Front Yard Football Fun!

Action Shot! It was cute when I came outside the neighbors were playing catch in the front yard. Celia joined them and she seemed to want to run while throwing. I mentioned they should play football and Austin our neighbor jumped on that idea. He kept shouting instruction and rules and stuff like first and ten and incomplete! They must have folks who watch football because they seemed to know the game right away except my kids lol. I was helping Joe and Emmy. I love football and I had to learn the game as a cheerleader long ago because you can't cheer at the wrong times ya know.:) It was so fun to watch I had to take pictures! The little kids won. 18 to 12. We only counted touchdowns since they couldn't kick a field goal without hitting cars and houses as Austin noted.:)

Emmy and Austin grouping up to play football!

The big kids team! Celia was their cheerleader singing Hey Hey Hey.

The little kids were serious about huddling and making game plans!

They had a blast as you can tell from the photos! Emmy confuses volleyball with football a little, but she was catching on near the end. She hiked the ball a little hard to Austin though, it was hilarious!

Sweet Happy Celia.

Celia sees the world through rose colored glasses. Everything is pink to her. She wants pink water which is pink lemonade. She wants pink hair, pink marshmallows( which we use as a special treat), pink pillows , blankets, dresses, gloves, and shoes. Everyday should be her birthday she thinks and all days should have cupcakes and treats. I see now why she can think that. I made cupcakes this morning and in the evening Emmy and Rah Rah came over with a present they made for Celia Bear, a pink cape.:)

Bri with the girls. Celia in her new cape Rah Rah and Emmy made her when Emmy spent the night over there.

Celia loves to sing just like her mama and sister. Here is her smiling after rocking out on guitar hero. She fell asleep almost immediately after this picture was taken.:)

Celia is such a Joy and is so very happy. Tonight I went into Jamba Juice and got a power size strawberry surf rider and had it split into four cups for Emmy Celia, Spence and I. You'd think it was Christmas by the way Celia reacted. Ooh is that for me?? It was pink of course.:) She and Emmy had been singing in the car while they waited which she also loved. She now sings the lyrics to a very cute teeny bopper song called Sadie Hawkins Dance by Relient K. Its amazing how much the kids follow and copy each other. I know Emmy is pretty happy to have a sister. Celia had the idea to make mommy a CD. Since Emelie is very into music, it was her great pleasure to make me one. It is a great CD I love it and Celia talks about Mama's Surprise CD all the time. The girls felt great for giving a gift to me and I love that little Celia thought to do it. Emmy would be lost just having those brothers to bother her hehe and we all love having sweet Celia Jean around.~

Kiddo Date Night~

Celia doesn't usually get to come on kiddos date night, she so busy out in public! She always get a treat brought home though. Here is her holding her basket full of new Dora underwear.:)

Joseph is so loving.~

We've implemented a Davis morning schedule at our house.:) It is a pretty busy time and its really nice when those who can do things independently actually do them for themselves. The reward is a date night with Mom and Dad if they got all their checks for the week. The list has things like make bed, brush teeth, eat breakfast, make lunch and pack backpack. I have seen an amazing change in Joseph. He does the routine well and with out complaining. He has definitely been our star schedule follower.:) I mentioned I may make an afternoon one for doing chores and homework after school and he has already asked me if I've made that two times. I better get working on that.:)

So Tuesday came and papers were looked over. Emelie and Joseph earned a date out with Mom and Dad. Emmy belongs to a club called CJSF California Junior Scholarship Federation. They have activities and fun events for these kids who do well academically. Yesterday they had a fundraiser at Red Robin. 15% of the meal purchased their would go to their group. We went and it was packed full of people we knew from church, and school. We saw Celia's preschool teacher there too. She is a such a great lady and I loved hearing how wonderful Celia is doing in class from her teacher; Rebbecca Blevins. Rebecca's mom was there too who looked like she could be just her older sister. Her Mom hugged me when I told her that and gave Joseph change to play the arcade games there. A little compliment goes pretty far I think hehe.

Speaking of compliments. On the way to Red Robin we were talking about Emelie's CJSF activity she attended in the afternoon. They took personality tests. She was telling us what color she was and what it meant. I asked if there were any description words attached to it. She didn't remember, but I said something like mine would be Spiritual Extroverted, and suddenly Joseph says Wondrous!!! outta the back seat. I couldn't have been more happy lol. I was like Oh really?" and he said, "Yup and Loving too". Needless to say I was happy and couldn't argue when Brian pointed out the perfect shirt for Joe at Target that read " Mama's Boy". This date night was a great reinforcing experience for all.:)

Playdoh People

Those playdoh people are Liam, a boy from her preschool class, and Celia. We have an L for Liam and C for Celia on the shirt. I had a great time making them for her. She gave input on what they needed and how they should be dressed. She even had them have frowny faces and changed them for a smile after we sang the song.:) If you chance to meet a frown, do not let it stay, quickly turn it upside down and smile that frown away. No one likes a frowny face, change it for a smile. Make the world a better place by smiling all the while..

Megan is Celia's tutor twice a week. She comes to the house for 2 and 1/2 hours and they work on language and a myriad of self help skills. They make a schedule and put sensory activities in there and it all seems like play time to Celia!

Celia is such a crack up with her many expressions. She can be appalled if someone says something isn't pink! However, she is the one who teases and acts like she doesn't know and they will say Nooooo all cute and smile.:)

Haircuts~

Celia is such a happy girl. For the new year she and I went and got new haircuts. She asked for a pretty haircut and did a super job holding still for over 20 minutes to get an "A line " cut. It goes great with her super straight hair. I love how she wiggles all around and it falls back in place.:) I got bangs and about 4 inches off my hair. It feels healthier.

Debut Digital Scrapbook Page~

Hunington Beach.

We were so happy my folks watched Spence and Celia so Tanya and I could go to the beach to ride along the coast. She brought her Rollerblades which i think she should have been in the movie "Whip it" by how well she skated around on them hehe. I love this picture. It looks they are ready to race even with the yellow car behind them!

Emmy & Joe headin' to the beach~

Can you tell Joe loves being with the cousins?

Our Suri without the fringe on top!

I wanted to rent a tandem bike for Emmy and I, but this car bike was all they had. It turned out to be very fun and a lot of exercise. It could seat three so Joseph and the nephews took turns taking a ride between Emmy and I and putting their scooter in the basket.

I've gone to this beach for as long as I remember. It has changed a lot recently. There are many more touristy things to see and participate in. Apparently, every Tuesday they have all the streets around the shops closed off and they run a train through town for the kids and do other activities. We didn't know about this and parked on the street by a meter. Luckily, a store owner near our car told us of Towaway Tuesday and we were spared the discomfort of being stranded with four kids and their scooters and roller blades.:) As we were leaving we were watching other cars get towed! phew.

The Great weather Outdoors

Happy peeps, soaking in the mild weather.

These Geese and ducks have been fed before! They came up to us! They were very loud and aggressive, one even bit Celia's knee. She scolded the goose though saying"No bite a the Celia's knee!" It was cute. Spence and I were hissed at and Joseph wouldn't have anything to do with them. Luckily some other people came and the group chased after them.

Celia was in heaven with a big park to run in.

Joseph enjoying the park~

This was a great nature trail, there were bathrooms at the beginning and trash cans around, it was clean and well attended to, and the weather couldn't have been any better. We had just a great walk.

Me leading the hike.

Emmy's Catwalk in the woods.

I wish I could take home this bush and plant it in my backyard hehe, The berries are so cute and christmasy.~ That's Addison's thumb he doesn't like to show his face in pictures, but claims he already famous.

I love how the trail would get smaller in some areas, we even had to cross a few trees~ This one had Andre scratched on it which Joseph claims as his name too.

Emmy& Tanya heading to the car after a very fun and fulfilling hike. Its great to get out and move~

Who'd think there would be such a drastic climate change from northern California to southern. The kids and I headed out on a rainy cold Monday to visit my Folks. We have beautiful weather while we were there. We even got in our bathing suits and Celia was very happy about that since she associates her floaty and grandmas house together.:)

Happy New Year

It was great ringing in the new year! My folks made three different types of yummy tacos, we watched movies, and played the Wii. Although the kids wrote a petition to turn off the movie and all signed it, they included other signatures too; Indiana Jones, Michael Jackson, The Boogie man, Walt Disney, And Derek Wibley who is married to Avril Lavigne and apparently has a big nose. Emmy and the cousins have been giggling about that for a month. The petition didn't work, but they got to play guitar hero soon enough! I think we had them eat popsicles while they waited. Almost all of the kids stayed up 'till midnight which is a first! And we all were very happy and feeling blessed, gotta love it!~

Addison & Tanya did awesome for their first try at Guitar hero.

That's me being entertained by all the commotion~

Kieran is a crack up, these were full Chinese splits, the kids loved my new sunglasses and guitar hero and were truly rocking out hehe.

Emmy especially had a great time, she loves playing with the cousins, staying up late, making noise! All the traditions.. It wasn't long after we left for home she was counting the time before we could go back and visit the grandparents!

My beautiful Mother, she is so wonderful. She works hard to make sure we are all happy, loved, fed, and generally enjoying life!

Its wonderful how mine and Tanya's relationship has improved recently. Being family oriented is such a blessing.~

It was such a great time going and visiting my parents, sister, and her kiddos. The weather couldn't be any better and we loved our time with one another. It was the fastest wait ever for midnight, just like the whole year of 2009. It seemed to pass by so fast!