1/25/2007
A little winter fun
The girls and I played in the snow yesterday afternoon on a little hill near the side of our house. They seemed to have a good time. Click here for a video. You just get one take because its a little difficult to shoot and pull the sleds at the same time! ;-) I tried to upload the actual video, but blogger is being snarky right now.
Roll out the red carpet....
'Cause Andrew is nominated for his first Oscar! Well, okay, not really. But An Inconvenient Truth is nominated for Best Documentary and Best Original Song at the Academy Awards this year! We are very excited by this!
And for those of you looking, you can see Andrew in the first couple minutes of the film. He is one of the first audience members you can see when Al Gore walks out onto the stage about 2.5 minutes into the film. That's the best view of him. You can catch the back of his head a couple other times throughout the film and of course his name in the end credits.
Here's an article link where Gore comments on the nomination.
And for those of you looking, you can see Andrew in the first couple minutes of the film. He is one of the first audience members you can see when Al Gore walks out onto the stage about 2.5 minutes into the film. That's the best view of him. You can catch the back of his head a couple other times throughout the film and of course his name in the end credits.
Here's an article link where Gore comments on the nomination.
1/24/2007
My Sympathy on the loss of your 20's
The title of this post was the birthday card I received from my mother. Yes, yesterday I turned the big 3-0. I really can't believe I'm that old already (that comment was in no way meant to make those blog readers who are older than me to feel old). ;-) Some days I feel older than that and other days feel like I'm still in my mid-20's. So I guess it all evens out.
I had a very nice weekend and day yesterday. On Sunday, we had my Grandma Betty, Aunt Carol, and Uncle Joe over for ribs and my grandma made a birthday cake. And then yesterday, Ella, Lily and I tried a new place called Sovereign Grounds. An independent little coffee shop in the city with a play area! (What fantastic concept! Why aren't these EVERYWHERE?!...Hmm....someday when I win the lottery) And my dad and Clare came over last night with Indian food and more cake. The girls are loving this multi-day celebration. They have had cake for dessert three days in a row now.
We had a fun visit with my mom and Dave this weekend. We went to the Mall of America and walked through the Dinosaur "Museum" there. I put museum in quotes because I think it could very loosely be called a museum. There some labels with educational material, but the whole place is replicas of artifacts. So is that really a museum? Not in my opinion. But the girls liked wandering around seeing big dinosaurs, little ones, ocean dwellers, eggs, bones, etc. Lily was actually really scared at first of the big replicas (with skin and everything--they look like Disney Dinosaurs or something). But she warmed up to them as soon as she realized they don't move like animals at the zoo.
Not much else to report. We're looking forward to Nana Mary's visit again at the end of the week!
I had a very nice weekend and day yesterday. On Sunday, we had my Grandma Betty, Aunt Carol, and Uncle Joe over for ribs and my grandma made a birthday cake. And then yesterday, Ella, Lily and I tried a new place called Sovereign Grounds. An independent little coffee shop in the city with a play area! (What fantastic concept! Why aren't these EVERYWHERE?!...Hmm....someday when I win the lottery) And my dad and Clare came over last night with Indian food and more cake. The girls are loving this multi-day celebration. They have had cake for dessert three days in a row now.
We had a fun visit with my mom and Dave this weekend. We went to the Mall of America and walked through the Dinosaur "Museum" there. I put museum in quotes because I think it could very loosely be called a museum. There some labels with educational material, but the whole place is replicas of artifacts. So is that really a museum? Not in my opinion. But the girls liked wandering around seeing big dinosaurs, little ones, ocean dwellers, eggs, bones, etc. Lily was actually really scared at first of the big replicas (with skin and everything--they look like Disney Dinosaurs or something). But she warmed up to them as soon as she realized they don't move like animals at the zoo.
Not much else to report. We're looking forward to Nana Mary's visit again at the end of the week!
1/18/2007
Looking more like Minnesota
Well we were lucky and had much warmer weather than usual all through November and December. Now, it's snowing for the third time this month! We got about six inches last Sunday and now there are snow flurries today. Not much acculmulation though. 
I just got back inside from shoveling the driveway along with all the 10 year olds in the neighborhood who just got home from school. Made me daydream of the day when I could send Ella or Lily out to do the shoveling! I hear from friends back in California that there was some snow there too, in Malibu Canyon and Valencia! Hope those folks are handling it okay. And there's weird weather down in Texas and the Gulf area too. Very odd.
Anyhoo, I'm not really here to talk about the weather. We are battling our umpteenth cold of the season. Hope all this ends soon! I'm not used to dealing with colds every other week. Not fun.
Last week was the first time since we moved in that I felt like I could relax a little. I didn't unpack or clean during the girls naps. I just watched my tv shows on the DVR and read in "my" room, which is really the guest room. But I'm loving its coziness.
We started potty training Ella in full force last week. There was a Little Mermaid vanity on super sale at Target so I told her we could get it but that she couldn't open it and play with it until she went on the toilet and wore big girl underwear. Well, not to give you all too much information, but the underwear went well for three days and now we're back to pull-ups. I think she got tired of peeing in her pants. But she does use the toilet every now and then. She just goes up on her own and then calls me when she's done. I devised a chart that I taped to the big vanity box (which is currently sitting on the bathroom sink). Everytime she goes, she gets a sticker. When she fills the chart (like 36 boxes) she gets to open the vanity. So far we have about 12 stickers. So at least its a start.
In other news, I signed her up for preschool this week! She's going to go three days a week for three hours a day in the afternoon. She has to be potty trained. So here's hoping she is trained by SEPTEMBER! Jeez, she'll be four, I hope she's trained by then! I think she'll enjoy preschool and I think I will too! :-)
Andrew's parents came for a visit this weekend. We had fun taking them to the Mall of America for a couple hours. We took Ella to Libby Lu (a store bathed in pink and purple made for little girls who want to be princesses) where she got a make-over into a Princess with a tiara and everything. My cousin Cindy's daughter Emilee turned four on Thursday and she had been to Libby Lu. When we went to her birthday party, Ella was envious of Emilee's up-do and tiara. So we thought it would be fun for her get the princess treatment. She loved it! She was so into it and walked around the mall afraid to get her nails all messed up! It was pretty adorable and funny to see Ella so prissy. She's such a tom boy some days and a girly girl other days. At least she's well-rounded.
We also visited the aquarium at the Mall. Ella & Lily still love seeing all the fish every time we go there. On Sunday, we visited Chuck E Cheese where everyone had a great time! See the pictures in the new January album.
Andrew is off in California right now for a couple weeks to work on stuff for the Super Bowl. Then he's off to Miami for the Super Bowl. So we're on our own for a bit. My mom and Dave are coming up this weekend to celebrate my birthday (the big 3-0!) and then Mom is back at the end of next week to help me out with the kids.
So I guess that's all for the current update. Nothing too earth-shattering. :-) Thanks for checking in!
Anyhoo, I'm not really here to talk about the weather. We are battling our umpteenth cold of the season. Hope all this ends soon! I'm not used to dealing with colds every other week. Not fun.
Last week was the first time since we moved in that I felt like I could relax a little. I didn't unpack or clean during the girls naps. I just watched my tv shows on the DVR and read in "my" room, which is really the guest room. But I'm loving its coziness.
We started potty training Ella in full force last week. There was a Little Mermaid vanity on super sale at Target so I told her we could get it but that she couldn't open it and play with it until she went on the toilet and wore big girl underwear. Well, not to give you all too much information, but the underwear went well for three days and now we're back to pull-ups. I think she got tired of peeing in her pants. But she does use the toilet every now and then. She just goes up on her own and then calls me when she's done. I devised a chart that I taped to the big vanity box (which is currently sitting on the bathroom sink). Everytime she goes, she gets a sticker. When she fills the chart (like 36 boxes) she gets to open the vanity. So far we have about 12 stickers. So at least its a start.
In other news, I signed her up for preschool this week! She's going to go three days a week for three hours a day in the afternoon. She has to be potty trained. So here's hoping she is trained by SEPTEMBER! Jeez, she'll be four, I hope she's trained by then! I think she'll enjoy preschool and I think I will too! :-)
Andrew is off in California right now for a couple weeks to work on stuff for the Super Bowl. Then he's off to Miami for the Super Bowl. So we're on our own for a bit. My mom and Dave are coming up this weekend to celebrate my birthday (the big 3-0!) and then Mom is back at the end of next week to help me out with the kids.
So I guess that's all for the current update. Nothing too earth-shattering. :-) Thanks for checking in!
1/11/2007
Finally new photos
We finally got the G5 up and running so I added a ton of pictures yesterday. Check out the second half of November, December, and various Christmas celebrations! And I know many of you have been waiting for pictures of the new house so there are a few of those as well. I will add pictures to the new house album as we get more rooms finished and cleaned up. Enjoy!!! Just click on the "Latest Pictures" link in the sidebar.
1/01/2007
Winter Wonderland
Andrew and I left the girls at my dad's house last night and are enjoying a lazy kid-free morning. In fact, Andrew is STILL sleeping. We would normally be up hours before now. So, so far we are enjoying 2007. 2006 was a transition year for us sort of filled with stress and the Unknown. While many good things happened, and we always feel blessed by what we have in our children, family, and friends, we are also happy to say good-bye to 2006. We are calling 2007 our "Rebuilding Year". We are looking forward to feeling settled once again and getting into the groove of things.
Whatever your New Year's resolutions and goals are, we hope you have a wonderful, exciting year ahead of you, and we look forward to sharing in all of life's wonder with our great family and friends.
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