San Diego: Day 1

Finally!  I've managed to carve out a little time to figure out this mosaic, so I can post my favorite pictures from our Spring Break trip. This was our first day, which was Easter Sunday.  We spent the ENTIRE day playing at the beach & lazing by the pool!  Yeah, it was great.  Is "lazing" a word?  Hmm...doubt it, but that is the best way to describe laying by the pool, soaking up the sun.  You get it.  Everyone was all smiles & mom even donned a bikini!  First time since 1991.  Luckily, Addi is strategically placed in this photo of me! Phew!  Our room was nice & we could walk out of our patio to the beach.  We all really enjoyed this day!  

Classic Gymnastics Bday Party

Happy Birthday Georgia!

I'm a Star!

Francesca loved the rings

Cake & Presents

Make a Wish

Georgia invited her best friends to her birthday party at Classic Gymnastics.  There were 10 girls all together & they got to jump in the trampoline pits, play on the equipment & dance around for 1 1/2 hours, then they ate pizza &enjoyed a  cupcake tree.   Georgia is taking gymnastics lessons this spring & she's really enjoying it. As soon as she gets on the mats, she's all smiles.  So a gymnastic bday party was perfect!

Happy Birthday Georgia!

How old are you?

Mia & the new AG horse

The birthday call from Gma & Gpa & Denise Molldrem

Georgia is 7! Can you believe it?!  Her birthday was a fun day.  Birthdays around our house start out with a "balloon barricade" at the birthday girl's door.  Kevin started hanging balloons & ribbons in the girls' doorways for their birthdays when we moved into this house, and it has gotten quite elaborate!  This year, Georgia's door was no exception.  He found punching balloons (remember those?!) and hung about 10 in the doorway and Georgia got up at 7:30 that day & ran through the balloons, laughing all the way!  So precious!  Daddy stays up very late on the eve of his girls' birthdays and creates the perfect party mood for them.  Oh, and he makes a balloon arch at the bottom of the stairs too!  No, I haven't gotten a "balloon barricade" yet, but last year the girls & Kevin had a Hawaiian Luau for me.  So, I feel equally important! 

The American Girl craze has hit the Molldrem house.  Having 3 girls, I knew it was inevitable!  We gave Georgia an AG horse & foal & a stable and Gma & Gpa Molldrem & Denise gave her the new girl, Mia.  Georgia & Francesca have spent many hours setting up the perfect horse ranch.  She also got quite a few American Girl craft kits, which we will start working on soon.  All in all, turning 7 was super fun for my little girl.  

One thing I love about Georgia is that she enjoys being a kid.  She's not picky about her clothes (yet!) and she still prefers The Backyardigans over Hannah Montana.  We watched one episode of Hannah Montana & she said there was "too much talking." So she hasn't watched another one. (yet!)  This is great for me, because she's not growing up too fast  & I still get to hug her, read her stories, and she would love it if I would carry her, but I do have limits! 

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Kevin: Chapter 36

We celebrated Kevin's birthday today with Mom & Dad & Denise Molldrem.  What a fun day!  I made delicious ribs & a ramen salad & mom brought bday cake, salad & homemade bread.  What a feast! The girls could nearly contain themselves waiting for Dad to open his presents.  Francesca gave him a spade/hoe combo tool for gardening & Georgia gave him new work gloves.  Orange! His favorite color.  Addi gave him some golf balls & I gave him a gift card to his favorite golf shop.  We wanted to go there right away after family left, but they didn't have the new GPS for golf that he wants, yet.  They willhave it soon!  He got  t-shirts from the various places we visited this past winter, too. (Addison was napping during these photos.)

Listen to this.....last night we went out on a birthday date to dinner & a movie.  We went to Maggiano's and got seated in a fabulous booth.  For whatever reason, we usually get seated in the center of the room or by the kitchen.  So we were pleased with our table; it was a great start to our evening.  The waiter offered us wine & it looked good so, yes we were going to indulge.  Except me!  I forgot my ID in my diaper bag & I got carded!  Of course I told him I didn't have it, and he said," Sorry, maam, I can't serve you."  Argg!  So I asked him... do I really look 20?!  He didn't reply, realizing he was in a Catch-22. I wanted to say, "Hey buddy, anyone you call "maam" clearly is of legal drinking age," but I bit my tongue, and we continued on with dinner.  We laughed about it, then went to the movie Leatherheads, which was a terrible movie!!!  I demand a re-do of our date!!!  Anyways, our dates are fun no matter what, and we got home and all 3 girlies were asleep.  Yeah!  Happy Birthday to my best friend!  I love you!