Long hair............

Lily wants mermaid hair.. she wont dare let me cut it off.. she hasnt had a hair cut in years... I need to change this.........soon..... hair down to her bellybutton.. not so sure about this.

We're some kinda family!

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to the LA zoo with my dad, sister and her two kids, and my two other nephews Brandon and Ayden (my sister was on a long overdue date with her hubby). Lily has never been to the zoo before so I knew she was going to have a lot of fun. We got there with no problems, and if you know me, you know how horrible I am at driving and managing any sort of directions (in desperate need of a GPS system I know!). The wait to get in was crazy, but as soon as we got in, it was a beautiful fun filled day full of a ton of walking. Lily was excited to see the elephants, since those just happen to be her favorite right now, unfortunately that part of the zoo was closed down but we did get to see one walk by. My nephew Noah was the most excited to see the animals by far, I swear that kid would have jumped in with them if he could, he cried so hard everytime we had to leave the animals. It was super sweet. Brandon has the appetite of an 8 year old for sure, I think he ate more than all of us combined! The zoo was definitely fun... but kinda sad in a weird way. I feel bad for the animals, they should be in their natural environment roaming free. But.. I guess its educational for the kids and helps fun further programs for helping preserve what wildlife is left in this world.. although my kid seemed more interested in screaming out "mom... look at that gorillas big ole booty!".. oh well! Good for laughs :) On a side note.. they dont have those wax machines anymore where you can mold your own animal, that was a big time bummer, we were looking forward to that.

Piano lessons..... a no go.

Okay... so after finally finding a place to take Lily to her piano lessons, after paying for six 30 minute lessons up front (thanks to grandpa Bob).. it was a disaster.. I wish I had a picture to share, but I don't, time to invest in a camera so I can catch all these fiascos. With all the time this little girl invests in playing the piano at home I thought she'd for sure be so excited to get to learn from a real teacher, I even told her it was school thinking it would make it sound more legit. She had been talking about going to music school ALL DAY long, even rushed me at dinner (Bakers since we were on a time limit) telling me we couldn't miss her school... then we get there, and from the first step in the door I knew she wasn't going to have it. I dont know if it was the thrift store smell inside the place, and the two old looking hippie guys that worked there (one was the teacher of course), or the that we were crammed into the tiniest room imaginable... something scared her and from the moment she laid eyes on "Rick" she hid on my lap and would not talk, would not look at him, would not have anything to do with her lesson at all, she wouldn't even open her eyes to look at him. He played every kid song he knew, tried to show her all his stuffed animal collection (why a grown man has a collection of this sorts is beyond me).. nothing worked. I left the room thinking if I wasn't there she would snap out of it, but that just made it worse, here came the water works. I was soo bummed, I guess I figured she would just be so excited to learn that I forgot how insanely shy my baby is.... oh well. Maybe in the next year or two we will try again. For now, the next 5 lessons are going to my nephew Brandon, who will learn to rock out on the guitar. Oh... and right as we got in the car, all she could tell us was "Mommy.. he's not a girlie.. I need a girlie to teach me this." Right as we entered the door, she went straight to the piano and played for almost 20 minutes, head phones and all.. figures right.. lol.. I guess I better find a little ole granny to teach her, because Lily.. she does not like men at all!!

Friday!

Today had its ups and downs.. I have really been dreading being at work, I really need a vacation and desperately need to make some changes.. (i.e.; taking the initiative and finishing my degree I started on oh so long ago). Aside from the monotony of work.. work work.. It was fun is coming home and seeing Brandon play his guitar, it was cute to hear him tell me all about the new things he learned from Bob. I always enjoy spending time with Brandon, he has the best sense of humor around and always seems to make us all laugh, even at the expense of having to be a total goof ball. We had fun looking at the birthday cards (Aydens about to turn 4.. hard to believe!) and laughing at the musical cards, I don't think I've ever heard my mom laugh so hard before in my life.. It makes me happy to see her smile, and laughing is always such a good thing!

Lily conned me into buying her a Disney Princess doll, this time she chose Ariel, she's really into mermaids right now and even tries to pretend to be one when she takes a bath.. to think this all started because of those silly moon sand aquarium commercials. I swear that child wants everything on every infomercial she see's on t.v. She also decided to wake me up at 3 this morning to tell me that she liked her dinner and that her brain had to eat a lot of food so that it had lots of power.. pretty funny. She made friends with a little girl at Barnes and Nobles tonight too, and cried when it was time to leave. It's cute to see her interact with other kids, I at least have the peace of mind knowing she'll make friends easily at school when she starts this year.

I wish I had pictures to put up, but unfortunately I haven't replaced my camera yet .. its been broken for a year now and I just know i have missed sooooo many good photo ops... soon.. I want to buy a nice one so I can take amazing pics like my sister does!

First official blog!

So... I decided today would be my first day to start a blog. Truth be told, I dont know exactly what to write, but, I enjoy reading my sisters blog so much that I decided that maybe I could be half as successful at it as well!

I am soo bummed I dont get to go to this supposedly awesome estate sale with my sister tomorrow, I bet there are going to be some awesome finds and I have to miss it! Darn work!!!!!!! At least I scored a really cute dress at Target after dinner tonight. Decided I am putting Lily in Piano lessons, she lovesssss music and Bob even let her jam on his keyboard tonight and said she could have it once she started her lessons!