Day 62 - Thursday March 3

Update from the computer drama of yesterday. I called best buy and told them the error message and situation... they suggest a complete new install of the system which will erase everything on the computer... every photo and video and song and everything... I am very upset with them for saying that so I hang up. After cooling off I decide to call the apple store in Temecula and see what they say. Long story short they feel they can fix it at no cost just bring the computer down tomorrow night and we'll take a look. Hallelujah! There is hope that they can fix any and all issues I have!

Meanwhile throughout the day we played and I rearranged furniture in the playroom. While cleaning I found the tunnel that the girls love and set it up! If the tunnel wasn't so big I would have it set up more often but it's just in the way most of the time so when it comes out it's a pretty special thing! I managed to catch just about the cutest picture of Karlie! This little girl has such a wonderful smile that makes me smile!

And in other news of the day... I finally got the meltdown from Makenna from not being able to find ANY of her princess dolls! I knew that at least one of them was hidden inside the subwoofer due to miss Karlie stuffing it in there but I wasn't sure where the other 5 had gone missing to. Karlie is NOT a very good listener when it comes to telling her not to do something! I personally don't understand the fascination with stuffing million of small objects into a container that is not meant to house a single object... but for Karlie it is her favorite activity! So today I took apart the subwoofer and found the following hiding inside!

6 princess dolls
3 balls for the pop up machine
1 bouncy ball
2 puzzle pieces
7 pieces to put the shape in this hole toys
1 plastic cookie
3 rolly balls
and 3 fish

Yes this was a persona; record for Karlie to have stuffed in there! And yes we have tried to block the hole with tape but she just tears off the tape and then stuffs it in the hole... she is a heck of a lot smarter than I want her to be in this issue! Makenna is elated to have her princess dolls back... until Karlie snags them again and stuffs them into the subwoofer! Silly girl!

Day 61 - Wednesday March 2

Mops this morning! YAY! I so so so enjoy my Mops ladies and having them in my life! I hope to build lasting relationships with some of them outside of the twice a month meetings. There is rarely a Mops morning that I would rather stay home and relax than go!

Did I tell you that I had to buy myself a new phone? Yes my old phone was working just fine and I've never had an issue with it and I actually kinda liked it! BUt... Chad has been wanting me to get the new I-phone since it came to Verizon and has been bugging me non-stop for over a week so I finally just said "whatever" and ordered the phone... and today it came. I'm a little nervous and excited... excited since it's suppose to be a really cool phone and then nervous because I hate learning a new phone!

So... with this new phone came a bag of problems! First off I couldn't figure out how to backup my contacts or to export them somewhere so that I wouldn't have to hand enter each one on the new phone. Next one the new phone came all you do is plug the phone into your computer with your I-tunes account open and wham... phone works... well... not for me... our I-tunes software was outdated... needed an update... no problem... do it... still doesn't work because the operating system of the whole computer is outdated and needs an update... okay no problem easy fix... no updates available... time for an actual upgrade of the operating system... okay fine not a problem... just have to go to best buy and purchase the latest operating system and plug it in.

So after naps the girls and I headed towards Menifee which I had to drop stuff off at the station anyway so no big deal. Luckily Scott was at home and offered to watch my kids so I could shop for an hour without them... heavenly!!! Long story short get home get the kids to bed and time to figure out the computer. Put the disc in and follow instructions... another long story short it doesn't work after several attempts and I hate technology... I tell the computer a few choice words that make me feel better and decide to go to bed! Tomorrow will be a better day I promise in regards to the technology in my life!

Day 60 - Tuesday March 1

This morning we had an early (9am) "playdate event" at I-hop with the HCM group for free pancakes for anyone and everyone so I was up extra early making sure I got myself and everything ready to go before the kids woke up around their normal time of 6:30am. And of course... figures... they both slept in until 7:30! So as I am sitting on the couch downstairs drinking my coffee and enjoying the silence all of a sudden I hear Makenna shouting "happy birthday" and then a few seconds later "to you happy" then "birthday to you. I guess that meant she was awake? Not a clue whose birthday it was... I'm sure she was just singing to her babies but non the less it was such a cute way to start the day! And she can't sing the whole song correctly and just pieces it together but it was still cute!

I-Hop was super packed and took forever to seat our big group and then to even serve us... but we had a nice visit with all the ladies and kids and got free breakfast other than the apple juice Makenna wanted. The rest of the day was just play time and lounge time at home. No pictures for some reason... sorry!

Day 59 - Monday February 28

Busy busy busy and yet we managed to fit in a playdate at the park with my HCM group. Of course I went no where and wasn't able to talk to anyone since Makenna will ONLY go on the swings and never leave them! This girl swings for a half hour every time and throws a fit when it's time to leave. Karlie on the other hand enjoys the swings but would rather just explore everything and roam around... which is not possible since she isn't walking yet and would eat all the bark chips on the play ground! 

Day 58 - Sunday February 27

SNOW DAY!!!!!!! This weekend it drop a couple feet of snow up in the "mountains" of Southern California... and yes I say the term mountains loosely! The one and only mountain up here really isn't much for me compared to where I grew up... oh well non the less it's a mountain and there was snow! I personally had an extremely busy day today and not a lot of room to play and have fun... so we were up early and headed out of the house around 8:30 for Forrest Falls. Took a heck of a lot longer to get there than what I had expected... part was traffic, part was it's a ways up there, and part was my fear of the snow/ice on the road which lead to Chad driving 10 mph and being honked at by everyone... he is such a wonderful husband to put up with my terrors and fears. Long story short... we made it to the park at the end of the road and there was a ton of snow and since we were so early there was only a few other people up there. We bundled up the girls nice and warm and dry and dragged them in the sled in the parking lot for a little while until Makenna wanted out and never wanted back into the sled. Both girls were tired and they really weren't old enough to figure out how to play in the snow quite yet so we tried our best to sled down a small slope and to eat fresh snow and to toss it... nothing worked! So half an hour maybe 45 minutes tops we were back in the truck headed back home and both girls fell asleep the whole way home. 

I'm glad we went and gave the girls their very first snow experience... but I am thinking in the next few years they will really understand the whole snow thing and want to go and play and have fun. For now we might just look at the beautiful snow and not venture into it. 

The girls looked super cute in their snow suits though and I am tempted to dress them up again just because... even inside the house... Karlie especially! She reminded me of Ralphie's little brother on the movie "The Christmas Story". I can never remember his name but the part where he has so many layers on and falls over and can't get back up. At one point I put Karlie down in the snow to see what she would do... she sat there for a little bit and then rolled over to crawl away... and she just fell flat on her belly and kept trying to get up on her knees but couldn't... too much snow suit all bunched up! It was funny for me but she got frustrated pretty quick!

Day 57 - Saturday February 26

Playtime with Makenna can be quite entertaining for us! Today she decided to load up her back pack diaper bag with all of babies goodies and slip on her high heels and walk all over the house! She carried her baby for a little bit since she was "taking baby for a walk" and put baby in the high chair and in the shopping cart and then put baby to sleep... It's just so cute and fun to watch her imagination grow and to watch her play by her self and tell stories!

Day 56 - Friday February 25, 2011

In case it hasn't been made obvious by my lack of "blogging" lately, I'm not really blogging on the day I said it is in the title part above... Today is actually March 16... It's been nearly 3 weeks and I am way far behind! UGH!!! Long story short life has been busy and at the end of the day I just wasn't up to blogging. I've been taking pictures almost everyday and will do my best to re-create the magic of the day's events!

Karlie is so curious about everything in her little life. Mostly she is curious about everything that big sister touches and wants to explore all of that toys possibilities for herself! And of course nothing can be more fun than one of mommy's old cell phones! As I've said a million time before and will say a million more... why on earth do I ver spend money on "toys"! All they ever want to play with is what I have!!!

Now that daddy is home he gets to take Makenna for a surfing ride!