12.08.2008

Wicked!








One of my favorite things to do as a child was go to musicals. My Dad hasn't stopped that tradition. Every time we would see a new one we would listen to the music for months before to prepare. By the time we made it to the play, I always had the music memorized verbatim! This year we went to one of the very best-Wicked!! It was magical. Our seats were so close that we could hear a pin drop! Watching Jane's eyes was my favorite part. She was in heaven. She kept calling it "the playdate at the Wicked." She didn't move the entire performance, and wants to go back. Her favorite was watching Glinda in the bubble. I was so excited to finally have a child old enough to take. The whole family went which was definitely a night to remember. We started off in the office parking lot looking at at trunk full of pb&j's, waters, m&m's and rice krispy treats. My Mom had a bag labeled for every family in case we got hungry on the drive up to LA ! We then found ourselves at the greasy Tommy's eating chili hot dogs & hamburgers. Between all of us, we make a serious entrance no matter where we go! There are so many kids now it's hilarious. The performance was magnificent! I felt like I was back studying abroad at London going to the theatre! This was a definite memory!!! Thank you Mom & Dad!

12.02.2008

Happy Halloween!

On Halloween night we spent a quiet evening eating chili and cornbread and trick-or-treating with just our little family.
Jane was supposed to be the tin-man from the Wizard of Oz and Henry was supposed to be the scarecrow. Jane wanted to wear a princess dress and Henry refused to wear the hay and a hat. The costumes didn't quite work out as planned!

Aunt Mo-Mo's house a couple days before.
Here is a classic line from Jane regarding Grace and Frell:
"she's my sister and my cousin."
She tells me all of the time. Even though that is physically impossible, I have to agree with her!


Jane's Halloween Performance






Almost every month Miss Dianne (Jane's preschool teacher) puts on a "show." Last month all the kids dressed up for Halloween. They sang songs for us, bobbed for apples, and had some festive food . The show always includes props and special surprises. I look forward to these every month because I get to see a little bit of Jane's world while she is away from me at school. Jane was something different for every Halloween party . This time she was Cinderella.

High School Reunion!

Prior to the evening my girlfriends all got ready together.




Last month was my 10 year HS reunion. I couldn't decide if I should go, but one of my dear friends Erin convinced me that it was important. I'm very glad that she made me go! It was
definitely so much fun. I saw so many people that I literally haven't seen since the day we left high school. I got to catch up with old friends who surprisingly all keep in touch! I have been completely out of the loop and it was so nice to be able to see and hang out with so many people I had missed over the years. I let Jake off the hook completely and went with some girlfriends. My highlight of the evening was watching my friends crash a 30 year reunion down the hall and dance with the older crowd.

11.12.2008

Family Field Trip

















Jake came home the other day and decided that we were going on a "family field trip." He wouldn't tell us where we were going. He took us to the Ocean Institute. He informed me that this was a child's ultimate playground. It's the little things in life like this that I appreciate. We only spent an hour there, but the kids were obsessed! Henry had many things to do and Jane was so happy to be out with her Daddy.

Disneyland


Disneyland was so hot this week! I was shocked that we were actually sweating in November.

Reese & Beck enjoying the scenery.

Harry wasn't into the picture thing, I couldn't get him to look at me! I love that little man!
Jane is insistent on wearing her Cinderella shirt everytime we go now.
Henry enjoying his snacks!

Laura's Baby Shower



One of my best friends Laura is having her 3rd baby! I got to go to her baby shower last week and celebrate the upcoming arrival of her very first girl. I am so excited for her because she has been wanting a girl for years. Lisa (her sister) is pregnant too, and I got to see her. It was so much fun to catch up with friends who live so close but I never see!

11.09.2008

My Crazy Friends

Tonight I went to my blog and discovered that it had been hacked into. These 3 had changed my background to some hideous cartoon colored car decor titled "are you buggin?" and put this picture of them up with many nice things to say about themselves. I was seriously laughing so hard. My blog looked ridiculously ugly. They told me that I must be living my life right because it just so happened that I logged on right as they were doing it-they were caught in the act! So here they are, my beautiful crazy friends who compared sabotaging my blog to "adult toilet papering."