Get it right!

sigh.

Nicole. The girl loves music and loves to sing, but she can't carry a tune to save her life! Even worse is when she puts headphones on and the sings along, loudly, with the music. Quite painful and frustrating for the rest of us in the car with her. :) Ellie was quite certain that she didn't have the words right....oh my, if that was her only problem...in her defense, she was a little more in tune than an earlier song that we didn't catch on video.

Or how about this one:


Jared joins in and really helps out the beauty of that one!

We love Nicole. She keeps us on our toes!

Spring Break FUN!

Well, since Mother Nature decided to dump snow on any outdoor plans we may have had on Thursday, we decided to find some indoor fun. So we took the kids to a local amusement center: "Jump On It".

They had lots of fun and expended a lot of energy (yay!). Ellie wasn't so sure of it until about the last 20 minutes, when she'd finally jump with me holding her hand. Once she realized she was fine, she ventured out on to the trampolines on her own, but was very possessive and would get off as soon as someone else got on "her" tramp!

Spring Cleaning-Day 1

Today was a busy one.....

First, to the orthodontist for the best appointment EVER! Braces are finito, gone, and off! It feels so good to have them off. Like I'm me again. :) I can't help but smile whenever I pass a mirror, just to see the teeth, all straight and naked. :) Eating dinner tonight was fantastic. I could take a nice big bite, and then not worry about all the gak stuck in my braces. I finished in record time, something that hasn't happened in months!

Here's a peek!

I then came home and got to work on the SPRING CLEANING!!!! Today's job to tackle was the Master Closet. It wasn't too bad. Mainly because we had done a major purging about 18 months ago. I went through and purged my stuff again, and a little of Ron's. I couldn't go crazy with his...that's his job! But I did get a large black trash bag full that DI took care of for me this afternoon. A little more organization of shelves, shoes, vacuuming, and throwing away of stuff, and I'm much happier with it.

I'm glad it didn't take me all that long to get that tackled, since as soon as Ron got home, we left for a fun night out for Family Home Evening. Dinner at Five Guys Burgers & Fries (YUM!) and a movie, Monsters vs. Aliens. All in all, a fun night. :)

DONE!!!

Well, I finished reading HP Sunday afternoon, but I haven't posted until now. I'm sure I could've posted before though, since I really wasn't reading during all my spare time. I would have finished it Friday evening, but Ron and I decided that we would finally go see Pirate's 3 that night. Now that we have a kid in the house of babysitting age, we are actually able to see more movies in the theater than at any other time in our marriage. The only drawback is that they have to be late movies, as Riley can't get the kids to bed herself....Nicole is less than cooperative about bedtime, even for us, and Jared has a hard time when mommy and daddy aren't both around at bedtime. But I digress....back to reviews:

Pirates 3: Good film, but WAY TOO LONG!!!! They could've cut at least an hour of stuff and still had a good movie with the same outcome. Johnny Depp is really quite odd, and therefore plays Captain Jack well. I'm hoping for no more Pirates sequels though, and will just be happy to check out the redone ride at Disneyland.

Harry Potter: Good story, but I'm glad it's over. I liked that we were able to find out more about Dumbledore, although I didn't like some of the info! Snape provided some good info as well. I think the book could've been shorter. Lot's of time with Harry, Ron, and Hermione sitting around in the tent not knowing what to do. It reminded me a little of the Disney version of The Jungle Book....the vultures in the tree...."What do you want to do?" "I don't know, what do you want to do?...To avoid spoilers, I am personally happy with how it ended, although I am still confused a bit by some of the storylines and plot twists. I figured I'd avoid too much thought about it, so I checked out an online forum last night. Some of my questions were explained, and I noticed some things I missed, but I still am wondering about one thing. But since I'm not obsessed with all things Harry Potter, I'm not too stressed about it! I was a bit surprised by the number of characters that did die, but they did have a wizard war, so I suppose it was expected to have a few casualties! I was very impressed with the overall theme of "motherly love". Now that the books are concluded, it will be interesting to see how long the Potter mania will continue....I guess we still have 2 more movies to go!

This week is a crazy one. Soccer Camp, Enrichment Night, getting ready for a week in Colorado...I'm tired already! I'll try and blog about the kids more this week...we'll see.

Harry Potter 5

I will admit it. I am a Potter-head.

When Ron and I tried to go to Pirates 3 last Friday night I bought tickets to this morning's 9:15 showing.(Pirates 3 was sold out....grrr.....no, we haven't seen it yet, although Riley has, TWICE!)

Ignore what the negative reviews may say, it was very good. In my humble, know-nothing about films opinion, the best so far. Awesome special effects, and the actors are really getting better as they mature. The best new character: Helena Bonham-Carter as Bellatrix LeStrange. She played crazy evil witch VERY WELL!

The movie made me want to come home and read the book again, because you know, they had to leave a lot out of the film. Which means if I'm reading #5 again, I'll have to follow it with #6, and I'll have to get both of them read in the next 10 days before #7 is released. It could be done....gotta run, I have to read!