Sometimes a five year old can make your day extra special.
She created this on her own during quiet time the other day.
And by the way, I don't draw heart eyes on anything, so that's all HER!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Sushi Yummmmm
We took the kids out for sushi with us tonight.
I ordered them Chicken Teriyaki to share, which I knew Abby would eat, but wasn't sure Maddy would.....kind of assumed Maddy would go home with a belly full of soy sauce drenched white rice........sure enough Maddy surprised us all and inhaled her chicken and even asked for more!
Her first time eating chicken that didn't come in the form of a breaded nugget!!!!!!!
HUGE accomplishment for her. We've been working on her eating habits lately.......slowly......
Abby on the other hand LOVES seafood so I knew sushi would be right up her alley. She ate 2/3 of the chicken from their dinner, then had a few pieces of our sushi rolls....then still complained she was hungry. So we ordered her another California Roll which she ate!
BONUS were these cute chopstick helper tools that the restaurant gave us that helped the kids, and they both used them to eat all their food. Maybe I need some at home to get Maddy to eat more.......
Monday, February 18, 2013
LOVE These TWO!
Can these two be ANY more related!!!
They went off for a special morning today while Maddy and I headed to the gym.
Mike took her out to breakfast, followed by a trip to the gym pool to slide and play!
Good way to wind up the last few days with her daddy home.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Along for the ride.....
So last week Mike had the pleasure of riding in a jet with the Admiral....again!!!
Its rough preparing for an upcoming deployment. So sometimes you have to just agree to sit in the back of a plane for a few hours and gaze upon the scenery and wonderful million dollar equipment you are gracing your presence in......(which is about what I tell myself to think when I'm driving the kids around in my minivan each day.....somehow I think our two realities are too far apart on this one)
Here's a clip of one of many videos he took on our sporty new camera while he was up there!
(It has a suction cup mount that he fastened to the canopy roof)
As the camera is mounted backwards towards the rear of the plane, you are seeing Mike the whole time! Not the most exciting video (maybe mute your computer to avoid the humming air noise), but pretty unique nonetheless!
Taekwondo!
The kids attended a friends birthday party today, and it was at a Taekwondo center.
Their kids (4 and 5) take classes there, so they had the birthday party there.
A bit intimidating for young kids who have never been, but it was fun and entertaining nonetheless.
Both girls were VERY into it. I may even get Abby enrolled when we are out West! She loves structure and following commands. Maddy enjoyed it too, but in an "I'll do what I want" sort of way.
Click on the link at the top to see a cute video Mike took of Abby karate chopping her board!
Each kid had a chance to break the board. Abby did it on the first attempt. Maddy chickened out and didn't like the impact, but later on the teacher gave her some assistance and she did it!
Sleepover FRIENDS!!!
Abby and Maddy are going to miss our close friends SOOO much when we move!
ME TOO!!!!
My awesome friend Danielle kept the kids yesterday afternoon/evening so we could attend a command function, and then Abby stayed the night! Guess she took some cute photos of them too!
They have so much fun together (obviously!!) its hard to put it into words!
(Don't mind Abby with her toothbrush.....it was Dentist day at school on Friday an she was a bit infatuated with it and carried it around all afternoon)
Valentines Day School Craft
Abby's teachers are SO creative.
Each week Mike and I are more and more impressed by the level of craftiness of items she brings home! Hand prints, footprints, and then this week for Valentines Day they made these pocket fillable mailboxes for the kids to fill with their friends' valentines. And they put the kids actual home address numbers on them! And the kids painted them. Clever!
Free Floor Cleaning!
These three were goofing around the other night.
The girls LOVE when he tows them around the slippery hardwood while they hold onto his ankles.
And I got a free floor dusting out of it......
Here We Go AGAIN!!!
Navy life is ever changing......
But when these green sea bags come out, myself (and probably the dog.....she always thinks us packing bags means we are travelling) know exactly what it means!
Luckily the kids are still a bit young and naive to know that their appearance means daddy is leaving soon. Next week we are dropping Mike off at the boat again.......luckily it will be his last deployment for a few years!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
E2 Hawkeye Details
If you didn't know.....now you know!
This is a great recently published article all about the plane Mike flies in......its capabilities and strength as a Navy asset!
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Happy Birthday MIKE!
Its amazing, we got to celebrate both of our birthday's together this year!
Rarely happens......he's usually out of town for one or both!
Friday night on his birthday we did what HE wanted to do and went out to the shooting range!
Shot a few zombies........I hadn't been shooting with him in 7+ years, so it was fun to get reacquainted with the sport again.
Then we went to dinner!
Last night I hosted a HUGE dinner here with 20 of our closest Navy friends and our 15 kids......yes we were almost outnumbered!! I catered BBQ for the party so I got to enjoy it too!
Warming up in the COLD!
We've had some chilly nights in VA! So the fireplace has been in high gear keeping us warm!
(Plus we need to burn thru the rest of our wood pile before the move....)
Fun with my BIG little girl
Maddy and I run errands most weeks while Abby's at school.
This day it was a Target run to get some much needed Valentines candies of course.
I was excited to get conversation hearts for Abby this year since she is LOVING to read.
I just grabbed the first bag I saw on the HUGE wall of candy.....threw them in the car and after picking Abby up from school I poured some in her hand, got in the car to drive away and asked her to read them to me. After her blank stare at the candies and failure to get out a word beyond "no", I asked what was wrong and had her hand them over..............UMMM yep, apparently they sell Spanish conversation hearts!!! At Target no less, who knew!!!!
I'll have to go back this week for some real ones!!
Oh and then there's Maddy being her usual goof ball self in the shopping cart!
She's actually enjoyable to shop with now!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Living the DREAM!
Mike had the priveledge of his boss taking him up in an F/A 18F Super Hornet this past week!
The Admiral LOVES a chance to get airborne and flies weekly, and Mike got to be his passenger.
WHAT A TREAT! And the weather couldn't have been clearer!
2nd fighter jet ride in 6 months......And this time with the boss no less!!
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