Pizza Joints

This last month we hit two...count 'em, two pizza party places. Chuck E. Cheese this last week for a birthday party.

The kids put all their tickets in a pile and then split them up after they counted them up.

In the end they had 2,800 tickets. Pretty good haul.

Earlier my family went to Pirate Island, which is like Chuck E. Cheese but a little more for older kids too. The atmosphere is awesome. The waiters and waitresses all dress like pirates. They have a better variety on the food, but the games cost more and you don't get as many tickets. It is still a pretty fun place.

And, I know there are many more pictures of Meg. I'm not playing favorites, she just lets me take pictures while the other ones roll their eyes or run away from the camera!

Sassy, Soccer, Skinnies and Spaghetti Tacos

Meg is pretty sassy and spunky. She steals my hats all the time and then requests that I take photos of her.

Isabel started indoor soccer. It is so great. Short games, lots of playing time, not having to sit outside in the hot or cold (depending on which season of outdoor soccer we are playing). She is having a great season so far...becoming a better passer and scoring goals.

Let me preface this story by saying that I swore I thought skinny jeans were LAME and that I wouldn't' wear them. However, with boots they just work better so I broke down and got some....to wear with boots. It's cold up here you know.

Today I was wearing my skinnies. The conversation with Mattison went like this.

Mattison: "Mom, are YOU wearing skinny jeans"

Me: "Yep, I am"

Mattison: "I hate it when people copy what I wear. Why do you have to have them?"

Me: "I'm in the middle of a mid-life crisis Mattison, and I like them with boots."

The girls love i-Carly. They make Spaghetti tacos on there. It's real easy...hard taco shell stuffed with spaghetti noodles and sauce. Sounds disgusting, looks disgusting, but we made them tonight anyway. Surprisingly the girls loved them. All of them ate them, Mattison even had two. I opted for another option for dinner.

Jumping

Holy Catch-Up

Yep...I'm officially a blog slacker. I even had time off over the holidays and didn't post anything. But, never fear....I am back!

We had a pretty great Christmas, okay just alright for me. I'm still adjusting to the whole "splitting time between parents" thing. However, I did fill my time while the kids were gone seeing every new movie that came out in theaters!

I went back over my camera to see the pics that I took on Christmas and found out that I really didn't take many, or else they were erased off my camera by a mysterious little girl who inherited my old camera and started taking pictures. That's right! Santa brought me a new camera. I'm so happy to have one that doesn't have a broken lens cover. Thank you Santa....I still believe.

So here is one of the first pics with my new camera on Christmas morning. I love the "not wearing make-up" look.


Isabel got a remote control car...and the best thing about this pic is you can't even see the car. Obviously I need to work on my picture taking skills.

Mattison got some wii games and a skateboard.

And Meg, the regular Barbie/princess loot.

Hopefully later I'll catch up on the other stuff happening around here. We have some really great jumping off the couch pictures. Mostly we take those when Grandpa isn't around.