March is here!

So, we are officially into the 3rd month of the year.  Before I know it, it's going to be time to buy Christmas presents again!  Can't a girl get a break?!?

But before then, we have the girl's 5th birthday and a must anticipated trip to Disney World!  The girls know that we are going, but they don't have a clue what it's going to be like!  We are scaling down the birthday party this year and making Disney their big present from us.

So I've been trying to get things together.  We've made some special plans for the trip.  We scheduled a visit to the Bippity Bobbitty Boutique.  Where the girls will dress up as their favorite princess and have their hair and nails done.  I'm sooo jealous!  Evidently,  I'm too old to participate!  And we also have some character dinners planned.  I'm very excited!

One month till our first real "family vacation."  Hopefully, we'll all make it back alive and with smiles on our faces!

Adios Amigos!

We took the girls to a chinese buffet yesterday for the first time.  Tim was on lunch from work and we met up for a quick bite.  The girls were not impressed, and I have to say I wasn't either.  But we did find something to eat and of course the fortune cookies were a hit.

Before leaving, the little chinese lady who spoke very little english, told the girls bye.  Well no sense in not putting her foreign language skills to work, Ruby politely yelled back at her, "Adios Amigos!"  I could not contain myself!  And neither could have the restaurant.  

The little chinese woman had the funniest look on her face.  I bet she hasn't heard that before, and I'm sure not from a 4 year old!

Japanese Aka Fire

The girls love eating Japanese. But considering they are 4 years old, it's a whole lot easier to say "fire"

Ruby eating with chopsticks

Shopping Therapy

After being sick and trapped in the house, what's a girl to do? Shop of course! We hit up Claire's at the mall to try glasses and hair pieces.

Ruby~Stylin' and Profilin'

Rissie~Who's that girl?

Lovin' the Hat!

Sick kids

I really hate when the girls are sick.  While I'm sure every kid in this area has had some form of a cold, Rissie came down with viral croup.  After dance on Friday, she began to feel bad and running a temp.  And of course that God-awful "seal bark" cough.  Thank goodness the pediatrician has office hours on Saturday.  After a steroid to help with the inflammation, a couple of days in she started to sound a whole let better.

Then of course, Ruby catches it.  Nice!  We love to share at our house.  So after being stuck in the house for several days, they will be returning to preschool tomorrow.  Hallelujah!  My grey hair was already starting to double!

I wonder what kindergarten will be like?  Hoping that they don't drag a bunch of crap home on me!

Father Daughter Dance

Tim took the girls to their first Father Daughter Dance.  I was sick with a cold and couldn't attend (even though I really wanted to see how it went!)  They had such a good time, but didn't do much dancing with him.  But what would you expect from a bunch of 4 year olds?!?

They really enjoy dressing up, which could prove to be quite expensive as they get older.  Girls may be cuter to dress, but they are also more expensive.  I should have had boys!

Poor Stripes

In case you didn't know, Stripes is our cat.  She wondered up as a stray last September very malnourished and on deaths door.  But, after about $1000, she's as good as new...almost.

A couple of months ago, we discovered a lot of sores she'd been scratching and basically pulling her hair out trying to bite.  Took her to the vet, yet again, and was told she had to go on a special cat food and have B12 shots once a week for a couple of months.  Are you kidding!?!  The cat food was $25 a bag and we went through at least one, once a week.  And the B12 shots were about another $25 a week.  We started calling her the "Million Dollar Cat"

After a couple of weeks of this, it was decided that she had a skin/contact allergy and that a steroid shot (another $60) would do the trick, at least for a couple of months.

2 months later, back where we started, but even worse.  Under her little arms, the skin was completely raw and she couldn't sit still long enough for me to even pet her.  Back to the vet....This time, they found one flea on her tail, and decided that was the culprit.  So she has a flea allergy.  Ok, what does that require?  A dose of flea stuff on the neck once a month and antibiotics to take care of the skin.  Well considering we also have Stinky (our other cat) she would have to be treated too.  And not to mention our outside cat Bob that only spends two minutes in the morning eating without letting us touch him.  Cost of flea treatment?  $86 for 6 doses.  Hopefully this will do the trick.

My love of animals will quickly render us broke I'm afraid!  But, for a good laugh, when the vet ask me if Stripes had had any diarrhea, I told her no.  Rissie quickly chimed in, "No, but Granny has that!"  It almost made that $200 visit to the vet and 1 and 45 minute wait bearable!

Ahhhh the weekend

Tim has had a rough couple of weeks at work and I'm so glad he's off for the weekend.  He can use the rest.  Heck, I might even let him sleep in tomorrow....maybe.  Rissie and Ruby are camping out at Granny and Papaw's this weekend so we can visit our good friends for a little food and drink.  Looking forward to having the evening off and drinking as much as possible.

Had a great time with my friend Sarah last weekend.  She's 26, not married, and no kids.  So basically a free bird.  After attending the girl's tea party with me, we went to dinner with Tim and then came home and played on the Wii (she beat my behind at tennis!) and then passed out.  I had to explain to her that's the way it's going to be.  You may still be in your 20's but you're getting old!  Nothing like keeping someone younger around to make you feel younger!

Thank goodness for good friends and good times!

Sarah and me, my 32nd birthday