FAO Schwarz at the Forum Shops

I was literally bummed out when I realized I had left my camera at home!! I had taken it out of my purse (where I leave it ALL the time) to load pictures for my last post! The kids were doing such cute things at FAO Schwarz I was completely kicking myself!! Then Kerby reminded me that our phones both take pictures (not great ones but oh-well!)

Here is Emerie wearing the hat from Harry Potter that determines which house you go to. I think Emerie would go to Slytherin!! Hee-Hee!
















Of course they couldn't visit FAO Schwarz and not do the giant piano! Emerie refused to be in this picture. Payton LOVED the piano! We even saw a small one but it was $50.00 and I am sure she would have been sick of it after 2 days!!






They had this cute lady in the Baby Nursery come out and give Payton a baby doll to hold! She was in heaven!! It was one of those dolls that looks and feels real! Even Emerie couldn't get enough of them! You could "adopt" them and all the way out of the store Emerie kept saying, "I want to adopt one, I want to adopt one! I'll take care of it!! Please!!"






Taylor didn't know what to have her picture taken of so she finally chose the dragon! It is about 15 feet long and it costs $5,500!!! It scared Payton!








We also watched the 'Statue Show' and looked at the neat aquariam there--the kids loved seeing the stingray and the 'Nemo' fish! Kendall had not been to the Forum Shops before so it was really fun! We will be sad when Kendall leaves! It has been really fun having her here!

Wacky Weather!

Well--after a 107 degree Monday we barely reached 68 degrees Saturday! I realized how much of a wimp I am when I am cold and I have a jacket on and the kids are in shorts and tanks!! They played at the park while it was sprinkling rain. They didn't care. This park also has a roller hockey 'rink' so Kerby brought his skates and the kids brought their Heelys! Maddie even had an extra pair so Kendall could skate too! We have loved the giant frisbee we bought and use it often! I am, however, not very good at throwing it! (Ask Kerby--he can throw straight--and he will tell you that I can't!!)

Kendall is Here!! and D.A.R.E. Graduation!!

We were so excited when we found out Kendall (Madison's friend from Tucson)was coming to stay for a few days! Jana called this morning about 9:30am to say Kendall was ready for me to pick her up from her aunt's! So I drove over to Henderson and picked her up and got back by about 11:30am. She hung out with Payton and Emerie while I showered (I actually got a workout in this morning). We then had lunch and headed to the DARE graduation! I was so excited to surprise Maddie when she saw Kendall!! They hadn't seen each other for about 9 months!! It was so fun to see Maddie's face!! She ran up and gave her a hug!!

The DARE graduation was really neat! It made both me and Kerby get teary eyed even before the actual 5th grade graduation!! They had Kendall Tenney from Channel 3 as the guest speaker. The principal, as he spoke, even got teary eyed! Maddie's friend Allie actually got to read her DARE essay because she was one of the 5 essay winners! What a great program DARE is! I think it really works for a lot of kids!

Payton didn't get a nap because she normally sleeps between 1 and 3 and that just wasn't going to work with the graduation. So as you can see in the picture she finally crashed at 2:45pm!

Here are the proud parents with their new DARE graduate!



And, of course, you have to go out for ice cream after such a special occasion!! Baskin Robbins is always a good place for that! Maddie said, "Mom do you really need to take a picture?" I said, "Yes!"



Today ended up being a cool weather day! It actually rained a little in the afternoon and the kids wanted to go play in it! They rode scooters and bikes in the rain! Even Payton wanted to put on her bike helmet! Maddie is having a ball with Kendall here!!