How to eat cheese

Cheese is good. And it's a staple in K's diet. And mine too. Yum.

So this is how to eat cheese.

1. get cubes of cheese

2. sure you could eat with your boring ol fingers- but why?

3. get creative people! let's use the phone to eat cheese. place it carefully on the phone

 4. balance balance

5. scarf down

6. say cheese

successful cheese eating!!! now go try it!

Christmas Morning

We are just a lucky lucky family- and we must have been pretty good this year! Santa was good to all of us-

 he saw the slide 1st~ whoooooaaaa

 Big Brother C under those piles of presents

Let's get to opening those Big Sister C!

my very own cell phone??

Notice his sideways footing- LOL! those pj's were a little too big-

  just lounging around in new clothes-  no biggie....

 what's this?? This thing is awesome! it shoots balls out with air- while K tries to stick them back in- he loves it- and so do the dogs!

love my new car!

look ma! no hands!

his fleece pj's got a little hot- but he is still working the 1/2 pj look! LOL!

what a day! now off to pack and get ready for our "Out of town" holiday celebration- that's up next!

Hometown Holidays 2010

I know- i knoooooow- don't even say it-

it's late- but it's here- we had so much going on this holiday season- I just couldn't keep up with everything. So I will start with the 1st half of our "Hometown Holidays" then we'll do post #2 with the "Out of town Holidays"

We really did have a great time! I sooo love the holidays- putting up decorations, day dreaming about what to buy everyone, cooking yummy treats, and getting to spend quality time with the fam!! It's all great!

Papa L came in town Christmas Eve-eve and we headed up to Home Field Grill for some food and games.

Now that C is an "official" basketball team player- I am pretty sure she put a whipping on PapaL...

yup..

The next day the boys ran around through the madness and got us a delicious Christmas dinner! We had prime rib, green chili cheese potatoes, collard greens, and a strawberry and spinach salad- ALL soooo good!- we opened a couple of presents- then we settled in and waited for Santa to come.

Opening his 1st present-

yay!!! Toy Story Lego's- just what she wanted!

Yay!! Star Wars Lego's- just what he wanted!!

what is it?? open it open it open it!!

wow- he loves it!

So while the older kids went off to work on putting together their Lego's- K decided to work on a bigger puzzle- organizing the container cabinet... good luck buddy!

Good night!

Holiday day fun

Ok- so this idea originated from The McMommy Chronicles- love her blog and I have been waiting for the perfect time to give this little "experiement" a try. The opportunity arose- when I got to work from home this week.

Working from home during the holiday season is no joke- we worked hard- and this is what we worked on. Enjoy!

OK- this is the original.



We let the C's watch it ONE time- and this is what we got!




LOL!! hahaaha- I see more of us wanting to try this over the weekend. It's just too much fun!



* and just a small disclaimer- when I work from home- I really do work- no lie- it's just that.... oh hell- I am not going to explain myself all that much!*

Minute to Win It!

Have you seen this game show? It's SO fun! Guy Fieri- yes the cook- or the Diners, Dive Ins, and Dives guy- is the host. How he went from food to game show hosts- I don't know. I know a lot of things- but this one I just don't have the answer to.
Anyhow- Ciara turned *gasp* 12- twelve- (or in her mind 12teen- I am pretty sure she already thinks she is a teenager) We decided to have a Minute to Win It game night for her birthday party. We had a blast.

So on the show- they come up with all different kinds of challenges- "blueprints" -and the contestants have 60 sec to complete the blueprint to win money- like a MILLION dollars BIG money~! They list all the challenges on the website so contestants can practice before they come on the show.

We changed the rules a little bit-
1. no practice before game night
2. no money for prizes (booooo)

We still had a blast and it was funny watching the kids do silly things- like try to get an Oreo cookie from their forehead to their mouth without using hands.

The prizes- filled with millions of dollars- LOL! yea right!

The food- Ciara's favorites- Mexican Pinwheels

Stuffed Mushrooms- yummy!

Chicken Enchilada dip-

and queso- of course-

GAME #1 BLUEPRINT-

Place 1 Oreo cookie on your forehead. Wiggle the cookie into your mouth with out the use of your hands. (on the show- you have to do 3 in 60 seconds)

ok go!

Hard to do when you are laughing so hard!

No hands!

Get it- get it! almost there!

Winner!!

GAME #2 BLUEPRINT-

Blow up the balloon and use your air from the balloon to knock pyramid of cups OFF the table. All cups must be blown off the table.

I thought some of the kids were going to pass out for sure!

Especially Caleb- he was turning red!

Go girls go!

GAME #3 BLUEPRINT-

Tie a yo-yo around pant loop on the back. Players must swing yo-yo to knock over pyramid of cups on table.

This was one was hard- and dangerous!

watchout for flying yo-yo's

Wade needed protection-

dizzy kids everywhere- LOL!

GAME #4 BLUEPRINT-

Place M&Ms on butter knife and lift it to your mouth and eat the M&Ms- this one was too easy

(on the show you have to make a little lever system- around your ears using string- but we didnt' get into all that)

Focus-

Present time!

New shades

My name is Awesome!

Watchout- new bike!

Yay- onto the cake....

wait a sec.... she is NOT turning 21-

ahhh.... much better-

With a new bike- comes new riders-

the girls-Ciara and her Nanny-

We had a great time. Ciara was so excited that her Nanny got to be there to enjoy the fun! She sure is growing up too fast. But I love every minute- she is so smart, athletic and good at just about everything she puts her mind to. I am proud of the young lady that she is- Happy birthday! We love you!!