The Happiest Place on Earth...Seaside, Oregon

Aloha

A friend of mine had a surprise 40th birthday party last Saturday, complete with Hawaiian dancers, with some Tahitian dancing mixed in. It was great to see her expression when she arrived, and it was great for my kids to be able to play with their old friends from the block!! The music, food, and dancing was most awesome...

American Idiot

My brother is a drummer (a most excellent drummer) in a heavy metal band called Hollywood Lightweights. Their band was one of ten that has been selected to play in the American Idiot competition highlighting local Seattle bands by 99.9 KISW, a rock station in Seattle. I took two of my kids & a friend to watch them play at an all ages concert at Studio 7 in downtown Seattle. The music was Very loud and had I known I would of worn earplugs. It was great fun!! I love exposing my kids to different experiences, and right off the bat they were exposed to some guy relieving himself by a dumpster. I love downtown Seattle!!

I Want My Baby!!!

I want my baby, I want my baby, I want my baby, I want my baby, I want my baby, I want my baby, I WANT MY BABY!!

Okay, I feel better...well not really...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this long labor is killing me!!!!
Oohhhhhhhhh someone knock me out and wake me up when it's time to go.

I'm trying to be patient, I'm trying to be patient...enough said.

Dress Up

Jie Ling's Aunt Liz got her the cutest dress up for her birthday on Saturday, and of course Aimee couldn't wait to have her try it all on! We had a fashion show the next day and I'm pretty sure Jie Ling thought she was hot stuff! But really, have you seen anything cuter? Even though we're really not big into the whole princess, cheerleader, helpless girl mentality, our Jie Ling really did come to us as a real live princess!! She really does love anything girly, sparkly, or pink, so to keep her princess identity from going to her head, she will be baiting her own new Barbie fishing pole by herself!!

The last picture highlights Jie Ling's picking petals abilities. I don't know how many times I have told her to not pick mommy's flowers, but she just doesn't get it! Actually she doesn't pick the flowers she just picks the petals. I can't get too upset with her though cuz she sees me picking the dead ones so I think, she thinks, she's just helping mama.