Mom & Sydney D-land Date

Sydney and I went to D-land all by ourselves this week, it was a bit nerve racking at first trying to maneuver a diaper bag a stroller and a toddler but in the end it was so great. SK and I had a lot of fun people watching and of course going on all her favorite rides.Sydney absolutely loves the teacups.

we finally got to go on Small World the wait is usually at least an hour but today it was only 10 min. gotta love the pass and a mid-week visit after work

It's Not Summer Yet!!!

Who says California has no weather...It was a freakish 90+ degrees in the early part of the week and we have yet to get Sydney a pool for the season so I decided to look at water tables. Whoa those things are a bit pricey( $30-$80) for what they really are, a big fancy bucket, so I did what any awesome pre-school teacher/ cheap mom would do and improvised. I went to Wal-Mart and for a whole $4.00 I got the big underbed storage container and added some water...whatta ya know instant water table and SK loved it :) a few paint brushes + a few measuring cups = hours of fun

can't forget the cool shades

Relay For Life

I'm converted!  Last week was Pomona's 1st annual Relay for Life cancer walk (it's a 24 hr walk to raise money for the American Cancer Society).  My mom has done chino's and fell in love with the event and was drafted into chairing the Pomona one, so that means I was drafted in to being the Registration Chair.  It was a lot of hard work, and with 2 jobs, a family and no free time I really did not want to do it but  but my sweet, conniving mother talked me into it and I'm so glad she did.  It was so rewarding and hearing all the wonderful stories from survivors, and the heartbreaking stories from caregivers about this horrible disease makes my small part so worth it.  And we raised over $19,000 whoo whoo.

Tat taking a break from walking

Go team Funky Monkeys.

Easter In AZ Day 2

Well the freak rain storm drowned out any hopes of going to the Peoria Easter Egg Hunt so instead we opted to go to the Phoenix Children's museum (like everyone else) but the girls had a blast, then we went to squeeze in a visit with Ashleigh which is always nice. Sk is grown very fond of her big sister pretty quickly and it great because the feeling is mutual.

Next it was to our usual dinner at Claim Jumper. It is so crazy how many of these pics we have and how much they have grown, and not to mention how fast

Then Egg hunt in the play room. It was so funny after we were back home in Cali I went through all the eggs turns out SK got all the Cheerio filled one's while Ryan scored with all the chocolate filled ones, good thing the Easter bunny stopped by our house too.

The ONE chocolate egg she found

and finally dyeing eggs.

Easter In AZ Day 1

Well it has been quite awhile since we have made the trek out to Arizona, so we took the Easter holiday as a great reason to head on out. The girls have not seen each other in 5 months and they have both gotten so big!!! They are also little chatter boxes now, that is when Ryan could get a word in with SK blabbing all the time , I swear she talks just to hear herself :) But it was a good weekend even though Ryan had to go to Urgent Care (turned out to be a painful ear infection) and it rained on our Egg hunt.

The girls helping make yummy "happy" cakes as Sk calls them.

Now time for the good part the eating......