Today is the Day!

The day that I have two little girls that are the same age! Kaylin turns 4 and Brooklyn will be 5 in 9 days on the 24th! My Irish Twins!





I found a picture that Kaylin drew last year of the family so I made her draw one today. Look at the difference! She has come a long way! She now knows how to spell and write her name and is learning more and more each day from her sisters. She is such a silly little girl!

Last Year:



This year:




Ashlynn and Brooklyn had school called off for today because of the Wind Chill Warning... -12 with -32 wind chill! YAY! haha

So we spent the day making cookies and the girls got to play on the Wii. We made a really big cookie for her for later to put her candles in. She loved that it was so big!
Kaylin:

Brooklyn:

Ashlynn:


Cookie Batter:


Cookies ready for the oven:


Cookies ready to eat!




On Saturday we are having family and friends over for both of their birthdays. The theme, per Kaylin, is Spiderman. She can't get enough of her Spidey!

Then next Saturday, on Brooklyn's birthday she is having a princess party with her friends from school. She is so excited!

Some Randoms....

So first I love playing with my new Nikon D40! I still am having a hard time understanding everything but I know it will take time. The most frustrating thing for me is the fact that Kaylin can not keep her eyes open for life of her! This how it goes..



Then this is a half attempt:



Then she decided maybe I should hold my eyes open...or in this case one closed:



Finally we got a picture but it turned out really blurry. Oh well, try try again!



Here is Brooklyn's attempt a little better than Kaylin's but not quite there.



Ashlynn is another story she refuses to look at me.





And let's not forget Jax...he is 7 1/2 months now. And still a pain in the rear.



So last night was a full moon I tried out my camera thinking I could get a good picture of the moon in the glittering snow. It was late at night and quite hard to get. This is the result...



See the streak that is the moon. Nice huh?

The 6th of January

Ok it is the 6th of January and I have not set my Resolutions out there for the world to see yet. That is because I have not started them! lol

So here are my resolutions:

1. Lose weight--like 50 pounds
2. Less computer time
3. Play more games with the kids
4. have more craft time with the kids.
5. Scrap at least 200 pages...I did 153 this last year it is attainable.
6. Less screaming more cuddling.
7. Get the dog trained and listening better. he is still a puppy but I have to be more stern and consistent with him.
8. Use the dishwasher less
9. Stick to a $450 grocery budget or less a month
10. Stay out of unnecessary stores.


So that is my list. I am writing so that I can be held accountable. If you see or hear me doing anything of these things against my resolutions I expect a call to set me straight!

Graham Cracker Gingerbread House

It may be a little late but we did a gingerbread house tonight. I should say that we bought a Ginger bread kit and it turned into a complete train wreck!



So I got the idea off of Mommysavers to use Graham Crackers, frosting and Miscellaneous candies and it worked like a charm!

Brooklyn with hers:



Ashlynn and hers:


Kaylin and hers:


Here is mine:



Brooklyn also decided to make hers with a Mickey Mouse head.



I also got to play with my camera a little bit. I love how clear and crisp the pictures are!

See, what kind of camera makes a kid look like this............



Or makes your eyes go like this..........



She really is quite normal........

Be A Lolli--POP STAR

I meant to post this last week but my scanner was not working till now.

Every day when we pick up Ashlynn from school I bribe Brooklyn and Kaylin with some sort of treat to make them stay in there car seats while we wait for her to get out. Well the other day I had Dum Dum suckers. And I was giving them to "B" and "K" and looked at the flavor and I saw Ash. I uncrinkled it a little more to see what the rest of it said and lo and behold the flavor of the Dum Dum was**Ashlynn Coconut**
First off I find this weird since I hardly ever look at the flavors we always just say "you get what you get and you won't have a fit". Second, when I do look at the flavors they don't ever have names as flavors..... Third what are the chances that I get a Dum Dum that has the name of my daughter on it, much less the exact same spelling!
So when Ashlynn got in the car I gave it to her and she was like why does this have my name on it??? We were laughing so hard. Now we call her Ashlynn the coconut!
So in doing some investigating I come upon the Dum Dum website where you can enter to win your child's name on a Dum Dum pop.


Here is the proof that she had a Dum Dum named after her!




Click on the title of this post to go to the website to win a chance for your child to be a Lolli POP STAR!!

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 is now gone and past. We have many memories to share with friends and family now. Especially since Randy got me a NEW Nikon D40 SLR camera!!!!!!!! I am so excited to play with this! Not only that but they had a sale going on (of course it was the holidays) and the entire package included another lens, The book SLR cameras for Dummies, a free leather photo book from snapfish and a Photo Printer from Epson! Awesome! I have played with the camera little already but have to figure out how to get the pictures on here and see what I have.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-SLR/25420/D40.html

Ashlynn got a Ipod Shuffle. Exactly what she wanted! I think it is permantly attatched to her ears!

Brooklyn got a bunch of princess things and Kaylin got of course her Spiderman things. They all got some great new Wii games..... Shaun White Snowboarding, Family Game Night (ok that one was for me) <>, High School Musical Sing it and a few others. We had a wonderful visit with my parents. All in all a great holiday.

Hopefully I will be here soon to get some pictures on here taken with my new toy! :)

I Did It! I Really Did It!

I am officially a Tupperware Consultant. You can find and order some great products by going to www.my2.tupperware.com/sonjagoodchild I am excited to bring all kinds of exciting new deals and ways to save money using these fantastic products! Have questions please feel free to ask. If you are looking at booking a party you can email me at sonjagoodchild@my2.tupperware.com

Thanks!