Paper Construction by Riley

We did a little "craft time" last night.

I pencil drew a basic dinosaur outline on a blank piece of white cardstock. Then Riley cut out pieces of green patterned paper and glued them over the outline. He also drew the facial features and signed it, then I went over everything with a Sharpie. I think he did a great job! We matted them and framed them and the dinosaurs are hung up in our hallway right now. I love them :)

Seven.

So, she's seven now!
No High School Musical 2 on TV, though... I think we got our dates mixed up for that. Papa and Mamalali came over and we had pizza (Violet's choice) for dinner, followed by cake, ice cream, and puzzles and games.So much better than TV... and a perfectly fun and happy day!

From Riley... to Violet

Happy birthday to my favorite friend who makes me laugh and laugh all the time :)

Violet's birthday party

Violet had a pool party again this year for her 7th birthday (which technically isn't till Tuesday, but that's okay!)

My cousin Leslie came over to be in charge of games and entertaining the kids. Let me just say that was a completely fantastic idea. She kept them entertained, they were all happy, and I could focus on other things. Perfect!

First there was a water balloon fight...


And Rick was showing off ;)


Then more water games - Riley was totally into them!


The birthday girl getting completely soaked by Leslie!!


The Aunties greeting me in Korean ;)


And the cake - she requested cupcakes this year. :)


Of course guess which one was hers!


After cake and presents, one last dip in the pool!


She got a Target giftcard, a Justice giftcard, some cute clothes, Polly Pockets, skate shoes, Barbies, and a new watch! Woohoo!! :) She can't wait for her actual birthday on Tuesday cause I guess it's the premiere of High School Musical 2! YEEEE HAAAAA!

Fine, Shontell.

Here is my update.

I got Rick a ping pong top for the pool table for his birthday, and proceeded to beat him constantly. Cause I am that good.

We need to get rid of the chandelier hanging above the table otherwise Rick will be constantly using it as "interference" instead of just losing fair & square ;)

Then Mel came over yesterday to try her hand at it.
I beat her too.

OH YEAH THAT IS RIGHT!!!!!!

So... update on the kids....

Violet had Field Day at school...

This meant LOTS of running,

hula-hooping,

popsicle-eating,

and getting WET!

Riley has started mastering the monkey bars! Check out his mad skills...


Ohhhhh yeah!

Here's a pic of Violet from Drill team tryouts - her friend didn't make it onto the team with her. Must've been the number.

I enrolled Violet into a day camp for the next 3 weeks, and it's awesome. All performing arts stuff. Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop dancing, musical theatre, gymnastics, and cheerleading. She goes from 9am-3pm every day. It's over by Rick's office so he takes her and picks her up. Every day she is completely exhausted and sweaty, but oh so happy! And every day she falls asleep ("rests her eyes") on the way home. It is seriously the perfect camp for her!

Also... since Violet has a summer birthday, she got to celebrate it with her class on the last week of school. We brought cupcakes and ice cream in those little plastic cups with the wooden spoons. Her request. I totally remember loving those things as a kid. Let me tell you that the lovin' isn't there as an adult. lol

Violet with Mrs. Kaiser :)

OH.
And the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
So.
Riley and I got there about 20 minutes early to say goodbye, hug everyone, and thank Mrs. Kaiser for a great year. Riley was sitting next to Violet while I was standing nearby talking to Mrs. Kaiser. And I heard him say, "Violet - DON'T TELL MOM." So I looked over... and he was pulling something out of his pocket.

AN EGG.
A raw egg.
FROM HIS POCKET.
I cannot believe it somehow made it from fridge to car to classroom without getting broken.
So I asked that precious son of mine... "Why, honey, do you have an EGG at SCHOOL???"

And his response?
"I wanted you to hot boil it for me, Mommy!"

Isn't he precious?

So last night, in the car, on our way to Home Depot, Riley pipes up from the back seat...
"Dad, can you make me a hot-boiled egg tonight?"

To which I responded...
"DO YOU HAVE AN EGG IN YOUR POCKET???"

Time for an update...

Neighbors are installing a new heavy duty door... they are doing much better now. Still haven't caught the thieves though.

School is out TOMORROW. What on earth am I going to do all summer? I have Violet in performing arts day camp for the rest of June and Riley starts gymnastics and tumbling in mid-June. Otherwise it will be a lot of seeking out ways to cool off!

Melinda and Luke come back the 15th!!!! YAY!!!!! They will only be here for the weekend and then they start their big surf trip up the California coast. We will see them again at the end of July when we go on our vacation (vaction) in San Clemente.

Violet is very proud to report that she made THE DRILL TEAM at her school! The parent meeting is this afternoon so I will find out all it entails for next year. There were a LOT of girls trying out for only 4 spots and I was pretty sure she would not make it - but she proved me wrong and I am pretty glad about that!

I beat Melissa at ping pong, not once, but TWICE, the other night.

Rick gave me the best birthday present ever (don't worry folks, my birthday is in July)...July 4-8 I get to fly to Portland to visit Miss Valerie for 5 whole days!!!! YAY!!!

I am proud to report that I am completely on top of my laundry situation. Since Saturday. This is a new record for me!

I am not, however, on top of my weight situation. Still trying to figure out the best diet/exercise for me that also lets me eat cookies when I want ;)

I have a photo shoot, cousin Michael's birthday party, and Violet's birthday party scheduled on Rick's birthday. That should be interesting!

Did I tell you guys that I got a new computer?? It's freaking RAD. It is sooo fast and finally I can edit photos without sitting around waiting for each little action to process. YAY for technology!!!

Ok - gotta go start my Day of A Million Committments! :) Have a great one!