Twinkle Toes

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Someone's Daddy bought her new Twinkle Toes this weekend. 

The ones that light up. 

Her previous {Mommy purchased} Twinkle Toes didn't light up.

Daddy also knows how to tie these new shoes better than I do. 

AND, help her get her socks straightened out the way she likes them.

*Sigh*

Twelveness

Last week we celebrated

 Tyler's 12th Birthday!

Tyler's birthday was on a Monday night and although I'd planned to make him a cheesecake, I was SICK and strore bought had to do.  Aren't our {not so} babies cute?

This weekend was Tyler's party of choice: Laser tag with friend's.  As my luck would have it, our main debit/credit cards wouldn't go through and paying for 10 games, 2 pizzas, 9 drinks and game tokens was a little less *fun* than it should have been.  Knowing there was gobs of money in our account {lol!} Nathan & I both got a little sick worried that we'd been robbed.  We later found out on Facebook {Like your bank!} that we were not alone and the problem was being fixed.  Great reminder of how beholden we really are to banks.

 :0/

Tyler requested a lime jell-o cake!♥

I think it was a good Birthday!



Welcome to the 90's!

My current favorite songs:

Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Black - Pearl Jam
Come As You Are - Nirvana
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

Seriously, this is my sound right now. 

Nathan teases me about it saying, "Yeah, I liked that.  17 YEARS AGO!"

I'm glad I'm just now finding these songs.  20 years ago I didn't need these songs. 

Now I do. 

:)

Chipwrecked

Friday night I packed up my babies and took them to see Alvin and The Chipmunk's latest film, Chipwrecked.

My original plan was to see The Muppet's movie, but Tyler is convinced that they're *dumb* and I didn't feel like listening to a bummed out almost 12 year old.... so we went with the Chipmunks and it turned out to be a fine choice. 

{{I will make Tyler see the greatness of The Muppets one day.  I promise!}}

Being an actual Alvin & The Chipmunk's fan, it hurts me to say that Chipwrecked was not my fav.  I actually have The Chipmunk Adventure dvd in a special kid-free drawer just because I like it so much and don't want the kids to ruin it.  I can watch it almost any time.  Chipwrecked was only fun to watch because my kids loved it and it made my heart smile to hear their giggles. 

I'm not a fan of the CGI & the part where the Chippettes are sitting on the beach singing a slowed down and way too *serious* version of Destiny's Child's *Survivor* is probably going to give me nightmares.  Needless to say, I won't be hoarding my own copy in the future. 

I did, however, enjoy the crazy island lady and her ball friends.  And Tyler & I got a good laugh at a few of the references Trab & Keira didn't get. 

By far the best part of the movie was just being with my kids.  Keira sat on my lap a bit, Travis crunched popcorn the whole time & Tyler & I got to make a little fun of the movie.  Good times!!!

*Orange*

It all started when this orangey goodness caught my eye on the shelf of my grocer. 

I hardly ever drink Crystal Light & I've never really been into orange flavored drinks, but just look at the package! It has crisp & refreshing written all over it.  I can taste the orange just looking at it.  So I bought it and on the first drink, I was hooked. 

Soooo delicious!

A week a later, I come home and find Nathan's bought this Orange Sherbet & Vanilla Ice Cream. 

And it is sooooo good!

Then a couple of days later, while browsing the internet {no orange searches involved} I come across a recipe for Orange Cream Cake. 

I didn't make it, yet.

But I feel like the universe has pretty much requested I do!

♥

Speachless

Sometimes, I lose my words.  Well... words I can publicly share anyhow. 

So my blog is a little quiet. {{Hopefully not the year long quiet of 2010!}} 

The good news is, I've found some other words lately that are keeping me busy.

• Words With Friends ~ on my Kindle Fire
• Words in the book I'm reading, "The Pocket Watch" ~ on my Kindle Fire
• Conversations {lots of words} with friends

Travis {of course!}



Joey Cutie-Pie

Keira *Push Me Higher* Renee

On their "mount." {Geeky Family!♥}

Pretty Aaliyah

Our niece and nephew spent a few nights with us this week.  A little too late, I had the brilliant idea of taking the kids to the park to run off some crazy.  We only had about an hour before the sun went down and Auntie got cold, but it was a nice hour.

Did you notice Travis' shirt is on backwards?  Yep, whole star wars print on the front but he was happy with wearing it backwards.  I hope this means he'll always be his own person... in a good way. teehee!

Trabby's Treasures

Didn't mean to leave anyone hanging, but Travis did VERY well with his Christmas shopping at school.  He bought a frisbee for Tyler and a little bouncy ball for Keira. 

Did I also mention he bought his Mommy some bling?...

It matches his eyes!

2012, Let it be.

Another year {2011} has come, been & gone.  Welcome, 2012!

Other than the given fact that any year you're hear is a good year, I just don't have enough faith in my wishes to try speaking them into being.  Years bring 365 days of what they'll bring, regardless.  That said, my hopes and dreams for 2012 are that everyone I love and care about has many, many great life moments.  I want everyone to feel loved, needed and content more times than not.

Most importantly, I pray we're all prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse.  

♥

;0)



Our Merry Christmas