Yesterday, I took the kiddos to the movie theater. We only go once or twice a year so far so it is a big deal for the kiddos and they enjoy going. Each time it gets a little easier to go, when they were younger it was very difficult to get them both to stay seated (at the same time) and for a movie to hold their attention the entire time.

Let’s see the must haves to enjoy the movie included the kiddie combo which included an icee, pixie sticks and popcorn, a bag of sour skittles for the boy and a bag of plain m&m’s for the girl.

Disney’s Princess and a Frog movie was enjoyable for all three of us. Great story line, love the little lesson that wishing on a star will only get you so far in life but it is hard work that get’s you want you want.

We managed to almost get through the entire movie except at the last 10 minutes or so my son informed me he was going to throw up …I sent him towards the bathroom while I sat and negotiated with a very focused little girl who did not want to leave. Luckily, for all of us it was a false alarm and we were able to get back to the movie to see the last few minutes (I guess we missed Ray’s funeral).

My son gets motion sickness quite easily and I think staring at the big screen that long after eating a bag of sour skittles did not do him any favors.

I was wondering if the part including the shadows chasing the frogs scared them at all… during our dinner discussion each said that that part was scary but neither seemed overwhelmingly concerned about it. However, the boy did wake up this morning recanting a bad dream of someone beating someone up and him being concerned he was next, so the movie may have had a little bit to do with that dream.

I would recommend seeing it unless you have a little one who gets scared easily and then wait to get it on DVD and then fast forward through those parts.

After the movie we met hubby at UNO’s for a late dinner, pizza for everyone!! YUMMY!

I am participating in Menu Plan Monday. Usually I take the time to prepare a menu but never follow through with it, this year I plan on trying to change that. Here is the dinner plan for the week.

Monday: Spaghetti and garlic bread
Tuesday: Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
Wednesday: Meatball Hoagies
Thursday: Homemade Pizza
Friday: Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup

Hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful New Year’s celebration.

I have been neglecting this little blog as of late… too much business of the Holiday Season. However, I want to spruce her up a bit, do you like the pink and the new header? It took quite longer than I was hoping to spend timewise, but I am learning at the same time so maybe it will not go an entire year before I do sprucing up again.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday… I am planning on being a tad more diliegent with my posting and content for the blog so if you are family or friends visiting me regularly I hope to be a better blogger in 2010.

This New Years Eve will mark our one year anniversary for the blog, never did I imagine I would have had as many visitors as I have had, thanks to various blog parties at my favorite blogs, I hope to highlight those blogs over the next several days or so.

No post is complete without a picture, here is the full picture for the new header picture…

The kiddos were so excited when hubby brought up the tree last week. They started opening boxes and decorationg all on their own.

Hope you enjoy my little slide show.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Make a Smilebox slideshow

My poor neglected blog… so much for blogging about Thankfulness during the month of November, however I am VERY thankful for the vacation we had to our friends cabin, more on that in another post.

So anyway, snack day is Thursday for my kindergartner and Friday for my second grader. Thanks to this blog Homemaking Fun I had a great idea to follow for this months snack idea. Hers is a bit prettier than mine but I think the kiddos will still enjoy them. What do you think, do they look like reindeer?

Reindeer Cupcakes

This is my assistant chef…

I am thankful for all the men and women who volunteer to serve this country in the armed services. Without them we would not enjoy the freedoms we enjoy now. They truly make sacrifices that the rest of society never has to worry about.

Two of my favorite vets are my dad and oldest brother, who both proudly served in the Navy for over 20 years each.

Happy Veteran’s Day.

y Princess

I am so grateful and thankful that God brought you to us. When Josh was a singleton I remember looking at him playing one evening and thinking if he is such a beautiful boy, then I could only imagine how beautiful a little girl would be. Both your daddy and I wanted a little girl so badly and we were so happy to hear when the doctor told us you would be a little girl.

I am so thankful for the fun we have together, this past weekend was no exception. It started off with a girl scout excursion to the overture center for a magic show. Check out the site for free saturday morning fun in downtown Madison. Kids in the Rotunda.

After the show princess and I walked over to the last outdoor Farmers Market of the season.. we only bought a couple of cookies and a couple of bread, pumpkin and spicy cheese bread – yummy!!

We finished the day up playing at the park, while the boys played basketball me and princess had great fun playing hide and go seek.

Other fun activities we fit in this weekend, playing barbies (esspecially after I painted the new barbie bookcase doll house), baking brownies and you being my spray paint helper! And to end our weekend a mommy and daughter manicure.

I love you baby girl … thank you for being wonderful you!!!

s this not a beautiful “I”?

I was surfing this morning and happened across this blog: Daily Drop Cap. The blog description is:

The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. Each day (or at least each WORK day), a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere. To use a Daily Drop Cap on your site or blog, follow the instructions in each post and read about the usage limitations.

She does have some beautiful letters. To prettify up your blog head on over and check her letters out.

I am so Thankful it is the end of the week…two days to spend with my kiddos with no work. Hopefully, I will find time to work on some projects, like the doll house bookcase. Will post pictures once I get started on it.

Have a great weekend!