Like lots of girls my age (or are we ladies now?), I remember when Princess Diana and Prince Charles got married. My friends & I used to argue over who got to have the fake name of “Princess Diana” when we played. Yes, we were ridiculous.
So…when this new Royal Wedding came upon us, I will admit to getting caught up in the hoopla. Not enough to plan a big party or take the day off work to celebrate, but I was excited about it. I set the DVR and planned to watch it with Mallory when we got home from …
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Cupcake Day
I saw a recipe for cupcakes that have chocolate chip cookie dough inside them. And since I love cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies, I decided Mallory & I should make them. And since I am not remotely a baker, I bought refridgerated chocolate chip cookie dough, and a box of yellow cupcake batter, and Mallory & I went to town. You may not think these look that awesome, but believe me, they are. And I will be making them again soon. Perhaps for the game this weekend.
I do have this to say – apparently that I’m better at taking pictures …
Work Outing
My neighbor had this really fun idea that we should do this wacky workout video thing for thirty straight days and while she missed one day so far (something about running a race made her unable to do day 13), I’ve been able to keep up the streak…and today was day 20. Tomorrow starts the last third of the challenge – with level 3 – and the end is in sight. We get to have a fun night out as a reward for completing the challenge.
Amy & I usually meet up before work at 5am to get it over with …
A biscuit, a basket
Michigan hockey is playing in the CCHA playoffs this weekend and we’ve watched some of the games. Rick was off painting, so after Michigan scored a goal, I told her to go tell daddy that Michigan put the biscuit in the basket.
I’m in the midst of a 30-day challenge with my neighbor and 13 straight days of doing an insane workout – on top of playing hockey the other day – my whole body, and my knees specifically, have been killing me.
After my workout today, I told Mallory (who insists on working out with me every day), “My …
Punta Cana–the end
Here are the last of the pictures from our big vacation. We had a great time – once we got past the leaky ceiling and long day of travel. We spent all day everyday at the pool, except when we were at the snack bar or lunch buffet eating enormous amounts of french fries, pizza or nachos with nasty liquid cheese. My dad & Emily did go scuba-diving one day, and the grown-up boys went deep-sea fishing (Rick also did some deep-sea puking…)
Um, can you say sunburn? My only sunscreen screwup of the week…
Me & my darling sister.
My mom. She …
Canvas-able
I had a goal on this trip to get a canvas-able picture of us. I hired my sister to take our pictures one night on the beach.
Success.
The day our daycare was closed
Mallory & Carson’s daycare NEVER closes for weather. We’ve been going there for four years and one month, and not once have they closed. They have, however, been closed a handful of times because of lost power – and it’s always been in the summer. So any time regular schools are closed, our daycare is still open, and I force myself to go to work because I hate wasting vacation days.
Then came February 1. News of a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY! followed by WINTER STORM WARNINGS! which was trumped by BLIZZARD WARNINGS! caused our daycare to announce that they would be …
Minivan Mama
I am a minivan mama.
I almost cried when I drove it off the lot. We didn’t really *need* it – but with the two cars we had (the Accord and the Xterra) we had no room to take anyone other than our family of four. I was never able to help take Mallory’s friends to dance or rock climbing or gymnastics, because we didn’t have room for three carseats in the back seat. And since I drove the Accord most of the time, I had to put Cooper in the front seat if I had to take him anywhere (like …
Magical
Our last day in Florida found us at Disney World. I was excited that my Underground Tourist iPhone app predicted that Friday was a good day to hit the Magic Kingdom, crowd-wise.
I was more excited when we got there and found that there was a meet & greet with Ariel at the Magic Kingdom. I mean, Ariel is Mallory and Rick’s FAVORITE PRINCESS, so it could not have been more perfect!
After a quick picture with Pluto right when we walked in the park, and then a minor attitude adjustment for both kids (I was about to turn us around …
Umbabersatal Studios
My conference was only half day on Wednesday so we took the kids to Universal (“Umbabersatal” or “Umbabersal” in Mallorian) Studios in the afternoon – actually Islands of Adventure. We picked Islands instead of Universal because Islands of Adventure has Seussville and we thought that would be better for the children. I was bummed they wouldn’t get to see the Shrek attraction at Universal, but that was the only thing I thought we’d miss.
I have to say that going to other theme parks really make you appreciate the magic of Disney. This park had chipped paint, dead leaves in the …