Monday, March 29, 2010

Mandarins

I bought some cupcake holders to bake with however they quickly became Kellyn's "muffins". She decided that mandarins would fit perfectly in her muffins.

Kellyn is VERY excited to have little oranges!

I just had to post this picture. Kellyn was handing Al cokes out of the box so he could load them into the fridge. When she got towards the bottom, her head would disappear!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

This and That

My little ice cream lover! She is not messy at all!

Check out my multi-talented daughter. She can ride the vacuum while sucking on a sucker while holding Lucky! We have some crazy fun in our house!

My daughter has all of a sudden become obsessed with her Halloween custume. She wears it all the time!


Nemo even assists her with building towers. His big puffy face is quite the base!

Play dough Jungle Junction characters! KBell was not feeling well this weekend so instead of enjoying the nice weather outside we stayed inside and had fun!

Playing in the snow at Papa and Dede's in Illinois

Kellyn had a blast playing in the snow at Papa and Dede's! She would have stayed outside forever if I'd have let her!



I didn't even notice the snowball Kellyn was throwing until I posted this picture!


My little snow bunny!

KBell's little frozen nose! I sure wish we'd get snow like they do up north. Oh the igloos we could build...hehe.

Friday, February 5, 2010

My little Angel

It is Pets Month in Kellyn's class. All the kids were asked to bring in a picture of them with their pet. Of course we hardly have any pics of Kellyn with Fifi. Fifi hates Kellyn and runs from her if Kellyn comes within 2 feet of her! So Al had to hold Fifi up to Kellyn while I took a couple of pics. Can you tell Fifi is SO not loving this?!

Fifi may be hating this...but Kellyn is in pure Heaven!

So after the photo shoot with Fifi, Kellyn decided to model for me. A little to the left Kellyn...tilt the head ok....just a small smile. There you go! haha

Now she's like...Ok Mom...I'm done. Stop it!


Ok.....one more for you. Kellyn's super big, squinty smile.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

UCA College Cheer Competition- Jan 16

Kellyn and Aunt Christy patiently waiting for Ariane's squad to perform.

Sissy and KBell. Kellyn is super in love with her big sissy! Aren't they so beautiful!?

KBell, Michael and Sissy. We are awaiting the results of their performance. I was so excited to watch them perform I forgot to take pictures during their routine. Nice!


My little purse klepto! She decided the best place to put Aunt Christy's purse was around her neck. haha!


Super Excited Daddy and Kellyn! We had just found out that Shelton State (Ariane's squad) won first place in their division for the 3rd year in a row!!!



We won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really can't tell if they are excited..ha!


Third year in a row! They truly deserved to win! They worked so hard and did such an awesome job!

One VERY VERY proud Daddy! Oh my gosh was he SO proud!


And one VERY VERY proud step mom! Ariane..you are truly a very talented cheerleader...and a gorgeous one at that!


Her leg muscles make me sick!


Ariane and her proud boyfriend, Michael. I love this pic!



What an awesome experience to be there and support such an amazing team! Ariane we LOVE you to the moon and back and then some :-) Please move home..hehehe!!

The Barnstormer

Kellyn's favorite ride...we rode it 7 times that day!

Magic Kingdom- Jan 15

Ariane's cheerleading squad competed in Orlando on Jan 16. The day before we decided to take Kellyn to the Magic Kingdom. She was such a little trooper! We got there at 9:00a.m. when they opened and left at 8:30p.m. when it closed. She had the most exciting day and her smile and laugh were so contagious it made Al and I feel like kids again!

View from our hotel. It was so beautiful! We even saw alligators in the pond.

Kellyn patiently waiting for our departure to see Mickey Mouse.

YAY!!! Magic Kingdom!


Our first stop...Daisy's autograph. She was so excited to hug the characters and talk to them, however, when they didn't talk back it totally confused her!



Here she is with Chip. Dale ran away to get some acorns or something.



Mommy and KBell in front of Cinderella's castle.


Our first ride....the dreaded spinning teacups. Oh I hate these! I told Al I would kill him if he spun it around and of course Kellyn started to do it!


Our absolute very favorite part of Magic Kingdom and Kellyn's! We got to walk through Mickey's house, Minnie's house, play at Pooh's playground, ride Goofy's rollercoaster...The Barnstormer and we got a few autographs from, Mickey, Tigger, Pooh, and Eeyore.


I hate rollercoasters! I have avoided riding them for years...after 8th grade and being terrified at Great America, I swore I would never ride them again. Then came Kellyn. My fearless 2 year old daughter. She saw and heard everyone screaming on Goofy's Barnstormer and wanted to ride it. I was SOOO sure she would NEVER meet the height requirement but I was wrong. 35" and she is 35.5" tall...UGH! So here is a pic of my crazy girl so super excited to ride this thing! I am putting my arms around her and under her thigh because I was scared to death she would slide out! I was shaking like a crazy person and my daughter was yelling...go faster...go faster before it even started. We survived and ended up riding it 7 times that day!


We got to see Mickey and get his autograph but never saw Minnie. Kellyn was happy to see Mickey!



Kellyn sitting in one of Minnie's chairs at her tea time table.



Kellyn couldn't figure out why she couldn't remove anything out of the fridge.


OOOh popcorn in the microwave! Pure kid heaven Minnie's house was...oh my I couldn't get Kellyn to leave!


Big Hug for Eeyore!


and one for Pooh...Tigger got one too and Mommy even got a kiss from Tigger!


Kellyn sliding down the slide at Pooh's playground. She didn't want to leave the little park!



Anything that went around in circles Al had to ride with Kellyn. I get motion sickness to easily!


Kellyn LOVED the carousel!! She told the lady next to her "this is my horsey"!



Kellyn's favorite Princess...Ariel!


Kellyn spotted Goofy and Donald towards the end of the night and had to meet them. Once again the no talking threw her off! If you notice in most of the character pictures she is holding her hands or folding her arms. That's her "I am not sure that I'm comfortable" pose.