Simply Spray Review!

The family also got to Review Simply Spray fabric paints! We had a graet time trying to make tye dye shirts!!! This was our finished product! The next ones will be better!! We had fun trying though!!!!

Mickey's Roadshow Live!

US Family Guide, recently gave me the opportunity to see Mickey's Roadshow Live! They offered me 4 tickets free of charge to review and blog about my experience at the show! Knowing that I have 4 children and if we made it a family event, I would need 2 more tickets, I e-mailed and asked how I might get 2 more tickets next to the 4...and how much extra that would cost me. I was TOTALLY okay paying for 2 tickets...I mean, I was getting 4 for free. The thought never even occured to me that they may give me 2 more tickets for free...but they did!!! I couldn't believe it! That is what I call a stand up organization! They REALLY catered to my individual needs and I am SO appreciative for that! Not only that but the tickets were fantastic! Floor tickets are always more expensive...but I can't say that I understand that....you can't see anything from the floor. I always get Jimmy Bob sitting in front of me with a big gallon cowboy hat on, so I can never see anything and the kids can't either...so I would MUCH rather be up a little higher which is where we were. Like I said, FANTASTIC seats! Major sat in AWE of everything...no smiles...just awestruck! Once in awhile he would lift up his hands and clap a little bit! MaKenna was like that also...until Cinderella came out....THEN she LIT UP like a Christmas tree!!!!

It has a great plot. It was about Mickey Mouse wanting to have a talent show....so he and his friends had to go all over trying to find talent for the talent show. They traveled by land, by sea, and by air.


They found Tigger, Cinderella and her step sisters, the toy soldiers, Buzz Lightyear and Woody!



Of course the usual guys...Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey and Minnie were also there. We had a great time! The sound was fantastic...the seating and lighting were fabulous...and at Intermission I even saw a friend from church and her kids!

Everything was FANTABULOUS! But...if I had to have a negative thought, it would be the items available for purchase. I bought my kids nachos because the show as at noon...they were hungry. That is really all I could afford. I know that anytime you go to a colisseum of any sort you will pay through the teeth for food and drink...that I understand. And I even understand WHY their items were expensive...I mean after all...it is Disney. You pay for the brand more than the item...but...even though I didn't pay for the show, most people do...and after paying for the show which is expensive, who can afford all of the fun items? See...they know they get you because you are there, and the kids will beg and beg for things. And you want to get these things for them because it is a fun event, and you want your kids to be happy...but you almost have to take a second mortgage out on your house to afford them. Okay..maybe that is a bit far fetched...but you could EASILY drop an extra $100 on these events, on just food, drink and items alone.
So...that said, the show itself was absolutely wonderful! I have 4 kids. The 11 year old LOVED it...the 6 year old LOVED it...the 2 year old LOVED it....the 9 year old wants to be just like daddy...so since daddy...the hunter-gatherer, wasn't thrilled, neither was the 9 year old. But...later on...when hunter-gatherer wasn't around, the 9 year old said that he wanted to go back! So...only the hunter-gatherer was a fuddiduddi!! :-) So....5 out of 6 ain't bad!!!

SO FAR BEHIND....but had to share...

I am SO far behind on blogging! I hope to catch up THIS weekend sometime...though I am not sure when...but I am going to TRY!! Anyway...I just had to share a couple of funnies....

Today I was walking with Major to school for storytime. I always ask him questions like what color is the grass...what color is the sky...stuff like that. So I said,

"Major...what color is the sun."
He thought about it and said,
"Bright."

Well kid...I guess if that were a color....that is what the sun would be!! :-)

I also find it cute that everytime we read a book....when we are done, he closes it and says, "AMEN!"

Apparently every book we read is a prayer! Such a sweetie!

Did I ever tell you about Jake and the hot sauce??

We were having Mexican food....we were out of hot sauce. He likes Mild...the only one in the family that likes it hotter is Jeff. So, Jake goes to the cabinet to grab another hot sauce. He grabbed the "medium" hot sauce. Knowing he wouldn't like it, I said,

"Oh, Jake honey...that is medium."
He says, VERY SERIOUSLY,
"Oh...okay...well, where is the small?"

Oh Jakey...my Jakey.....

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MaKenna's 6th birthday!

I forgot to mention in the Pinkalicious post that it was the day before MaKenna's 6th birthday that we went! It was kinda a birthday present!! She had a great weekend that is for sure!!! So, on Sunday...the 26th of September...it was actually her 6th birthday!! So we had her party after church on Sunday!! You don't get to celebrate your birthday on weekends very often, so this was a great opportunity to do so!!

As usual Deana made her cake and this years theme was MERMAIDS!!! Look at this incredible cake!!!! Here is the lunch spread!! Not too shabby for a Sunday luch right???

Emily helped me make the Octopi. What do you think? Some of the kids wouldn't eat them because they didn't "look right". I thought it was pretty creative!!! :-)

More on her birthday party later!!!!

Pinkalicious - The Musical!

I was given the opportunity to take my precious baby girl MaKenna to see Pinkalicious. I had enough tickets for the family, but Jeff just didn't think the boys would like it. It wasn't until after the show that I realized they would have loved it! There were a lot of brothers and dads there. Just because the name had Pink in it...didn't mean it wasn't for everyone. But...we still had a great time...in fact...we probably had a BETTER time because we made it a girls night and invited my sister Rhonda and my nieces Brooke and Kayla to take the boys' tickets!!

We started the night at Applebee's....a girls out dinner! It was really good! We had a great meal. Then we headed downtown for the show which was playing at the Rose Theater! The girls had a great time...Rhonda and I had a great time...it was all over just a great night!!!

See...it is pictures like this that you can't tell I lost 20 pounds. I mean...really??? Did I really lose 20 pounds or is the scale lying to me?? Maybe Jeff fixed the scale so I would stop complaining about it? I mean...it really makes me mad. I am in the same clothes...and to me...I look the same. So...where was that 20 pounds that miraculously went away? Anyway....here are us girls...having a "pink" night!!!

Stairsteps...MaKenna, Brooke and Kayla.

Field Trip to the Zoo

So....stay at home, hands on mom that I am....*cough*....I was one of the volunteers for Cam's 6th grade field trip to the zoo! I had a group of 6 boys from his class. I couldn't take siblings...so Major went to the zoo with Dad that day! So we all drove together and Major got Papa ALL to himself! He sure did like that!!! I had a great time with the 6 boys...I really thought it was going to be tough, but I had a good group of boys. In the picture below, two of them are missing...they were over by the scorpion exhibit mezmorized! The boys spent THE MOST amount of time with this little baby gorilla! They loved him!!

They also loved the orangatang exhibit....I wonder why they like monkeys and such so much....hmmm....maybe because 6th grade boys ARE MONKEYS!!!

We had a great time....I was an "awesome mom" that day...per Cam...and Major was spoiled by Papa!! GOOD TIMES!!!