Fairy Party at Macey's

My neighbor invited us to the Fairy Party at Macey's grocery store on Saturday. The girls got to make wings and wands and sample small fairy treats. Then they were off flying through the store looking for treasures. It a sight to behold...all twenty little girls zipping through the aisles. They had a good time and it was fun being with friends.

Whew, it's a good thing!

While having lunch today, Gabriela found the big square magnet, that comes stuck to the phone book, on the floor. This was the conversation that occured:

Gabriela: "Mom why do we need this?"
Me: "We don't"
Gabriela: "Then why do we have it?"
Me: "It's someone advertising for you to call them when your toilet is broke."
Gabriela: "Well it's a good thing we have a Papi to fix our toilets! What do people do when they don't have a Papi?"
Me: "Well I guess they would have to call that man."

1st day of Joy School

So today was our first day of Joy School at home with the girls. Everything always seems to go smoother in your mind then when you actually try to do it. Gabriela was totally into and kept telling me,"I love school." Sophia, on the other hand, was hit and miss. She was bouncing from here to there but would come back and join us when it fit her fancy. They like the crafts and stories and I think it will be way more fun once we get into the real lessons next week. We ended with this fun craft and a bike ride. You shave crayons using a potato peeler, put them inside a folded piece of paper, and then iron it. (If you do this, make sure you put the white paper inbetween some thicker paper to prevent it from getting on your iron.) They turned out way cute and the girls loved them. With that being said, I think I'm going to start posting some of our craft ideas on my Family Fun blog from here on out. It will be back up and running and hopefully worth you time to look at.

My Labor Day Project

I've been wanting so set up a little classroom for the girls for a while, but once I decided to do preschool myself, I felt it was a must. I think it turned out so cute! We're excited to get started with Joy School.

YES

During sacrament meeting today, we were having a tough time with the kids. Julianne and Sophia insist on fighting with each other, have listening issues, and emptying the color box into the hymnal holders on the back of the pews. Gabriela had buddied up with the bishop's daughter who is nine or ten years old. She was sitting about a body length or so away from me. An older gentleman got up to bear his testimony and this is what he said, "I believe in Jesus Christ, DO YOU?" Gabriela perks up, and with as much enthusiasm as she can muster, replies "YES!" You could hear the snickers and laughs all through the congregation. At least everyone knows where she stands. You think they are not listening, but oh you'd be surprised.

My FAVORITE time of the year!!!

I absolutey LOVE BYU FOOTBALL! I look forward to this time of year so much. This year I gave Miguel a new BYU shirt and all of the girls got their first shirts. We sang the Cougar fight song over breakfast and I have them brainwashed into going to BYU. What can I say...I love my alma mater. That's the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Julianne has turned into my smiler. I'm glad I've got one out of three.

Introducing THE AMAZING MOTHERS GUILD!

Well I'm not so sure you can see this very well, but click on it and you can read the invite. A great mom in my ward contacted me to get involved in a new mothers group. A place where we can share ideas and get advice from other moms. A place to make you and your kids feel a little more normal I suppose. Anyways anyone's invited to come. If you want directions, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you. If you are planning on coming let me know as well. I'm leading a discussion about having fun with your kids...because I'm the expert and all ;). Hope to see you there.