The Most Expensive Bean Ever.

 My dear, sweet Emily, whom I love and adore, stuck a bean up her nose.  A BEAN.  UP HER NOSE.  A black one, so sort of small.  When I went to get her in jammies one evening, I noticed a little black ring around one of her nostrils.  I thought maybe she had tried to put a crayon up her nose.  No.  And we couldn't even try to get it out ourselves, so off to the Emergency Room we went.
Emily was a trooper.  They put a long tube up her nose with a little balloon on the end to pop out the bean.  She didn't wiggle or fuss and did awesome.  
And then we got the bill.
And she swears she will never put a bean in her nose again.

 The penny is totally unrelated...but now you know how big the bean was.:)

Family Movie Night - Lady & the Tramp

 It was only appropriate to watch Lady & the Tramp for our Valentine's Movie Night.  We even had a SPECIAL venue...aka Grandpa's House.  Our attempt at Italian Sodas was not...super awesome.  But they were cute in the cups anyway.:)  And the kids were disappointed when we couldn't get the movie to play on Grandpa's TV...so stay tuned for another Lady & the Tramp movie night.:)

Annie's Big 5

 My Annie turned 5...which is sort of unbelievable.  It shouldn't be, because I have friends with kids much older than that.  But nevertheless...my baby turned 5.  And I might've cried a little.  Annie is the funnest girl.  She loves preschool and Barbies and playing with her cousins (and sometimes her siblings...hahaha).  Annie also has an amazing sense of humor.  She laughs at the best times, like she knows what's so hilarious.  She's beautiful and smart and sometimes I can't believe how lucky I am that she's mine.

For the big day, we had everybody over for Sunday dinner.  Seriously, I love having all my family close by for things like this.  It makes it so special for the kids.  Annie got a fun dress from Uncle Eric & Auntie Leah, with a matching one for her baby doll.  Grandma gave her Floam.  Grandma, if you're reading this, please don't ever buy my children Floam again.  Just kidding.  Sort of.  The thing she'd been asking for most was an Ariel Barbie and a bike.  Uncle David & Auntie Nicki gave her the Barbie.

Her special request was princess cupcakes.  Let's just say I tried.  Hard.  And she was content (I, on the other hand was not SUPER happy with the result...melting chocolate is MUCH more difficult to work with than you'd think.).

On her actual birthday...A BIKE.  She was SO excited, she sat and looked at it for the longest time before she would even sit on it.  Like she was in awe.  It was fantastic.  LOVE to see my kiddos be excited.  

From our friends in Arizona...Squinkies.  And she even got a special hat at school and free lunch at Golden Corral, complete with cotton candy.  Also, I will never let my kids eat cotton candy again.

Family Movie Night - January

In my quest to not suck so much as a mother, this year I am implementing Family Movie Night!  January's movie nights were Princess and the Frog, Toy Story, and Mulan (for Chinese New Years', of course!).  And seriously, they were a success.  My kids thought I was AMAZING, which was sort of an awesome feeling.

Princess and the Frog

 

Kris...as "The Conductor" (Seriously, that's what the kids called him...because he's the ticket-taker.  So, somehow that equates to conductor?  Whatever...it's awesome.)

Toy Story

Mulan