Coming soon.....

In honor of February the LOVE month

(oh and DON'T forget Momma's BIG birthday month!!!)

I will be posting "What I love about..." by Kylie.

So stay tuned.

It will be fun to see "love" thru the eyes of a 4 year old going on 30!!!!

Ummmmm cool?!

So again this is some of Daddy's handiwork. See just how much fun we can have with a Happy Meal bag this time...tee heee :-)

PS> See all the snow out the front window?

We have at least a foot+ on the ground and more on the way.

I guess winter IS here to stay! :^(

"Snow" in the living room?

This is what Kylie and Daddy did all day Saturday...they made snowflakes. Well Daddy cut them out and Kylie hung them around the living room for me to find. It was so cute...she even drew (her version of) a map to direct me to their locations.

This one is really big. Mark used drafting sheets and so the snowflake was like 24" across.

He was so proud...can you see the hearts and trees he cut out? Cool!

The Monkey Dance

Kylie has been begging me to record her now famous (only in her mind!) Monkey dance.

Oh to be 4 again :-) Hope you enjoyed it!

Oh and Momma's voice in the background......

Yes, out of the blue came this.....

Kylie: "Momma, why did God make you so tickly?"
Momma: "Tickly?"
Kylie: "Yes, tickly!"
Momma: "Kylie I'm not ticklish?"
Kylie: "Then how come you tickle me so much? See you ARE Tickly?"

Oooooh how I LOVE to tickle Kylie!

Look where we're going!

I've always wanted to go to Disney World at Christmas and this year we ARE (Dec. 2-7)! Some friends of mine who are planning a reunion trip with the families they adopted with in China so graciously invited us along. We all adopted from the same agency actually but we were a year ahead of them. One family lives in New Jersey (Dana, Shea and her "Wrangler" aka friend Lea) and another one is in of all places beautiful Joliet, MT. (Nancy and family) and one other family (sorry can't remember their names right now) live in Salt Lake City. So it's a mini A New Arrival reunion or sorts. So here's where were staying. (click on the word "here's") Kylie is so excited to see the "animals". She keeps informing me that she has never seen a giraffe (Hmmm wonder why? Maybe 'cuz there are no zoos in MT!). And then asks if there are real giraffes at Disney World? And I tell her they have EVERY animal imaginable. And she asks "even Crocodiles?" I know it's a long time away but I just had to share MY excitement. Kylie will be 5 and I know she will LOVE it as much as I do. Mark originally said "sure you two have a great trip" when I originally brought up the idea...but then I realized there was no way he could miss out on Kylie seeing Mickey and friends for the first time. A parent must see for sure. So sorry Mark, you're going along for the ride :-) So watch for more details to come. Right now I'm busy going to markets (1 down 2 more to go) and focusing on the upcoming buying season. Darn work it sure can get in the ways some days ;-)

So not only am I turning the BIG 4-0 I'm also going to Disney World....Yahoo!