Operation Thin Mint

Addy and I had a Girl's Day out with our friends Meribeth and Rosie. We started at the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum. A helicopter came and picked up the GS Cookies. There was a band playing and everyone waving flags. It was really Patriotic. We want to sell lots of cookies to go to our Troops next year. Then we headed to Sea Port Village to try on hats and ride the carousel. We ate lunch at Ikea. What a fun Girls Day. We were exhausted!

Father Daughter Dance

Addy and Shawn headed to the Hawaiian themed Daddy Daughter Girls Scout dance. They danced the night away and ate junk.

New Dog

We adopted a Golden Retriever and named him Scout. He had been abandoned at Mission Animal Hospital in Oceanside. Shawn does computer work there. We love Scout. He looks like Molly dog but is white.

Disneyland and a Rainforest

What a birthday!!! We had done Disney's Give a Day, Get a Day by working in a creek area in Vista. Cole and I ended up with poison oak but... It was worth it! We got to go to Disneyland!!! We went for my 23rd...okay 36th birthday. Grandma Wendy came too which is great because Addy won't step near a roller coaster ride. We ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe which I've always wanted to do. I wanted to get back to Disneyland so we didn't get the volcano brownie dessert but Shawn made me one at home. It even had a sparkler to the volcano was erupting. I sure love Disneyland and it was a wonderful treat!!!

Date With Cole

I love to try to go on field trips with my kiddos. Just recently, Cole and I spent the day at Legoland. His class took a class on simple machines where each pair of kids built an amusement park ride out of Legos. I love taking my Legomanic to Legoland. We also went to Pat and Oscar's for dinner and bought a gift for our new nephew/cousin, baby Devin.

She honked the horn!

We went for free play today at gymnastics and 6 year old Addy climbed to the top of the rope that hangs in the gym!!! To the top! The child has muscles, so unlike her mother. We went to 7 Eleven and got her some sour candy to celebrate. Eww!

Thank goodness for knee pads and helmets!

We had a pretty easy going Veteran's Day. It always drives me nuts that my dad and father-in-law who are Veteran's don't have the day off of work. We hung around and did some housework this morning. It is hard to get laundry and stuff done when I am working so much. The kids and Shawn are really helpful which is great. So we did some catch up. We headed out around 1 pm to eat Subway sandwiches, shop, go to Addy's gymnastics class and hit the skatepark. It was Ty's first time at the skatepark and Cole's 2nd. Ty was about to quit but decided to hang in there and was doing great by the middle of the session. It was fun to watch the kids tonight. Cole and I had a date on Sat. and I took him to the skatepark. He spent half the session walking the ramps and sending the board down by itself. It was hilarious to watch. Finally, he got on his board, made friends and was doing awesome. It was interesting to watch of the process of him figuring out the park.