Easy Baking

While my day in the kitchen baking was unsuccessful, the kids had a blast and were successful!  On Thanksgiving, Grandma and Grandpa sent home an easy bake oven with us and had no idea if it even worked or had been used.  They found it in their rental house when the people moved out.  Well, the kids found it in the garage today and thought it was the coolest thing!  David helped them make brownies and blondies and they cooked all the way through and the kids ate both pans.  They were very small pans as you will soon see.  I've heard many horror stories about easy bake ovens but this was a success!

 

 Here they are putting their pans into the oven.  They sat them inside and then used that purple arm thingy to push it in all the way.

Here she pushed it to the edge with the special tool and will get it out using the same tool.  Andrew almost used his hand at this point and freaked me out but I caught him in time.

That's the other end of the arm thingy (can't find a better word) that grabbed the pan when it was done.  The kids let their brownies cool off and then gobbled them up!

Wordless Wednesday

Handsome

Here is my handsome boy!  This is his kindergarten picture! I think he did a fabulous job and I bought the cd so I could print out my own!  Just trying to get something up here since I've been really behind with this blog.  Hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and cherish the time you have with your families!

Disneyland Pictures

So I guess the link isn't working to see the Disneyland pictures and for some reason I can't get it to work. (Thanks Liz for the update!)  Instead you'll have to go through my sidebar where it says My Pictures and click on ourlittlefamilyoffour picasa pictures.  It will take you to all the albums and the Disneyland album is the first one.....just in case you want to see all the pictures. Have a great day!

Disneyland

We made it to Disneyland and did almost everything on Andrew's list.  We didn't make it to the pirate ship or Winnie the Pooh.  We have done Winnie the Pooh several times before but we always miss the pirate ship.  We did all the things they wanted to do at California Adventure and even saw Santa!  Andrew wore his Mickey shirt with his name on it and when he walked up to see Santa he wasn't too sure about it until Santa said "Well, hi Andrew!  How are you today?"  Andrew was so shocked that he knew his name and after he told his daddy that Santa knew his name!  He was truly surprised and of course we never told him that his shirt had his name on it!  CUTE!

After California Adventure and the huge ferris wheel that Andrew and David rode with the swinging gondolas we headed to Disneyland.  By the time we got there people were already lining the streets to watch the parade over an hour before the actual start time.  Plus we were at the end of the route which meant we had to wait 15 minutes for the parade to get to us.  So, I went and got lunch and David and the kids found a spot to sit on the curb so we were in front.  And so we sat.....and sat.....and sat!  David and the kids walked around a little and thanks to our large stroller we were able to save our seats! The parade was great!

Then it was off to see the princesses!  Speaking of.....isn't she beautiful????

 We watched the end of story time with Belle and then Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Aurora came out on stage for the coronation ceremony (I think that's what the schedule called it but really it was a little dance thingy). We got pics with those 3 princesses and then took Andrew to ride a few rides since he was so patient waiting for Grace to see the princesses.  Well, he wasn't exactly patient but he got through!  It was the 1st day for the Holiday Parade and lights and trees and it was REALLY crowded.  More so than I thought it would be.  Didn't kids have school yesterday?  Our district was out but I thought most were in on Friday.  Maybe they just don't care and made it a 4 day weekend!  We didn't get to do a lot b/c of the lines but the kids were satisfied and after the fireworks (which Grace did NOT enjoy b/c of the noise) we rode the train around the park and Grace fell asleep and as soon as we got off and in the stroller Andrew was out!  It wasn't until we got almost to the parking garage that Grace woke up and said but I wanted to ride my favorite ride again!  She LOVES It's a Small World!  If you want to see the pictures of our adventure click HERE to visit my picasa albums! I also uploaded our Halloween pics finally and some other random pics from the last few weeks!  Is anyone still here?

Have a great weekend!

Heading to..............

DISNEYLAND!!!!!  We still have our {free} tickets from David's work (ex work that is) and the last time we planned on going Grace ended up getting a fever the day before and we didn't want to chance her not feeling well.  So tomorrow we are finally going! The schedule says that tomorrow starts their holiday season and parade!  Can't wait!  I'll definitely have pictures to share after we get back!  Have a fabulous weekend!  I have to go charge my camera and pack the snacks!

Another Busy Week!

This week we have minimum days at school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and no school the rest of the week for Veteran's Day!  Andrew gets out at 11:49 each day so it makes it kind of crazy.  Today I helped in the classroom and I have a million things I should be doing besides writing on here! We still have ballet class today and then I have bible study tonight. David is still searching but I have orientation for subbing tomorrow so hopefully I can finally start working and helping out with bills.

Grace has been playing dress up which means she drags all of her clothes out of her closet and drawers and makes up all of her own outfits which are very funny!  Of course then she just throws them in a pile outside her door and leaves them for me to put away....not funny!  I'll get some pictures of her outfits and put on here!  Her daddy did not think it was funny last night when he was trying to put her to bed and for an hour she kept coming out with a new outfit on!  I was at church so I missed out on the whole thing!

Oh, something cute that Grace said.  She wanted to read the Peter Pan book and instead she said "I want to read the pee in the pan book!"

Have a great week!

Very Random Post!

I've been busy sewing my crayon rolls for the craft fair on December 3rd and actually sold my 1st one at bible study the other night!  YAY!!!!  That pays for my table at the craft fair!

Last night I cut my finger and thumb on the lid of a can.  It was pretty bad and I had a hard time getting it to stop bleeding.  There is a possibility that a doctor should have been involved but since we don't have insurance I am toughing it out and praying that it will heal on it's own.  This is the 2nd time I have done this in the last 6 months and probably needed medical attention then as well but it finally healed about 3 weeks later.  It was still sore for quite a while after as it healed inside.  Yeah, I know!  Don't stick your finger in the cans or grab the lid!  I'm actually going to buy a safety opener that doesn't leave sharp edges on the can.  I used to have one but I'm not sure what happened to it and obviously I need it!  At this point it really doesn't matter if I can afford it b/c I sure can't afford to go to the doctor!  Andrew was worried my finger would fall off....poor guy!

David began painting the trim on the house which makes me incredibly happy!  It needs it and true value is closing and they had their paint half off so we decided to go ahead and get the paint!

HA! Just looked down at my phone and it has been on for 4 1/2 hours!  CRAZY! 

See, Random!

Oh, I go for my orientation for subbing on the 9th!  I've been waiting to be able to get in as a sub and it is finally happening.  David is waiting to hear from an interview.  They said he is the top candidate but we've heard that before and they just had someone apply internally so they can't make a decision yet.  No big deal!  God has a plan and we are just waiting and learning to be content!

Grace has a doctor appointment tomorrow.  It's not a big deal just can't get rid of her congestion so I'm concerned about a sinus infection and possibly a bladder infection b/c she has been having a lot of accidents.  It could also be stress just from life being so different right now.  I figured we might as well go get her checked out and make sure everything is ok!

Well, I guess that catches you up on our life and what's happening!  I'll be back soon with hopefully something more exciting and less random!