think I set it to post 3 times and had to delete it because it posted before I finished it.

We had such a good time that day. The kids were so good. And it's so much easier for me to take them by myself. They are at a great age. how fun!

C's 7 year pictures

Today I got C's 7 year pictures. Once again, I spent way too much money, but they turned out so good! He did great! Here are just 2. Remember, they are scanned. In real life, they look so much better.

Question: How do I rotate a pix once in Blogger? Or is that a no-no?

Snow Days!

For Indiana, we have had A LOT of snow lately! Compared to some of you, it's not a lot. Compared to some of you, it's too much!

Daddy has gone in late to work or come home early at least twice due to the chance of bad weather. The first big snowfall (according to C's measurements it was 4 inches) melted and left nothing. The second snowfall was about the same and is still here. That's when I don't like the snow: when it's brown and yucky and slippery.

The kids have gotten to go out and play twice this year. They had much fun, but were very cold. Thankfully they have snowsuits, but they don't have boots. So we do the "poor man" substitute: baggies--one pair of socks, baggie, another pair of socks. Works OK, at least for the short time they are out there.

Here is a downside to homeschooling (at least in C's eyes): he still has to do school even if everyone else cancels for a snow day. Poor guy. Actually I don't think schools have cancelled much this year due to weather.

Here are some pictures from our first big snowfall this year (that's C in the 1st picture and K and Daddy in the 2nd). Daddy even got in on the action. I was stuck inside with babysitting kids. I was warm. Maybe I'm the smart one?

The Long Winter

Today only you can go here to get a free audio download of Laura IngallsWilder's "The Long Winter." Sounds like an old timey type broadcast. Too fun! I love Laura Ingalls! And very appropriate for our weather today. It's cold and flurry-ing. Enjoy!

January 1, 2010

Where has the time gone? I think time goes faster the older I get. So much happened in 2009. I was looking through pictures yesterday and was amazed how much had happened just since we went to Disney! But I love the busy-ness (most days. There are some days that I want to just do a little bit of nothing.) The busy-ness means I have a great life. I love the age/stage that my kids are at. (again-most days). They are funny, somewhat independent (one wants to be more independent than she needs to be), can help around the house, can feed/dress/potty alone, are fun to play/talk with (again................well you get the idea), and are just darn cute. Yes, we may have rough days (can you believe that?) but I wouldn't trade it for the world! And my husband. It's hard to believe that we will have been married 11 years in April and together for 15 years in August! Once again, I feel like time is flying.

OK. All that to say, I'm excited to see what this year has in store. I have 2 specific New Year's resolutions. Since I've never really made any resolutions, my first it to keep my resolutions. No, just kidding. #1: Paint C's room. Not too long ago, he mentioned that his room was boring compared to K's. And it is. Hers is green and pink and has flowers. His has white walls. So I'm going to paint it. I HATE TO PAINT! And yes, I am yelling. And to top it all off, he wants one wall Yankees (I'd like to pinstripe it and put the symbol in the middle) and the other wall Colts (I'm thinking--blue stripe with "Colts" in white down the middle). #2: To loose some weight. How much? I really don't care. "Some." How's that for specific? Ask me on December 31st how much I've lost. By the way, I've already started on this one.

I think I'm done being sentimental now. I hope everyone had a great holiday season (from Thanksgiving all the way to the New Year). We have a few more days before we have to get back to reality. Daddy took Monday off.

Happy New Year to all my many, many, many .................... Ok. Nevermind.