Who's the fairest of them all????

An apple







Seems harmless enough



Just one bite................



Something is not right.................







Poisoned..............................

A 3rd grader and a tearful ballerina

 Nick started 3rd Grade. Can't believe how much he has grown. He's such a great kid and adapts well to change. This is his 5th school he has attended. We move alot.







After school we all went to Chilli's to celebrate Nick's first day as a 3rd grade.
Here's to a new school year!












Well, Sophie started ballet. She kept talking about doing ballet all summer and was so exited. I even took her to visit some studios and she could not wait! We went and got her ballet shoes, a dance bag, some leotards and tights. The day of her first class she could hardly wait to get to the studio. Joe bought her cupcakes and I surprised her with a new ballet book "Miss Lina's Ballerinas"

So, we get to the studio and she's super giddy. We get her changed and class starts. She joins the group and starts bawling! she refused to dance or take part in the class :( nothing but tears. I asked why she was crying and she would just shrug. She did say she wanted to go again. ugh, toddlers!








Her special cupcake







This book is really cute. Its about a group of ballerinas learning to accept a new member into their group. I read it to the girls for bedtime at the end of the day

I got the dance bag at payless shoesource since they had their BOGO sale going on and that's where I bought Sophie's ballet shoes. I think its neat that the initial "ABT" on the bag are the same as Sophie's dance studio, The Arizona Ballet Theatre.

Eating Retro style at Ruby's Diner

I LOVE eating at Rubys, its so cute and retro and not mention that its at the end of the pier in Huntington Beach, beach with a beautiful view.

My momma took me and the kids to eat there while we were visiting this summer.



My Momma and Evie







Beautiful view of the beach from our seats









The kids got some cardboard train kits



Yummy!



Cherry coke! with a handfull of cherries and syrup in the bottom. Best Coke evah!



Then time for a stroll to walk it all off



and some castle building

A visit to Shareen Vintage

While in LA we went to visit Shareen Vintage. I heard of this place from the TV Show "Dresscue Me" on channel GREEN.  



From their website;

A self-taught designer with retail outlets on both coasts, Mitchell is renowned for her ability to give new life to dowdy old duds by turning them into chic, fashion-forward frocks. To create these one-of-a- kind pieces, Mitchell welcomes her exclusively female clients into her hip boutiques in both downtown Los Angeles and New York







We made it a girls day out. My girls, Mom and very pregnant sister 




My favorite section. Vintage 1950's





Shareen was so nice, she even took time to take pictures with us.


I'm holding the vintage apron I got. I love it its so pretty and perfect addition to my collection.








They even had children's vintage clothing. My awesome sister bought Evie this adorable dress.






I even added a vintage hair clip. Who remembers those little plastic hair clips that came in animal shapes? My favorite was the bunnies (which she is wearing) and the yellow duckies.

and since we are talking about fashion and hair. I wanted to share my pin curls. My mom did them for me. Just take small section, roll it like a doughnut and pin to the scalp.



I slep in the pin curls...........



And the end result in the morning. Very vintage

Its not sweat, Its pixie dust..............

I have gone and done something crazy! I signed up for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon at Disneyland.



I'm not a runner and have never been. Not even when I was in the army. I just felt like I had to do something for myself. I needed a challenge and I think this is it.


I can't wait to earn my running wings.



I have started training and I'm feeling confident that I can do this.


The race takes place at Disneyland on February 29th 2012 and it looks like a lot of fun. if you want more information or you want to register check out

Tinkerbell half marathon.

Fa-La-lalala-laaaaaaaaa

The Smurfs are here! Yes, The smurfs have invaded MCdonalds. When I was little I would watch The Smurfs every Saturday morning. I can't say they were my favorite Cartoon but they were a big part of my childhood.

Just check out this cute birthday picture of me and my Smurf cake.





So yep, I got them all. The manager at our Mcdonalds was kind enough to go to the back and open every happy meal toy box and pull out one of each of the 16 smurfs for me :) I'm so glad I don't have to go out every week to "hunt them down"



You can even print out activity and coloring pages from the Mcdonalds website.



Aren't they cute? Also if you order the apple slices instead of the fries, there's a code on the bag and you can redeem it online and a tree will be planted for each code. Now how cool is that? My kids don't like fries ( I know weird) so we always get the apples.