Who Made It Best?

Growing up, our beds were always made. As soon as we woke up. My parents bed was always made. A very strict rule. 

When we move here, we started Bells on her bed. As soon as she wakes up, she makes her bed, even though she has nap time a little later. She wakes up from her nap, she makes her bed. We are the mean parents. Well Miah and I have a rule, whom ever gets out of bed last, makes the bed. Honestly, it works a lot in my favor because I am an early riser. But he does have those early morning tests or study times. Today was his day. 

Now I want you to take a vote...

or maybe just comment about if this is considered "making" the bed or not. 

Who makes their bed better,

Bells or Daddy?

First is our bed, the whole view. 

The view from his side- 

-the fitted sheet not even pulled over the mattress.

-the pillow not on

-the sheet pulled all crazy like

The end of the bed, do I need to explain anything?

Did I mention is was his turn today?

Now for Bells' bed. 

Pretty clean lines, sides, top and bottom. 

Everything tucked in so nicely, animals just chilling at the top. 

Bells came to me and said she didn't think Daddy made his bed, hahaha!

Well I don't really think he did either. Or else he needs to learn how. 

That means 2 votes for Miah not making the bed and 2 votes for Bells is better at making her bed then he is. 

What do you think?

Log Those Miles

My heart sank when I heard about Boston. 

It seems like you can't do anything these days, enjoy a movie, send your kids off to school, or even run a race. After allowing myself to cry and watch the t.v. in disbelief for awhile. And after I received news that my teammates who were running the race were all okay...

I realized I needed to be strong. I should be prepared but not afraid. 

As I went for a run today, I wore a bib and logged in my miles in memory of Boston. 

My prayers are with you.

A teammate of mine posted something I love!

"If you are trying to defeat the human spirit, runners are the wrong group to target."

I also would love to substitute Americans in for runners. 

Either works for me!

Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail

Easter weekend was a blast! I love being a parent because holidays are so much fun, especially at this age. I think it has a lot to do with how awesome my parents made the holidays growing up. It wasn't just about the toys and getting us things, it was about the small details. The dying eggs, the Easter Bunny's footprints ALL over the house....the legend lives on!

We first dyed eggs and had a blast. Grandma Tiger was very helpful. 

Look at this little girl...

She is so excited!

White shirt wasn't the best choice Grandma Tiger.

Hmmm, I think somebody was cheesin' just a little!

This was just after the white crayon trick and she thought the egg was magic after pulling it out of the dye. Mommy's are magic!

The Easter Bunny left her a flower and then left his footprints all over the house. 

A pink flower, he knows her well!

He even brought her a Ninja Turtle and then went outside....

The eggs were everywhere. How did he do that?

I miss Hawaii!

He hid some eggs outside in the backyard and the jumped straight over the fence!

He sure is a good jumper!

Her eyes sparkled the whole weekend. It was fantastic! 

We had a great dinner with family and just relaxed, which we don't get to do very often. 

Mommy and Dishes

You know you are a mom when one minute you are using your KitchenAid to make rolls for dinner and then next you are using it to make ice cream play dough. 

But since I love my girl...I do it!

It was pretty fun too!

All it takes is 3/4 cup conditioner (cheap kind works great) and 1 1/2 cups cornstarch. We added food coloring and used strawberry conditioner to make it smell yummy!

It does make a little mess but clean up was easy peasy!

She loves helping out with chores. She make her bed every day, twice, nap and when she wakes up in the morning. She helps with laundry, cleaning the bathrooms and doing the dishes. The other day we were in the living room and she had left into the kitchen, we heard some noises and Miah asked her what she was doing...just cleaning the dishes Daddy!

Well good work is hard to come by these days. But this one looked so cute!

She stopped only for a moment to tell me her belly was getting wet and that she needs her apron. 

This mom is definitely going to go crazy between pink goop in my kitchen aid and a daughter that hates clothes!

What is your busiest time of year? I honestly thought it was the holidays but then every time the spring rolls around....it is hectic but lovely. This year has been even more crazy. With Miah winding down his first year of Dental School...WHOOP WHOOP! We have been searching for a house, in which we found, Bells started playing tball, we play coed softball and with keeping up with daily life. 

Maybe there isn't a busy part of the year...it is just life!

A cake I made for my two loves for Valentines day. Chocolate cake, filled with fresh cut strawberries, strawberry puree, covered with chocolate fudge frosting, topped with chocolate covered strawberries and more fresh cut strawberries.

Playing at Papa and Grandma Tiger's house. 

 Helping Grandma Tiger decorate for Easter. 

Blowing bubbles what a kid does best. 

Playing with her monster shoes. Although she doesn't need shoes to be a monster!

Attaching Grandma Tiger with Bubbles.

I am pretty sure they don't make bubbles the way they used to. They absolutely stink, pretty sure it is just water these days. 

Shooting at targets with Daddy. 

Just the girls handing out for my birthday. 

Life is good but life is busy!

But we love it!

This Day Rocked

You know those days where the sun is shining, you really don't have a lot to do and it is just chill? Oh did I mention Daddy is home early? 

Well we love those days!

So we decided to paint some rocks by the pool. This was brought on because my parents brought over a rock that I had painted as a youngen, which in fact I still am a youngen, and Bells just thought it was the most amazing thing. My mom was awesome when I was a kid, we were always doing all sorts of crafts. But we loved painting rocks. The coolest thing, they still used them as paper weights. 

Bells decided it was time to paint her own rocks. 

We gathered a bunch of rocks from our apartment building area, shhhh, we couldn't help it, they were screaming at us to PAINT ME! And of course, I always have paint on hand, I think there is some sort of law against not having paint! 

Who is that scruffy man in the blue shirt?

My lovely, handsome, tired but excited to be with his family husband!

All the supplies you will need. 

Plus one happy kid that is!

Did I say kid? No I mean baby, she is my baby....she is not 4 years old! She is my BABY!

And this is why he is going to be the best dentist around. He is an amazing artist, perfection is always a must and his pure concentration. 

Just like her Daddy. She actually is very definite on being a doctor when she grows up. She looks at all the nasty slides when Miah studies and shoots all sorts of questions at him. She isn't grossed out but very interested and she then says tells him, when she grows bigger she will be a doctor so she can help them out. 

I am not sure how she got paint on her lips but she was very embarrassed about it. I almost didn't get a picture of it. 

Do you see the Harrison chin? My shadow is a perfect witch? Halloween here I come! Bells has the same one but since it is covered in chubs right now, it is hard to tell. 

Our masterpieces!

Will Hawaii ever leave our hearts? No, it will forever be our home. Miah painted some beautiful rocks for his girls to remind us of the beaches. I painted some rock monsters for Bells, a butterfly  and she created the most beautiful ones. 

What a great afternoon to spend with the 3 of Us!

4 Years Old

Where has the time gone? My baby is 4 and I'm so happy she is healthy and growing so big but it makes me sad. Why does it happen so fast. I need to stop and cherish every freaking living moment with my little family of three. 

February 4th our little girl turned 4. We didn't have a party, things were crazy hectic. We are so not the parents to not have a party, especially have a cake. I mean seriously, that is our thing. But you have no idea how crazy our life has been. So we just had some fun with the three of us. 

She woke up to this. A birthday tradition, you get your own cupcake for breakfast. She LOVES this! Of course pink frosting and green sprinkles. 

T-Rex came to the breakfast party though!

Can you just see her excitement? Or is that her craziness?

Either way, I love this girls spunk!

Present time

Spiderman sheets to match her spiderman blanket, perfect.

She tells me spiderman will keep her safe and warm during naps and at night. Hey whatever works, right?

She loved this card. It made her miss Hawaii she said. 

Smile for the camera birthday girl, we love you!!

She can be sweet sometimes, like sharing her birthday cupcake with T-Rex.

Happy 4th Birthday Bells!!

We love you to the moon, universe, earth and stars and back....3 times!!