New Blog Look & Title
11/11/2009 02:22:00 PM Edit This 2 Comments »
Oh yeah, it seems I have a third dog now....Poka Dot!
Oh yeah, it seems I have a third dog now....Poka Dot!
Calling Doctor Lexie
11/07/2009 11:47:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »My funny girl was at it again. Lexie was eating dinner and Kit & Kaboodle where hoovering as usual hoping for an "accident" from Lexie. In passing I said that Kaboodle didn't look like she was feeling very well.
That's all that it took....Dr. Lexie to the rescue! She ran to get her "tel-a-scoop" to check Kaboodle out.
As you can see it was a full exam and Kaboodle was a real trooper!
When Kit saw that Kaboodle was getting so much attention he had to try to get in on the action.
And you'll be happy to know that Dr. Lexie declared Boo "all better!"
Have no fear though. By the time I was getting Lexie ready for bed she was back to her true identity - Princess Lexie Lou! She even managed to turn her crown into a mask & her drumstick into a wand.
Here she is finally ready for sweet dreams.
And yes, I do make her take the crown off before she gets in her bed.
A Phone Call to Mickey
11/06/2009 09:30:00 PM Edit This 0 Comments »
This evening after picking Lexie up from her pre-school, I had to return to my office to finish some work. Lexie actually loves coming to work with me and visiting with everyone so she's very comfortable around the office. I was in the back resource room sending out a quick email when Lexie picks up the phone and says "Hello, Mickey Mouse? Where are you? I want to see you on this TV" pointing to the computer screen. When nothing happened she hung up, then picked it up the phone again and said "Goofy will you get Mickey Mouse on the TV -PLEASE!"
I'm still laughing!
I'm still laughing!
Halloween - The Real Day
11/04/2009 10:46:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
I'll bet you didn't know that Little Red Riding Hood actually rode her horse through the woods and didn't walk to grandma's house like the story says, did you? We'll my Little Red did.
On Halloween we headed to Gig Harbor, a beautiful little town just south of us on the peninsula, to once again join in the madness that has become the Gig Harbor Downtown Trick-or-Treating. All the shops and business opened up on Saturday to gave out candy (or tooth brushes by the local dentist.) As you can see it's the place to see and be seen in our little part of the world.
They closed the streets down this year but as you can see some people didn't get the memo.
But what a beautiful day it turned out to be. We even trick-or-treated at a couple of the boats in the marina.
And of course my Lexie just jumped right into the middle of it. No fear and she just loved the crowds. Go figure!
As you can see a LOT of the adults got in to the act as well.
And some adults should NOT have. I couldn't help myself. This woman was actually out with her son who looked to be about 11-12 years old. Yeeek!!
Now this family had the right idea. There were several girls dressed up as frontiers and the two dads were the "horses" pulling the covered wagon. Too cute (not as cute as the Morning-Star Wars crew though!)
And this shop owner as Mrs. Doubtfire was a hoot. He stayed in character the whole hour and a half Lexie and I where there. I know since Lexie went by him twice!
Then we were off to the mall for a little more safe trick-or-treating. I just wasn't going to take a chance on Lexie door knocking and having some teenager wearing a mask scare her too death. My poor niece Brooke didn't go out for a couple of years after her first encounter with a masked man!
Lexie had fun and I got to duck into a store for a quick purchase! Now that's my kind of trick-or-shopping!
Next we went to a local church festival for some fun and games which Lexie really got in to and she got help from a lot of the seniors putting on the games. So sweet!
Lastly we headed home about 8pm to give out a little candy and tuck Little Red into bed. I have to say this was a long WEEK of Halloween and I'm glad I'll have a year to rest up for the next one!
On Halloween we headed to Gig Harbor, a beautiful little town just south of us on the peninsula, to once again join in the madness that has become the Gig Harbor Downtown Trick-or-Treating. All the shops and business opened up on Saturday to gave out candy (or tooth brushes by the local dentist.) As you can see it's the place to see and be seen in our little part of the world.
They closed the streets down this year but as you can see some people didn't get the memo.
But what a beautiful day it turned out to be. We even trick-or-treated at a couple of the boats in the marina.
And of course my Lexie just jumped right into the middle of it. No fear and she just loved the crowds. Go figure!
As you can see a LOT of the adults got in to the act as well.
And some adults should NOT have. I couldn't help myself. This woman was actually out with her son who looked to be about 11-12 years old. Yeeek!!
Now this family had the right idea. There were several girls dressed up as frontiers and the two dads were the "horses" pulling the covered wagon. Too cute (not as cute as the Morning-Star Wars crew though!)
And this shop owner as Mrs. Doubtfire was a hoot. He stayed in character the whole hour and a half Lexie and I where there. I know since Lexie went by him twice!
Then we were off to the mall for a little more safe trick-or-treating. I just wasn't going to take a chance on Lexie door knocking and having some teenager wearing a mask scare her too death. My poor niece Brooke didn't go out for a couple of years after her first encounter with a masked man!
Lexie had fun and I got to duck into a store for a quick purchase! Now that's my kind of trick-or-shopping!
Next we went to a local church festival for some fun and games which Lexie really got in to and she got help from a lot of the seniors putting on the games. So sweet!
Lastly we headed home about 8pm to give out a little candy and tuck Little Red into bed. I have to say this was a long WEEK of Halloween and I'm glad I'll have a year to rest up for the next one! Happy Halloween to everyone.
Little Red.....
10/30/2009 02:42:00 PM Edit This 3 Comments »
Okay I just can't wait any longer. Here she is......Little Red Riding Hood!
She's on her way to Grandma's house with her basket of goodies through the woods. But have no fear - there wasn't a wolf in sight. In fact, I'm standing in the parking lot of my office taking this picture and these are the lovely woods behind the building.
But first she got to wear her costume to dance class with all the other girls on Wednesday. Are they cute or what?
As you can see Lexie has to get right next to the teacher, Ms Tanya and her helper big girl Amber (who lead the elephants during their recital the summer.)
What form, what poise....
And I have to introduce you to our youngest member of the class, KiKi!! Her grandma made her this costume and she was beyond adorable. (If you click on the picture of her with the hoop to make it bigger, you'll notice her diaper sticking out of the top of her pants!)
Then it was time for tap shoes and a march around the room tap, tap, tapping to the beat.
Of course KiKi had to do her own thing....
and Lexie was just loving it! I definitely have a dancer on my hands.
Then today, Friday, she had her Halloween party at pre-school so she got to wear it again. She was so excited but mainly about getting to "whack" the pinata the teachers had set up. That's my girl!
They also had a costume parade as well as trick-or-treating to all the different rooms and offices around the building. So she had a ball. And if that wasn't enough we also went to a festival at one of the elementary schools. This "row of houses" for trick-or-treating was one of the first things as you entered and I thought it was very cute.
They had to knock on the little doors, then say trick or treat and they were handed a treat.
Lexie thought it was great and wanted to "walk the block" a couple of times. Boy am I in trouble tomorrow!
Then it was off to the Cup Cake Walk which she took very seriously, until.....
she won her cake!
Next it was time for the game room where they had lots of different games for them to play and win, your guessed it, candy!
I think her favorite part was waiting in line so she could sneak a bite of her cupcake.
Then we found our friend "Dorothy" but Toto was no wear to be found. She was so stinkin' cute.
Baby Mia as Lexie calls her, is a friend of mine Rachel's just turned one year old daughter that Lexie just loves. Partly I think because she gets to be the big girl with Mia. Of course she had to show Mia the ropes and take her to the Cup Cake Walk....
which they won. But I just couldn't get Lexie to slow down. Lexie dragged Mia all around the cake walk and then rushed her off to the little street to show her how to trick or treat.
Mia had no problem getting the hang of it and really loved the magical people inside the buildings.
Soon after that we said our good-byes and headed on home. Lexie crash half way through my reading of "I've got a Wocket in my Pocket" so you know she was pooped! I can't believe tomorrow is the real Halloween. I wonder if she'll know the difference if we just stay home?
Happy Halloween!!
She's on her way to Grandma's house with her basket of goodies through the woods. But have no fear - there wasn't a wolf in sight. In fact, I'm standing in the parking lot of my office taking this picture and these are the lovely woods behind the building. But first she got to wear her costume to dance class with all the other girls on Wednesday. Are they cute or what?
As you can see Lexie has to get right next to the teacher, Ms Tanya and her helper big girl Amber (who lead the elephants during their recital the summer.)
What form, what poise.... And I have to introduce you to our youngest member of the class, KiKi!! Her grandma made her this costume and she was beyond adorable. (If you click on the picture of her with the hoop to make it bigger, you'll notice her diaper sticking out of the top of her pants!)
Then it was time for tap shoes and a march around the room tap, tap, tapping to the beat.
Of course KiKi had to do her own thing....
and Lexie was just loving it! I definitely have a dancer on my hands.
Then today, Friday, she had her Halloween party at pre-school so she got to wear it again. She was so excited but mainly about getting to "whack" the pinata the teachers had set up. That's my girl!
They had to knock on the little doors, then say trick or treat and they were handed a treat.
Lexie thought it was great and wanted to "walk the block" a couple of times. Boy am I in trouble tomorrow!
Then it was off to the Cup Cake Walk which she took very seriously, until.....
she won her cake!
Next it was time for the game room where they had lots of different games for them to play and win, your guessed it, candy!
I think her favorite part was waiting in line so she could sneak a bite of her cupcake.
Then we found our friend "Dorothy" but Toto was no wear to be found. She was so stinkin' cute.
Baby Mia as Lexie calls her, is a friend of mine Rachel's just turned one year old daughter that Lexie just loves. Partly I think because she gets to be the big girl with Mia. Of course she had to show Mia the ropes and take her to the Cup Cake Walk....
which they won. But I just couldn't get Lexie to slow down. Lexie dragged Mia all around the cake walk and then rushed her off to the little street to show her how to trick or treat.
Mia had no problem getting the hang of it and really loved the magical people inside the buildings.Soon after that we said our good-byes and headed on home. Lexie crash half way through my reading of "I've got a Wocket in my Pocket" so you know she was pooped! I can't believe tomorrow is the real Halloween. I wonder if she'll know the difference if we just stay home?Happy Halloween!!
The Haunted House!!
10/27/2009 09:49:00 PM Edit This 4 Comments »
That's a Haunted Gingerbread House I mean. Yup, that was our weekend project and since I had to work on Saturday we got busy on Sunday. And of course Lexie had to dress the part.
But before we got to the good stuff she had to take her nap so anyway outfits where changed once again. As you can see she was a big help making the icing.....not!
Only MY princess could see a crown even in a haunted house!
Now that was some nasty black icing but clearly it all tasted grrrrreat to Lexie!
You can see she was pretty darn proud of the end results and I've got to say I was surprised at it myself since I had so much......help along the way.
Even the back was cute.
Of course as soon as we were done she wanted to know when she could eat it. She eat a LOT of the candy as she decorated it but I told her we had to wait until the day after Halloween. I'm hoping she'll have some much other candy that she'll forget about this and I can just through it away. Shhhhhh don't tell her.
Oh, what a cute little pumpkin!!
