Party On!!

Michael and Katie had their 6th Birthday Party on Friday at Lifetime Fitness. They had pizza and cake, climbed the rock wall and swam in the pool. We had 16 kids total and it was three hours of craziness!!!! Below are some pictures of the fun, fun, fun!!

Ultimate Blog Party 2009

If you're a blogger, ever wanted to start a blog, or just like reading them, 5 Minutes for Mom's Ultimate Blog Party 2009 is going on now until the 27th. You can check it out here or click on the button on my side bar. There are tons of giveaways going on. I love bloggy giveaways and just this year I've won a Strawberry Shortcake DVD, a kid's game, some super cute shoes and an awesome blingy bracelet (see my older post for a pic of that baby)!





What can you win?? There are 119 different prizes up for grabs and you can see them all HERE . My favorites are:


1. A Kitchenaid Stand Mixer (Valued at $349)!

2. 5 kajeet phones with $5 of airtime

3. $100 gift card to HomeGoods

4. A $50 GC to Target ( there are 2 up for grabs!).

After that, in order, I want 58, 42, 26, 41, 50, 77, 89, 88, 91, 118, 1, 37, 43, 47, 49, 7, 5, 12, 15, 20, 18, 38, 63, 72, 114

COMMENCE VOTING!!!!!

Katie needs your votes! She's been chosen as a finalist in the My Princess Academy Role Model Contest. They have just started the voting stage. Please go to
http://extras.myprincessacademy.com/elect_a_princess.asp
to cast your vote. Each person may vote once per day thru March 31st. If you try to vote more than that they won't count your votes and may disqualify Katie. If Katie gets the most votes in her age category, she will win a $500 savings bond. We will buy one for Michael, too.

Look Out Below!

Last week, Michael got a book from the school library that included directions on how to make your own airplanes. We found some pretty simple directions to make parachutes out of tissue paper, thread and empty water bottles.

A Modern Princess

Exciting news!! We came home from lunch yesterday to find a package on the front porch. Inside was a bunch of super cute dress up outfits and a note. Back in February, I entered Katie in a Modern Princess Role Model contest hosted by the website MyPrincessAcademy.com. I had to write a short essay and send in a photo of Katie. Well, Katie was selected as a finalist! The note in our package said to take a picture of Katie in one of the dress up outfits and send it in. They will post that photo along with my essay on their website on Monday for a voting round. The girl with the most votes in each age group will win a $500 savings bond. Below is the picture of Katie that I just sent in. I will post a link for the voting when they have it available on Monday.

So Many Questions ... So Few Answers

I happened upon this in the foyer yesterday. I can't help but wonder, what did the dog do? What can a small stuffed dog do that would be a hanging offense? Did he receive a fair trial? I found him 3 hours after I took the kids to school. How did I miss this for 3 hours??

Playing Together ..... Sort of.

I overheard Michael and Katie playing together in the playroom this morning. Well, they were trying to play together, but it was very clear that they each had their own agenda. I guess this is what happens when boys and girls play together.

K: Let's play house. I'm the mom and this is our baby kitten. You're the dad.
M: Yes, the dad who is Spiderman AND a firefighter.
K: Isn't our baby kitten sooo sweet and cute Daddy Michael.
M: You mean Daddy Spiderman Firefighter.
K: Do you want to hold our tiny baby kitten?
M: Spiderman, Spiderman does whatever a spider can.
K: I'll put our tiny baby kitten in his crib.
M: THE CRIB CATCHES FIRE!! Weeeoooo! Weeeoooo!
K: Waaaaaa!!!!! Mooooommmmm!!!!!!!

And the winner is....ME!

This is why I love sweeptakes! I just found out that I won a 33 carat green Amethyst tennis bracelet. Whoop Whoop!! Here's a picture. That baby's going to look great on my wrist!

All the buttons on the right are blogs where I enter giveaways. This one came from An Ordinary Life. I've also won from Amanda's site.

FIRST KISS!!!

Katie got her first kiss from a boy this week. His name is Cooper and she met him at the gym. They had been playing together before Steve picked the kids up to go home. Katie gave Cooper a hug when she was saying goodbye and he planted a wet, sloppy kiss on her cheek. "Gross!" cried Katie, turning away and wiping off the kiss. She later reported that his kiss was "gross and slobbery." I always kind of figured that the first boy to try to kiss Katie was going to get a knuckle sandwich for his efforts.

I hope she continues to think boy kisses are gross....until she's 30.