Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Aunt Nicole told us about Lowe's having a program
where you can build things so Rick and Mia went last
Saturday and since they got to build a car, she was beyond excited!
She is soooo proud of what she made! We are planning on doing this once a month.
They give you an apron, goggles, and you get little patches to sew on your apron each
time you build something. Too adorable!

Mia very determined to build her car,
taking her time

So before church on Sunday, Mia decided to make bathroom signs
to show Rick and I which bathrooms we are "allowed" to use.
She's been only wanting me to use certain ones and calling the other one's
"boys"bathrooms. It was so cute, because she did it all on her own even down to the
tape. We were cracking up!!

This one is for boys and as you can see, there is a little
girl next to the boy with an X meaning that she can't use this bathroom

This one is by her bedroom and I guess Mia and I can use these ones,
but dad can't


This one is by the guest bathroom and girls are allowed to use this one too
but not boys

Of course she won't take them down, I think it's pretty
cute and creative. Too funny!!

And of course in every picture, there's bear.
This poor thing. I hope he makes it for another 5 years. Besides her cat,
he's her best friend in the world. So tonight, we were at grandma and
grandpa B's and Mia said, " Hey guys when am I going to get married? Followed by,
"When do I get to go on a date?" It was sooo out of the blue and she was dead serious.
We just said, ummm when you are about 30 haha. Love this kid!!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Fresh Beat Band Concert and 50's Dance

My friend at work told me that the Fresh Beat Band was
coming for a concert tonight so I hurried and got tickets
since it was their first tour and Mia loves their songs. We had a
blast! We actually had Rick drop us off since it was at Planet Hollywood
and he just hung out until it was over. Then we went to Maggiano's for
dinner since I had a gift card. Mia was so cute, because when we walked in
the restaurant, she said, "I've never been somewhere this fancy before." It was pretty
cute and she was on her best behavior. We had a fun night! She kept hugging and
kissing me through the concert telling me thanks, so it was definitely worth the 2 Excedrin I took
prior to the show because I knew I would have a headache, but it's amazing how much fun moms
have at kid concerts, kind of scary that we know all the words and enjoy ourselves :) I guess we are
just glad to get out and have some fun too!! In case you've never heard of the Fresh Beat Band,
here's a little video for you enjoyment :)
And of course Bear is right next to her enjoying the concert too!


look how cute her little side shot is...

My school hada 50s dance so I borrowed a poodle skirt
from our babysitter Kirstin...




She hada great time!

Dancing with dad, rootbeer floats, popcorn,
hamburger drive through and more!

with Rick's goatie, he looks more like a
mexican gangster to me..



happy girl!!

Doing the YMCA, apparently my shirt was see through,
Rick said it wasn't and he usually catches that stuff so I'm hoping
it was the flash on my camera. Otherwise, that's pretty embarassing!!

Thursday, February 16, 2012


So this morning before preschool, Mia says to me,
"Mom, do you REALIZE how much pushing goes on in preschool?
sometimes I just have to stand there and wait for a break in the line and then
I just JUMP in." hahahahaha! I didn't think being almost 4 was so hard.
She cracks us up!! And so does her new word "realize"

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Valentine's day and more

A funny story: Mia's preschool teacher pulled Rick
aside to tell him that there's this new boy in the class and
Mia acts very strange around him, she won't go near him or anything.
So they asked her and she said, "Miss Debbie, do you remember when
he tried to sneak out of the classroom that one day? I'm still just trying to figure
this kid out, he makes me a little bit nervous." haha! She's got the cop intuition already?
OMG we were dying :)

Mia started Valentine's day delivering a valentine to Grandpa M
She sat and made valentines for all her cousins and grandparents. Then she helped
me with my card to Rick and we were trying to think of what why we are thankful for him.
It was so funny, she's like thanks for going to COSTCO (really loudly), cleaning up Bent's poop, making
mom eggs in the mornin, doing the dishes,protecting the living room,
 it was sooo cute!

Off to her Valentine party! Even though she doesn't normally go
to preschool on Tuesday, she could go to the party as long as dad took
her, so he did and she was so happy about that. She kept telling him thanks a hundred
times. I'm sure you can guess the kind of cards she brought the kids- Yep Cars ones
and we made some tasty homemade sugar cookies too. On Monday, she could
bring in a special snack, so we did chocolate covered strawberries with sprinkles and it
was a hit.

Mia with her Valentine box ready to do her exchange

Playing with dinosaurs before the party. I guess she was teaching
the other kids what the names of the dinosaurs were. 
a little heart activity

Always very proud. I guess her teacher Miss Debbie
told Rick today during the party that Mia is her little teacher's pet when she's there.
That definitely doesn't surprise us, my sister Bre even said,
"Like mother like daughter." haha :)

Outside playing

Mia with her little friend Lucy

Rick took a picture of her planet she had to do for homework.
Of course it was called Planet Red and it was made up of 
mostly dinosaurs and cars


Time for pizza and fruit!

She had a blast and Rick made it without a headache.
After her nap, she had to show me each valentine card.
It was pretty fun!

For dinner tonight, Mia wanted heart shaped spaghetti so
that's what we did. I set it up all fancy like she was at a restaurant
since it's always just Mia and I at night, we made it fun :)

And of course Mater juice box ( is this phase ever going to end)

and for dessert

End of the day: Mia listening to a Cars book that her dad
recorded for Valentine's day. She LOVED it! I always remember
my dad giving me something for Valentine's day every year until
I was married. It was very special to know that your dad is always your
valentine no matter what is going on in your life and I think it's
important for Mia to feel that same love from her dad. She was
so funny making him his Valentine card and wouldn't write "dad" on it.
She wanted me to help her write "Rick." Too cute!

On Saturday we went to the Children's museum to
their new Curious George exhibit and Curious was
there! She was very excited, and of course I didn't have
my camera so the pic didn't turn out very good.

This weekend we are going to the Fresh Beat Band concert so
stay tuned :)

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Mia learns so many songs in preschool that I had to share
one of them. It's called Teeny Bay. Enjoy :)
It goes like this if you can't hear:
I had a little turtle, his name is Teeny Bay,
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim
he drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap
Now he's home safe in bed  with bubbles down his throat
Bubbles bubbles bubbles
bubbles bubbles bubbles
bubbles bubbles bubbles
POP!