Snuggles

This weekend Savvy was super snuggly. She especially loved Grandpa cuddles! So, I decided to add a picture of Savvy with her hair all nice and even. Thanks Heather!

Haircuts!

Somehow in all the food, family, and fun of this Thanksgiving I didn't get any pictures. I am still so amazed we got all twenty-three of us fed that I didn't even think to pick up the camera. It was a great day with tons of fun and a lot of great memories.

This morning my oldest sister was cutting hair so the girls got new looks. It was Savvy's first haircut and now all her hair is about the same length! Ky got her first big girl haircut. She looks so grown up! Her bangs are now even with the rest of her hair and she looks like a little lady. *sigh* Sometimes I just wish she would stay little!

Whoops...

When we picked up Ky from preschool today we had a minor accident in the parking lot. The car door was open, and in her excitement she didn't see it. She ended up running into it at full speed and the greasy latch on the edge went straight into her forehead. It left a small hole, but it was really deep and it just wouldn't stop bleeding. So off to the doctor we went... she was excited to sit up on the bed until they cleaned her head.

They opted to superglue it since the hole was more deep than wide, and they said it would be more comfortable than stitches. It should also minimize the scar, which is a good thing since I doubt this will be our last visit with her. She was very glad for the whole thing to be over, but she looked pretty good for being held together with glue.

Tagged again.

I must be really loved, because I got tagged - AGAIN!

Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2)Answer the six "8" items
3)Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving them a comment

8 Favorite TV shows:
- Gilmore Girls
- Friends
- Psych
- Roseanne
- Night Court
- Cops
- Good Eats
- Mostly anything on the Disney Channel. Yeah, I admit it. I enjoy watching Hanna Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, and the Suite Life as much as my kids.

8 Things I did yesterday:
- Showed the condo
- Took Ky to Preschool
- Chatted with my friend Melanie about mommy stuff (you know, how to get marker off various items...)
- Made our Thanksgiving plans
- We grilled for lunch and tried grilled bananas for the first time
- Danced with my girls
- Caught up on clipping my coupons
- Watched Psych on DVD with Ty after the girls went to bed

8 Things I look forward to:
- The holidays
- Selling the condo and getting into a house (long story, but the one we had fell through...)
- Taking my kids to Disneyland and Disneyworld for the first time
- Seeing High School Musical 3 with the girls
- Ty finishing school and getting a job he loves
- Having more kids
- Watching my kids grow up
- Growing our own garden and being more frugal

8 Favorite Restaurants:
- Blimpie
- Little Ceasers
- Canton Wok
- Sonic
- Olive Garden
- Famous Dave's
- Golden Corral
- Anywhere with a playplace

8 Things on my wish list:
- To finish college
- For my kids to be happy and healthy
- To travel with my hubby and kids (especially to Disney)
- To be completely debt-free (only the house to go!)
- Have a romantic weekend away with just me and Ty
- Ky's speech to catch-up
- To be settled into a house
- To have enough money to live comfortably

8 people to tag: (I only have 7, but oh-well)
- April
- Heather
- Trish
- Keely
- Chantel
- Sarah
- Rachel

Baking

My mom sent another set of aprons for the girls. They are vinyl and have princesses on them. I love them because I can just wipe them off and the girls love them because they know it is art or baking time when they make an appearance. So, just for fun we made chocolate chip cookies last night from some refridgerated dough. Notice their attempt to roll up little cookies.

After they had cooled I gave them each one. I ran out of the room for maybe one minute and when I came back the kitchen chairs were pushed over to the stove. All but two of the cookies were missing, and the girls had suspicious chocolatey smiles. They were very proud of themselves.

We won!

My favorite website had a Madagascar recipe contest. The rules said you had to use General Mills products and try to stick to the theme. The winner got reserved seats for four people to see Madagascar 2 today - a week or so before the general public. Me and the girls decided to enter and we came up with "Alex Peanut Butter Cookies."

Here was the recipe:

1 pouch Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix

1 C. crushed Chex (we used honey nut)

handful of chocolate chips

Betty Crocker decorator icing (black or brown)

Directions: Make cookie dough according to package directions. When forming the dough into balls before cooking cover just the edges in crushed Chex cereal. Bake as directed. Before cookies cool put two chocolate chips into the warm cookies to create eyes. After they cool, add a nose and "lion mouth" with decorator icing. They look like Alex the lion from the movie - mane and all.

Here was our finished product:

And guess what? We won! (Okay, Okay... so not many entered, but we still will count this as a small victory!) We got up early this morning and made it to the showing by 10. When we got there we got to skip the line and go to special reserved seats. They even gave the girls Apple Dippers from McDonalds for the show. It was in IMAX and we sat in the balcony - 3rd row and dead center. The seats were perfect and the movie was hilarious. I think we decided that we like it better than the first one! Here are the girls waiting for it to start, aren't they cute?

I also have to say, they were very well behaved. We didn't have to leave once, and Ky even clapped when it was over. I want to say thanks to PYP for holding the contest and for all you do! If anyone hasn't been there - I have a link on the right side of this page. It is a great place to learn about saving money, and the people are an incredible family of friends.